Arts Calendar
Eric Jay Dolin discusses Black Flags, Blue Waters

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Against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, this history of the “golden age” of piracy recounts tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life. |
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Time: | 10/12/18 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
Location: | Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center |
Makers of Middlesex Group Show

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An evening of creativity, community, and variety. A group show and celebration featuring all manner of creations made by those who live, work, or are inspired by Middlesex. From poetry to wooden paddle boards, music to antique inventions. An unusual event full of variety, talent, and creativity. |
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Time: | 10/12/18 6:30pm - 9:30pm |
Location: | Camp Meade 961 US-2, Statewide |
Windham Orchestra Presents Puccini’s ‘Turandot’

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The Windham Orchestra’s upcoming production of Puccini’s “Turandot” summons our current issues of living: politics and hierarchies…racial conflict…miscommunication…parenting challenges…and even the disparity of rights between gender. This “Turandot” is set in a fantastical distant empire, says Music Director Hugh Keelan, “and promises a life-enhancing experience. The music is lush, gorgeous, and spine-chillingly brutal.” |
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Time: | 10/12/18 7:00pm - 9:30pm |
Location: | Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro |
Visions, Sounds, & Stories

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Vermont composer James Stewart presents a free concert of his works entitled “Visions, Sounds, and Stories” on Friday, October 12, 2018, at 7:00pm, at the Richmond Free Library in Richmond, Vermont. The eclectic multi-media program includes a mix of music, video, electronics, and storytelling that explores the mind, pain, hope, pests, ideas, the past, and death itself. |
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Time: | 10/12/18 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
Location: | Richmond Free Library, Richmond |
Christian McBride and New Jawn Quartet


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Six-time Grammy Award winning bassist Christian McBride leads an all-star quartet that draws on the powerhouse connection between McBride and drummer Nasheet Waits. |
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Time: | 10/12/18 8:00pm - 11:00pm |
Location: | Vermont Jazz Center 72 Cotton Mill Hill #222, Brattleboro |
Stephen Petegorsky Photography Exhibit


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The Feick Arts Center is pleased to announce our first exhibit of the season. “Stephen Petegorsky - Photography” opens on Friday, September 14, 2018 at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont with a reception from 5-7pm including refreshments, music, and a chance to meet the artist. The exhibit features a series of images based on cleared and stained animal specimens that Petegorsky remakes into haunting photographs that highlight the poetic and lyrical qualities of morphology. |
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Time: | 9/14/18 9:00am - 10/12/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Feick Arts Center at Green Mountain College, Poultney |
Girls Nite Out Productions "Sitting Pretty"

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Girls Nite Out Productions will present the dramatic comedy, “Sitting Pretty,” by Amy Rosenthal October 3-13, 2018 at Main Street Landing’s Black Box Theater located at Lake and College Streets in Burlington, Vermont. The show will be produced by Janet Stambolian and directed by Cheri Gagnon. |
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Time: | 10/3/18 7:30am - 10/13/18 10:00pm |
Location: | Main Street Landing's Black Box Theater, Milton |
The Dorset Players present Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution

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Friday, October 5 & 12 at 7:30 pm |
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Time: | 10/5/18 7:30pm - 10/14/18 4:00pm |
Location: | Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd., Dorset |
DEL Essentials: An Introduction to Dance Education Laboratory (DEL)

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Immerse yourself in this three-day intensive course that provides an overview of the key components of the DEL model of teaching dance to children and teenagers. |
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Time: | 10/12/18 5:00pm - 10/14/18 4:30pm |
Location: | Jacob's Pillow, 358 George Carter Road, Becket, MA 01223, Outside Vermont |
Oldcastle Theatre Company Presents: Long Day's Journey Into Night


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Long Day's Journey Into Night • Considered by many to be the greatest play by America's greatest dramatist. Spanning one day in the life of a tumultuous family. Eugene O'Neill changed American drama forever and his play is a living testament to the power of theatre. |
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Time: | 10/5/18 7:30pm - 10/14/18 10:00pm |
Location: | 331 Main St., Bennington |
Thriving Spaces: Street Art Meets Glass


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Thriving Spaces explores the parallels of two contrasting mediums connected through a shared theme. This show brings together street artists from New York and artists from the Vermont Glass Guild to develop a combined display of original work. Cascading canvases echo sculptural glass, forming an experiential exhibit that reimagines the surrounding natural world. Free & open to the public. Suggested donation $5. |
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Location: | Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester |
ArtisTree's Music Theatre Festival Presents: SUDS - The Rocking ’60s Musical Soap Opera


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This evening of pure, frothy fun will have you boppin’ to over fifty well-known songs that topped the 1960s charts: Respect, You Can’t Hurry Love, Say A Little Prayer, and more! Oct 4-7, 10-14, 17-20. Tickets and exact performance days/times can be found on our website. |
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Time: | 10/4/18 7:30pm - 10/20/18 9:00pm |
Location: | ArtisTree Community Arts Center/Grange Theatre, South Pomfret |
"The Odd Couple – Female Version"

