Chelmsford Art Society

Several demonstrations and workshops are planned for the coming months. Check back to get the details as more events are added and the listings updated. All events and programs are free of charge and open to everyone. For details on these events, visit the Events page or click here.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings and events are held at the Old Town Hall, 1 North Road, Chelmsford, MA at 7:00 P.M.

September 29 (Tues)	The Chelmsford Art Society features at a demonstration meeting, calligrapher, Mary W Hart. Her work combines calligraphy with collage and encaustic painting. The works incorporate elements of written texture and botanical forms. Hart, a native of Pittsburgh, studied calligraphy at Carnegie Mellon University with Arnold Bank, a noted teacher. "It was a class I had to take for my Graphic Design degree," says Hart, "but it quickly became something I loved to do. Even 34 years later I am still finding new ways to use this skill." In addition to practicing calligraphy, Hart teaches a number of classes in the area, most recently at Middlesex Community College, Cambridge Center for Adult Education and in the Applied Arts program at Wellesley College. There is currently a class going on at the Jenks Center in Winchester as well, proving it's never too late to learn calligraphy.
October 27, 2009	Deirdre McCullogh Grunwald - Watercolor The Chelmsford Art Society presents Deirdre McCullough Grunwald a New England artist whose work appears in private and corporate collections. She is a member of the New England Watercolor Society and The Cambridge Art Association. Her paintings are shown regularly throughout New England. Grunwald’s work is primarily a journey that explores ancient pattern and how it links to dream, contemporary abstraction and other cultures. With reference to the linkage between ancient pattern and contemporary abstraction, Grunwald’s work is rooted in the believe that beyond the great exterior surface beauty of Celtic pattern there is built into its bedrock structure a foundation in sacred geometry that can generate contemporary abstract paintings. Deirdre McCullough Grunwald will hold a watercolor workshop on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Old Town Hall, 1 North Rd., Chelmsford, MA. Bring your own paints or some will be provided.
November 24, 2009 (Tues.)	Joyce Audy Zarin - Metal Sculpture The Chelmsford Art Society is featuring noted sculptor Joyce Audy Zarins who will demonstrate Metal Sculpture. Her education includes a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Univ. of NH, Durham and the Mass College of Art, Boston. Presently she is an adjunct art professor at Middlesex Community College. Here she is an instructor of Art, Drawing, Color and Design, and Sculpture. Joyce works in her Merrimac studio largely in metal, welding her own large-scale, outdoor sculptures. In her list of her many sculpture sites, one of her wall sculptures was features at a benefit for the Women's Crisis Center in Newburyport. MA A multitalented artist, Zarins has written and illustrated 5 children's books and illustrated 15 others for various authors. One of her books is "Toasted Bagels" Click here to see a slide show of the presentationl (photography by Bob Stegmaier) The Chelmsford Art Society will meet on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 7:00 PM at the Old Town Hall, 1 North Road, Chelmsford, MA.
December 1, 2009 (Tues)	Holiday Member Show Library Hanging - Chelmsford LIbrary, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
December 12, 2009 (Sat.)	Reception at Chelmsford Library 2 - 4 PM
January 21, 22, 23, 2010	Pick up and Sign out at Library Desk
January 26, 2010 (Tues)	Andrew Kusmin - Critique The Chelmsford Art Society is featuring noted artist, Andrew Kusmin, who will give a critique of the members art-work. He is well known in this area as a prolific watercolor artist, art instructor and the owner of the Kusmin Art Gallery, Plymouth, MA. He teachers in Plymouth, MA and at Lexington Arts and Crafts, Lexington, MA. A former president of the New England Watercolor Society, Andrew has had many solo shows, been part of major exhibitions from Boston to Dallas, from the Audobon Artists to New York's Salamagundi Club. Many will know Dr. Kusmin from his former career in dentistry in this area. At his retirement, he decided to go back to his first love, the world of art. Kusmin shares his vision with others. "I want to draw out my students' own version of the world, to see their own ideas." The Chelmsford Art Society will meet on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 7:00 PM at the Old Town Hall, 1 North Road, Chelmsford, MA. Everyone may bring 2 pieces of art-work for the critique. The meeting is free and open to the public.
February 23, 2010 (Tues)	Paula Richards - Art Play vs. Art Work In 1998, Paula Richards left her twenty-five year nursing career to pursue her new found passion for art. She began with calligraphy and representational art, but it was when she began to play with art mediums in less convential ways that her work became more exciting and meaningful to her. Paula enjoyed a studio at Western Avenue for four years before she went on to opening her own shop, Spirit Rising, here in Chelmsford center, where she sold her art along with other uplifting gifts and motivational services. She recently closed the shop and is currently pursuing her dream of co-creating a "life resource center" in the Lowell highlands. Spirit Rising will be one of many businesses who are all passionate about empowering people to live their best life. One of the ways Paula aims to achieve this is through introducing people to artistic play.
March 30, 2010 (Tues)	Peter Kostolakos - Art Restoration Peter will discuss and illustrate "Art Restoration." He has been a consultant from 1976 to the present for 19th - 21st century fine art paintings. Clients include small museums, historical societies, galleries, private collections, and corporations. He has been published in several publications as Northlight and Yankee Magazine. Kostoulakos graduated from The Art Institute of Boston, received a BS in Fine Arts/Art History from Northeastern Univ., Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt. and The International Society of Appraisers, Core Courses. He is a members of several associations, some of which include the American Institute of Conservation, New England Appraisers Association and the Chelmsford Art Society.
April 26, 2010 (Mon)	Boston Museum of Fine Arts Trip: Deadline March 20 Click here to download registration form.
May 25, 2010 (Tues)	Mini Painting Workshop