What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 ???

Library & Senior Center events

Wednesday, April 23

* Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit  (Norfolk Public Library)

 

10:30am The BenAnna Band! (Franklin Public Library)

1:00pm Petting Zoo with Records and Burpee! (Franklin Public Library)

4:30pm Children's Museum of Franklin fund raising (La Cantina Winery)

6:00pm Stuffed Animal Sleepover! (Franklin Public Library)

 

 

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

 

 

**  NO Town Meetings today   **

 

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What's happening today in Franklin? 

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Deadline to register FAA 'Fakes and Forgeries", May 25

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:  

1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit

The Franklin Art Association is collaborating with the Franklin Historical Museum to present the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit.  This exhibit is open to all artists including student artists in Franklin and the surrounding areas.  

There is no entry fee to participate.   

The exhibit will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum June 7 - June 22, with a registration deadline of May 25.  

Please register online at  https://forms.gle/DT4yys85cPNPPQAK7 

So get those brushes and paints out and help make this first of its kind Franklin community event a huge success!

Franklin Art Association show winners announced

** We are happy to announce the names of the award winners in the FAA Art Exhibit!

 

The award winners in the Oil/Acrylic category are:

• First: "Bubbles + Swirls" by Peg Munson

  Second: "Two Suns II" by Larry Rockoff

  Third: "Garden Path" by Patti Milton

  Honorable mention: "Doctor Who" by Diana Maley

The show continues at the Norfolk Public Library until April 26. Don't miss it!

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** We are happy to announce the names of the award winners in the FAA Art Exhibit!

 

The award winners in the Water Media category are:

• First: "Self-Portrait" by Marcia Litchfield

  Second: "Five Pink Lilies" by Diane Bell

  Third: "Nude!!" by Walter Spencer

  Honorable mention: "Little Things Can Make a Big Impact" by Ali Rheaume

The show continues at the Norfolk Public Library until April 26. Don't miss it!

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** We are happy to announce the names of the award winners in the FAA Art Exhibit!

 

The award winners in the Mixed category are:

• First: "Our Universe" by Judy Butler

  Second: "Erupting" by M. Beth McGaw

  Third: "Rail Trail" by Susan Plume

  Honorable mention: "Winter Wonder" by Peg Munson

The show continues at the Norfolk Public Library until April 26. Don't miss it!

 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AMPWk6AAo/

** We are happy to announce the names of the award winners in the FAA Art Exhibit!

 

The award winners in the Photography category are:

• First: "Magic in a Crystal Ball" by Peg Munson

  Second: Through the Heart of the Rock" by Marjorie S. Sardella

  Third: "Curious Cows" by Gail Eckberg

  Honorable mention: "Somewhere in Vermont" by Marc Cohen

The show continues at the Norfolk Public Library until April 26. Don't miss it!

 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1599sjeANg/

 

Last but not least we are happy to announce the names of two artists whose works received special awards at the FAA Art Exhibit!

• Best In Show — "High Surf" by Dick Fotland
  People's Choice — "Anticipation" by Madeline Saggiomo

Congratulations to all our award winners, and sincere thanks to all the artists and committee members whose efforts contributed to the success of this show!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16oWcZgbiJ/

 

Franklin Art Association show winners announced

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 ???

Tuesday, April 1

** Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit (Norfolk Public Library)

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

6:30pm Franklin Garden Club - monthly meeting (Franklin Senior Center)

7:00pm Musical Bingo (Raillery Public House)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->       

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today   **

Franklin School Committee = Contractual Negotiations - Executive Session

Tuesday, April 1st Time: 4:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012025-1586

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Why are there multiple calendars?

What's happening today in Franklin? 

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Franklin Art Association: April 2025 - Musings from the President

Dear members and friends, 

I hope this message finds you in good spirits and bursting with creative energy as we welcome spring in New England. As we navigate an ever-changing and sometimes frightening world, I am reminded daily of the profound impact that art—your art—has on our lives, our communities, and our collective history. 

As my presidency winds down, I am reminded of the fact that the FAA has been continuously providing art education and creative opportunities for over fifty years! This is no small accomplishment! Lots of organizations come and go, but the FAA has endured. And I attribute this to a committed membership with a strong volunteer base that continues to believe in the mission and goals of the FAA. 

Franklin Art Association

With the establishment of the Franklin Cultural District and its support of local arts, along with a town government that believes the arts are critical to a healthy vibrant community, the Franklin Art Association is well positioned to be a strong and vital part of the arts community for years to come. Who knows? Maybe we will someday be a foundational partner in a Town of Franklin Center for the Arts! May it be so! 

As members of the FAA, I encourage you to continue exploring, innovating, and sharing your gifts. The importance of your creations cannot be overstated. They serve as beacons of inspiration and reminders of what it means to be alive. Thank you for your passion, your talent, and your unwavering commitment to the arts. Your work matters, and it has been my privilege to support and celebrate you. 

