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April 2012 (Museum is closed Saturday, April 7th)

 

Spring Art Classes for All Ages

Classes run from April through May 2012. 

View our spring art class and workshop schedule.

For more information: 508-222-2644 x15.

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2012 New England Watercolor Society (NEWS) National Exhibition

Exhibition dates: April 19 – May 12, 2012

Opening reception: Saturday, April 28th; 2pm – 4pm.

Download the NEWS 13th Annual North American Open Prospectus

The NEWS 13th Biennial North American Open Show will be on exhibition in the Museum’s Ottmar Gallery from Thurs., April 19 through Sat., May 12, 2012. World renown artist, Tom Lynch, will serve as the exhibition’s juror and conduct an in-depth, four-day workshop from April 18—21, 2012 at the Attleboro Arts Museum. The workshop is limited to 26 students.

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Tom Lynch

Tom has been referred to as one of the nation’s premier watercolorists. He has written 7 books and hosted several award winning PBS TV Art Series. He was recently listed as one of the nation’s top 20 teachers by a leading Art magazine. He is represented by some of the nation’s leading museums and art galleries. He has been the spokesperson for the entire National Art Materials Trade Association, and continues to be the international spokesperson for many leading art material manufacturers.

www.newenglandwatercolorsociety.org

 

Bridge Beams by Donald Stoltenberg

First Prize 2010 NEWS National

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April 2012 Community Gallery: The work of Kathryn Sanfilippo

 

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May 2012 (Museum is closed Saturday, May 26th. NOTE: Summer hours from May 29 – August 31st: Tues – Sat 10am – 4pm)

 

2012 New England Watercolor Society (NEWS) National Exhibition

Exhibition runs through May 12, 2012

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Art Lovers Book Club

Saturday, May 5th; 2pm – 4pm. Free and open to the public.

A open discussion of John James Audubon – The Making of An American by Richard Rhodes

Guest speaker: Julianne Mehegan of the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center

 

John James Audubon – The Making of An American

From the Pulitzer Prize—winning historian Richard Rhodes, the first major biography of John James Audubon in forty years, and the first to illuminate fully the private and family life of the master illustrator of the natural world.

Rhodes shows us young Audubon arriving in New York from France in 1803, his illegitimacy a painful secret, speaking no English but already drawing and observing birds. We see him falling in love, marrying the wellborn English girl next door, crossing the Appalachians to frontier Kentucky to start a new life, fashioning himself into an American just as his adopted country was finding its identity.

Here is Audubon exploring the wilderness of birds–pelicans wading the shallows of interior rivers, songbirds flocking, passenger pigeons darkening the skies–and teaching himself to revivify them in glorious life-size images. Now he finds his calling: to take his hundreds of watercolor drawings to England to be engraved in a great multivolume work called The Birds of America. Within weeks of his arrival there in 1826, he achieves remarkable celebrity as “the American Woodsman.” He publishes his major work as well as five volumes of bird biographies enhanced by his authentic descriptions of pioneer American life.

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Guest Speaker: Julianne Mehegan

Julianne Mehegan is a volunteer at the Audubon Visual Arts Center, a professional art museum within Mass Audubon. Working at the Visual Arts Center combines her interest in ornithology, botany and art.  Her focus is art acquisition and collection management.  A recent project was research into the life and art of Mark Catesby, an 18th century naturalist whose observations of birds in colonial America was the first comprehensive study to be published.  The goal of purchasing a first edition Catesby print for the Visual Arts Center collection was realized in March.

Julianne holds an Advanced Certificate in Field Botany from New England Wild Flower Society. She is a Plant Conservation Volunteer monitoring rare plants for the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program.  Julianne retired as Manager of Market Research for an international firm providing consulting in the digital imaging field.

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The Art Lovers Book Club at the Attleboro Arts Museum blends art, culture and literature through vivid presentations and open discussions held in the Museum’s main gallery setting. Each 2-hour meeting includes a presentation from a guest speaker on a topic related to a chosen text or a featured artist. An open discussion serves as the final part of the event.  Free and open to the public (perfect for readers of the chosen text and/or those who are interested in the topic at hand). You are not required to read the selected text to attend the Book Club meeting.

Free and open to all.  Please reserve your space by calling: 508-222-2644  x10

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Attleboro Arts Museum Annual Meeting, Exterior Renovations Dedication and Awards Presentation

Wednesday, May 9th at 5:30pm.  Free and open to all.

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On the Threshold

Call for Artists Deadlines

CD Entries: by May 12th 2012 at 3pm

Hand-delivered Entries: May 18th or 19th, 2012 from 10am – 3pm

View the full prospectus for On the Threshold

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High Art – The Art of Assemblage

Exhibition: May 22  – June 6, 2012

Reception: Thursday, May 24; 6:30 – 8pm.  Free and open  to the public.

High Art is an annual exhibition of artwork from high school students in Southeastern Massachusetts.  It offers students in grades 9 – 12, who are either enrolled in public, private, parochial or alternative high schools a rare opportunity to be part of a Museum exhibition.  Learn more.

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Remembering: A Creative Impact Series Exhibition

Call for Artists deadline: May 1st, 2012 at 3pm

The act or process of remembering can be a pleasant, even joyous, experience.  However, for some, select memories can be painful to conjure.  No matter the outlook, our experiences provide fertile artistic ground for this special exhibition. View the full prospectus for Remembering.

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May 2012 Community Gallery: The work of Jack Dzamba

 

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June 2012 (NOTE: Summer hours from May 29 – August 31st: Tues – Sat 10am – 4pm)

High Art – The Art of Assemblage

Exhibition runs through June 6, 2012

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Remembering: A Creative Impact Series Exhibition

Exhibition: June 16 – 30, 2012

Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, June 16, 1– 4pm.  Free and open to all.

The act or process of remembering can be a pleasant, even joyous, experience.  However, for some, select memories can be painful to conjure.  No matter the outlook, our experiences provide fertile artistic ground for this special exhibition.

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Downtown Attleboro’s Expo for the Senses

Featuring the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Craft Fair & Art Sale and Chalk Art Sidewalk Masterpieces

Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012

Time: 12 – 5pm; (Raindate: Sunday, June 24, 2012)

Free admission

Attleboro’s Expo for the Senses returns downtown for a great afternoon of art, music, jewelry displays, local cuisine and fun family entertainment. The Museum will host a Craft Fair and Art Sale; Chalk Art – Sidewalk Masterpieces; and “Remembering”: A Creative Impact Series Art Exhibition.

Download a 2012 Expo Craft Fair & Art Sale Overview and Application

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June 2012 Community Gallery: The Work of Mangbetu Award Recipient, Marina Spenciner

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July 2012 (NOTE: Summer hours from May 29 – August 31st: Tues – Sat 10am – 4pm)

Summer Art Camps, Classes and Workshops for All Ages

July – August, 2012

View our summer art camp, class and workshop schedule

For more information and to register: 508-222-2644 x10

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On the Threshold – A National Juried Exhibition

Exhibition: July 14 – August 10, 2012

Opening awards reception: July 18th from 7-9pm

Looking in or out of your door … interiors, vistas, transitions … open to all mediums and concepts that communicate your literal or emotional views of “On the Threshold.”

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July 2012 Community Gallery: Watercolors from Ben Macomber