Do you want to take your craft to the next level by incorporating modern digital tools? Have you ever wondered how CNC machines, CAD software, or 3D printers could enhance your creative process? In this presentation, my goal is to: (1) Introduce you to the possibilities of CNC technology, including how to choose the right machine and apply it to your work, (2) Provide a practical introduction to CAD, helping you understand its importance and where to start learning, and (3) Explore how 3D printing can be integrated into your craft to create custom tools, forms, and unique pieces. I hope to inspire and empower you to blend traditional craftsmanship with digital innovation, opening up new possibilities for your creative journey. After the event, please stick around for a social with freshments and discussion of projects and art! John Welch  is a seasoned designer and woodworker with over 20 years of experience in the food production industry, specializing in the design and manufacturing of extrusion dies using tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, MasterCAM, and Fusion 360. A woodworker for over a decade, John transitioned from hobbyist to full-time self-employed woodworker in March 2023. During that time, he also taught spoon carving classes and participated in various markets and fairs, selling handmade wares. Now, he has carved out a niche in creating pasta-related wooden tools, blending traditional woodworking with CNC technology in his North Chelmsford shop. His work has been featured in prominent publications, including Food & Wine , Boston Magazine , Yankee Magazine , Chronicle , Woodcarving Illustrated , and New England Home Magazine . Please click here for the recording of the event

WELCOME! Welcome to our newest members of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association® family! The NARM Association now has 1,391 locations across North America . The latest NARM Quarterly is now available where you can meet each of our newest members and find virtual programming that you may want to share with your members. DON'T LOSE TOUCH! Staff changes are inevitable, but they shouldn't mean that you lose your NARM Association membership. More and more institutions have fallen off the list due to loss of contact and, while we make effort to reconnect with emails and phone calls, we do have to remove members who do not keep their membership current. Make a plan now to pass along any contact information changes to info@narmassociation.org  in case of staff changes, if you do not have one in place already, and your organization will not be in danger of losing your NARM Association membership. HAPPY FALL! Virginia Phillippi Director https://viewer.joomag.com/narm-quarterly-fall-2024/0152956001725623797?short&

July 20 - August 25, 2024 11am-5pm Tue-Sun Opening Reception: Sun, July 21 2-4 pm This exhibit will showcase artists who are passionate about our national dialogue. We seek artwork that challenge norms, ignite conversations, and shed light on diverse political narratives. Join us in creating a space for dialogue and reflection on the major issues of our time and help us answer the question, how can we as artists contribute to actively provoking and engaging an audience to participate in the civic life of the nation. Events: July 21 at 4:00 pm:   We the People,  Artists Activists discussion panel July 25 at 7:00 pm: Art & Activism: the Knit Democracy Together Project Talk: Video Recording Click Here List of Accepted Artists and works Award Winners Best in Show - The Unraveling, Adrienne Sloane For Human Rights - Azul y Blanco: Colores para la Libertad,  Maria Cecilia Orozco For Immigration/Migration: No Importa Donde Vayas, Recuerda de Donde Eres, Liliana Folta For Gun Violence: Jan 1 - July 4, 2001,  Peggie Bouvier Artwork Displayed in the Gallery: Accepted Artwork that is not on display in the Gallery: Due to the limited size of our gallery some of the accepted artwork could not be displayed. All accepted artists have at least one piece hanging in the gallery. We still want to showcase the art not on display here on our website. No Autonomy for You, Gail Smuda More Green Space, Liliana Folta My America, Lisa Rosowsky Never Agian, Lisa Rosowsky BRANDED/In Formation series: #trumptattoos (with makeup), Lisa Rockford No More Dinner, Madeline Lord Just Too Much, Virginia Mahoney Karman in Trans Colored Homemade Prom Dress, from Hanging in the Balance, Zoe Perry-Wood A One-Sided Conversation about Climate Change, Christine Wendel-Farrugia Climbing, RW BaBs “Seeing Red 01.06.2021” #5, RW BaBs Tus Hijos, Llorona, Maria Cecilia Orozco Santifiquen las Fiestas (Cerro Roldan), Maria Cecilia Orozco

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WELCOME! Welcome to our newest members of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association® family! The NARM Association now has 1,380 locations across North America. The latest NARM Quarterly is now available to meet each of our newest members and find virtual programming that you may want to share with your members. Summer is here, and your members are probably thinking about travel! Now is a perfect time to remind them of the value of NARM reciprocal benefits. Happy Summer! Virginia Phillippi Director Read the Quarterly by clicking here

