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Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Spoon Making Workshop
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesAl Miller will teach first time beginner students how to carve and decorate wooden spoons that can be used as an eating or cooking utensil. The class instruction will focus on the safe way to use hand and machine tools. The decorating and finishing of the spoons will be included. Teaching methods include; showing samples…
Indigenous Peoples Day with Historic Newton
Albemarle Playground 250 Albemarle Road, Newtonville, PA, United StatesThis ceremonial celebration spotlights and celebrates the music, dance, poetry, and the visual art of diverse Native artists that currently live in the Northeast. It will be an outdoor, daytime, family-oriented cultural and spiritual celebration that is open, accessible, and welcoming to all Newton residents and neighboring towns. Stop by Historic Newton’s booth for information…
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesImprovise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Angela Alés
Angela Alés is an artist born in Barranquilla, Colombia, of Andalusian and Lebanese descent. Alés moved to the United States in 1984 and graduated from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in New York City. She received her MFA from the Miami International University of Art and Design. She has participated in…
New Art Center presents: Dripped Wax Resist with Watercolor
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesExplore the exciting possibilities of combining melted wax with watercolor. We will drip and draw gestural lines with liquefied beeswax. Then we will develop our artwork with watercolor glazes.The wax dries quickly to offers a graceful resist for your watercolors, combining an important textural element with a fluid medium. The beeswax and the specialized melted…
The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Going West
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesAn unemployed music teacher takes his estranged transgender father on a road trip to the west coast of Norway, in order to honor his late mother’s excellent quilting skills. Going West is a warm and touching feelgood film about life, loss and love. Saturday, October 16th | 1:30 | $5; tickets can be purchased here **advanced purchase,…
Pro Arte’s Ensemble Series – Ensemble I
Cary Hall 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United StatesPro Arte's full ensemble takes to the stage to present treasured works and brilliant contemporary compositions celebrating their forty-four year history as one of Boston's most vibrant orchestras. Principal Conductor Kevin Rhodes kicks off the season with a dazzling and wide-ranging program of music across centuries and continents. Read more about the program and purchase…
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesImprovise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
New Art Center presents: Teen Zine – GR 9-12
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesIn 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 …
Newton Art Association presents: “Thing Big” Reception
ONLINE United KingdomTHINK BIG is an exhibit for artists who work large, or those itching to expand their repertoire into large pieces. Click here for more information. Dates: Reception - Friday, October 20, 2021 at 7p.m. on Zoom Call for Art – Monday, August 2–Sunday, Sept. 6 at midnight. Drop-Off: Sunday, Oct. 4, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Pick-Up:…