A Brief History of AVA

AVA Gallery and Art Center (Alliance for the Visual Arts), established in 1973, is committed to the support and promotion of New Hampshire and Vermont artists through exhibitions, information and special opportunities, and to foster public awareness and exposure to the visual arts through classes, scholarships, special events, lectures, films and publications. AVA is centrally located in the middle of Lebanon (in the old H.W. Carter overall factory) and easily reached by visitors from all parts of New Hampshire, Vermont, and beyond...
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In Memoriam

Clifford. B. West

Clifford B. West, 90, died peacefully in his home in Norwich on October 22, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 4th, 1916, the son of Clifford B. West, Sr. and Alyce Tucker West. His childhood and youth were greatly influenced by western nature and culture -- his father was rancher and realtor in Alamosa, Colorado -- as well as by the artistic influences he received from his grandmother's "Tucker School of Expression" in Cleveland, where his mother was a prominent instructor...
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