New Art Center presents: Baubles and Beading Workshop
2021-11-20 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
In this one day workshop you will learn how to design patterns, choose beads, string and finish a necklace and make a pair of earrings. All materials will be supplied, including a large selection of beads (and a select choice of some one-of-a-kind beads available for sale). You are also welcome to bring in beads you have purchased or beads from broken or inherited necklaces that you would like to incorporate in your piece. Perfect for parents and teens, this workshop is open to all levels of ability. Register here.

New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
2021-11-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but students must have at least taken one drawing class. See website for materials list.
Dates: 9/13 – 11/29
Details: Mondays, 11 Sessions
Times: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Notes: no class 10/11

New Art Center presents: Teen Zine - GR 9-12
2021-11-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-12-01 18:00 - 20:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
In this 6-week course students will print and produce their own zine – a small circulation of self-published work using a combination of both text and imagery. Students will develop their own short stories and/or poems and use these pieces to create visual imagery to support their writing. By the end the of the course students will print a limited-edition zine using a variety of print methods both by hand and using a press. Click here to register.
Notes: no class 11/24

Newton Art Association presents: Legal Issues for Artists
2021-12-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
What are your rights and legal obligations as an artist? What do you need to know about copyrights, contracts, commissions, and consignments with galleries? What are your precise legal liabilities?
These and other artists’ rights issues will be discussed by Nicholas M. O’Donnell at our second professional workshop.
Zoom link for the event is found here.

New Art Center Artist Talk: Anthony Romero & Çaca Yvaire
2021-12-03 18:00 - 19:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Anthony Romero is a Boston-based artist, writer, and organizer committed to documenting and supporting artists and communities of color. His collaborative practice engages intercultural contact and historical narratives in order to generate reparative counter-images and social transformation. Recent projects and performances have been featured at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha), the Blue Star Contemporary (San Antonio), The Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston) and the Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Biennial (Calgary, Canada).

Çaca Yvaire is an Afro-Indigenous territorial scholar-practitioner and student of planetary science, political geoecology, and the arts. He brings a unique lens to conservation work. He is primarily invested in stimulating and uplifting an infrastructure that supports a rich and imaginative solidarity between lifeways, and honoring the varied traditions of relating sustainably to the world around us through non-industrial agroecology, agriculture, silviculture, aquaculture, etc. that have been historically side-lined by imperialist design.
Register here.

New Art Center presents: Luminaria Workshop for Parents and Kids
2021-12-05 10:00 - 11:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Make a festive luminaria candle-holder to adorn your home this winter! Parents and kids will add their creative twist to a lovely luminaria decoration for themselves or as a gift for friends and family. Children younger than 2nd grade must be accompanied by an adult. All houses will be made from red air dry clay and can hold a battery-operated tea light. Click here to register.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Jason Turner
2021-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
Jason Turner was an innovator. His approach to handling watercolor was radically different from many of his contemporaries. Far from being a watercolor purist, he often used unconventional materials and constantly reinvented his approach to watercolor painting. For those who love this artist’s work and have some experience with watercolor, this demo will offer a practical eye opening glimpse into the great master’s working methods. Click here for more info.

Newton Free Library presents: You Came Through The Ruins - Tagore's Songs and Poems of Life and Renewal
2021-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join Maitreyee Chakraborty and friends for a special concert that will focus on the works of the Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He was a writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Maitreyee is trained in the classical Indian vocal tradtion.
When the world crumbles around us, death tolls rise and intolerance grows, Rabindranath Tagore’s words and music offers solace and perspective.
Joining Maitreyee will be Monami Roy, Raka Dutta, Swadhina Guhathakurta and Swati Biswas. Swati and Swadhina will be dancing. Raka will be reciting some poems and Mona will be discussing the relevance of the songs.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton and Wellesley Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Irena Roman - Watercolor
2022-01-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Irena Roman is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, The Watercolor USA Honor Society and The New England Watercolor Society.
A recipient of The American Watercolor Society’s High Winds Medal of Honor and the Ralph Smith Memorial Award Irena has also twice received the Watercolor West Award from The National Watercolor Society as well as three Gold medals and two Silver medals from the New England Watercolor Society. Her work has been displayed in the prestigious Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennial, China. She was recognized in Creative Quarterly’s 100 Best International Juried Competition and was awarded Best in Show in the Global Association of Watercolor Artists 2018 International Competition.
Irena’s illustration work has been recognized in Communication Arts illustration annuals and in Print’s Regional Design annuals. She received a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles and a Gold Medal from the Dallas Advertising Club. Her clients have included HarperCollins Publishers, Little Brown Publishing, The New Yorker magazine, Toray International, Japan, Hormel, and many others.
In addition to being a painter, Irena is a Professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with YoAhn Han
2022-02-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Paper cutting (YUPO) with a concept of “Negative and Positive” space and paper collages with diaphanous patterns
YoAhn Han is a Korean painter based in Boston whose work is a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality which speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and to his bifurcated cultural identity.
He received his MFA 2D at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and obtained a Bachelors of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). YoAhn’s work has been shown internationally, in the United States, South Korea, and the Netherlands. Recent solo shows include “Botanical Rhapsody” at Chase Young Gallery in Boston, “Metamorphic Desire” at Essex Art center (Jan, 2018), “My Princess, Bari” at ARTMORA Gallery in New York, “Alluring Confinement” at the Artlery 160 in Boston, and 매혹적 가두어짐 (Enchanting Box) in Seoul, Korea. His work has also been exhibited in several group shows including “Summer Palette” at Chase Young Gallery in Boston, Seventh Juried Exhibition at Prince Street Gallery in New York, ART BLOSSM Exhibition at ARTMORA NJ, and Sanqtuary at Distillery Gallery in Boston.
YoAhn has also participated in the annual MassArt Auctions and the 2016 Busan international Art fair.
Click here for Zoom link.

