Message from the MAAA Vice President. WORKSHOPS Mary Iselin. Dear MAAA members, Lisa Ober pastel

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1 MARCH 2018 WORKSHOPS Mary Iselin Monadnock Area Artist Association Message from the MAAA Vice President Dear MAAA members, Lisa Ober pastel Kendra Ferriera Colored pencil Photographing For personal reasons, Ken Hathaway has chosen to resign as President of the Association. We thank Ken for carrying the torch for the last several months, and wish him the best in his other pursuits. Your Art Marketing Workshop Member News & Opportunities Art Walk Classifieds MAAA Executive Committee & Contact List Aaron Cusimano will step in as interim President (at least until the next meeting). If you have any questions about this transition, please feel free to contact Aaron: or better yet, bring your questions to the meeting on Thursday, March 15th, 5:30 pm at the Ash Hill Center. Thanks, Aaron Cusimano

2 WORKSHOPS HOW TO THRIVE AND NOT MERELY SURVIVE AS AN ARTIST Dynamic Sales & Customer Service - Visual Merchandising & Display Bruce Baker Saturday, April 7, :00-5:00 Keene, NH For more information, please visit our website: For a registration form, please contact rivervalleyartisans@tpdi.biz These workshops will take place in Keene, NH. Marketing You & Your Art - Visual Merchandising and Display & Dynamic Sales This workshop is for artists who find themselves in a sales venue. This lively and entertaining workshop will help you to greet your customers and close more sales. Learn how customers in the current economy like to be treated and what makes them become repeat and loyal buyers. Discover how using the senses and body language will increase your sales at your next venue! Learn why it is important to never say "thank you" to your customers until a sale is transacted and how to avoid other customer "turnoffs". Thousands of artists have benefited from this advice; they report the results are like magic! Don't miss this opportunity to become a better sales person! Visual merchandising and display when properly executed will drive your sales to new heights. Discover the tips and trick that will make your cash register ring without increasing expenses. Join Bruce Baker for this action packed workshop, learn what to do and what not to do to get your customers to engage in your merchandise, to pick it up and to buy it. Learn the value of signage in your displays which act as a silent sales force in your store or gallery. Good product placement combined with creating mood and atmosphere are the keys to creating displays that get noticed and keep customers coming back. This workshop is highly visual and an extensive slide presentation will illustrate good and bad examples of visual merchandising. From layout to lighting get the latest tips to enhance your customers experience in your store. A question and answer period will conclude this presentation. River Valley Artisans rivervalleyartisans@tpdi.biz

3 PLAYING WITH LIGHT & COLOR MARY ISELIN April 21 & 22, 2018 In this workshop, we will explore color and light as they add joy and personal voice to our paintings. Students will learn techniques to help them see color, and to make individual choices about how to express the colors they see. We will also discuss how the type of light in which an object is viewed is what allows us to see the colors we wish to express. On day one, we will first watch a short demo, then create a painting of our own using back-lighting. On day two, we will watch a short landscape demo, then work on a landscape painting of our own, using the techniques demonstrated. In case of heavenly weather, we might even go outside! Click for registration form: MaryIselin2018

