Portrait Marathon October 19—please spread the word!

A PORTRAIT IS A LASTING TREASURE!

Portrait Marathon

Saturday, October 19, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Princeton Arts Society Room, Princeton Center Building, Boylston Ave, Princeton

Sign up to have your child’s portrait drawn! He or she will sit for 30 minutes while four Princeton Art Society artists simultaneously create portrait sketches.  At the end of the marathon you’ll have four different sketches to choose from.  Participating artists are; Sid Solomon, Linda Johnson, Taina Kong, and Jean Murphy.

• Each portrait sketch is $60.00, and at least one purchase must be made. A $60.00 deposit must be made prior to the sitting. Half the money raised helps fund the Princeton Arts Society.

• Participating children must be 8 years old or older, and must be able to sit still for one 30-minute sitting.

• Portrait sketches are informal single portraits. Sketches may be in pencil, oil, charcoal or pastel, in a size chosen by the artist.

• All portrait sketches will be finished and available for selection at 3:00 the day of the sitting.

We have six sittings. 9:00, 9:50, 10:40, 12:00, 12:50, 1:40. Please contact Naoko Gomi (978-464-0532 or naokojee@hotmail.com) to reserve a sitting.

GALA Call for Artists

Gardner Area League of Artists (GALA)

2013 Artists Market - Call for Artists
November 9, 2013 at the Gardner Senior Center
294 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA 01440

Registration Deadline: October 19

Don't miss this opportunity to showcase and sell your work.
Spaces are filling up quickly so sign up today!

For more info

Agawam Public Library 5th Open Juried Art Show

Agawam Public Library 5th Open Juried Art Show

Agawam Public Library, 750 Cooper Street, Agawam MA, 01001

November 4 – 29, 2013

Reception & Awards: Friday, November 8, 2013, 7 – 9pm

Categories (5) : Acrylics, Oils, Watercolors, Pastels, and Other Media (pencil drawing, charcoals, pen

and inks, block prints, collage, encaustics)

26 Awards: Best in Show ($250) and 1st ($100), 2nd ($60), 3rd ($40) in each category, plus

10 Honorable Mentions

Download Prospectus/Entry form: http://www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm

For more information, please contact Bob Kadis via email at r.kadis@comcast.net  or by phone: 413-789-4814

Sponsored by Friends of the Agawam Public Library

A Kamishibai Performance

Art in IT Exhibit

Discount Art Supplies Opportunity: 9/3/13 Deadline

Art Supplies

Discount Buying Opportunity Through CC Lowell

PAS members now have the opportunity to buy quality art supplies from CC.Lowell and receive a 30% – 60% discount when the order is placed as part of a bulk order through the Princeton Arts Society.   A copy of the price list, showing the applicable discount, is available in the Princeton Art Society room in the Princeton Center.  If you would like your own copy, email Judy Dino at onidju@aol.com and I will send you the excel file by return email!   Sorry, I cannot send hard copies of the file.

We will be placing our first order in early September.

To order:

1.    Make a list of what you want – use our handy order form ( contact Judy Dino at onidju@aol.com for a copy) or make your own.  Include item number, brief description, quantity, discounted price per piece, total cost (price per piece times number of pieces). Also include your name, phone # and email address.

2.     Total the costs of your items

3.     Multiply your total by .0625 to find the sales tax owed.

4.    Add sales tax to total for final cost.

5.    Write check for total payable to CC.Lowell.

6.    Get check by mail or by hand to Andrea Driscoll or Judy Dino. If by mail, send to Judy Dino, 84 Main Street, Princeton Ma, 01541

7.    Pick up order at the Art Society Room at the Princeton Center when it comes in.

Orders with payment must be received by September 3, 2013. 

Any questions?  Contact Andrea Driscoll (andreadriscoll@hotmail.com , 978-563-1714) or Judy Dino (onidju@aol.com, 978-340-4100)   

Cultural Council Grant Writing Workshops

Bring Artists, Writers, Musicians and Others to Your Community!

Learn How to Apply for Cultural Council Grants

The Princeton Cultural Council will hold workshops in the Princeton Town Hall Annex on how to apply for Cultural Council grants. The workshops will be held:

Wednesday, August 7th at 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 21st at 4:00 p.m.

Monday, September 16th at 1:00 p.m.

Local Cultural Council grants are provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The Massachusetts Cultural Council's Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually. Each year, local councils award more than $2 million in grants to more than 5,000 cultural programs statewide. The program promotes the availability of rich cultural experiences for every Massachusetts citizen.