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Unger and Madison are at it again! ... Olive and Florence, that is, in Neil Simon's female version of his classic comedy. |
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Time: | 10/3/18 7:30pm - 10/20/18 10:00pm |
Location: | Town Hall Theatre, 67 Main St., Stowe |
Exposed


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Exposed. is Helen Day Art Center’s 27th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. Sculptural, site-specific, and participatory work from regional and national artists is exhibited throughout the town of Stowe. |
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Location: | Throughout the village, Stowe |
Oslo


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Fresh from Broadway and the West End, the regional premiere of this stunning new play will captivate audiences. Inspired by the true story of the back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between the Israelis and the Palestinians, Oslo is a deeply personal story set against a complex historical canvas, a story about the individuals behind world history and their all too human ambitions. Oslo is “thrilling, a colossus,” raves Ben Brantley of The New York Times. At this cultural moment when finding common ground is paramount, “Oslo gives us hope” (Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News). |
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Time: | 9/19/18 7:30pm - 10/21/18 10:30pm |
Location: | 74 Gates St, White River Junction |
Mosher's DISAPPEARANCES at Lost Nation Theater


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HOWARD FRANK MOSHER'S "DISAPPEARANCES" STAGED BY LOST NATION THEATER |
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Time: | 10/4/18 7:30pm - 10/21/18 11:59pm |
Location: | LOST NATION THEATER - CITY HALL PERFORMING ARTS CTR, Montpelier |
Two Trains Running


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An intimate portrait of a time of great change. Tuesday - Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm Run Time: Approx. 2 hour 45 minutes |
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Location: | Second Stage at Walker Farm, Weston |
August Wilson's Two Trains Running

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As urban planning threatens the demise of a popular lunch counter in Pittsburgh’s close-knit Hill District, owner Memphis struggles with whether or not to sell, and at what cost. Wilson’s intimate portrait of a time of extraordinary challenge and change in our country is Weston’s 4th annual American Masters play. Sponsored by The Vermont Country Store! |
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Location: | Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm, Weston |
SculptFest2018 at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center


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An exciting group of artists will present sculptural and video installations for SculptFest2018 at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Proposals were submitted in response to this year’s theme of “Interdependence.” Guest curator Alisa Dworsky selected site-specific works by artists Charles Hickey, Amy Königbauer, Sophia Latysheva, Jessica Leete and Nathaniel Lieb with Eva Schmidt. Also chosen, Susan Maas, Indigo Naar, Sayward Schoonmaker, Lynn Sullivan and Sam Talbot-Kelly. |
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Time: | 9/9/18 10:00am - 10/22/18 4:00pm |
Location: | The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland |
VINS en Plein Air Art Exhibition and Sale

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Join us at the VINS Nature Center to view the diverse artwork completed from the talented, participating artists of the en Plein Air Painting Festival. |
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Time: | 10/7/18 10:00am - 10/22/18 5:00pm |
Location: | 149 Natures Way, Quechee |
Warren Kimble: An Artists Journey Exhibit and Opening Reception


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Warren Kimble: An Artists Journey |
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Time: | 9/4/18 12:00pm - 10/26/18 4:00pm |
Location: | T.W. Wood Gallery 46 Barre St at the Center for Arts & Learning, Montpelier |
"STEPS TO RESILIENCE" SPECIAL EXHIBIT AND TOURS OF THE HISTORIC BARN HOUSE

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Join us on Saturdays, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. for a guided tour of the historic Barn House. The Barn House is actually two historic buildings: a granary and a cow barn, both built sometime between the late 1700's and the early 1800's. Jackson Clemmons joined the two buildings together more than 20 years ago, while he was in his 70's. |
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Time: | 9/22/18 10:00am - 10/27/18 11:30am |
Location: | 2122 Greenbush Road- The Historic Barn House at the Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte |
Vermont Modern Quilt Guild Member Show


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The T. W. Wood Gallery at 46 Barre St in Montpelier, Vermont is pleased to announce an exhibit of the Vermont Modern Quilt Guild member show. The exhibit will be open for viewing from Tuesday, October 2, through Friday, October 26. There will be an opening reception with refreshments served and an opportunity to meet the artists on Thursday October 4, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Gallery. |
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Time: | 10/2/18 12:00pm - 10/27/18 4:00pm |
Location: | T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier |
"Morrisville - Favorite Places" Group Photography Exhibit


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Morrisville – Favorite Places, a group show featuring photography by 12 artists, will be on exhibit in the Copley Common Room at River Arts September 6-October 28, 2018. |
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Time: | 9/6/18 9:00am - 10/28/18 5:00pm |
Location: | River Arts, Morrisville |
Axel Stohlberg - Short Stories


