Newton Cultural Alliance

Newton Art Association's High School Senior Art Scholarship
2021-02-27, 2021-02-28, 2021-03-01, 2021-03-02, 2021-03-03, 2021-03-04, 2021-03-05, 2021-03-06 and 18 more dates | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments.
Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Consistently, the submitted artworks reveal an extensive range of creativity across all media, including painting, drawing, collage/mixed media, photography, jewelry, fabric art and 3D works.
Awards are based on an overall assessment of the senior’s creativity, artistic expression, technical skills, and personal statement. The recipients share $3,000 in scholarship money.
Eligible students can apply online from February 8 through March 30, 2021. A virtual award ceremony will be held May 5. Details about the program and online application process can be found on the NAA website. If you know a talented high school senior, encourage them to apply.

Newton Free Library presents: Create Your Own Comics
2021-03-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-03-10 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Do you like Dogman, Narwhal & Jelly or the Babysitters Club? Come learn about how to make your own comics! We will meet on the first two Wednesdays evenings: February through June. Learn about the ways you can make your comics go KA-POW! as we write, draw, and share. Join us for this beginner’s creative writing workshop for children in third and fourth grade. A reminder email and zoom link will be sent out prior to the first session.
Online registration is required and begins Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30pm.
When you register, you register for ALL 10 sessions: 2/3, 2/10, 3/3, 3/10, 4/7, 4/14, 5/5, 5/12, 6/2, and 6/9.

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Elisa Hamilton
2021-03-11 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us on Zoom for our spring Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work explores community and public spaces.
Elisa H. Hamilton is a socially engaged multimedia artist who creates inclusive artworks that emphasize shared spaces and the hopeful examination of our everyday places, objects, and experiences. Hamilton’s work ranges from drawings and paintings, to interactive installations and public programming – all grounded in a deep desire to bring people together in imagination, conversation, joy, and possibility.
In this artist talk, Hamilton will discuss previous and current projects, as well as share her own perspective on what it means to create community-centered work.

Newton Art Association presents: Watercolor - Demo with Gary Tucker
2021-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
Gary Tucker started painting with life long mentor and artist, Anita Fahs. She introduced oil painting, the impressionists, and the value of working from life. Soon after, Gary decided to make art his life path. Eventually he was drawn east to Boston where he met Professor Kaji Aso at the SMFA. Professor Aso introduced eastern aesthetics, Calligraphy and Sumi painting. Gary quickly graduated to watercolor and found that he could achieve much more subtlety and expressiveness through this temperamental media.
“Through the media of watercolor and my process of painting I find power through brushwork, and subtlety through transparency.”
“Watercolor differs from other media in that there is a performance aspect to it. The fine pieces come out in one sitting and very often like a classic performance, something happens, a fusion of mind and subject, an improvisation that cannot be duplicated.”
This event will be held over Zoom on Thursday, March 11th, at 7:00 PM. Click here to join the Zoom.
