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Art Events • 2018 SCULP TURE SYMPOSIUM Annual community event designed to elevate appreciation and involvement in public art in Nashua. Sculptors are invited from around the world to spend three weeks in Nashua creating public art. May 10 through June 3. MakeIt Labs, 25 Crown St.,
The Sculpture of NH League of Craftsmen’s 2018 annual ornament, “Peace.” Courtesy photo.
and embossed and raw wood surfaces. The demonstration is free and open to the public. Call 225-2515 or visit mcgowanfineart. com. • A peaceful ornament: The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen has announced the design for its annual ornament. “Peace” is handmade from porcelain white clay and stoneware by juried member Sibel Alpaslan and is the first annual ornament to be made from clay. It features a dove over a ring and a star, with turquoise and green colors representing the Earth and the ocean. The limited-edition ornament sells for $24.50 and is available exclusively at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery (279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith), at the League’s online store and at the Annual Craftsmen’s Fair at Mount Sunapee Resort Aug. 4 through Aug. 12. Each ornament is dated, numbered and signed by the artist and comes in a gift box. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 279-7920. — Angie Sykeny
Nashua. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org. • OPEN HOUSE Featuring fabric artist Nancy Morgan at her gallery. Fri., June 1, 5 to 8 p.m. 238 State St., Portsmouth. Call 427-8611. Openings • NHIA BFA STUDENT EXHIBITION OPENING Fea-
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tures over 1,000 works of art in a variety of media and includes paintings, illustrations, prints, ceramics, sculptures, graphic design, photography, comic arts, and creative writing. Sat., May 19, 6 to 9 p.m. NHIA, 148 Concord St., Manchester. NHIA, 77 Amherst St., Manchester. NHIA, 88 Lowell St., Manchester. $25. Visit nhia.edu/AnnualBFA.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Adams Memorial. Photo by Alana Johanson.
• See art students’ work: The New Hampshire Institute of Art will host its 2018 Annual BFA Student Exhibition May 19 through June 2, featuring more than 1,000 works of art by the graduating class as well as selected works by talented underclassmen. The exhibit will extend across campus in the Roger Williams Gallery (77 Amherst St., Manchester), the Emma B. French Hall (148 Concord St., Manchester) and Lowell Hall (88 Lowell St., Manchester). All art will be for sale, with proceeds going directly to the student artists. An opening celebration with wine, hors d’oeuvres and craft brewers will be held on Saturday, May 19, from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $25 per person. Kids under age 12 are admitted free. Call 623-0313 or visit nhia.edu. • Learn about printmaking: McGowan Fine Art (2 Phenix Ave., Concord) will host a printmaking demonstration on Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Artist Mark Johnson will cover the history and process of printmaking, the aspects of realizing a color print, new and alternative ways of working with color in printmaking, and techniques used in the gallery’s current printmaking show, “Impressed,” in which Johnson’s work is featured alongside that of eight other artists. The exhibition includes monoprint, linoleum block prints
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