4 MAAA NEWS PHTOGRAPHING YOUR ART May 19 & 20 Keene, NH Get tips on how to photograph your art and creations with an experienced professional commercial photographer! Quality photographs can be taken in your own studio and used for National and International Museums and galleries, online and offline product catalogues, grant and residency applications, advertising, etc. Participants will learn about lighting, camera settings, and setting up your own photo studio at home in this two-part workshop. Sign up for one or both! Workshop lengths may extend beyond 2pm - this presenter loves questions, interactions, and group participation. Talk with interactive demonstration Sat.10:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. The first day Charley will set up his equipment, lights, camera, ipad or phone, drapes etc. He would like participants to bring a piece of their work to be photographed. Participants should be ready to take notes on how to better photograph work. Learn to use the equipment you have and how and where to find or make upgrades inexpensively. Application: Bring your setup to Charley for feedback Sun. 10:00 a.m. 2:00p.m. Bring all the equipment you have to photograph your art, some of your work, Extension cords, Lights, light bulbs, your camera, ipad or phone, backdrops, boxes, easel to hold your art, and any props you d like to use. This is the day you set up and learn to set up better. Charley will give suggestions on how to improve your lighting and set up with a professional eye for style. Remember don t leave until you have asked all your questions - this presenter LOVES to give you all the information you need! This event is sponsored by C & S Wholesale Grocers & Richard Guerriero, Arls Alive and the Monadnock Area Artists Association About our presenter: Charley Freiberg has been a commercial photographer since He regularly photograph for almost 300 artists and craftspeople around the US including our very own instructor, Paulette Werger. His other clients include: McGraw-Hill, IBM, Brookstone catalog, NCR (National Cash Register), NEC (Nippon Electric Corp.), Walker Power Inc, and over 200 other small, medium and large businesses. He has traveled around the US, Europe, and the Caribbean for clients, including: Stahlman Engineering, Hinckley yachts, Boating, Yachting, US Travel, Travel South, Fine Woodworking, Home and Garden, and other magazines. He has photographed somewhere around 60 magazine covers for publications such as: Rod and Reel, Byte Magazine, Popular Computing, Yankee, New Hampshire Profiles, Fine Homebuilding. In addition, Charley has been photographing for historic documentation consultants for nearly 20 years. You can see some of the work on the Library of Congress site or gracing the back rooms of most New England state archives. Some of the work he has done can be viewed on his website: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE PASTELS@TPDI.BIZ FOR WHEN THE FORM IS READY. Max 8 students each day.

5 MAAA NEWS LISA OBER Workshop Realistic Pet Portraits In Pastel Sept. 15 & 16, 2018 Keene, NH Artist Lisa Ober, PSA, will be your instructor in this hands-on workshop sharing her experience creating life-like pastel pet portraits. Lisa s step-by-step approach to teaching pastel pet portraiture insures that when this workshop is complete you will know how to develop a realistic pet portrait from the first sketch through signing the finished painting. Pastel Pet Portraits to Put You Ahead of the Pack Lisa Ober, PSA, IAPS-MC, will be your instructor in this hands-on workshop sharing her experience creating life-like pastel pet portraits. Lisa s step-by-step approach to teaching pastel pet portraiture insures that when this workshop is complete you will know how to develop a realistic pet portrait from the first sketch through signing the finished painting. Lisa will talk through the secrets to creating absolutely pet-able fur whether painting cats, dogs, horses, or other furry creatures. She will address the special issues of painting all black or all white fur, a common challenge. She will also show you how to make incredibly life-like eyes, a critical component for a realistic pet portrait that might leap off your paper! Time permitting, Lisa will also provide great tips for photographing pets in order to get the most flattering reference photos. Regardless of how much experience you have painting animals, you will be thrilled to learn all the tricks of the trade Lisa has mastered through decades of portrait painting. With plenty of Lisa s personal guidance and encouragement, you will leave the class prepared to apply your new skills to painting your own beloved pet, incorporate what you have learned in pastel paintings that include animals, or improve the quality of your own portrait commissions. Students will be provided with a reference photo (a dog) for this particularly fun, casual, but information-packed class. Ober Registration Form Please sign up as soon as possible as we need to make plane reservations for Lisa.

6 MAAA NEWS NightScapes in Pastel Christine Ivers This is a two day workshop that explores texture, temperature and the medium of pure pigment. Students will have the opportunity to paint from their own photos or photos that will be available. They will also be able to purchase pre prepared boards that incorporate the surface that I work on. All levels are invited. Workshop Outline Day One: Students are encouraged to arrive prior to this to set up their workspace. Workshop starts with a NightScape Demo, which lasts for approximately 1.5 hours. Students then paint until lunch break. Students then break for lunch for either a half hour or full hour. I encourage discussion at this time. Students paint after lunch until 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. depending on facility allowance. Day Two: Students continue painting until lunch break. Students then break for lunch for either a half hour or full hour. I encourage discussion at this time. Students paint after lunch until an hour before the end of the workshop. Workshop ends with critique and questions. Sponsored by River Valley ArtisansFor more information, please visit our website: For a registration form, please contact rivervalleyartisans@tpdi.biz These workshops will take place in Keene, NH.

