Arts Wayland: See Spring 2023 Upcoming Events

WAYLAND, MA — Arts Wayland has plenty of events and activities coming up. Check out all the events coming in April and May 2023:

April Exhibit - The splendors of Spring

Splendors of Spring is an eclectic display of 40+ art works hanging in the Goodnow Library that highlight the colors, patterns, and images of spring created by the talented artist members of Arts Wayland. Members were asked to create works that express or reflect what each artist finds glorious, intriguing, uplighting or joyous about this time of year. Please come and enjoy this exhibit any time.…it will certainly brighten your day! Also, meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments at our reception on Saturday, April 15 from 3-5 PM in the Community Room of The Goodnow Library.

Spring 2023 Adult Portraiture

If you want to learn to see faces like an artist, and draw portraits of your family and friends, this course is for you. Local artist Mei-Ling Ellerman is offering her popular adult course on Portraiture. Students will learn how to draw facial features, how to figure out proportions, and how to draw and fill in the subtle nuances of faces from different angles. The 8-week course will include: facial features, a frontal portrait (self-portrait), a profile portrait, and a ¾ profile portrait. Mei-Ling will break down the challenges of drawing accurate portraits into steps and teach tips that will save time. She offers support and individualized feedback throughout each class, which will help each student to hone their ability to accurately observe the drawing subject and apply that knowledge to paper. By the end, you will be surprised at how far you have come!

Mosaic Jewelry Workshop, May 5

Enjoy a night out making your own jewelry. Amy will supply the silver-plated pendant bases and earring blanks and all the glass, china, beads, jewels and bling that you will need to make a unique gift for yourself or for others. With Mother’s Day right around the corner, this is a great way to have fun creating something one of a kind for her! The best part--no previous jewelry or mosaic experience is needed. To make your evening more festive, BYOB and snacks to share.The course fee includes all supplies to make two pieces of jewelry (pendant or pair of earrings). Pendants include a chain. Extra pendant and earring bases are available for an additional fee of $20/base.

Membership Arts Wayland

March is membership month at Arts Wayland! Arts Wayland is open to all artists in all media and art supporters of all towns and locations, not just Wayland. We welcome new members to join and make new friends who love the arts and art making

Honor the Man in Your Life with a Gratitude or Commemorative Mosaic

Father’s day is around the corner. Now’s the time to honor your father or any other man in your life whether it’s your grandfather, brother, lover, husband, cousin, etc. Celebrate a life event like a graduation or marriage. Make a mosaic statement that includes objects they love. You can include photos, tools, pictures, a golf ball, a poem. Whatever is meaningful to them. Let them know how you feel about them through art. You’ll make a cool mosaic using materials you bring as well as glass, recycled jewelry, polymer clay tiles that the instructor will supply.

Arts Wayland Expo 2023

The stage will rise again in the Town Green for a free, all-day festival celebrating the best of local arts.

American Roots Music Series: The Lied To's

Join Arts Wayland at the Vokes Theatre on Saturday, April 22nd for the continuation of our esteemed American Roots Music Series with The Lied To’s. The Lied To’s is made up of musicians Doug Kwartler and Susan Levine, each award-winning solo singer-songwriters in their own right. After reconnecting at an open mic in 2013, Levine began recording in Kwartler’s recording studio. The two started sharing gigs and discovered that they were a match both musically and personally. Three albums and nine years later, the pair continue to share music and life. Between them, they have been finalists at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, and the International Songwriting Competition, among others.

Music for a Sunday Afternoon with "The Aryaloka String Quartet"

The music of the Aryaloka String Quartet will feature music by Black composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and Jessie Montgomery. Immerse yourself in this diverse and beautiful music, which will include jazz, spirituals, and European styles.Thank you to the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund and the First Parish in Wayland for generously co-sponsoring this event.

Nica’s Dream Quartet

The vibrant Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Edmar Colon carries his luminescent lead lines above the firm footing of double-bassist Bruce Gertz, and the ever-subtle drummer Austin McMahan, with Neil Olmstead on keys. The deep swinging grooves of Horace Silver, Monk and Miles will contrast with sultry Brazilian sounds of Jobim/Gilberto. There’ll be no shortage of cool jazz standards in their repertoire.

Spring 2023 Watercolor/Plein Air With Rahul Ray

Please join us from 5:45-7:15 for 8 Tuesdays beginning on May 9th in the Youth Room of the First Parish in Wayland for a springtime watercolor class. Develop or refine your drawing and painting skills in this studio and outdoor (plein air) watercolor classes. This class will be good for experienced students as well as beginners. You will learn perspectives of drawing an object three-dimensionally and coloring it with watercolor. Each person will be encouraged to develop their skill and style versus copying it from the instructor. The proposed classes will include at least two outdoor/Plein air painting sessions depending on the weather.

WAYLAND WINDOW ON THE WORLD

Fun for the whole family: Performances, Music, Arts, Crafts, Activities and Food from around the world.

Infinity Scarf Workshop with Dahlia Popovits

Weave an Infinity Scarf Workshop on a pre-warped rigid heddle loom. The workshop is designed for beginners who may only want a one time experience, or experienced hand weavers who are interested in learning to use a very portable rigid heddle loom for self expression. No previous experience is required, and you’ll go home with a wearable finished infinity scarf at the end of the session. The finest luxury designer yarns in natural fibers will be provided in varying materials and thicknesses for a variety of colors and textures.