Sharon, NH -- Sharon Arts Center is pleased to announce the re-launch of “Artistas,” an all-women’s artist group, which is scheduled to meet on select Fridays, noon to 1 pm on May 18, June 22, July 20, August 24, September 21, and October 19 at the School of Art & Craft, 457 Rt. 123, Sharon. Continuing dates will be issued at a later time.

The goal of this group is to create a support forum for creative ideas, inspirational conversation, and the sharing of ideas and enthusiasm for local arts venues and events. Topics explored by the informal group include creativity, inspirations, artists, overcoming creative blocks, and more. Artistas is open to women of all ages who study any art form and are interested in chatting with peers. The possible activities include visiting local museums or artistic organizations, sharing artwork for peer review, or discussing books, films, challenges and goals as a modern creative individual. Each month group participants will have the ability to choose from a variety of topics in order to sustain an encouraging environment of their own.

Group organizer Anita Mendes said, “The reason for having supportive, homogenous groups is that its participants are able to explore more deeply their similarities. Their artistic differences can be used to walk the boundary of another person’s art while creating ownership of their own choices. We can use the group’s responsiveness to strengthen our life’s interests, while creating new ways of seeing our craft, skill, and venues.”

The Artistas group met several times in 2011, covering discussion topics on creative expression, various mediums, and the healing power of art.

For more information or to join the email list, call (603) 924-7256, email anita@sharonarts.org, and see www.sharonarts.org.

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, and the promotion and sale of arts and crafts as well as through special programs and events.

Sharon Arts center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, as well as a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at 30 Grove Street and Depot Square in Peterborough, NH.

The Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery is accessed through Depot Square and 30 Grove St. in downtown Peterborough. The Craft Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Store and Exhibition Gallery hours are: Monday - Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 11 - 5 pm.

The Sharon Arts Center is supported in part by: the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The Arthur L. Getz Charitable Trust, The Bean Family Foundation, Cogswell Benevolent Trust, The Gilbert Verney Foundation,The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, The Kingsbury Fund, The Lizzie Cheney Charitable Trust,The Parker-Nelson Foundation, The Samuel P. Hunt Foundation, The Susan A. & Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Putnam Foundation, Sequoya Technologies Group, and art lovers like YOU!

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