City of Attleboro’s Winter Night Festival

Downtown Attleboro, 86 Park Street, Attleboro, MA, 02703

Saturday, Feb 22^nd, 2020 • 4:00-7:30pm

Rain/Snow Date: Sunday, Feb 23^rd, 2020

The City of Attleboro is holding its tenth Winter Night Festival in Downtown Attleboro on Saturday, February 22^nd, 2020; 4:00-7:30pm. The Attleboro Arts Museum is a Festival partner and is organizing a juried “Craft Fair and Art Sale” that will be part of this city‐wide event.

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Deadline to apply is Tues, January 21^st by 5pm.

The Sun Chronicle newspaper announces the 2020 Winter Night Festival.

An Exhibition at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Partnership with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Greater Attleboro

Exhibition Dates: February 15^th – 21^st, 2020

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15^th from 2-4pm. Free and open to all. Reception reservations are requested, but not required, by February 14th, 2020. Call 508-222-2644 x10 or email: office@attleboroartsmuseum.org

Segments of the exhibition will remain on view during the City of Attleboro’s Winter Night Festival on Saturday, February 22nd from 4 – 7:30pm. Free and open to all.

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The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is a fundraising event where members of a team take turns walking around a track or designated path. All Relay for Life events are staffed and coordinated by volunteers in more than 5,200 communities and 20 countries. 2020 marks Relay for Life’s 35^th anniversary.

A Relay for Life typically spans from 6-24 hours in length. Participants rotate, walking throughout the event, to signify that cancer never sleeps. Everyone is welcome to join a Relay for Life by starting their own team or joining an existing one.  Proceeds from all Relays help the American Cancer Society lead the fight for a world without cancer. 

When you attend a Relay event, you’ll see volumes of paper luminarias decorated with names and sometimes messages to the people they’re dedicated to. After dark, each luminaria is lit in remembrance of a life touched by cancer.

Luminaria – An Exhibition at the Attleboro Arts Museum

In 2020 the Attleboro Arts Museum is partnering with organizers of Relay for Life of Greater Attleboro – a local Relay that includes several hundred individuals with 65+ teams.  Greater Attleboro’s Relay brings in participants from Attleboro, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville and Rehoboth, among other towns and cities.  2020 will commemorate Relay for Life of Greater Attleboro’s 22nd year.   The event will be held on June 12th -13th, 2020 at Norton High School, in Norton, MA.

To help spread the word about this important cause and Relay, the Attleboro Arts Museum will exhibit original, “artful” luminaria, created by artists in their own style and chosen medium. The exhibition, entitled Luminaria, will shine a light on the mission of the American Cancer Society, the strength of community collaboration, and the remarkable power of artistic expression. 

Participating Artists

• Eman Abdalla
• Kareem Abdalla
• Barbara J. Adams
• Bill Clark
• Susan G. Daum
• Mim Brooks Fawcett
• Margo Lemieux
• Amelia Lydon
• Gwyn Marathas
• Sheila Oliveira
• Susan Potter
• Nora Rabins
• Betsy Ritz
• Abby Rovaldi
• Sarah Samways
• Michelle Scotti
• Kerry St.Pierre
• Carolann Tebbetts
• Steven Wiseman

Want to learn more about the Relay for Life of Greater Attleboro? Representatives will be on hand during both the exhibition’s Opening Reception and the Winter Night Festival.

Collection and Contemporary Portraits

Exhibition: February 15^th – 29^th, 2020

During the early years of the Attleboro Arts Museum several area residents supported the organization by gifting fine art and objects. These pieces have been cared for over time and selections are presented in an annual winter exhibition. 

From February 15th – 29th, 2020 the Museum presents Character Development – an exhibition of portraits from the Attleboro Arts Museum’s collection and companion contemporary works.

Sixteen artists working in a variety of mediums were invited to chose one portrait from a subset of the Museum’s permanent collection.  They were asked to visually respond to their selected work and encouraged to use their personal slant and style to create a new work that is inspired by, or reflects, the Museum holding.  The results were not designed to be replicas of permanent collection portraits – they are derivative works that express the voice of a contemporary artist.

Exhibiting Artists

• Lissa Banks
• Sue Butler
• Danielle Coenen
• Alicia Crespo
• Susan G. Daum
• Tim Elliot
• John (Jay) Gafford
• Margot Hurley
• Gina Kalenderian
• Colleen Kiely
• Caryl Hull Leavitt
• Brian McClear
• Meghan C. Murray  
• Barbara Johansen Newman
• Polly Parke
• Nicolle St. Cyr

Attleboro Arts Museum’s permanent collection portraits appearing in Character Development will include:

An important Attleboro Arts Museum (AAM) member benefit is the opportunity to annually exhibit original artwork in the Museum’s Ottmar Gallery. In the spirit of our tagline – Arts for Everyone – all work that met the exhibition guidelines was accepted into this exhibition.

Guest juror: Catherine Graffam, artist and exhibitions manager at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA.

• Exhibition Dates: December 6th, 2019 – January 31st, 2020. 
• Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, December 7th from 2-4pm.

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Award Winners

Best Representational: Catherine L. Howe, Emerald Sea, pastel

Best Abstract: Kevin Mulligan, Mystical Mother, wood

Best in Show/Juror’s Choice: Meghan Murray, Peony Rearrangement, oil

Juror’s Choice Awards:

• Nancy Beams, Compassion
• Bill Clark, Uncounted 2020
• Claudia Flynn, Touchstone
• Linda Rogers, Queen
• Steven Wiseman, Plumb Bob

Blick Art Materials Awards:

• Susan Clarke, Midnight at the Garden
• Margot Hurley, Bombshell
• Filipe Miguel, Death of Hashtag
• Deception, Nicolle St. Cyr

Merit Awards:

• William Bradshaw, Young Friends
• Cathy Chin, A Fox on the Deck
• Cynthia DiDonato, Glossy
• Ed Grossman, Awakening
• Marc A. Jaffe, Stripes and Reflection
• Linda Pearlman Karlsberg, Into the Wilderness
• Amelia Lydon, Sun Worshipper
• Amanda Case Millis, When Nobody’s Looking
• Lisa Redburn, Garden Water Tapestry XII
• Lyn Slade, Growing Light
• James St. Germaine, Turn the Page
• Carolann Tebbetts, Leviathan

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

• Top image (banner): Carol A. O’Neill