KAA NEWS • • •

 

Wondering what's going on at the KAA Gallery Building next week or next month? Check out the KAA Calendar page. To get there follow the link below:

KAA Calendar Page

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The Next show in the KAA Gallery is an All Member show, Essentials.

Artists drop off dates and times are:

Sunday July 13, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Monday July 14, 5 - 7 p.m.

Artists pick up date and time is:

Sunday August 10, 5 - 7 p.m.

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Marcia Abigail Ryder 1952 - 2008

The Kittery Art Association is currently establishing the Marcia Abigail Ryder Scholarship Fund to Perpetuate Marcia’s work inspiring, educating and encouraging young artists in the seacoast area. Scholarship funds are awarded to students who have been recommended to us in both music and the arts throughout the year. Marcia was respected by so many people in the community for her work supporting the arts, and was admired by all who knew her.

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EXHIBITS & EVENTS • • •

Symposium on Russell Cheney & Yankee Moderation in Maine
A one day symposium sponsored by the Kittery Art Association in conjunction with the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be held on August 2, 2008.
Yankee Modernism in Maine will explore the inter-war decades of the 1920s and 30s. Painters from the Ogunquit art schools, Russell Cheney, Marsden Hartley and writer F.O. Matthiessen and his friends took a characteristically New England approach to the Modern movement.
The day includes five lectures, a cold lunch, tour of the Cheney Studio, contemporary exhibits at the Kittery Art Association and a reception at the Athenaeum.
For more information visit the Athenaeum website at:
www.portsmouthathenaeum.org

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Kids' Open Studios
Kids' Open Studios returns this summer for ages 6-12.
Classes will be held on four Wednesdays in July from 9:30 to 11:00.
Check the CLASSES page for more information.

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African Drumming On The KAA Deck
Ben Baldwin's African Drumming On The KAA Deck is returning this July. No experience or equipment is needed. Workshops will be held:
July 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2008 from 7:00 till 8:30 PM.
$5 per person or $15 per family.

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Friday Night Music on the Deck
KAA welcomes The Barley Cats, Will Simpson and Colby Millet.
They will be playing original songs and classic rock. Something for everyone!
Friday August 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM

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Plein Air:
Back by popular demand, we will be offering a new Plein Air schedule of beautiful private and public locations in and around Kittery for members to come and create their art while meeting fellow KAA members.

Painters , poets, writers, photographers, and artists in all media are welcome! We will meet on Thursdays 4-7PM, in June, July and August. Private gardens, fields, barns, salt marsh and open ocean are some of the settings you can look forward to seeing. This program is free and open to Kittery Art Association Members only.

Please call Sarah Drummond at (207) 439-8357, or email information@kitteryartassociation.org for more information.

We will have the opportunity to show our work accumulated over the summer, in the Plein Air Show at the Art Association beginning September 11th, all artists who participate this summer are welcome in this exhibit! Watch for specific details of the Plein Air Schedule to be coming soon....

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Adult Open Studio:
On the 2ed and 4th Tuesday of each month, 1-3PM at the KAA Gallery. Bring art projects that you are working on and work along side of fellow KAA members. Foe more information, please contact Mike Gately at gatelymj@yahoo.com

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IN THE GALLERY:

Patricia DeGrandpre, Aisha Graham, Cleone T. Graham and Anastasia Szerejko Maertens "Transformations"
Thursday, June 19, 2008 – Sunday, July 13, 2008
Artists Reception, Sunday, June 22, 2008 4-6pm

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NEXT IN THE GALLERY:

All Member Show "Essentials!"
Thursday, July 17, 2008 – Sunday, August 10, 2008
Artists Reception, Saturday, May 24, 2008 4-6pm

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HARBOR LIGHT STAGE'S "BOLD FACE" SERIES • • •

Harbor Light Stage's Bold Face Play Series will return to the KAA in the Fall.
Check back for more information or go to their web site at www.harborlightstage.org
to check out other Harbor Light shows.

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MUSIC & POETRY SERIES • • •

The KAA Music & Poetry Series will return in the Fall.
Saturday, September 20, 2008:
Ben Baldwin and the Big Notes will play for the KAA 50th Anniversary Celebration! Black Party.
Check back for more details as we get closer to September.

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