Humans have been responsible for degradation of our environment and destruction of so much natural habitat. This exhibit gives artists a chance to try and give back to nature, to craft novel wildlife housing and provide new habitat, while showcasing their artistic creativity. Works will be practical to conceptual and will include insect, bird and bat houses to wintering shelters for local mammals. We plan to engage local wildlife organizations and will feature live animal demonstrations! Learn more about initiatives in our community: Save Lexington Wildlife Call for Art for Animal House Submission Registration Page Opening Reception By Nicole Mordecai

Crafting Change NEW LEXART PROGRAMS EXPAND ORGANIZATIONAL REACH By Cassandra Goldwater (Co-Chair of LexArt Board of Directors and Metalworking/Weaving Studio Member) Since 2017, Matthew Siegal, the first full-time executive director of LexArt, has been on a quest to revive and rejuvenate the role of arts and craft into community life in Lexington. After a 33-year career in museums, culminating in 19 years with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Siegal is using his experience to evolve LexArt from a local art/craft nonprofit with an 80-year history of relying on volunteers to survive, to a thriving resource for arts regionally. “Trying to make the case for the primacy of the arts, and in particular, the primacy of the act of making, and the vast possibilities of making art/craft in a shared environment is a tremendous challenge,” Siegal said. “Art holds such great promise for self-discovery, as therapy, as solace, to communicate and to glean insights, I just want to scream it in the streets." For the full article click here

The Lexington High School Senior Art Show is an annual student-curated event, showcasing graduating seniors’ artistic accomplishments. The exhibition features a broad selection of media, reflecting the students' exploration of ideas and materials in a wide range of art courses, including personal work, that demonstrates their individual creativity and growth as artists. Exhibition Video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRKYj3nn/ Closing Reception Photos: Hannah Wolfe

The Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) and the New England Sculptors Association (NESA) will invite all 3D artists to submit to our second joint Juried Sculpture Exhibition on the 22-acre campus of the Cape Cod Center for the Arts. The 2024 theme is open and will be juried by Benton Jones, Director of Art at the CCMoA and Samuel Tager, Executive Director of the Provincetown Public Art Foundation . This call is for a 13 week indoor exhibition at the CCMoA of 20-25 works. An outdoor juried CCOSI exhibition of sculpture will be occurring concurrently, from April 14 through November 16, 2024. CCOSI 2024 Indoor Exhibition prospectus - final.pdf

We invite you to join us for our 2024 Creative Process - Portfolio Review session on 05/18 from 12:30-3:30 pm, where you can register to receive great feedback about your artwork by professional working artists. All participants will submit their preferred time, mediums in their body of work, and goals for the review to be paired with a reviewer. In each 30 minute session reviewers will ask participants about what they are currently working on, their history with their own art, and what their goals are for their artist practice and work moving forward. Reviewers discuss directly with you to discuss work brought in, and your ideas moving forward. This is open to all NAC students and members, and our local community! Whether you want to hear your work reviewed by one of your favorite NAC instructors, have a large body of work you would like feedback on, or are feeling like you are experiencing a creative block, our esteemed review panel will work with you and your needs. Participants will leave their 30 minute review session with the following: Receive clear recommendations and suggestions to make your overall portfolio stronger, and also targeting specific parts of works brought in as needed. An open space where you can discuss current ideas/recent body of work, and any concerns, creative blocks, or challenges faced that may be impacting your portfolio that you would like advice on. Advice on how to make your artwork as presentable as possible for gallery opportunities, and promoting your art via artist’s website, social media, etc. For more info please click: Creative Process Portfolio Review Day (newartcenter.org)

Queer Open Studios @ Night will be an evening of art-sharing, live performances, vendors, and pride related crafts! The event will take place on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 from 6-10PM, and is free and open to all ages. If you are a local artist, vendor, or musician, we encourage you to apply below! All applicants will be reviewed and selected by New Art staff running Queer Open Studios Night. Staff will reach out to applicants as applications are received. Please click here for more info and to apply: Call for Art: Queer Open Studios @ Night - New Art Center in Newton

Mar 23 - Apr 21, 2024 Opening Reception: Sun, Mar 24, 2024; 2- 5 pm Workshop: Sat, April 6th, 2024; 1-3pm https://www.lexart.org/event-details/waste-material-cordage-basic-techniques-and-uses Workshop: Sat, April 13th, 2024, 10-4pm https://www.lexart.org/event-details/trash-to-treasure Curatorial Statement: The environmental crisis is multifactorial: consumerism, pollution, extreme weather, loss of biodiversity, and other catastrophes - too complex, too intertwined, but above all, too urgent. A collective problem that requires collective solutions. As individuals, we wonder, “How can I contribute to the solution?” The featured eco-minded artists, members of i3C (inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis) Artists Group and Guests, respond by working with rejected materials, such as beach debris, plastic waste, or repurposed textiles. They dare to reinvent the life of waste, transforming these society rejections into reminders of what we need to save. Join our conversation: change is not only possible but also a necessary and powerful element for critical environmental transformation. TikTok Video of the Exhibit: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL98dYf5/