7 MAAA WORKSHOPS Kendra Ferreira colored pencil, November 10, 2018 In this fun and informative workshop students will learn to create vibrant drawings with the simple tool of colored pencils by layering colors, blending, burnishing, and creating rich darks and vibrant colors. Colored pencils are an easy transported medium and can be used for simple sketches to complex layered drawings. In this workshop we will be combining and learning about dry colored pencils with watercolor pencils and how this mixed media approach allows for a quicker build up of color and value. Artists of all levels will enjoy expanding the boundaries of this versatile colored pencil medium. We will begin with a short discussion on materials then a demo about applying the pencils, mixing and layering colors and burnishing. Students will then work from a still life set up or photos if they wish. I like to work individually with each student during the workshop to their own abilities. Some materials will be provided, I do have some colored pencils and watercolor pencils for students to borrow during the workshop. Kendra holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America in two areas, holding a second signature membership in the exploration of using other mediums and surfaces with colored pencil. Kendra is also an artist member of the Art League of Rhode Island, Nineteen on Paper Artist Group, Providence Art Club, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC and the American Artists Professional League, NYC. Kendra currently exhibits at Neville Fine Art Gallery, Warren, RI and has upcoming group exhibits at Francesca Anderson Gallery, Lexington, MA 2/15 3/21/18 (with a colored pencil demo on 3/18/18) and Gallery 175, Pawtucket, RI 5/6 6/29/18. Click below for registration form: KendraFerreira2018 Please write pastels@tpdi.biz for more information Or visit our website for a registration form:

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9 CALL for Artists "All Around Monadnock : The Character and Heritage of the Monadnock Region" the Third local exhibition at Historical Society of Cheshire County. Cut off date to register is March 15, Opening reception is June 1. All Around Monadnock Art Exhibition June 1-September 7, 2018 The Monadnock Region means many things to many people. It is recognized for its natural beauty. It is known as the Currier & Ives Corner of New Hampshire because of its remarkably intact early New England historical record and built environment. It is known for its quintessential New England festivals and cultural events. And it is known for its people, from old-time New England characters to those who have come to love the region s heritage, culture and landscape. Our region illustrates the story of New England history, culture and natural environment. What does the Monadnock Region mean to you? The Historical Society of Cheshire County and the region s artists are collaborating on an exhibit that will allow the artists to answer this question. The people, places, heritage, and culture of the Monadnock area will be recognized and celebrated in this collaborative exhibit. Artists are encouraged to create works that illustrate what the region means to them and how it impacts their own lives. The 40 towns of the Monadnock Region are recognized for their natural beauty and cultural heritage. This exhibit is paying homage to those characteristics of our region. Monadnock s four seasons, wildlife, lakes, forests, fields, historical structures, people, and cultural events offer an endless variety of artistic opportunities. In the jurying process we will consider artistic excellence and variety as part of the selection process. Location, subject, medium, and style will all be taken into consideration. Several lectures and programs will be scheduled by the Historical Society in con-junction with this exhibition. These will focus on the region s character and heritage in a historical, cultural and environmental context, thereby giving additional exposure to our special region Application form is located at: Final.pdf

10 Her Water, Her Future NHTI Library Gallery 31 College Dr., Concord, NH March 4, March 29, 2018 Library hours. 8:00AM - 4:00PM. Reception: Thursday, March 8th, 6:00pm Special Event: Thursday, March 22, 2018, 6:00 pm Celebration of World Water Day with Guest Speakers Lisa McAllister and Christine Destrempes Susan Rock will be exhibiting her watercolor entitled: Rise Up.and be a guardian of clean water World Water Day is March 22 Application form is located at: Final.pdf