The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: The Pact
2022-02-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
SCREENING:
THE PACT (2021)
presented in conjunction with the Scandinavian Library

It’s 1948 and sixty-three-year-old OUT OF AFRICA author Karen Blixen (pen name: Isak Dinesen) is a lonely literary sensation devastated by syphilis and mourning her lost love until she meets talented thirty-year-old poet Thorkild Bjørnvig. She offers him a Faustian bargain and promises him stardom if he will obey her unconditionally. As her demands become more and more pernicious, Thorkild much chooses between Blixen’s promise of fame or his wife and young son.
From director Bille August (PELLE THE CONQUEROR) comes this sterling adaptation of Bjørnvig’s bestselling memoir.
Saturday, February 19th | 1:30 pm | $10; $8 for SCC and Library members | tickets here
*advanced tickets, proof of vaccination, and masks required*
Director: Bille August. Denmark, 2021, 115 min. In Danish with English subtitles

Newton Free Library presents: Jellyfish: How to Pastel Paint with Greg Maichack
2022-03-03 18:30 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Gregory Maichack, award-winning artist, and two times Mass. Cultural Council Gold Star Award Program nominee, for a hands-on zoom session. Materials will be provided for this fun, two-hour “Take and Make” workshop. Greg will guide everyone in producing their very own original pastel of a stunning jellyfish as he teaches us how to create the special effect of translucency. The possibilities are bottomless and everyone will get to keep their 12 x 18” painting! Kits will be available at the Main Desk starting one week before the day of the program. Limit one kit per registrant please, kit supply is limited. Register here.

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Stephanie Osser
2022-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Dates: 3/4
Details: Friday, 1 Session
Times: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Stephanie Osser
Illustrator- Boston, Massachusetts.
At a time when the world’s news is filled with hardships, fearful concerns, negativity, and divisiveness, I have committed my art to the uplifting of the human spirit and as an emanation of optimism. It is my hope that each work of art I create will take its beholders away from the darkness of our times and bring them into a world of light— whether it is through my lithophanes, the use of bright and colorful glazes against luminescent backgrounds, or explorations of the properties of light and shadow.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Marjorie Kaye | Sculptural Painting
2022-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Marjorie Kaye has lived in the Boston area for most of her life, with stops along the way in Syracuse, NY to earn her BFA in Painting, as well as New York City in the 80s.
She is a painter and sculptor. Her work has been an exploration of opposites: form and color; organic and geometric; precision and chaos. Colorful and bold, her gouache paintings and sculptures are kinetic and energetic. Her work has been reviewed in many publications including the Boston Globe and ArtScope Magazine and has been shown extensively both locally and nationally, including galleries such as Galatea Fine Art in Boston, Atlantic Works Gallery in East Boston, Harbor Gallery, UMass Boston, and the Walter Wickiser Gallery in NYC. She was a 2016 winner of the Lillian Orlowsky/William Freed Foundation Grant from the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and was included in a group exhibition in their galleries. Also, Ms. Kaye was named a finalist in the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Awards in Painting.
Kaye is the founder of Galatea Fine Art in Boston, MA, a large artist-run gallery featuring over 39 artists from Boston and beyond. She was the director of that space from 2009 – 2017, as well as the owner. The gallery has transitioned into a non-profit and Ms. Kaye is remaining as Director. Some past projects also include the web-based Caladan Gallery, which ran for 10 years and exhibited hundreds of artists from all over the world, and the Lawrence, MA Gallery 181, which enhanced the community with the exhibition of local, national, and international artists.
The Zoom link is found here.

