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"Sheep to Shawl" is coming to LexFarm this spring! Wildly popular Tufts class coming to Silk Fields Farm (behind LexFarm), taught by Kim Goldinger, local farmer and fiber explorer. Limited spaces available for our spring session on Monday nights, 5-8pm for 6 consecutive weeks, April 3-May 8, plus a special session to participate in the annual alpaca shearing April 23. The classes will start at the farm (weather permitting) and then head over to a private residence on Farm Road for the bulk of class time. We will cover all phases of the fiber process from animal care and shearing to processing and dyeing wool (using a selection of natural dyes) to spinning and knitting to create a final, totally unique product. The class fee will cover: fiber, mordant, dyes, carding and spinning tools. This class is for adults (18+) with a maximum of 10 participants. $250 LexFarm Members, $275 Non-Members. Household-level membership or higher required to receive education discount. Registration is on the LexFarm website: https://lexfarm.org/education/ Questions? Email kim@silkfields.com

LexArt has been invited to mount an exhibition at Brookhaven at Lexington, a local continuing care retirement community, and home to some of our members! Brookhaven features a lengthy and wide, high-traffic corridor with ample natural light, that it uses to mount exhibits. We are delighted to be able to both share our work with Brookhaven residents and introduce them to your work and to LexArt. The exhibit will be seen by all the nearly 500 Brookhaven residents and their guests. All LexArt members are invited to submit work for consideration. The spring-themed Renewal will run for two months. Brookhaven residents will be asked to vote for their favorite works and prize money will be awarded to the winners. Works may be offered for sale. Submission Deadline March 6, 2023 (10:00 pm) Click on the link to view the registration form: https://www.lexart.org/renewal-2023 Learn more about Brookhaven click here

Our own Jodi Colella co-chair of the Weaver's & Fiber Arts guild was featured in a recent Art Review published by the Boston Globe. You can find Cate McQuaid's article "Art that hides or seeks the self" at Boston Sculptors Gallery here. Jodi's show, The Faculty of Utterance, will run until Sept 20th 2020. Interested in taking a quick tour? You can visit with Jodi here. Well done Jodi we couldn't be more pleased!! You won't want to miss Jodi at our next Free (Zoom) LexArt Inspires conversation coming up on Sept 17th, JOIN US!

Visit our Photographers Guild Annual exhibit which is now a VIRTUAL SHOW This is a dynamic new exhibit of the guild's latest work, including landscape photography, closeups of the natural world, travel photography, abstracts using colorplay of light, and more. See the world through our photographers eyes. Need a gift for a DAD or GRAD or for a WEDDING? all of the pieces may now be purchased through our website, contactless pickup can easily be accommodated in the Society parking lot. Feel free to check our show out! Visions and Reflections

Visit our VIRTUAL gallery and be transported to another time and place. See the world through our guild members eyes. All photos are available for purchase and it's not too late to order for Father's Day! Featuring Photos taken by Nicole Mordecai, Tom Whelan, Steven Goldstein, Terri Ackerman, Charlie Taylor, Al Zabin, Peter Pershan, Dave Ewing.

Ink Reimagined is a groundbreaking solo exhibition of contemporary Korean ink painter Park Dae Sung’s works. Our friends from the Korean Cultural Society of Boston organized a visit to this breathtaking show at the Hood Museum. Lovers, practitioners, and students of brush painting will see the world with new eyes after experiencing Park's unique vision. One of the most inspiring exhibits I've seen in years.

March 4–July 9, 2023 Focusing on the work of Black potters in the 19th-century American South, this landmark exhibition presents approximately 60 ceramic objects from Old Edgefield District, South Carolina, a center of stoneware production in the decades before the Civil War, together with contemporary responses.

Eight bags of colorful fiber were transported to Worcester and delivered to Joan Kariko (one of the co-founders of RAW) earlier this week. Being able to supply the artisans of this bootstrap non-profit organization with the raw materials needed to complete their traditional handcrafts is one of great satisfaction and is frankly a win-win for both organizations. Learn more about RAW and their mission to support Refugee Artists!

The Boston Metro chapter of Days for Girls, held a Sew-A-Thon in our Plummer Studio on Saturday 2/18/23. This was their first event held at LexArt. Society member Carol Baran has been sewing for this organization for a number of years now. Link to Days for Girls International

Call for Art: Earth Month Exhibition from The Umbrella Arts Center April 5 – 23, 2023 Theme: Reflections When we attune our senses to our local ecosystems, what can we learn? How do we share this experience with others through the arts? We are writing today to personally invite you to participate in the 2023 Earth Month Exhibition, a non-juried show which will run in The Umbrella Arts Center gallery from April 5 through April 23, 2023. The Artist Reception for this show is scheduled for Wednesday, April 12 from 5pm – 7pm. Click on this link to view the call for art and register your piece for the show! If you are not already subscribed to our newsletter and would like to receive future 'Call for Art' emails, you can subscribe through this link and specify the types of communications you are interested in receiving.

EARLY REGISTRATION $50 THROUGH APRIL 16 REGULAR REGISTRATION $75 APRIL 30 LEXART WILL HOST A NUMBER OF ARTISTS EXHIBITING AND DEMONSTRATING THEIR WORK IN OUR PARKING LOT Registration is open now: https://www.lexingtonopenstudios.com/

We have gifts for loved ones both near and far. Over 600 unique items for sale online from 80+ of our artist members. Shop us conveniently and safely from home, you may arrange for Free Local Pickup or have us ship your purchase via USPS. Your purchase allows us to continue offering classes, sharing exhibits, and developing new programming to enrich lives through the making of art and craft. Visit our Shop today!

Choose from our wonderfully warm and incredibly soft garments made from Cashmere, Angora, Silk, Alpaca and Mohair. Our weavers and knitters love, love, love luxury fibers. There is still plenty of time to order online for local pickup, and yes we will also ship your purchase. The team will be back at work Monday morning no delays. Shop us online https://www.lexart.org/fiber-arts Our gallery in Lexington MA is open 10-5 thru 12/24 - Stop by!