This is the meetup group associated with the Boston Figurative Art Center, headquartered at the Vernon Street Studios in Somerville. You can join this meetup group online for free, and get information about what we're doing, and when.  There is a fee for drawing and painting with us, and you can become a member of the BFAC by paying per month, which entitles you to lower cost drawing and painting sessions and events. We are a group dedicated to promoting figurative art in the Boston Area, and to …

Meetup alert:APRIL 14 EXOTIC PEN PRESENTS - WRITER'S & ILLUSTRATORS! A NEW LOCATION: TRIDENT BOOKSTORE CAFE-Newbury St. in Boston. PLEASE JUST COME! bring sample of your writing or ART just hang with us as we share. We will meet in the back dining area at the extreme rear.  They have a great, but affordable menu, too. We will be sharing any projects we are working on or have previously written.  Don't you LOVE writing???! You may sign in at this site. If I don't see your sign-in before Monday AP …

Over a year ago New Craft Artists in Action team captain launched MOLTENi Net Works in Boston. Bringing together makers and players in collaborative exchange, the project aims to create functional, hand-crafted basketball nets for neglected public hoops. Dr. James Naismith created the game of basketball in Springfield, MA in 1891. He posed a recycled peach basket as the first hoop. Now nets help break a ball’s fall, give players a sense of depth for good aim, and allow refs to see that a bas …