11 Tell Your Story through photos of your work Presented in partnership with Monadnock Area Artists Association Presenter: Charley Freiberg One day: $25 Both days: $45 At the Hannah Grimes Center, Keene, NH May 19 & 20, 10am - 2pm Minimum registration: 6 per day Maximum registration: 8 per day Image: Get tips on how to photograph your art and creations with an experienced professional commercial photographer! Quality photographs can be taken in your own studio and used for National and International Museums and galleries, online and offline product catalogues, grant and residency applications, advertising, etc. Participants will learn about lighting, camera settings, and setting up your own photo studio at home in this two-part workshop. Sign up for one day or both days! Talk with interactive demonstration Sat.10:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - The first day Charley will set up his equipment, lights, camera, ipad or phone, drapes etc. He would like participants to bring a piece of their work to be photographed. Participants should be ready to take notes on how to better photograph work. Learn to use the equipment you have and how and where to find or make upgrades inexpensively. Application: Bring your setup to Charley for feedback Sun. 10:00 a.m. 2:00p.m. - Bring all the equipment you have to photograph your art, some of your work, Extension cords, Lights, light bulbs, your camera, ipad or phone, backdrops, boxes, easel to hold your art, and any props you d like to use. This is the day you set up and learn to set up better. Charley will give suggestions on how to improve your lighting and set up with a professional eye for style. Remember don t leave until you have asked all your questions - this presenter LOVES to give you all the information you need! Workshop lengths may extend beyond 2pm - this presenter loves questions, interactions, and group participation. This event is sponsored by C & S Wholesale Grocers & Richard Guerriero About our presenter: Charley Freiberg has been a commercial photographer since He regularly photograph for almost 300 artists and craftspeople around the US including our very own instructor, Paulette Werger. His other clients include: McGraw-Hill, IBM, Brookstone catalog, NCR (National Cash Register), NEC (Nippon Electric Corp.), Walker Power Inc, and over 200 other small, medium and large businesses. He has traveled around the US, Europe, and the Caribbean for clients, including: Stahlman Engineering, Hinckley yachts, Boating, Yachting, US Travel, Travel South, Fine Woodworking, Home and Garden, and other magazines. He has photographed somewhere around 60 magazine covers for publications such as: Rod and Reel, Byte Magazine, Popular Computing, Yankee, New Hampshire Profiles, Fine Homebuilding. In addition, Charley has been photographing for historic documentation consultants for nearly 20 years. You can see some of the work on the Library of Congress site or gracing the back rooms of most New England state archives. Some of the work he has done can be viewed on his website:

12 Ludmila Gayvoronsky will have a Solo exhibit from April to June at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Hospital, in the 5th Floor, Rotunda Gallery. The Opening Reception is scheduled for Thursday, April 26, from 5-6:30pm. Everybody is welcomed. Ludmila ludmila.gayvoronsky@myfairpoint.net Tel:

13 NightScapes in Pastel This is a two day workshop that explores texture, temperature and the medium of pure pigment. Students will have the opportunity to paint from their own photos or photos that will be available. River Valley Artisans rivervalleyartisans@tpdi.biz

14 Art in the Family Liz Winchester-Larson and Harriet Winchester The Bagel Mill Cafe and Bakery 145 Grove Street Extension, Peterborough, NH March 2 April 29, 2018 The Winchester sisters, Liz Winchester-Larson and Harriet Winchester, are pleased to exhibit their artwork at The Bagel Mill Cafe and Bakery, 145 Grove Street Extension, Peterborough, NH March 2 April 29, Growing up in New Hampshire, Elizabeth and Harriet Winchester began drawing and painting as youngsters. By the early '70s, each had earned BFA degrees, Liz from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and Harriet from Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, RI. Since 1995 they have enjoyed showing their art together again. Liz Winchester-Larson has a tiny studio in Keene, NH filled with the objects and plants that inspire her still-life paintings. An artist and print-maker for more than forty years, she especially enjoys the medium of colored pencil. Harriet Winchester settled in Nashua, NH with her engineer husband, Jim Kuzdrall. Working in a realistic style with oils, she enjoys both still-life subjects and New England landscapes, including a recent interest in portraying old trees. Please come to meet and talk with the artists on Friday March 16 from 2:00 3:30 pm or on Friday April 20 from 2:00 3:30 pm at The Bagel Mill, 145 Grove Street Extension, Peterborough, NH. Liz will share her colored pencil techniques and Harriet will discuss her work in oils. In addition to the exhibition at The Bagel Mill, Liz Winchester-Larson is currently showing a group of her still-life artworks done in colored pencil through March 20 in the front window at The Apothecary, 35 Main Street, Keene, NH. Artists Contact: Liz Winchester-Larson lizart39@yahoo.com Harriet Winchester hwk@intrel.com

15 Free Art instruction from Richard Whitney, PhD.H., winner of the Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award. Saturdays from 10am-12:30pm. Sponsored by Hawthorne Academy, 100 Old North Branch Rd., Antrim or Sandy Sherman Richard Whitney, PhD.H Studios at Crescent Pond 100 Chalet Drive Stoddard, NH

