Barbara London and 50+ other Salmon Falls Mills artists are holding their OPEN STUDIOS in Rollinsford, NH this weekend. Sat & Sun, Nov. 19 & 20, 10 AM to 5 PM.   Barbara has a wall of semi-abstract musician paintings in mostly primary colors AND several new abstracts. Come on up to the Fifth floor: Studio 549.

Website: www.MillArtists.com
More Info: Leanne Pellerin, PH: 603-749-8879 or leanne@cutterfamilyproperties.com

Guest artists, painting, sculpture, jewelry, fiber arts, photography, pottery, live music and entertainment. Six studios will feature interactive art and installations. Have fun doing your holiday shopping! No admission fee.

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Maine native Rhonda Mann will be showcasing some of her recent abstractions at the Ben Franklin Gallery in Rochester, NH.  There will be an opening reception opening on Sunday, November 6, from 2-4 .

Rhonda’s work features abstract figures and shapes with sinuous movement and connectivity.   There are often complex raw textures incorporated within the forms and background, making the paintings appear to subtly hum with an internal energy.  The forms sometimes are interconnected through oddly articulated linkages, creating an otherworldly feel.  Sometimes the overall effect is rather like staring into the mind’s eye of an alien visitor.  At other times her work is reminsicent of the surrealist paintings and frottages of Max Ernst, but abstracted into a thoroughly contemporary and individual statement.

Some of Rhonda’s work can be previewed on her blog “Mindscapes”, here.

The Newton Free Library is accepting submissions/proposals for exhibits in the gallery for 2012.  Juried by the Library committee.  12 images of recent work, 2-D only, No entry fee.   Snail mail materials  -  deadline is   November 4.  (Regina has visited the space – Email her for a little description)

Details here

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2.  Arlington, MA  (near Boston)

The Arlington Center for the Arts has a call for a Juried Show “Regeneration”.  Media – open.  Juried by Sand T. Kolloch, a local artist who founded an online gallery.  Membership is required ($35).  Entry fees are $10 for the first work, $5 for each additional work up to a total of 3.  (If you’re a new member this will run you $45 – $55 to enter).     Drop0ff – Deadline is November 12.  (pickup your rejected work November 15-17)

Details here

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3.  Bristol, RI

Gallery 279 is calling for artists for a holiday show.  Their show will include larger works.  The size limits are 4 feet (largest side) for 2-D and 35 pounds for 3-D.  Juried bythe gallery’s former curator, Carol Strause FitzSimonds.  Entry fees are $10 per piece with a limit of 2.   Dropoff – deadline is November 13.

Details here

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4.   Attleboro , MA

The Attleboro Arts Museum  is calling for work for their open members show.  No jury, up to 3 pieces, limit of 40 x 40 inches or 30 lbs.  Membership required, $35 for artist membership.  Fee of $17 per piece up to 3 pieces (for a new member this show will cost $52 – $86).  Prizes awarded by Clara Lieu,  Director of the Jewett Art Gallery .  Dropoff  window is November 17 -19, 10 AM to 4 PM

Details here

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5.   Boston, MA

The Bromfield Gallery in Boston’s South End has a call out for their annual holiday small works show.  Juried by the co-op artists.  Entry fees are $10 per piece or 3 for $25 up to 6 pieces, 12 x 12 inches or smaller only. Dropoff – deadline is November 27.

Details here

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6.  Easthampton, MA    (Easthampton is in Western MA)

Easthampton City Arts has two open calls.

-  The first is a small works show, 8.5 x 11 inches or less.  Juried,  no juror information.    No entry fee listed, submission by email.  Deadline is November 25

-  The second is a call for exhibits for their 2012 season.  Juried, no juror information.   No fee.  Submission by email.   Deadline is December 1.

Special considerations:

*  Preference given to curatorial projects, ECA members, and artists willing to head out to the area and give a lecture.

*  They will look at website links

Details here  (follow the link for each show to get the prospectus)

There is a lovely write-up in the Newburyport news, complete with a photo of the winning work being hung – click here to see it.

See some more of Jennifer’s wonderful work here on the AAGNE pages,  or at her Facebook page (and please “like” her on Facebook if you like her work).

What:  Multi-artist exhibit focusing on abstract and contemporary 2-d work

When: November 1 through the end of December.

Who:   John Maciejowski, Joshua Marcus, and Regina Valluzzi (Facebook page), Jenn Sherr, Jen Matson, Carmela Ceruti, Andrew Slezak, Jess Barnett, Linda Goldberg, Luke MacInnis, Paula Ogier, Eric Mauro

Reception:  Reception Wednesday,  November 16th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM in the cafe.  Refreshments will be served.

Boston has a spectacular new location for abstract and contemporary 2-D art.  The Blue Glass cafe is a bright modern counter-service cafe in the Lobby of the Hancock Tower in Copley Square, Boston.  The cafe has embarked upon a “Local Artist Project”, showcasing the work of a number of artists in the cafe’s mezzanine seating area.  The summer artist show, their first, was a solid success.

The current show at the Blue Glass will run through early winter, and the exhibit is already building early excitement. More than 10 local artists have work on display, in a variety of styles ranging from pure abstract painting to mixed media and even some contemporary realism.

There are no fewer than 3 artists from the Abstract Artists group of New England featured as well.   John Maciejowski (Melrose, MA) brings a depth of art experience and a subtle painterly vision to his abstract work, while Joshua Marcus (Newburyport, MA) creates explosions of playful energy.  Local abstract artist Regina Valluzzi (Arlington MA) aka “The Nerdly Painter”, is a painting physicist whose work often alludes to concepts and phenomena from her years of scientific research.

All three of these artists plus several more can be seen now and through the winter season at the Blue Glass Cafe.  Open House Reception, Wednesday, November 16th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM in the cafe.  Refreshments will be served.

The contest is unusual for the exceptionally strong connection that is maintained between science and art throughout the process.  Chemists from Strem are involved in the judging, along with arts professionals.  With the standard set for science as well as art, is it a surprise that both abstract artists in the finalists have strong science backgrounds?

Barbara London was originally a pre-medicine major, studying Zoology before deciding to pursue art.  Her work often involves organic forms with clear references to microscope images, organelles, and biological microstructures.  Many artists work with organic forms, but Barbara’s Biology experience allows her to capture and abstract the relationships between biological forms and to hint at the instances where “form follows function”.   You can see a few examples of her work on her profile page, here (with links to her website).

Dr. Regina Valluzzi is an accomplished Materials Scientist and Polymer Physicist.  Many of her drawings and paintings contain subtle allusions to the forces and interactions important to her technical field (no nerdy pun intended).  Sometimes clear references and depictions of structures and phenomena from her years of research also diffuse into her painting.  Examples of Dr. Valluzzi’s work can also be found on the AAGNE site.  Click for her profile page, here (with links to her website).

The other finalists reflect a wide range of artistic media and expression, promising an interesting contest and possible exhibition.  The prize includes a cash award, and an image featured on the Strem catalogue and in their corporate marketing materials.  Strem is well-known to chemists in the NorthEast and throughout the US for their incredibly precise and complex organometallic catalysts, as well as for other varieties of big sexy molecules.

http://www.nefa.org/events/public_art_discussion_series_4

I’ll be there with my artist hat AND my PhD Materials Science hat, so bring your questions for during and after the event (beer makes me wildly informative).

Cheers

Regina