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First Meeting: Sunday, May 1, 3:00pm
$5 in Advance; $8 at the Door
AVA is excited to announce that we will be hosting quarterly Sunday Soup gatherings, beginning on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00pm. Initiated and led by Randall Szott, Head Chef at The Prosper Valley School in Pomfret, VT, these playful engagements promise great food, creative community and newly funded art projects!
What is Sunday Soup*?
Sunday Soup is a grassroots model for funding small-to-medium sized creative projects through community meals. Basically, community members are invited to share in a meal of soup prepared by Szott, accompanied by Red Hen bread, for a nominal fee. The proceeds will be pooled as a grant, and at the conclusion of the gathering, will be awarded to support a developing, local art project. Artists seeking funding for their work should bring a printed, one-page description of their goal, with accompanying images, to the Sunday Soup event. All proposals will be tacked to the wall for participants to review. Every diner gets to vote. At the conclusion of the event, the proposal with the most votes receives the collected monies – no strings attached.
Why do it?
Sunday Soup is worth engaging with because it generates independent funding for the arts, sparks dialogue among local creatives, cultivates how we think about collaboration and community, and gives artists of all ages and abilities the opportunity to propose projects they might not otherwise be able to complete. For applying artists, the proposal process is more streamlined and fun than traditional grant application packages. For participating diners, the decision-making process is quick and democratic, and the outcome will reflect our local priorities. Sunday Soup is platform that gives everyone the opportunity to discuss ongoing projects with new audiences, meet new collaborators, and share ways of working.
The Summer 2016 Sunday Soup is scheduled for 3:00pm, August 7.
* Program descriptions adapted from the Sunday Soup website.
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Creative Beginnings—Arts and Crafts at AVA
February 9–May 17, Every Other Tuesday
10:30am–12:30pm
Come create a baby mobile for your little one at the February 9 gathering!
This new arts and crafts drop-in class was specifically designed for the Upper Valley Mamas in conjunction with AVA. Every other Tuesday, Upper Valley Mama Emily Battles will walk us through a project useful in bringing up baby. Attendees are free to work on that project or bring their own.
$5 fee. Class activities are geared towards moms, caregivers and expectant mothers (little ones more than welcome). Anyone interested in an art program geared towards kids should check out AVA’s CAOS program on Friday mornings.
Please click here to register in advance. Drop-ins welcome.
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Click on “AVA Member” or “non-member” to see the complete class description and price structure.
Enrollment in AVA’s 2016 Summer Art Camps is now open for AVA members!
Our exciting, nine-week program features some AVA classic camps combined with a selection of brand new offerings. Camps includine partnerships with: the Dartmouth College Architecture Faculty, the Dartmouth College Biology Department, the Dartmouth College Computer Science Department, the Enfield Shaker Museum, the Upper Valley Land Trust and the Upper Valley Music Center.
We are also happy to announce a new program partnership with Crossroads Academy—with full-day AVA Summer Art Camps now available at Crossroad’s campus in Lyme, NH.
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Kyudo: The Way of the Bow
弓道
Free Kyudo Demonstration
Friday, October 16, 6-7pm
“First Shot” Workshop
Saturday, October 17, 9am-4pm
Click here to enroll in Kyudo – First Shot.
Kyudo means “the way of the bow” and is an ancient form of Japanese archery. It is also a meditation practice, often referred to as “Zen Archery.” Practicing kyudo involves focusing one’s attention and calming one’s mind for the precise drawing of the bow and release of the arrow. It is a path to opening one’s heart and mind to the natural dignity of being human, beyond the obstacles of ambition, doubt, and loneliness. Hitting the target is not considered important.
“You do not practice kyudo to polish your form. You practice kyudo to polish your heart.” —Kanjuro Sendai
Those interested in learning kyudo can sign up for the “First Shot” Workshop, a daylong practice to be held on Saturday, October 17, 9am-4pm. “First Shot” gives the beginner an opportunity to practice the Seven Coordinations (Shichido), the basic form of kyudo as meditation. A portion of the proceeds from the “First Shot” Workshop will go to the Aya Itagaki Scholarship Fund at AVA. Adults and older teenagers are welcome to participate.
A Kyudo demonstration to introduce the “First Shot” Workshop will be offered on Friday, October 16, from 6-7pm. The Kyudo demonstration is free and open to the public.
Instructor: Ray Chin is the instructor of a small group of kyudokas who practice regularly in Thetford, VT. He was a student of Kanjuro Shibata Sendai, a bow maker and kyudo master whose lineage spanned 20 generations of master bow makers. Shibata Sendai died in October 2013.
Click here to enroll in Kyudo – First Shot.
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The AVA family has lost one of its cherished members: John F. Joline IV died on June 3, following an almost three-year long valiant fight with cancer. For more than twenty years, John has been one of our core instructors, teaching magnificent art classes for children as well as adults, including Cartooning, Delights of Drawing in Pencil and Pen, Digital Photography for Kids, Acrylic Painting, Rigorous Representation, Architectural Design and Holistic Collaborative Drawing. Over the years, hundreds and hundreds of children delighted in his teaching, and John, in turn, took the greatest pleasure in encouraging the talent of his students.
John, who held a degree in Studio Art from Dartmouth College and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, was an expert in the theory of Cubism. He was a passionate mountain climber and touched hundreds of lives as a mentor and climbing guru through the Dartmouth Outing Club. Not surprisingly, the natural world always served as a source of inspiration for his art, though his paintings—some of which will be displayed at AVA in the fall—are more expressionistic, relating visually to the “abstract thankas” of Eastern Art.
According to the wishes of his family, memorial contributions can be made to AVA’s Scholarship Fund, and mailed to 11 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. Gifts in John’s memory will be applied to scholarships for children and teens to take classes at AVA.
John leaves a huge void and is deeply missed by us all.