16 Gardner Area League of Artists (GALA) Call for Entries 2018 Spring Art Show with Live Music! Our Distinguished Judges Peter Laytin, Photography Professor, Fitchburg State University Tamar Russell Brown, Owner of Gallery Sitka, Fitchburg, MA Ann Capodagli, Owner of Boulder Gallery, Fitchburg MA Entry Deadline: April 6, 2018 Show Dates: May 4-6, 2018 at the Winchendon American Legion 295 School Street (Route 12), Winchendon, MA For More Info & To Enter

17 Peoples Bank in Chesterfield is looking for artists to display between 8-10 paintings/photos. Please contact Patrick Wright Vice President of if interested. ******************** Peoples Bank openings coming up in 2 month increments. Great space to share your work. The Bank employees really enjoy it too. Room for larger pieces. Call for Artist's: Looking for artists hang work in 2 month slots for June/ July,August/Sept Oct/Nov, Dec/Jan at Peoples Bank West St Keene. Also anyone that would like to hang for remainder of Feb through end of March. Please connect Dawn at or dawn.kopczynski@gmail.com Bagel Mill in Peterborough is also available for exhibiting your artwork. Please contact Alicia for available slots. adrakiotes@webryders.net New space to display at the City of Keene on the 3rd floor Mayors office. Space is 6-8 pieces. Contact Helen at the City of Keene

18 MAAA NEWS Painting Group Hello MAAA Artists, Due to the Keene Public Library's renovation plans for the Heberton Hall annex, the Painting Group that has meet at the library for a number of years on Thursdays from will not be meeting there until the renovations are completed. The other meeting rooms in the main library space, such as the Green Room and the Trustees Room do not have adequate lighting to use for a painting group. In the renovation plan, there will be meeting rooms with windows and good lighting for the community to use. Hopefully, when the renovation is complete, there will be renewed interest in using the library for a Painting Group weekly event. In the meantime, if anyone has a suggestion of an alternative meeting space, please reply with your comments or questions to: Liz Winchester-Larson lizart39@yahoo.com Every Thursday Heberton Hall All members are invited to attend the Painting Group, meeting every Thursday morning at 10:00 A.M. in Heberton Hall. Heberton Hall is located right next to the Keene Public Library and has wonderful lighting for painters. This is a joint program of the library and the Monadnock Area Artists Association. There is no charge, of course and no instruction. This is a social opportunity for artists to exchange information and perfect their art abilities. Almost all media are represented. We look forward to seeing you there. ************************

19 MAAA CONTACT INFORMATION Executive Committee BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President - Ken Hathaway kenhathaway0160@icloud.com Vice President - Aaron Cusimano asnowmail@gmail.com Treasurer - Paul Battey pbattey@hotmail.com Secretary - Kevin Whitfield k.whitfield@myfairpoint.net MEMBERS AT LARGE ADVISORY BOARD Wendi Hulslander Gill Truslow ART IN THE PARK COMMITTEE Art in the Park - Chair - Wendi Hulslander maaapres@gmail.com Sue Doyle nina33@gmail.com Randy Maxey - randy@randymaxi.net Gill Truslow lucyg61@gmail.com WORKSHOP COMMITTEE Carol Corliss - Chair Ellen Chapman Marjorie Layman Susan Rock Liz Ziegler EXHIBITS COMMITTEE Chair - Anne Ward - anneward47@gmail.com Ellen Chapman triwellfarm@gmail.com Wendi Hulslander maaapres@gmail.com OUTREACH PROGRAMS Bagel Mill - Peterborough - Alicia Drakiotes adrakiotes@webryders.net People s Bank - Keene - Dawn Kopczynski dawn.kopczynski@gmail.com People s Bank Chesterfield - Mindy Cambiar mcambiar@gmail.com OUTREACH PUBLICITY Rosemarie Bernardi Sarah Handford Jane Larmon Karen Lyle Sandy Sherman E-news - Carol Corliss pastels@tpdi.biz HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Chair Paula Guhse Anne Murray Linda Felder Lois Phoenix Liz Ziegler Mary Ann Backman Membership: Gill Truslow Newsletter: Website: Gill Truslow & Stephanie Tickner