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By awall ( August 19, 2011 at 9:37 am) · Filed under Uncategorized, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh art show, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Join us for the public closing reception for the New Hampshire Potters Guild Biennial Exhibition, “A Common Peace”.
Saturday, August 27th, 5-7pm at the Exhibition Gallery on Grove Street in Peterborough.
This event and exhibition are generously sponsored by
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By awall ( August 3, 2011 at 12:11 pm) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, csart, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh art show, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
 Photo by Justin Schwartz With a similar buy-local spirit, Sharon Arts Center, a Monadnock area 65-year-old non-profit visual arts organization, has adapted an innovative project they call CSArt to support artists in the creation of new works, establish relationships with local collectors and patrons, and be part of a new model of art support and distribution.
After a juried selection process that will be conducted in early September with a panel of local food and culture taste-makers, nine local artists will be chosen to participate with Sharon Arts to offer up 50 shares of work. Shareholders will receive, as is typical with farmer shares of CSA, three pieces per month (October through December) of locally-produced artwork specifically created for the program.
Judges will include Virginia Prescott, New Hampshire Public Radio “Word of Mouth” host; Katherine Doyle, an accomplished painter and independent curator at the Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art and other prominent East Coast galleries; and Vincent D’jon Perette, known as “Vinx,” a renowned musician and founder of “Soul Kitchen” creative workshops.
According to new Sharon Arts Center Executive Director Keri Wiederspahn, the range of works will vary from high-quality original paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography to ceramic, glass, and wood pieces.The nine participating artists to be chosen will receive a generous flat fee for being part of the project.
“This is a great idea that I heard of successfully launching in several arts organizations, originating through Minnesota’s Springboard for the Arts, and felt that the Monadnock region would embrace the concept as well. The similarities of a farmer and artist are very real, beginning with the dedication of their hands to the act of creation. Both local artists and farmers are dependent upon community support, and the long-term results of a project like this hold the potential for generating many wonderful relationships and educating the public on a specific set of local talent and artistry.”
Wiederspahn says that along with the prestige of being selected, the artists will gain enormous potential for marketing and visibility while the 50 shareholders will have an opportunity to broaden their artistic appreciation through learning about the artists directly during the monthly box pick-up experience to be held in the Center’s downtown Peterborough gallery.
“The essence of a project like this,” Wiederspahn adds, “is about building reciprocity and authentic relationships between artists and the larger community of the Monadnock region. We sincerely hope to open doors for a healthy creative dialogue that forges collaboration, support, and respect to yield a stronger arts ecology and future.”
More information for artists as well as for those interested in obtaining a share can be found on the Center’s website at www.sharonarts.org (see “Call for Entries” under “Exhibitions” on the left sidebar), by emailing csa@sharonarts.org, or by calling the downtown Peterborough galleries at (603) 924-7676. The nine artists selected will be publicly announced at the opening of the Sharon Arts Center’s Faculty Exhibition, “Passion for Art: Pass It On,” on Friday, Sept. 2 between 5 and 7 p.m.
- SHARES CAN BE PURCHASED UP UNTIL DECEMBER 2nd.
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By awall ( July 26, 2011 at 8:23 am) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, art and yoga, nh art class, nh art event, nh art school, nh yoga class, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Contact: Alexandra Wall
alex@sharonarts.org
(603) 924-7256, ext. 3
Hari Kirin, author of “Art & Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life,” will present a program on art and yoga as complementary practices at the Sharon Arts Center School of Art & Craft, 457 NH Rt. 123, on Sunday, July 31 from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Participants will learn step-by-step guidelines for their personal practice and, according to Kirin, “hopefully gain inspiration to work with groups and in the community.” Simple breathing, movement, and meditation exercises for relaxation and creativity will be demonstrated. No prior yoga experience is necessary, but Kirin encourages those attending to wear loose or stretchy clothing and to eat lightly before the program.
From 1:30 to 2 p.m. there will be an introduction on caring for body, soul and spirit; from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Kirin will demonstrate how to put art and yoga into practice; and from 3:30 to 4 p.m. there will be a question and answer period.
An artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa teaches at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Antrim Girls Shelter, Omega Institute for Holistic Health, and the Union Mill in Peterborough. Her work may be seen at www.artandyoga.com. There is a $25 fee for the workshop. The author’s book, newly published this summer, will also be available for purchase.
For further information and to register, call (603) 924-7256 or email register@sharonarts.org.
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By awall ( July 25, 2011 at 2:28 pm) · Filed under Uncategorized, nh art auction, nh art event, nh art gallery, paint out, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
For more information, or to participate, call or email:
(603) 924-7676
Camellia@sharonarts.org
Reception with the Artists and Wet/Dry Show and Sale – Friday, Aug. 19, 5-7:30pm at the Exhibition Gallery.
Join us in the Exhibition Gallery for hors d’oeuvres, beverages and an exhibition and sale of artwork featuring unique vistas of Peterborough, NH. Our artists create in different mediums en plein air the week of August 15th, in historic downtown Peterborough and surrounding areas.