Here’s to the next 50 years! 

Warm regards, 

Sue Sheridan 

President

Get a copy of the full April 2025 newsletter ->  https://drive.google.com/file/d/11lfDQT2hgzQ6AqjX40tnOnneG4cTFyvT/view?usp=drive_link

For more information about the Art Association, visit their webpage ->

https://www.franklinart.org/WordPress/

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Monday, March 31, 2025 ???

Monday, March 31

* Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit (Norfolk Public Library)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->     
https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

**  NO  Town Meetings today   **

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Why are there multiple calendars?

What's happening today in Franklin? 

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit - Mar 31 through Apr 25, 2025

Franklin Art Association Art Show
and Sale Exhibit - Mar 31 through Apr 25, 2025

Exhibit Open: March 31 - April 25, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 10 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Hosted at the 

Norfolk Public Library 

139 Main Street

Norfolk MA

 

Download the flyer as a reminder or to share -> 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K7Pat-KCetHEHXNiWI7xEk-u7gNDddz9/view?usp=drive_link

 

Reminder: Call for Artists to participate in the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:  

1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit

The Franklin Art Association is collaborating with the Franklin Historical Museum to present the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit.  This exhibit is open to all artists including student artists in Franklin and the surrounding areas.  

There is no entry fee to participate.   

The exhibit will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum June 7 - June 22, with a registration deadline of May 23rd.  

Artists may request an entry form and exhibit guidelines by emailing the Franklin Art Association at faasecretary@gmail.com.  

So get those brushes and paints out and help make this first of its kind Franklin community event a huge success!

Franklin Art Association meeting & Guest Demo by Chris West - location changed to Historical Museum

The Franklin Art Association invites the public to our Wednesday, March 5th meeting. We will greet Guest Demo-Artist, Christine West, our collage painter for this month’s public demonstration. She will be giving a talk about her work and a step by step demonstration of her collage production technique. She creates monotypes and mixed-media collages using acrylic mediums, inks, photography and various papers. Her work has been inspired by modern architecture, the textures of nature, mid-century style and science-fiction. She’s particularly moved by Abstract Expressionism and collages of the mid-century type. 

Guest Demo-Artist, Christine West

In 2015, she enrolled in classes at the Holliston Mills where she focused on painting city and abstract landscapes. Under the present day instruction of Paula DeSimone, she’s undertaken various medium painting, printing and drawing. She continues currently following DeSimone’s tutelage at the Danforth Art Museum. Her work can be seen at True Grit Gallery in Middleboro, MA. And she has exhibited in ‘Member shows” at Attleboro Arts Museum, Hopkington Art Center and the Morini Gallery. 

The free-to-the-public-meetings are held at the Franklin Historical Museum* at 6:30 PM. FAA welcomes the public to attend. Refreshments are served at the break. We have an on-going FAA Scholarship Fund to which attendees are invited to contribute. 

The FAA is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Franklin Cultural Council, Franklin Cultural District and www.franklinart.org. And we can be viewed on Facebook and Instagram. 

*Note - change in location this time due to scheduled repairs at the Franklin Senior Center.

Franklin Art Association March meeting at Historical Museum features Christine West

The next Franklin Art Association meeting will take place at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 5 at the Franklin Historical Museum (Note: change in location), when our guest demonstrator will be artist Christine West.

Christine creates abstract paintings, monotypes, and mixed media collages using acrylic mediums, inks, photography and various papers. Her work is inspired by modern architecture, the textures of nature, mid-century style, and science-fiction, and she is particularly fascinated and moved by Abstract Expressionism and collage of the mid-century.

FAA meeting features Christine West

Christine writes: “I grew up painting and drawing alongside my father, a professional commercial artist. Although I chose a corporate career, he continued to tutor me and we spent much of my free time painting, drawing, and enjoying galleries and museums together. Upon my retirement, I realized that I longed to create art and have been pursuing education and experimentation in many mediums and styles.

“In 2015, I enrolled in an open studio format at the Holliston Mills where I focused on painting mid-century style cityscapes and abstract landscapes. Since 2017 to the present, under the instruction of Paula DeSimone, I have undertaken formal study of painting with acrylics, glazing and layering techniques, monoprinting, collage construction, and drawing. My artistic experimentation and development continues under Paula's instruction at The Danforth Art Museum, part of Framingham State University.

“My work can be seen at True Grit Art Gallery in Middleboro MA, where I have been a resident artist since 2020. Additionally, I have exhibited in juried shows throughout Massachusetts as well as "member" shows including Attleboro Arts Museum, Hopkinton Art Center, and Morini Gallery. “

FAA meetings are always free and open to the public.

The FAA is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Franklin Cultural Council, Franklin Cultural District.

