More boxes for sale

Loved these covers. Left to right, boxes by Frank Moulin, Anthony Williams, Rollande Rousselle.

Another view, showing the sides as well. Left to right, boxes by Frank Moulin, Anthony Williams, Rollande Rousselle and Shirley Perry.

Boxes will be on sale this weekend in New Boston at the Annual Ciderfest

The Cider Mill Gallery

(603)487-5522

24 Francestown Road

New Boston New Hampshire 03070

More boxes

Boxes for our fundraiser in October. Boxes and photo by Eileen Belanger.

Left to right: Snowman by Linda Feinberg, Barn by Stephanie Bogalis Byrd, Flowers by Bea Bearden.

More next week!

Fall Fundraiser

Our artists have accepted the challenge of painting small canvas boxes for a fundraiser.  They will be for sale soon.  This box was painted by Linda Feinberg.

We plan on selling the boxes for $12.  More photos and information will be posted when available.

If you have ideas for winter projects for our artists, please let us know. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 22nd.  We would enjoy working with students on murals.  They could be on movable panels instead of on walls.  Our artists completed three outdoor murals this summer and we would enjoy designing and painting indoor murals for the winter.

One of our artists has sent in a proposal to the city on a building that might be available and could be used as an art center. Stay tuned . . .

Art in the Park

Our members Aline Lotter and Linda Feinberg will be exhibiting at Art in the Park next week. Please stop by and say hello.

Manchester Artists Association is also having a children's art competition for the first time. They are inviting students from the Manchester School District, grades 1-12 to participate.  It is free and there will be prizes awarded.  Please let your friends and family know.

What is needed:
Come to Veterans Park by 10:00 a.m. on 9/20 (rain date 9/21)
With your 2D artwork framed and wired in back, ready to hang. (1 per student)
When you arrive at the green tent, you will need to fill out a form.
Judging will take place at noon, winners announced soon afterwards.
Pick up your artwork after 3:00 p.m.

Congratulations to Aline Lotter for her 5 paintings that are part of the "Healing with Art" exhibit at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Manchester. This is a juried exhibit and runs for four months. If you would like your artwork to be considered for the next round of judging, please review the guidelines under Mission and Process on their website:  http://www.healingwithart.org/#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&p=-1&a=0&at=0

Utility Box Painting

More public art in downtown Manchester thanks to Carolina Chauvette Davidson.  The city funded three artists to paint the utility boxes in the downtown. We hope they continue this project next year. Carolina submitted a proposal and was accepted. Her box is located on Elm Street in front of the Radisson Hotel and across from Veterans Park.

Photos by John Mitchell.

Our next project -- Fundraiser

We will be painting these mini boxes as a fundraiser.  One of our members will be selling and exhibiting them in her shop for the Columbus Day weekend.  Six of our members have already confirmed that they would enjoy painting a box.  If you would like a box to paint, contact our Treasurer, Linda Feinberg.  If you would like to paint a box and keep it for yourself or give it as a gift, that is o.k. too.  The price will be $12.

Local events and more

Rollande Rousselle exhibited her paintings at the Greeley Park Art show in Nashua.

Families in Transition is having a fundraiser and fun day at Veterans Park on September 4th. They are looking for some volunteers for their "I am One" New Hampshire Day to end child homelessness.  The festivities will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  There will be a variety of performances including some music competition between bands.  One in every four homeless are children in New Hampshire.  For more information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxP5HoWuHKw&list=UUY_-MfbEAG338D6XmCl2eEw
and http://www.iamonenh.org/

Bea Bearden painting in her studio. She started the portrait as a plein air painting in Gloucester.

New video by John Mitchell showing the mural on the boathouse. The mural was created by Anthony Williams and painted by many of our artists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuWdngRLtuk&list=UU-U49knLZj78p9BpUhkPB5w

John also contributed a poem for this week:

A Good Night’s Sleep

I would like to know you sleep
Away in a slumber still and deep.
Of sun warmed gases, make the bed.
On a pillow of vapors, rest your head.
A night without storm or rain--
A night narcotic released of pain.
A night so quiet, so full of rest
You’d count this sleep as the best.
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Good news (finally!) from the IRS.  Our organization has been approved with 501(c)3 status.

That means we are recognized as a charitable organization for tax purposes.

We received the state (NH) approval shortly after our initial filing, but the IRS took over 1 year to get around to approving us.

Photos on today’s blog post by Linda H. Feinberg

If you would like to add your event or class to our listings on the Local Exhibits/Classes tab above, please contact our blogger. These need to be related to the arts. You do not need to be a member of Friends of Art Manchester to have a listing, but all members and donations are appreciated.

Families in Transition-Men's Residence

Our paintings are finally up at the men's residence of Families in Transition.  While they were unable to host a reception for our artists, they gave me a tour and I took some photos.  Each painting has a beautiful label with the artist's name and the title of the painting.  The paintings on the left in the photo above are by Judy Gelinas. The one on the right is by Deb Funk.

The top painting is by Carolina Chauvette and the bottom one by Stephanie Bogalis Byrd.  I think their designer did a good job with arranging the paintings in the common areas.

Painting above is by Paul Davidson.

The designer put some paintings in the entry hallway. The one above is by Anthony Williams and the one below by Debbie Curtin.

All photos by Linda H. Feinberg.

If you missed it, the Hippo had a nice writeup about our laundromat mural at 720 Union Street in their August 7-13 edition on page 21 (The link on left will bring you to the digital edition. If you type Laundromat in the search box, it will give you a link to page 21. You can click on the article to enlarge it and read it.) Thank you, Kelly Sennott.