March Meeting 7pm at ACE

ACW Meeting Agenda:

• Recent ACW Events:

  • Blake Gallery at the Beebe Library – Feb 2025 – ACW exhibit – 9 artists

• Artist Supply Swap at the February monthly meeting

  Small Works Workshop – February 26, Paper Collage Landscapes

• Upcoming ACW Events:

  • Spring 2025 Exhibit – Theme: Anything Goes!

    • Updates on the Spring Show

    • Call for Art -Art in the Barn

• April After-Meeting Activity - Photographing your Artwork

  • David Kay, ACW member, will present and facilitate a discussion on photographing your artwork

• Request for Art Donations for the Small Works Fundraisers

  • After a successful fundraiser in October, we are running low on artwork for future fundraisers and are seeking original artwork donations.

    • All donations must be 5 x7 inches and cannot be framed or matted

• ‘Drop In and Art’ Monthly sessions –- 2nd Tuesday and 2nd Wednesday of the month – more info below

• Mailing List and Newsletter:  Updates from Andy

• Website and Instagram updates/reminders

  • Update your ACW Website content – send any updates to Joy:  joy.schilling@gmail.com

  • Provide photos to Andy to post on the ACW Instagram account; send to:  andy_levine@yahoo.com

• ACW Kitty:   

  • ACW Kitty Accounting:

    • Starting Balance:         $685.31  

    • Income:                        $130.00        (Income is from vendor registration fees from the Dec 2024 Artisan Sale)

    • Expenses:                         $0.00

    • Ending Balance:          $815.31       

• Other Topics?

• ‘Round the Room’ – Art Events and happenings updates

• Congratulations to the ACW for celebrating its 14th year!

‘Drop In and Art’ Sessions at the ACE presented by the ACW

Come join ACW members and friends for some art time in the company of local artists.  The sessions are held monthly on the 2nd Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the month.  Bring your own art supplies and hang out with other artists to chat, get inspired, help with a bit of creative block, or whatever!  More details are below.....

·         Adult artists are welcome to drop in for as little or as much of the session as they like.

·         Media suggestions include, but are not limited to:  drawing, stitching, knitting, sketch book/journaling, collage, dry felting, jewelry making, carving wood or linoleum, watercolor or acrylic painting. 

·         2nd Tuesday and 2nd Wednesday of the month:

o   Tuesdays:  10am – Noon

o   Wednesdays: 7pm- 9pm

Art in the Barn regularly features more than 120 regional artists! The Allyn Cox Reservation — where the event takes place — also has deep ties to the visual arts, as its namesake, Allyn Cox, was a renowned muralist known for painting the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. In 1974, Cox generously donated the Essex property, including the farmhouse and his studio (now the barn), to Greenbelt. For nearly 40 years, Greenbelt has hosted Art in the Barn as our signature annual fundraiser, supporting conservation efforts in Essex County. We’re excited to continue this tradition of blending the arts with conservation and invite you to be part of it for many years to come. We’d love for you to join us!Participating in Art in the BarnNew Artists:   Art in the Barn is a juried show, and we welcome new artists to apply! To submit your application, please use the form linked below and provide 5 sample images of your work for the jury’s review. If you make art in multiple mediums, please submit separate applications for each (e.g., one for pastels and another for pottery). All materials must be submitted by Sunday, April 6. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Application FAQs

Application Form

• Deadline for jury submissions is Sunday, April 6. You will receive an email with the jury’s decision by May 2 at the latest. There are a different number of openings for new artists each year. In general, we accept 5-10 new artists whose work will be displayed on the wall (paintings, pastels, photography, etc.) and 2-4 artists whose work will be displayed on tables (pottery, blown glass, woodcarving, etc.). We have almost unlmited space for landscape scale outdoor sculpture.

• Types of artwork that are considered may include: pottery/ceramics, large-scale sculpture, paintings, pastels, photography*, wood carving, blown glass…

• Types of artwork that are excluded include: fiber arts (such as quilting, silk screening, crochet, although Felting is welcome.), erotic artwork, wet pieces, wall-hung pieces over 2,000 square inches, and AI-created or assisted artworks (digital art created entirely by YOU is fine).

• *Note on photography: The jury is looking for fine art photography. While there are many great wildlife photographers in the area, for example, and we respect their talent, patience, and knowledge, the jury is looking for photography that focuses on the fine art genre of the craft. Exceptions may be made for a truly extraordinary body of photographic work.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

AnnMarie Gallivan 

Event & Administrative Coordinator

Greenbelt | Essex County's Land Trust

82 Eastern Ave.    PO Box 1026   Essex, MA 01929agallivan@ecga.org      (978) 768-7241 x125

ACW Calendar: 

     2025

• February:  exhibit at the Blake Gallery at the Beebe Library for the month. 

• February:  Art Supply Swap at monthly meeting

• February:  Paper Landscapes workshop led by Judy Hartman

• April:  ACW Spring Show.  Theme is “Anything Goes”.  Location: ACE building

• April:  Photographing your Artwork presentation led by David Kay

• October:  ACW Fall Show.  Theme is TBD.  Location; ACE building

• December:  ACW Winter Artisan Sale on the 1st weekend of December. Location: ACE building