Newton Art Association presents: Learning to Look / Looking to Learn – Critique and the Creative Process
2022-03-24 19:30 - 21:00 | MA
Based on years of teaching college art students, Ellen Schön’s passion for teaching critique as an essential part of the creative process has only grown. Join Schön as she guides us through her philosophy and essential practices of looking, describing, and responding to what a piece evokes. Schön characterizes the goal of critique as “learning to look and looking to learn.”
Ellen Schön is Adjunct Faculty in Fine Arts and former Ceramics Studio Supervisor Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA since 2002. She received a BA from Marlboro College (Ceramics and Perceptual Psychology) and MFA in Ceramics from Boston University’s Program in Artisanry.
Schön has organized and co-curated interdisciplinary group exhibitions in non-profit venues in Boston and internationally. She has fostered international artist collaboration and exchange through participation in artist symposia and residencies in eight countries.
Schön was a recipient of The Artist Foundation Fellowship from MA Council on Art and Humanities and past Artist Fellow at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. She is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery. Schön has exhibited widely in the US. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
The zoom link will be found here.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Betsy Silverman | Collage
2022-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Working in a collage style that she calls “fragmented realism,” Betsy Silverman trains her eye upon discarded magazines – which she selects, cuts, and glues to a canvas, in order to transform the old images and text into unique, multidimensional portraits, still lifes, cityscapes, and representations of New England – especially the Boston area.
A graduate of Cornell University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Betsy holds a Master of Architecture degree, and her work is infused with architectural sensibility – employing perspective, light and shadow, reflections, or the scale of various elements, so as to create a sense of depth and perspective.
The zoom link will be found here.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books
2022-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Stephanie Stigliano has experience leading online art groups in book arts, drawing, and printmaking to students of all ages. This method develops community and creativity in a new and exciting way. Her artwork is in the collections of the Fogg Museum and the Houghton Library of Harvard University, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, and the Book Art Museum of Łodz, Poland. She has taught Printmaking and Books as Art at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA since 2007. She taught Between the Covers, Books as Art at Art New England for several years. She curated Legacy: Passing the Torch, an exhibition of mentors and their students, at the Hess Gallery of Chestnut Hill, MA. Locally, Stigliano’s artist’s books were included in On Books: Sculpture at the Portland Public Library, Portland, ME. Her print from The Charles River Alphabet Prints portfolio was included in New England on Paper: Contemporary Art in the Boston Athenaeum’s Prints and Photographs Collections. Internationally, Stigliano initiated a print project between students of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and The Technical College of Reykjavik, and exhibited her prints at Íslensk Grafík, Reykjavik, Iceland. She taught a workshop to the women’s artist collective of Hurumzi Henna Art Gallery in Stonetown, Zanzibar. In Krakow, Poland, she contributed to a print portfolio at The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. Her artist’s books were included in Correspondence: The 9th International Book Art Festival, which traveled throughout Poland.
Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books

Renaissance Portraits
2022-11-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-11-13 16:00 - 17:30 | War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States
Join Cappella Clausura for the opening of its 2022-2023 season! This November, expand your understanding of music and visual arts from the Renaissance. With reimagined classical portraits by Fran Forman presented alongside Baroque music by women, this program will transport you to a world of rich innovation and inclusivity. Featuring music by Barbara Strozzi, Madalena Casulana, Vittoria/ Raffaella Aleotti, and Francesca Caccini.
Renaissance Portraits
November 12th at 8 PM: War Memorial Auditorium, Newton
November 13th at 4 PM: Emmanuel Church, Boston
Tickets available here: https://www.clausura.org/tickets

Instagram Basics for Artists
2022-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | ZOOM
Francesca Olsen will teach a class on Instagram Basics focusing on how artists can best use Instagram to grow their audience and make the most out of the time they invest in this platform.
She will explain how artists can grow their audience using Instagram, a visual social media platform with over a billion monthly active users.
This workshop will cover the basics of Instagram growth—designing varied content; best use of hashtags, reels, and stories; Link in Bio best practices; and the difference between personal, creative, and business accounts. Then she will discuss IG analytics and the platform’s changing algorithm.
The workshop will begin with an informational presentation and then shift into a Q&A discussion to work through participants’ specific challenges.

Friday Figure Draw
2022-11-18 19:00 - 22:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Enjoy a life drawing open studio with a live model, beginning with quick poses, and ending with an hour pose. The evening will be relaxed but professional, with music and a great model. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists 21+, ID required. Bring your own art supplies (no oils); easels/chairs provided.