You can find the FAA online at www.franklinart.org, on Franklin Matters, Facebook and Instagram.

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Franklin Art Association features Guest Demo-Artist, Erin Spencer - Feb 5

The Franklin Art Association invites the public to our Wednesday, February 5 meeting. We will warmly greet Guest Demo-Artist, Erin Spencer, our landscape, oil painter for this month’s public demonstration. She will be giving a step by step demonstration for a fine art painting. 

Erin will discuss how to ‘simplify’ your approach. Like making a poem, in her approach she looks at painting as distilling visual information made into a unique interpretation; offering a new insight. The finished work tends toward realism mixed with tonalism.

Franklin Art Association

The free-to-the-public-meetings are held at the Franklin Senior Center at 6:30 PM. FAA welcomes the public and it’s members to attend. Refreshments are served at the break. We have an on-going FAA Scholarship Fund that attendees are invited to contribute to. 

The FAA is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Franklin Cultural Council, Franklin Cultural District and www.franklinart.org. And we can be viewed on Facebook and Instagram. 

Call for Artists to participate in the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:  

1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit

The Franklin Art Association is collaborating with the Franklin Historical Museum to present the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit.  This exhibit is open to all artists including student artists in Franklin and the surrounding areas.  

There is no entry fee to participate.   

The exhibit will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum June 7 - June 22, with a registration deadline of May 23rd.  

Artists may request an entry form and exhibit guidelines by emailing the Franklin Art Association at faasecretary@gmail.com.  

So get those brushes and paints out and help make this first of its kind Franklin community event a huge success!

Announcing the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit: Call for Artists

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:  The Franklin Art Association is collaborating with the Franklin Historical Museum to present the 1st Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit.  This exhibit is open to all artists including student artists in Franklin and the surrounding areas.  There is no entry fee to participate.   

The exhibit will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum June 7 - June 22, with a registration deadline of May 23rd.  

Artists may request an entry form and exhibit guidelines by emailing the Franklin Art Association at faasecretary@gmail.com.  

So get those brushes and paints out and help make this first of its kind Franklin community event a huge success!

FAA meeting to feature Shilpa Aduri

The Franklin Art Association's 2025 season will begin with our Wednesday, January 8 meeting, when our Guest Artist will be Shilpa Adduri, who will be giving a fine art, water-based media demonstration. 

Shilpa Adduri works in the technique called “One Stroke”, which combines shading, blending and highlighting in a single brushstroke.  She is a Master Elite Director of this style, which is central to her teaching.  Her lessons are aimed at helping others to uncover their art potential, while fostering joy and connection. Her approach offers creativity and moments of tranquility. She offers lessons locally. 

Shilpa Adduri

Wanting to be inspirational, Shilpa says, “My art captures the beauty and serenity I find in the world, expressed through acrylics and watercolors.”

FAA meetings are held at the Franklin Senior Center at 6:30 PM, on the first Wednesday of each month and are always free and open to the public. Refreshments are served at the break.

There will be an ongoing sale of raffle tickets for our raffle of works donated by FAA members to raise money for our annual art scholarship, which goes to a student choosing to continue their education in the study of the arts.

Please come by to see the wonderful creativity of local artists as they demonstrate their skills and support our scholarship fund. 

The FAA is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Franklin Cultural Council, Franklin Cultural District. 

You can find us online at www.franklinart.org, on Franklin Matters, Facebook and Instagram.

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You can also listen to Shilpa talk about her Artsy Box work here ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2024/01/shilpa-jeni-julia-talk-about-their-work.html

Franklin Art Association will sponsor a Collage Workshop by Lenny Moskowitz - Dec 7

On Saturday, December 7 the Franklin Art Association will sponsor a Collage Workshop by Lenny Moskowitz

Lenny received his B.F.A. from the Philadelphia College of Art and his M.F.A. from Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy. He has taught at Quinnipiac University for 15 years, at various art centers in New England and has been an artist in residence in several places, including Weir Farm in Wilton, Connecticut, the Anderson Center in Minnesota, and the Art Association of Nantucket. He also exhibits his work widely.

Through demonstrations and individual guidance students of all levels will be introduced to using collage as a means of exploring landscape, still life, or abstraction. It is designed to simplify the creation of subjects by transforming them into large shapes and simple areas of value and color. We will work with magazine pages collected for color.

Students will need to bring scissors, sketchpad, pencils, charcoal, magazines, glue or glue stick, necessary painting materials, etc. Acrylic painters also will need a spray water bottle. An acrylic matte medium is recommended.

The workshop will take place at Franklin TV, 23 Hutchinson St, Franklin on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 am–3:30 pm. The fee is $65.

To register, contact Susan Plume at susan_plume@yahoo.com or text 508-846-2589 and send a check payable to FAA to: Treasurer, Franklin Art Association, 279 East Central St., PO 289, Franklin, MA 02028