Spring Arts Festival – May 3 at 10-4
The Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) announces that its Spring Arts Festival will offer a judged Art Show and Sale and an opportunity for the public to create art and interact with local artisans and organizations. Join the festivities rain or shine on Sat, May 3 at 10am–4pm at the Lynnfield Meeting House and on the Common.
Join us for the art show and sale, artisan, vendor, and local organization tables, creative activities including free face painting for kids, our famous bake sale, fabulous raffles, and prizes, as well as live music by the popular jazz and swing band The Swamptones at 2pm on the Common.
In the Meeting House over a hundred pieces of original art and photography by Guild Artists will be for sale along with works by Lynnfield High School art students.
At the start of the show there will be an announcement of the ribbon winners chosen by our three judges: Laurie Schmidt, life-long fine artist and artisan; Deidre Tao, owner of Deidre Tao Fine Art, a professional for more than three decades and graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; and Tricia O’Neill, photographer, and founder of the company Signs Unique with a fine arts degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University.
There will be a memorial award for excellence in memory of Jeanne Rose and The Savings Bank will award cash prizes.
Registration for art and vendors has closed. For the latest information, see the Schedule and List of Art Works and list of Registered Vendors.
Leslie Scott-Lysan is Lynnfield Art Guild’s Featured Artist
We are pleased to announce that Leslie Scott-Lysan is the Lynnfield Art Guild’s March/April Featured Artist. Leslie draws inspiration from color and light. Making art for her is about working alongside the Creator. Her work reflects her spirituality and the gratitude she feels when creating and while outdoors. Her work has garnered numerous awards and appeared throughout New England at juried art association shows and national shows. See her Featured Artist page to see examples of her outstanding talent.
Exhibiting Lynnfield Art Guild Artists
Patricia O’Connor’s artwork will be on display at the Wakefield Cooperative Bank, Mar 3 to Apr 30.
Frank Tomasello’s artwork will be on display at North Shore Bank, 32 Main Street Branch Apr 1-June 30.
Many members of the Lynnfield Art Guild have a work of art represented in the online Members‘ Gallery. Our Featured Artists pages includes multiple works by many members.
If you are exhibiting and would like to list the exhibit here, contact Greg (Web Team). Visit our “Exhibits” page to learn who to contact to show your work at local banks and libraries.
Members Area -Testing
A new feature to our website is an area for only Members of the Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) to access content limited to Members. The Members Area will include the full set of Demonstration Videos links, the full Newsletter Archive links, access to special documents that LAG has prepared for members, and the List of Current LAG Members with phone numbers and e-mail addresses. From the List of LAG Members, you will be able to follow a link per member to see the full Artist Profile for the member and if the member has a Featured Artist web page, you will be able to follow a link to go to that page.
While Testing, this area currently limited to a few board members and others who are assisting with testing. Any member who wants to participate in testing can reach out to [email protected]. Once development and testing is complete, all LAG Members will have an account and be able to set their own password to enter the Members Area and a menu item will be added for convenient access. Once ready, Mike will be sending out e-mail notices with information for each member about their account and how to view the Members Area.