Hip to Be Square

Digital Submissions Due: Now thru Friday, December 2, at Midnight

Artwork Drop off: Friday, December 9, 4:00 – 7:00pm 5” X 5” prints brought to BAC by photographer to matte, sign, frame and install their pieces.

 7:00pm Installation Pizza Party (BYOB)

Reception: Saturday, December 10, 4:00-6:00 pm 

Artwork Pick up: Sunday, December 18, 11am-1pm

The Hip To Be Square photography exhibition offers the photographer the opportunity to exhibit their photographs in the 1:1 aspect ratio format, also known as the square.

This photography exhibition is an open theme, there are no boundaries to your creativity, just that the print size is 5” x 5”. 

On Friday, December 9th between 4:00 – 7:00pm, photographers will stop by the BAC to matte, sign, frame and install their 5” x 5” square prints and enjoy the Installation Pizza Party (BYOB).

The Installation Pizza Party allows the photographers to have fun, meet other photographers, discuss their creative process (if they want) and support this BAC FUNdraiser.

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Play-writing Workshop
Wednesdays 7:00pm

Belmar Arts Council is pleased to announce they will be hosting Playwrights’ Collective, a workshop for local playwrights to develop original work.
Meeting each Wednesday at 7pm at Belmar Arts Council, the workshop will foster all genres of plays and focus on character development, character relationships, exposition, action, the use of dialogue to move the story forward, dramatic tension, and more. This is a non-competitive community environment for playwrights to hear their work and get feedback from fellow playwrights and audience members.

Email [email protected]  if you would like to attend.

LIVE @ the BAC

Local Women Bandleaders (7:30pm-11:00pm)
Saturday November 19

This is a showcase of some of the best artists to perform on our stage. They so happened to be women. The Belmar Arts Council gives credit to where credit is do. You will witness these different artists bring there own different flavor to the stage in showcase of some of the best local talent around. 

6:30-Gwynne Alden; Local and Nashville based singer songwriter. Instagram: @gwynnealden

7:15-Michelle Fiorenzo;Vocalist and fellow Bandleader of Puppy Grease Instagram:@puppygrease

8:00-Carol Lester; Bandleader, Composer, Producer. Lester mainly finds herself in the realm of jazz and soft rock. She also records Children's Music. carollester.com

8:45-Niki Arrowsmith; Vocalist, Composer, Bandleader. Niki fuses jazz, Black American Music and other contemporary music with her own mix of folk and Eastern Classical and Spiritual Music.

9:30-Leah Thompson; Vocalist-Composer or Singer-Songwriter, Leah Thompson gives her unique and authentic sound through her original music. Blending r&b, folk, rock, and other thick and mellow sounds.  

Free Admission
$5 Donations are strongly encouraged for this event. 

Holiday Concert
Dec. 18th at 2:00

Coming to the BAC for a holiday concert on Dec. 18th at 2:00 will be renowned jazz vocalist Sandy Sasso and guitarist Charlie Ruggirello. Both Sandy and Charlie are lifelong musicians who have played their kind of music in every setting possible. Visit www.sandysasso.com for more Sandy info. This concert will feature some of their usual jazz fare mixed in with holiday favorites.

Cookies and punch will be served at this Holiday Party. Admission is free.

Come join us!

Shared Interest Groups
All groups are facilitated by a BAC member volunteer and meetings are free for BAC members. Guests are warmly welcomed for any two meetings but after that an up to date membership is required.

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Fiber Friday

November 18 @ the BAC
?1 - 2:30pm

This will be our Holiday Celebration! Please bring an example of a simple Winter Holiday Ornament to show and enough copies of the instructions to swap with the group. If you wish to make the actual ornaments to swap, you may do so but not necessary…just the instructions will do. If you can’t make that many copies, we can make more copies at the BAC. If you wish, you may bring cookies but this is a cookie share, not a cookie swap!

If you are new to this Interest Group and would like to join in please email  [email protected]

New Shared Interest Group Open Mic
Meets Weekly at the BAC on Tuesday nights 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Attention songwriters and musicians, a new open mic is town. In addition to the monthly open mic we have, we are facilitating a WEEKLY open mic and workshop, every TUESDAY for artists to hone and share their amazingness and receive feedback. If you wish to share an original of yours, awesome. If you want to play a cover, great.  You may want to just share an idea with a band to see what it sounds like. That's great. This open mic is designed for collaborators and experimentalists alike, to try new things, and be open to different possibilities. Join singer, songwriter Whitney Kelly with her co-host Multi-Instrumentalist Andy Demos every Tuesday Night.

You can Venmo your donation via the QR code above. Don't have Venmo? No problem, send your donation to Belmar Arts Center, 608 River Rd, Belmar or visit our website by clicking here.