New date to be determined

Our February meeting will feature a pottery demonstration by Dighton Art Association member Jo Dorothy at her studio in Rehoboth. After a demonstration by the artist, participants will have the opportunity to create a simple wall sculpture. Please see the attached flyer.

Space is limited. Reservations are required. Please call 508-821-3782 to reserve a space. This event is free for members. There is a $3.00 materials fee for non-members.

Jo Dorothy is a graduate of the Maine College of Art and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She creates functional and decorative clay vessels which express an affinity for conditions found in the landscape. She works out of her studio, Palmer River Arts, which looks out to a woodland meadow in Rehoboth, MA.
Pottery Demonstration

Please note the location change to the VFW Hall , 495 School Street, North Dighton.

Directions:

From Taunton. Take Winthrop Street (Route 44) to Warner Boulevard. Follow Warner Boulevard to the end (stop sign at St. Joseph’s Church). Cross Spring Street at Warner Boulevard onto Pearl Street. Take a left at the end of Pearl Street onto School Street. The VFW Post is a short distance on your right.

From Dighton Town Hall. Take Route 138 North to Old Somerset Road (between Mechanics Co-operative Bank and Reese’s Citgo). Take a left onto Old Somerset Road. Take your next left onto Tremont Street. Take your next right onto Lincoln Avenue. Take your next left onto School Street. VFW is a short distance on the left.

Ted Lippold and Ron O'Connor will be providing an all day workshop on digital photography - camera use and photographic techniques. Digital camera required; the workshop will include time for taking photographs in the afternoon and review and critique by workshop leaders and participants.

The workshop will be offered in two parts on February 3rd. If you have already had instruction in the use of your digital camera, you will be able to register for the afternoon session on photographic technique.

Registration fee for entire workshop

$30 for members; $40 for non-members (includes lunch)

Registration fee for afternoon session only: 12:45 PM to 3:15 PM; lunch not included

$12 for members; $16 for non-members

Workshop will be held at the VFW Hall on School Street, North Dighton. [note location change!]

This workshop might be the beginning of a regular photography group of the Dighton Art Association.

Click on the attachments link below for the workshop flyer and registration

Digital Photography Workshop Flyer

Digital Photography Workshop Registration Form

Member contributed article by Kristen Kearns [kris103k at hotmail dot com]

My children and I have been going to RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Art Museum’s “Free-for-All” Saturday kids program for the last 6 years. RISD is located just a short drive in Providence, Rhode Island. We don’t make every month, but even when we do go several months in a row, there is always something new and interesting. I would recommend this from ages 4-11. The crafts allow a small child with adult help, but are challenging enough for the older children.

Each month involves a certain theme, sometimes to do with the time of year (summer, flowers, always masks in October). When you first get there, the kids pick up a scavenger hunt, and based on that month’s theme, they have to find art described or shown in the scavenger hunt paperwork. There are usually two craft-style workshops going on at all times, such as making a mask, working with paint, decorating tiles, carving hieroglyphics. There is also a scheduled performance, such as Thailand dancers and magicians.

FYI - I took my 10 year old and her friend for the November "Free-for-All" and again, RISD did not disappoint! There were new art exhibits, so even the art there is every changing.

Last Saturday of the month, 11am-4pm
Admission is absolutely free
For Families: Free-for-All Saturdays

Barbara E. was kind enough to send in these pictures. If you'd like to see your pictures on the website, send them in!