Monday, M ay 4 , 2 015 at 1 0:24:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time Subject: NAA May 2015 Newsle/er Date: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 10:24:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: Linda Rinearson NAA Newsletter newtonartassociation.com May 2015 NAA Annual Soiree Sunday May 31, 2015 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm High School Art Scholarship Awards to be presented at our May meeting on May 14th CALENDAR Newton Art Festival for the entire month of May May 3: Sunday 3:00 - 5:00 Demonstration May 14 & Scholarship Awards Vincent Crotty Landscapes in Oil Header: detail from "Killaloe, Co. Clare" by Vincent Crotty Page 1 of 8 3: Sunday 3:00 - 5:00 NAA Critique 6: Wed 6:30 pm Portfolio Presentation New Art Center 7: Thurs 7:00 pm NAA Board meeting New Art Center 14: Thurs 7:30 - 9:00 pm NAA Demo Senior Ctr Vincent Crotty American Landscapes in Oil PLUS Scholarships Vincent Crotty is an Irish-born artist who has been living in Boston since 1990. Regarded for his original landscapes, interiors and figurative paintings, Vincent's paintings reveal a remarkable understanding of light -transforming everyday subject matter into images that are memorable and moving. Painting from life as often as he can, Vincent explores the places & faces of both Atlantic coasts. Inspired by the 20th Century Ashcan School, his paintings of New England celebrate the gritty corners of urban life. In Ireland, he captures the silvery gleam of wet galvanized roofs and bursts of winter sunshine illuminating wild landscapes. 15: Friday at noon Newton Library DEADLINE for show application Vincent was born and raised in Kanturk, County Cork and studied sign painting and interior decorating at Fás, a trade school in Cork City, Ireland. This training gave him an understanding of paint chemistry and the fundamentals of drawing. "My background in trade school has given me a hands-on approach rather than a cerebral one. Being self-employed has 31: Sunday 6::00-9:00 pm forced me to follow my here-and-now instincts as an artist. I take a fearless Annual NAA Soiree approach and slap on paint liberally. I harness happy accidents." Scandinavian Living Center, West Newton SUMMER BREAK September 2-29: NAA Library Show 3: Thurs 7:00 pm NAA Board meeting New Art Center 9: NAA Library Show Reception 7-8:30 pm In 1990 Vincent immigrated to Boston to seek out further art training. In the Boston area, he studied painting with artist John Kilroy and figure drawing with Paul Rahilly at Mass College of Art. He attended the Scottsdale Artists School, studying with Mark Daily and David Leffel. He has taken workshops with T. Allen Lawson, Kevin MacPherson, Matt Smith, and John Stobart, and he continues to travel widely to pursue workshops and plein air painting events. In addition to his gallery shows, Vincent's paintings have been featured as set designs for theater companies and touring productions including Atlantic Steps, the Cork City Ballet, the Huntington Theater Company, Kieran Jordan Dancers, and the WGBH Celtic Sojourn productions. Four of his paintings were used on the film set in the 2003 Clint Eastwood movie Mystic River. www.vincentcrotty.com 10: Thurs 7:30 - 9:00 pm NAA Demo Senior Ctr NEW MEMBERS Plovnick, Herb Greetings NAA Members!! It's once again time to pARTy!!! Page 2 of 8 Greetings NAA Members!! It's once again time to pARTy!!! Please join us for our end of the year Soirée Sunday, May 31, 2015 ** MAY 2015 ** Attend at least one activity each week! ~ 6 PM Wine & Cheese ~ 7 PM Dinner Scandinavian Cultural Center NORDIC HALL 245 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA r.s.v.p. to Myra Abelson at [email protected] Send in your "acceptances" and $25 checks (made out to NAA) to: Myra Abelson, 63 Alderwood Road, Newton, MA 02459 Next NAA Show Please RSVP by May 15th September 2 - 29 Newton Library Show Application in the June Newsletter Opening Reception: Sept. 9th, 7 to 8:30 pm Membership Renewal 2015 - 2016 ~~~~ Application will be mailed out to members and former members in a separate email. It's also available on our NAA website Newton's Festival of the Arts May 2015 throughout Newton See the VIDEOs at youtu.be/_Smr3hi3Ov0 and www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNprrMvzPZE This is the month for Newton's Festival of the Arts. Take the advice of one woman who said she was planning on attending at least one event per week with a different friend... and catch up with her social life! Buy a ticket to an event you might not otherwise attend! www.newtoncommunitypride.org/festival Page 3 of 8
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