Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce

AVA Gallery and Art Center’s 
Eighteenth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition  

Featuring the Work of 134 Regional Artists  

June 24 – July 29, 2011  

Opening Reception: Friday, June 24, 5 -7pm

 Juror: Katherine C. Hart

Interim Director of the Hood Museum of Art,

and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming

AVA Gallery and Art Center’s Eighteenth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition will be on display throughout all the galleries at 11 Bank Street in Lebanon, NH from Friday, June 24 through Friday, July 29, during gallery hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm; Thursdays from 11am – 7pm or by appointment.)

AVA’s Eighteenth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition opens with a reception, free and open to the public, on Friday, June 24, from 5 – 7pm. The exhibition is generously sponsored by Von Bargen’s Jewelry in downtown Hanover, NH.

The works on display were selected from 439 entries submitted by 247 artists from 95 communities throughout Vermont and New Hampshire.  The number of artworks submitted far exceeded that of any previous year!  Juror Katherine Hart— Interim Director of the Hood Museum of Art, and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming—selected 137 works by 134 artists for the exhibition.  

This year, the Juror’s Recognition Awards will be announced at the opening reception on Friday, June 24.  The three award winners will receive cash prizes made possible by Von Bargen’s sponsorship of this exhibition.  

The Annual Juried Summer Exhibition is a unique opportunity to see artwork in a variety of media, including video, digital pigment prints, oil painting, and assemblage, by artists who will be both familiar and new to AVA visitors.  The juror also selected five artists who will be recognized with an Honorable Mention for their work.  Their names will be announced at the opening reception as well.

The Eighteenth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition is free and open to the public during gallery hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm; Thursday, 11am – 7pm or by appointment.)  The exhibition will remain on display through Friday, July 29, 2010.  

Exhibiting Artists

Eric Albertini – Norwich, VT
Jeanne V. Amato – South Royalton, VT
Jean H. Andersen – Bradford, NH
Robert Ballou – Hanover, NH
Michael Barsanti – South Royalton, VT
Toby Bartles – White River Junction, VT
Barbara Bartlett – Woodstock, VT
Nate Bastille – Hampton, NH
Tom Batey – Chelsea, VT
Lois Beatty – West Lebanon, NH
Derek Bell – Reading, VT
Harry Bernard – Walpole, NH
Jean Magnano Bollinger – Norwich, VT
Paedra Bramhall – Bridgewater Corners, VT
Joe Braz – Etna, NH
Kathleen Brennan – Danbury, NH
Tafi Brown – Alstead, NH
Linda S. Bryan – Newbury, VT
Fiorella Buck – West Lebanon, NH
Kirsten Carruth – Rumney, NH
Patty Castellini – Lebanon, NH
Steve Chase – Bradford, NH
Micki Colbeck – Strafford, VT
Jean Cronin Connolly – New London, NH
Stacey Cushner – Woodstock, VT
Elizabeth D’Amico – Springfield, VT
Cherie DeAugustinis – Sunapee, NH
Stanley H. Dole – Plainfield, NH
Margaret Dwyer – New London, NH
Charles Egbert – Quechee, VT
Rich Fedorchak – Thetford Center, VT
Joseph Fichter – Putney, VT
Cathy Finnegan – Quechee, VT
David Fisk – Post Mills, VT
John Douglas aka Flying Squirrel  – Vershire, VT
Ursula Fries-Herfort – Meriden, NH
Jean Gerber – Chelsea, VT
Patricia Mahoney Giebutowski – Rumney, NH
Janice Gilbar Treadwell – Lyme, NH
Louise Glass – Piermont, NH
Charlie Goodwin – Warner, NH
Greg Gorman – Lyme Center, NH
Dennis Grady – South Pomfret, VT
Peter Granucci – Gilsom, NH
Carolyn Gregory – Putney, VT
Rachel Gross – White River Junction, VT
Paul Gruhler – Craftsbury Common, VT
Debbie Hamilton – Hartford, VT
Peggy Hammer – Grantham, NH
Sheri Hancock-Tomek – Hanover, NH
Naomi Hartov – Enfield, NH
Case Hathaway-Zepeda – Lebanon, NH
Christine R. Hawkins – Claremont, NH
Donald L. Haynes – Wilder, VT
Mary R. Head – Putney, VT
Gayle Hedrington – Croyden, NH
Julia Higgins – Lebanon, NH
Tina Holl – Tunbridge, VT
Hisaya Paul Ishii – Lebanon, NH
Lela Keen Jaacks – Brownsville, VT
Margaret Jacobs – Lebanon, NH
Debra Jayne – Hanover, NH
Duncan Johnson – Hartford, VT
Timm Judas – South Ryegate, VT
Sue Katz – Meriden, NH
Winkie Kelsey – Fairlee, VT
Carolyn Kemp – Walpole, NH
Jong-Yoon Kim – Plymouth, NH
Carole Kitchel Bellew – Piermont, NH
Mike Korsak – Enfield, NH
Michael Kraatz – Canaan, NH
Judy Lampe – Enfield, NH
Ellen Langtree – South Stafford, VT
Dave Laro – Hanover, NH
Katherine Larocca – White River Junction, VT
Sarah Lauridsen – South Royalton, VT
Daniel Matthews – Hanover, NH
Elizabeth Mayor – Hanover, NH
Jon L. McAuliffe – Alstead, NH
Chuck McCleary – Springfield, VT
Stewart McHenry – Burlington, VT
Mary Mead – Warner, NH
Carl Mehrbach – Lyme, NH
Gordon Meinhard – Townshend, VT
Elizabeth R. Moore – Grantham, NH
Kate More – Sharon, VT
Amy Morel – Barnard, VT
Kyle Gardner Morrison – Norwich, VT
Katrina Mujzesz – South Royalton, VT
Carla Munsat – South Woodstock, VT
Jim Napier – South Royalton, VT
Daniel A. Neary Jr. – Montpelier, VT
Lynn S. Newcomb – Worcester, VT
Franz C. Nicolay – Center Sandwich, NH
Kitty O’Hara – Woodstock, VT
Emily D.C. O’Hara – Lebanon, NH
Rosamond Orford – Norwich, VT
John F. Parker – Chelsea, VT
Ben Peberdy – Corinth, VT
Tom Perkins – Plymouth, NH
Judith Pettingell – Hanover, NH
W. David Powell – Underhill, VT
Craig Pursley – Bath, NH
Julie Püttgen – Lebanon, NH
Liz Quantock – Sugar Hill, NH
Cindy Rand – Grantham, NH
Marcus Ratliff – Norwich, VT
Stephanie Reininger – Lyme, NH
John Reynolds – South Royalton, VT
Gail Rickards – Etna, NH
Linda Roesch – Etna, NH
Anne Rose – Lebanon, NH
Michael Ross – Lebanon, NH
Joseph Saginor – Cornish, NH
Richard Saunders – Hanover, NH
Charles Shurcliff – Cornish, NH
Martia R. Smith – Norwich, VT
Tom Stocker – Haverhill Corner, NH
Henrieke Strecker – Center Sandwich, NH
Peter Szawlowski – Sugar Hill, NH
Phil Thorne – Norwich, VT
Katrina Thorstensen – Norwich, VT
José Torres Jr. – Enfield, NH
Sheryl Trainor – Quechee, VT
Gillian Tyler – Lyme, NH
Erica Venuti – Washington, VT
Alysha Volkman – Manchester, NH
Eric Emile Walker – Thetford Center, VT
Caroline West – Lee, NH
Richard Wilson – West Lebanon, NH
Loretta S. Wonacott-Barnett – Sunapee, NH
Ann Young – Barton, VT
Gerald Yuscavage – Manchester, NH
Matt C. Zayatz – Lebanon, NH

