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AVA's April Exhibitions

April 13 – May 11, 2012

Opening Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7pm

 

 

Dave LaroMan Vs. Mouse

Gallery Talk: Thursday, April 26, 5:30pm

            Rebecca Lawrence Gallery and Clifford B. West Gallery

 

Julie PüttgenUnder the Shadowless Tree

Gallery Talk: Thursday, May 3, 5:30pm

            E.N. Wennberg Gallery

 

Richard AllenSmall Works: Recent Mixed-Media Collages

Gallery Talk: Sunday, April 29, 3pm

            Gallery 3

 

 

January 13–February 10, 2012

Opening Reception: January 13, 5:00-7:00pm

Free and open to the public.

Please join us!

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Vision Quest IV—Recent Works by Ted Chafee, Steve Chase, and Gidon Staff

The Hale Street Gang: Portraits in Writing

The Hale Street Gang refers to twelve senior citizens who gather once a week to read aloud from their memoirs-in-progress. Curated by Sara Tucker, the exhibition includes photographs by Jack Rowell, audio recordings courtesy of the Vermont Folklife Center, and text panels from the "Gang's" memoirs.

D'Ann Calhoun Fago—A Retrospective

 

October 14 - November 11, 2011

Opening Reception, Friday, October 14, 5-7pm

Here, Now - Work by Regional Native American Artists

Gina Adams, Nate Deveau, Judy Dow, Betsey Garand, Brenda Garand, Margaret Jacobs, Jesse Larocque, George Longfish, Brian Miller, Anna Tsouhlarakis

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This exhibition, which will include traditional black ash basket making, oil paintings, prints, sculpture and installation, is AVA's contribution to Lebanon's Upper Valley 250th Anniversary Celebration.

 

Saturday, October 15:

Family Basket Weaving Workshop with Judy Dow (children under the age of 9 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver), 12-3pm
Gallery Talk by George Longfish, 4pm

Thursday, October 27:

Gallery Talk by Brian Miller, 4pm

Saturday, November 5:

Demonstration of recycled mosaic and inlay sculptures by Nate Deveau, 2-4pm

Thursday, November 10:

Video Screening of Let's Dance!, Crossing and Intervals of Pretense by Anna Tsouhlarakis, 6pm

All the programs are free and open to the public.


  

 

September 9 - October 7, 2011

Opening Reception, Friday, September 9, 5-7pm

 

The Art of the Woodcut Novel - curated by David A. Berona

Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry and Clifford B. West Gallery

Artists from The Center for Cartoon Studies - drawings and cartoons

E.N. Wennberg Gallery

Josh Yunger - hand-colored linocuts from "Hippo and Monkey Family Time," a children's book in progress

Gallery 3

From Luminous Shake: Margaret Lampe Kannenstine and Ann McGarrell - paintings and translations of work by Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti

Johnson Sisters Library

Download PDF's of the Berona Press Release here!

Download PDF's of the Center for Cartoon Studies Press Release here!

Download PDF's of the Yunger Press Release here!

Download PDF's of the Kannenstine and McGarrell Press Release here!

 

Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition

February 17 – March 9, 2012

Opening Reception and Award Ceremony:

Friday, February 17, 5 - 7pm

 

 

The Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition is an exciting opportunity to view, collectively, the best artworks created by Upper Valley teens.

The 2012 Best of the Upper Valley High School Invitational Exhibition is made possible by the generous contributions of the following local businesses, business people, and organizations that support the arts in our community: Advance Transit; Citizens Bank; Defiance Electric & Crossover, Inc.; The Doris Mollica Fund of the Lebanon Rotary Club; Goss Logan Insurance Agency; Jennifer Snyder, Coldwell Banker-Redpath & Co.; Mascoma Savings Bank; Schuster, Buttrey, & Wing, P.A.; andTrumbull-Nelson Construction Company.


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AVA's Annual Holiday Sale and Exhibition

November 25 - December 30, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, November 25, 5-7pm

Extended Holiday Hours:

Sundays, December 11 and 18, 12noon-4pm

Mondays, December 12 and 19, 11am-5pm

Saturday, December 24, 11am-3pm

This exhibition is generously sponsored by Schuster, Buttrey and Wing, P.A.

This year's exhibition features a fascinating selection of drawings, paintings, prints, jewelry, sculptures, textiles, cards and crafts, created by 150 artists from 65 communities in Vermont and New Hampshire.

If you are looking to surprise your friends and family with a creative gift, while also supporting a local artist—here's your chance. Items may be taken as soon as they are purchased, and the exhibition will be replenished throughout the month.

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August 5 - September 2, 2011 Exhibitions

 

Still Life: Variations on a Theme

Stacey Cushner, Jeffrey Ellse, Cynthia Hauk, and Rachel Woodburn

Artists' Talk - Friday, August 5, 4pm
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry and Clifford B. West Gallery

The Material

Michael Cappabianca - photographs

Artist's Talk - Tuesday, August 16, 4pm
E.N. Wennberg Gallery

A Murder of Crows

Liz Ross - oil on paper/canvas

Gallery 3

Observatory

David Westby - photographs

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Download PDF's of the Still Life Press Release here!

Download PDF's of the Cappabianca Press Release here!

Download PDF's of the Ross and Westby Press Release here!

 

AVA Gallery and Art Center's

Eighteenth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition

Sponsored by:

VON BARGEN'S JEWELRY

in downtown Hanover, NH
 JUROR:
Katherine Hart, Interim Director of the Hood Museum of Art and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming

Exhibition June 24 - July 29, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, June 24, 5-7PM

This year we received a total of 439 works by 247 artists from 95 communities throughout Vermont and New Hampshire.  The number of artworks submitted far exceeded that of any previous year.  Of these, 137 works by 134 artists were accepted.
Thank you to all of the artists for submitting work for consideration in this year's Juried Summer Exhibition!

Download the Press Release Here!

Download the Press Release of the Awards Here!

Download the Juror's Statement Here!