Newton Artists Selling Art to Support "Facing Cancer Together"
2022-11-22 - 2022-12-31 | Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Art Works for Good to Support Facing Cancer Together
Newton Art Association (NAA) is relaunching Art Works for Good, to make a difference to
those in need. This year, NAA members are donating proceeds to Facing Cancer Together
(FCT), an organization that provides care to cancer survivors and their families who can’t afford
or access to essential support services.
NAA’s fundraiser is an opportunity to purchase original artwork while helping cancer survivors in our community. Enjoy browsing NAA’s Art Works for Good online (Newtonartassociation.com) art exhibition from November 16 through December 31, 2022. Thirty nine artists are participating in the exhibit which features 140 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Half of all proceeds go to FCT and the other half to the artists. Many NAA artists are donating all the sale price to FCT. If you are interested in purchasing art, visit the NAA website (Newtonartassociation.com).
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Facing Cancer Together depends solely upon donations. They are one of the free-standing, nonhospital-based cancer support organizations in the state of Massachusetts that provides free,
online psychological support, in addition to person services. For more information, please visit
FCT’s website, facing-cancer.org. Make a difference improving the lives of people with cancer, and enjoy an original work of art!

Purchase Art Works - to Support Cancer Survivors
2022-12-14 - 2023-01-14 | Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Newton Art Association (NAA) members are donating original art to raise funds for Facing Cancer Together (FCT), an organization that provides care to cancer survivors and their families who can’t afford or access to essential support services. NAA’s fundraiser is online through January 14, 2023. Thirty nine artists are participating in the exhibit which features 140 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Half of all proceeds go to FCT and the other half to the artists. Many NAA artists are donating all the sale price to FCT. If you are interested in purchasing art, visit the NAA website (www.newtonartassociation.com).

Newton Art Association presents Deb Drummond, Mixed Media
2023-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Deb Drummond, Mixed Media
Thursday, February 9, 12:00 pm
Newton Art Association presents a virtual demonstration with Deborah Drummond, a Boston area artist who for many years practiced as a professional freelance illustrator /designer and photographer. Drummond returned to painting non-objective abstraction working in acrylic, collage, and printmaking, and has begun sharing her experience and techniques.
Deborah Drummond is a Boston area artist who for many years practiced as a professional freelance illustrator /designer and photographer. She returned to painting non-objective abstraction working in acrylic, collage and printmaking and has begun sharing her experience and techniques.
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Art as Therapy Info Session
2023-03-07 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Learn about our Expressive Arts Therapy program for grades 6-8 and meet the instructors at a free informational session on March 7 at 7:00 PM. The event will take place on Zoom.
Our expressive art therapy group provides a safe and responsive space for young teens to create, connect and share in a variety of art modalities in a confidential community environment. Art Therapy can “improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills and reduce/resolve conflicts and distress” (American Art Therapy Association).
We are currently enrolling for the Spring Term and cost is on a sliding scale.
Come learn about this opportunity!

Suzuki School of Newton Multicultural Festival and Open House
2023-05-13 15:00 - 18:00 | Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon St, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
The Suzuki School of Newton at 1615 Beacon Street invites you to join us for our 2023 Multicultural Festival and Open House on Saturday, May 13th from 3:00pm-6:00pm featuring outdoor interactive performances from Grooversity Brazilian Beats and Boston Bhangra. As part of the festivities we will enjoy an international potluck, present our Suzuki Preschool Art Show, and display a new exhibit with representatives from the Newton Watercolor Society. Please visit www.suzukinewton.org for the most up-to-date information. See you there!

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents The New England Mosaic Society Exhibit
2023-07-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
THE NEW ENGLAND MOSAIC SOCIETY EXHIBIT

The New England Mosaic Society is holding an exhibit of mosaics created by the members participating in the 2023 and 2020 Collaborative Projects. The final mosaic is the result of a collaboration between two artists. One artist starts the mosaic, the other artist finishes it. All the mosaics will be on display in our Nordic Hall. The exhibit will also include mosaics by Richard Youngstrom and Karen Edlund. This commemorative exhibit recognizes the major contributions these deceased artists made to NEMS and the larger mosaic community.

Opening reception Sunday, August 13th | 4-6pm | FREE with registration

“The New England Mosaic Society (NEMS) is a volunteer organization that promotes and supports mosaics as a fine art. It began in 2015 when ten mosaicists came together at Mosaic Oasis in Arlington, MA and started the discussion to form the society. Today, its mission is to promote contemporary mosaic art while preserving traditional techniques.

NEMS is committed to building a diverse and welcoming community of artists of all ability levels, as well as lovers and supporters of mosaic art. Membership is open to all New England mosaic artists including amateurs, professionals, and mosaic suppliers. Members are encouraged to grow through education, sharing of information, and involvement in exhibitions and community events.”