Hypertherm Inc.
PO Box 5010
Hanover, NH  03755
(603)643-3441

Lebanon Plumbing Supply
179 Mechanic Street
Lebanon, NH  03766
(603)443-9768

BICYCLE SAFETY CLINIC

Friday, June 24, 2011 at 6:30 pm

at the School Street School playground

22 School Street, Lebanon NH

For all children ages 5 – 14

New helmets provided by the Kiwanis Club can be purchased for $8.99

Hosted by Bike and Build, a non-profit organization which organizes cross-country bicycle trips for college students to benefit affordable housing groups.  Over the past 8 seasons they have donated more than $2.7 million; built for more than 80,000 hours, pedaled over 5 million miles and engaged more than 1250 young adults in spreading the word about the affordable housing crisis in America.  The 33 bikers will be hosted by the First Congregational Church, Lebanon while they stay in Lebanon near the beginning of their cross country trip.  For more information on Bike and Build visit:  www.bikeandbuild.org.

For more information about this event, contact First Congregational Church, Lebanon at 603 448-4281.

Rowley & Associates, P.C.
One Court Street, Suite 374
Lebanon, NH  03766
(603)727-4771

www.wildlife.state.nh.us

Spaghetti Dinner

For Haiti Mission

Saturday, June 25, 2011—5:00 pm

Lebanon UMC—18 School Street

Lebanon, NH

Cost is $8.00 per adult, children 6-12, $6.00,

children 5 and under free.

Come and enjoy delicious spaghetti and meatballs,

salad, garlic bread and dessert!

For more info: 603 448-5478

2011 HANOVER / LEBANON/SUNAPEE

BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION  

Thursday, June 23, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Hypertherm, Inc. (Training Room)

Etna Road 

Hanover, NH 03755

The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce, Grantham Area Chamber of Commerce, New Hampshire Business Review and The Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire

Invite You to a Roundtable Discussion in the Hanover / Lebanon Area

AGENDA FOR MEETING

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Overview of 2011 Legislative Session
3. Discussion of New Hampshire’s Business Climate
4. Prioritization
5. Action Steps
6. Conclusions & Adjourn

This important roundtable discussion is one of 10 throughout the state being hosted by local chambers of commerce, trade associations and the BIA. It is designed to give the business community a voice in establishing a proactive legislative and regulatory agenda for the 2012 legislative session at the New Hampshire State House.

The discussion will focus on New Hampshire’s business climate. Business leaders will be asked to identify positives and negatives about doing business in New Hampshire. Next, they will be asked to rank the positives and negatives. Finally, business leaders will be able to recommend action steps. Your attendance and participation is greatly appreciated!

The Hanover/ Lebanon Business Roundtable is open to the general public, members of Chambers of Commerce, and the BIA. There is no charge or fee to participate, but we do ask that you RSVP so we can plan appropriately.

Please use this link to RSVP online:  Hanover / Lebanon Business Roundtable

Or call (603) 224-5388, ext. 100