Suggested donation: $10 per person.
Sharon Arts Center will be having a silent auction for Ken Fiery’s painting “Peterborough” (image below.) All proceeds benefit the Sharon Arts Center
 Art by Ken Fiery
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By awall ( June 30, 2011 at 10:52 am) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, clay workshops, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh art show, nh artists, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Sharon Arts Invites Public to Hands-on Pottery Demonstrations
In Gallery- Saturdays July 9th, 16th and 23rd Noon-2pm
Good things come in threes, they say, and that certainly applies to the three artist demonstrations scheduled for Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries select Saturdays in July: 9th, 16th and 23rd from Noon to 2:00pm in connection with the exhibition “A Common Peace”: The New Hampshire Potters Guild Biennial Exhibition now running through August 25th.
 Garden Goddess by Liz Fletcher (Mason, NH)
- Saturday, July 9th, Shana Brautigam, of Rindge, NH a teaching artist at Rooted in Clay studios in will demonstrate the art of handbuilding with clay. Shana is listed on the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education and Community Arts Rosters.
- Saturday, July 16th , James Mitschmyer of Sharon, NH will demonstrate techniques for printing in clay. Following a degree from Maine College of Art in ceramics, James studied at The International Workshop for the Ceramic Arts in Tokoname, Japan. He uses various throwing and hand-building techniques to communicate spiritual ideas. James is the Clay Studio Manager at Sharon Arts where he is also on the faculty.
- Saturday July 23rd Liz Fletcher of Mason, NH, will complete the triad with demonstrations of clay sculpture. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, Liz has been working in clay as a sculptor, potter, and teacher. She has won many awards and for seven years she worked full-time as a studio potter in the New Hampshire woods, selling her work around the northeast.
“A Common Peace”: The New Hampshire Potters Guild Biennial Exhibition is generously sponsored by Sequoya Technologies, LLC of Peterborough, NH.
All Demonstrations will be held in the Exhibition Gallery in Depot Square, Peterborough from Noon to 2:00pm. The public is invited and encouraged to interact with the artisans about their work and process in the air conditioned comfort of the exhibition space. Further information is available by calling (603)924-2787 or visiting www.sharonarts.org.
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 Clay artist Shana Brautigam of Rooted in Clay (Rindge, NH)
About Sharon Arts
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and
 "Pinched pot" handbuilt by Shana Brautigam (Rindge, NH) to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.
Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at Depot Square.
The Sharon Arts Fine Crafts Exhibition Gallery is accessed through Depot Square and 30 Grove St. in downtown Peterborough. The Craft Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Store & Exhibition Gallery hours are: Monday – Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 11 – 5 PM.
Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by: The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, The Susan A.& Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Bean Foundation, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Putnam Foundation, The Kingsbury Foundation,& art lovers like you!
About the New Hampshire Potter’s Guild
We are an inclusive organization for people working in clay. We have an address but no central location. We meet several times a year with organizational meetings, workshops, discussions and activities to share work and ideas. We have a commitment to education and community action. We’ve been in existence for several decades and are always looking towards the future.
The purpose of the NHPG is to get together in the interests of ceramics whenever necessary or desirable for fellowship and good times, exchange of ideas and methods, collaboration in work and exhibitions, encouragement to students, and promotion of standards of ethics, aesthetics and craftsmanship. www.nhpottersguild.com
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By awall ( May 19, 2011 at 12:08 pm) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh artists, photography show, robert sargent fay, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Photographer and Professor Robert Sargent Fay to discuss “Photography as Theater” at Sharon Arts June 2nd
Perception, imagination, and reflection. They’re all part of the theater of photography, says photographer and lecturer Robert Sargent Fay of Hancock, in a talk at Sharon Arts Center’s Exhibition Gallery. This free public program will take place on Thursday, June 2, 5:30-7:00pm.
 Bob Fay Fay’s topic will be “Photography as Theatre: Perception- Memory- Reflection.” In his presentation, Fay will explore and discuss his personal journey of exploring the possibilities of theatre in photography. He will also detail how many other photographers have made good use of the theatrical possibilities of their chosen medium. In describing his own journey, Fay will discuss personal projects on Emily Dickinson, the Lewis and Clark Exhibition, the Amish Community of Lancaster County, and the life and writings of Henry David Thoreau. He will illustrate his lecture with original prints and projected images. He will also make reference to SAC’s current exhibition CLICK: Contemporary Responses to Photographic Masterworks.
Professor of English at Landmark College, Putney, Vermont, Mr. Fay is a consultant to Ken Burns and Florentine Films, producers of a recent documentary on the life of Mark Twain. He also the author of Ocean in View! O! the Joy. A Collection of Photographs of the American West.
Professor Fay’s lecture will be held at 5:30pm on June 2nd, in the Center’s Depot Square Galleries. Admission is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. For further information, call 603-924-7676.
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About Sharon Arts: The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.
Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at Depot Square.
 Photo by Robert Sargent Fay The Sharon Exhibition Gallery is located on Grove Street in Downtown Peterborough. Downtown hours are: Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 11am-5pm.
Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by: The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, The Susan A. & Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Bean Foundation, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Kingsbury Foundation, The Putnam Foundation and art lovers like you!
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By awall ( May 12, 2011 at 10:59 am) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, children in the arts, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh crafts, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Sharon Arts Invites the Public to Join us For a Day of
Children in the Arts Day Activities
May 21st, from 10:30am to 2:30pm
A day of fun and discovery behind the lens is on tap at Sharon Arts’ Downtown Galleries in celebration of Children in the Arts Day Saturday, May 21st from 10:30am-2pm. The activities for
 Aaron (age 10) and mom Tara Potter of Temple, NH children are designed to engage families with our current exhibition Click! focused on photographer at the Exhibition Galleries located on Grove St. in Peterborough, NH.
Free, family-friendly hands-on opportunities will include: how to make photocopy transfers, color tinting of black and white photos, plus an exhibit of student photographs will show attendees the “magic” of photography. The activities will be held on Saturday, May 21st at 10:30am to 2pm. Activities are free and open to the public and no reservations are required. More information may be obtained by calling the galleries at 603-924-7676.
“It is always a pleasure to welcome families into our gallery during Children and the Arts Day, and throughout the year,” commented Melanie McDonald- SAC’s Dir. of Community Outreach. “Engaging with and providing opportunities for budding artists in our community, is just one reason why we are honored to participate in this amazing annual festival!”
Visitors will also be treated to a delightful collection of student work from area elementary schools lead by local photographers Kimberly Peck and Diana Place. The project, arranged via the ConVal Arts Enrichment program will be on display through Sunday, May 22nd with an opening reception Thursday, May 19th from 6:30-7:30pm.
Sharon Arts Center’s activities during Children & the Arts are sponsored in part by C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, NH.
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About Sharon Arts
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.
Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at Depot Square. The Sharon Arts downtown galleries are conveniently located with access points on Grove Street and in Depot Square in downtown Peterborough. The galleries are open: Monday – Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 11-5 PM.
Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by: The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, The Susan A. & Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Bean Foundation, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Kingsbury Foundation, The Putnam Foundation and art lovers like you!
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By awall ( May 11, 2011 at 7:09 am) · Filed under Uncategorized, nh art event, nh art exhibit, nh art gallery, photography show, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Are Your Facebook Photos Inspired By The Masters?
NHPR interviews Sharon Arts Center Gallery staff about the Exhibition CLICK!
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By awall ( May 3, 2011 at 9:17 am) · Filed under Press Releases, Uncategorized, new hampshire business committee, nh art event, nh art gallery, nh art school, nh artists, sharon arts, sharonarts.org
Sharon Arts Center Selected as Non-Profit Partner by New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts for Annual Awards Gala May 16, 2011 in Manchester, NH
The Sharon Arts Center is pleased to announce their selection by the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts as their showcase partner for the 27th Annual Business in the Arts Award Gala to be held at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH on Monday, May 16th at 5:30 pm. As the event’s showcase partner, Sharon Arts will select and display a different work of art by a juried New Hampshire artist at each table as a reminder to attendees of the beauty and diversity of New Hampshire’s artists and crafters.
 Porcelain Teapot by SAC juried crafter Sibylle Tornow of Merrimack, NH ($30) “At a time in our state where support for the arts is threatened, Sharon Arts Center is proud to participate as the featured organization in the 2011 Business in the Arts Awards gala,” said Melanie McDonald- Sharon Arts Center’s Director of Community Outreach and Communications. “So many businesses across the state provide strong financial and in-kind support to needy non-profits and it’s exciting to be such an integral part of an event that trumpets that message.”
The gala will also honor the thirty New Hampshire businesses nominated for this year’s awards. The evening highlights a celebration of business support for the arts and entertains with a performance showcase of drama, literature and music. The grand finale is the announcement of the award winners. For a list of this year’s nominated businesses, please visit the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts website at http://www.nhbca.com.
“As we promote the role of arts and culture in sustaining vibrant communities we look to include those organizations who work in one region is a model for statewide focus. We chose the Sharon Arts Center as our featured organization to display centerpieces for the 2011 Business in the Arts Awards because of their excellent impact in the Monadnock region and leadership as such for the state,” stated Joan Goshgarian, director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts.
For more information, or to reserve tickets for the May 16 gala, contact the NHBCA at 603 224-8300 or arts@nhbca.com. Tickets are $75 each; tables for 10 are $750.
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About the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (NHBCA) was formed in 1985 to educate, motivate, and recognize business support of and participation in the arts. It has 60 dues paying members and operates a variety of programs and projects to encourage and involve businesses in the arts. http://www.nhbca.com/
About Sharon Arts Center
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.
Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at Depot Square.
The Sharon Arts School is located at 457 Route 123 in Sharon, NH. Classes take place Monday-Thursday from 10am-9pm, Fridays from 10am-4pm, and on select weekend days. The Student Shop is open during school office hours, Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm.
Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by: The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, The Susan A. & Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Bean Foundation, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Kingsbury Foundation, The Putnam Foundation and art lovers like you!
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