71st GREELEY PARK ART SHOW August 17, 2024 (10am – 4pm) and August 18, 2024 (10am – 4pm) FINAL DEADLINE: Application must be received by July 1, 2024 Early Bird Deadline: March 31, 2024 Entry Guidelines and information Carefully read the guidelines and information before submitting your application. The Nashua Area Artists Association (NAAA) Greeley Park Art Show coordinators have the final right for interpretations. DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS: All spaces/booths MUST have tents able to withstand winds and rain as well as weights to secure the tents. (NO stakes allowed due to underground sprinkler system – violation will result in immediate expulsion from the show and fees paid will be forfeited). ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION: Open to all artists 18 years of age or older working in: 2-Dimensional: Drawing/illustration (Pen & Ink, Color or Plain Pencil, Charcoal), Graphic & Printmaking, Painting (Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor), Pastel, Photography, Digital Art and AI 3-Dimensional: Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Metalwork, Woodwork/Woodturning, Sculpture. (Jewelry is a limited category). Mixed Media: This category includes works, both 2D and 3D that incorporates more than one type of physical material to produce. Includes non-sculptural works. ALL prints/reproductions/ cards are allowed; however, they must be marked as such. If you have questions or need clarification, email us at ,Greeleyparkartshow@gmail.com. If any artist was a no-show without notice, either by phone or email, in the prior three (3) years, their application will NOT be accepted. The artist must have at least five (5) finished pieces to display and the work must be original, executed within the past three (3) years. Entry into this outdoor art show establishes an agreement on the part of the artist to all conditions listed in the prospectus and is a contract to display only what was applied for on the entry form. Artists may market prints, limited editions and greeting cards of their original works. Copies of original work must be identified as such. NOT ALLOWED: “Crafts”, which include any item(s) that can be identical if desired, including anything that uses a pattern or involves the same sequence steps to produce nearly identical results. Jewelry is the exception to this rule due to the nature of the work and design of each piece. No mass produced / resale merchandise. No knitted or crocheted items, no beading/string jewelry. Per the NAAA and city ordinance, artists cannot display artwork with mature or adult content as this is a family event      NO NUDES JURYING and JURY FEE: $25 – A non-refundable jury fee must be enclosed (or paid on-line at the time of payment) with all applications meeting the following requirements. ALL new applicants to the Greeley Park Art Show; or, any applicant who has not participated in the Greeley Park Art Show in the last two (2) years (69th (2022) and 70th (2023)). Send four (4) pictures of your artwork AND one (1) picture of your booth/display set-up. These can be sent via email to: Greeleyparkartshow@gmail.com BOOTH SPACE & INSTALLATION: To request a particular location, be sure to apply before May 31, 2024. Volunteers get first choice of location. We cannot guarantee that all requests will be honored but will consider them on a first-come basis. Booth size is 10 feet x 10 feet. The NAAA provides only the space. Artists are responsible for their own tents, racks, walls, etc. All show registrants are expected to be ready for business at 10:00 a.m. each day and staff their booth through 4:00 p.m. both days. Tents are required to display due to the nature of this show in order to protect the artwork from any form of precipitation. Only the Greeley Park Art Show Coordinators can dismiss artists due to inclement weather; artists are not permitted to leave early and must be open for business for the entire length of the show. Due to the undergrounds sprinkler system, stakes are NOT allowed to secure tents. Any violation of securing tents will be immediate expulsion from the show. Parking for artists is available in lots after load-in, but parking on Concord Street is reserved for show visitors. No vehicles are allowed on the grass at any time.  There is no sharing of booths unless grandfathered prior to 2021. For more information: https://www.nashuaarts.org/greeleyparkartshow/apply/

As one of the busiest public library buildings in Massachusetts, our two galleries are highly sought after, well-loved by library patrons and prominently located on the first floor. We welcome applications from New England region artists showing works that are compatible with the Walker Display system. Artists from a variety of life experiences and ethnicities are encouraged to apply. Please assure your submission is received by 11:59pm on Friday, July 19, 2024. Results will be released by Friday, September 13, 2024 for January - June 2025 shows. For more information, write to us at programs@newtonfreelibrary.net. Please feel free to forward and share this message! Applications are fee-free! Artist Application » Newton Free Library We do not take commissions! Shows are mounted for a full month! Upwards of 10,000 patrons visit us each week!