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Needham Art Association

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Needham Art Association
PO Box 322
Needham Heights MA 02494
Welcome to Needham Art Association.
Join us and enrich your art!
[email protected]
See the calendar for our events

Mission

To encourage the visual arts and art education in our community through support and enrichment. Membership is open to practicing artists and all lovers of art. Each spring we award a scholarship to a deserving student of Needham High School who intends to pursue art at college.

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination." Henry David Thoreau
Four people standing

Scholarship award ceremony

Demonstrations

We hold monthly meetings from October to May each season, consisting of demonstrations, slide lectures and critiques by visiting professional artists who work in a variety of media. The meetings are held in the Community Room of Needham Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue (Rosemary Street entrance), on the first Tuesday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. Guests are welcome.

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun." Pablo Picasso
Artist painting at easel

Demonstration in acrylics by landscape artist, Marais Platais

Exhibits

Picture of art exhibit
We hold several major exhibits and sales of our members' work each year, at least two of which are judged by outside professional artists and ribbons are awarded. We also have ongoing smaller exhibits at various Needham business locations, currently including Middlesex Savings Bank, Travel Service Bureau, Rino Salon D'Italia, Petite Beauty Salon and Stephen Palmer Center.

"Every artists dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature in his picture." Henry Ward Beecher

Membership

Annual membership is $25 (exhibiting), $20 (non-exhibiting), and free for Needham High School students (who may exhibit). Members need not be Needham residents. To join, or for more information, contact us at [email protected], or print our membership application and send it to: Needham Art Association, PO Box 322, Needham Heights, MA 02494.

Or simply come along to our next meeting!    See the calendar pages for details.

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