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Short Stories, an exhibit of assemblages and 2d work by Axel Stohlberg, will be on exhibit at the Gallery at River Arts September 6-October 28, 2018. |
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Time: | 9/6/18 9:00am - 10/28/18 5:00pm |
Location: | River Arts, Morrisville |
Fabric of Emancipation


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Curated by Harlem Needle Arts founder and director Michelle Bishop, this special exhibit features pieces by eight contemporary textile artists from New York, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Indianapolis. The works share and are defined by some element of thread construction, but are diverse in presentation, including quilting, embroidery, mixed media, costume, and fiber fusion. Each work speaks to the artist’s view of the African Diaspora and his or her own personal interpretation of historic and contemporary events. |
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Time: | 7/15/18 10:00am - 10/28/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburg |
Dear Elizabeth


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A tale of love and longing, Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans, continents, and three decades, these esteemed poets found a marriage of true minds in their eloquent correspondence. They traded hundreds of vibrant, witty, and passionate letters that now spring to life on stage. This intimate story paints a portrait of two ordinary – and quite extraordinary – lives. |
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Time: | 10/4/18 7:30pm - 10/28/18 10:30pm |
Location: | Northern Stage, White River Junction |
New Dimensions in Landscape: Works By Homer Wells


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Edgewater Gallery in Stowe unveils a solo exhibition and new series of etched aluminum paintings by Homer Wells. New Dimensions in Landscape is on view October 1st through October 28th. There will be an opening reception on Friday, October 5th from 5:00-7:00 pm with an artist talk at 6:00pm. Homer Wells will also be at the Gallery for a demonstration of his techniques on Saturday, October 20th from 1:00-3:00 pm. Expect the unexpected as Wells unveils his new geometric constructions to play with perception and light. |
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Location: | Edgewater Gallery in Stowe, Stowe |
PEACE ARTS: Immigration: Do Black Lives Matter?


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Hours: M-F 9-5 and Sat. 12-4 Pornography of War & Do Black Lives Matter? BY Namaya at the River Garden 157 Main Street in Brattleboro. Namaya Art Rat for Peace will show works from his recent New Orleans retrospective show "Building a Peaceable Community" at the New Orleans’s Art Center. Co-sponsored by Vermont Veterans for Peace and www.gracecares.org. A portion of profits benefit projects for Grace Cares. |
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Time: | 10/1/18 9:00am - 10/31/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Robert H. Gibson River Garden, 157 Main Street, Brattleboro |
Macaulay in Montpelier: selected drawings and sketches


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Internationally recognized author and illustrator David Macaulay will exhibit images from eight of his books, including preliminary sketches and finished art created between 1982 and 2010. According to the artist, the books range from the "history of architecture and the workings of technology to aspects of the human body, the decline of society, and why a chicken once crossed a road." He says that the works "represent a tiny sliver of the vast amount of flotsam left in the wake of each book.” |
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Time: | 9/17/18 8:30am - 11/2/18 4:30pm |
Location: | Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Arts Council, 136 State St., Montpelier |
Beyond the Pale


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Time: | 8/27/18 8:00am - 11/3/18 4:00pm |
Location: | The Christine Price Gallery, Castleton |
Familiars: Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith


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This exhibition demonstrates the uniqueness, as well as the intersections, of the printmaking practices that Hammond and Smith have developed as contemporaries and friends over the last twenty years. |
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Time: | 9/21/18 10:00am - 11/3/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Helen Day Art Center, Stowe |
Rock Solid XVIII

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Studio Place Arts presents: Rock Solid XVIII. |
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Location: | Studio Place Arts, Barre |
Finding the Quiet

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Studio Place Arts presents: Finding the Quiet - Works in rust, eucalyptus and indigo by Linda Finkelstein. On display in the second-floor gallery. |
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Location: | Studio Place Arts, Barre |
TENSION

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Studio Place Arts presents: TENSION - Site-specific installation art of socio-cultural and environmental datascapes by Tuyen Nguyen and Misook Park. On display in the third-floor gallery. |
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Location: | Studio Place Arts, Barre |
Land and Light and Water and Air


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Bryan Memorial Gallery presents its Flagship exhibition featuring juried landscape paintings from New England Artists. This year's top prize went to Andrew Orr for Summer Shadows. The gallery is open seven days a week until october 8th when the hours are Thursday through Sunday 11-4. The exhibit features 69 artists and more than 100 paintings. |
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Time: | 9/6/18 11:00am - 11/4/18 4:00pm |
Location: | Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville |
Location Location Location


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Bryan Memorial Gallery presents Location, Location, Location, a Vermont Landscape painting exhibit of works by its founder, Alden Bryan (1913-2001) and six contemporary artists. For this exhibit, the contemporary artists followed in Bryan's footsteps, returning to specific locations where he painted as long as 75 years ago to paint the scene again today. Locations include views in Stowe, Waterville, and Cambridge. Hours are daily 11-4 until October 8th when the gallery is open Thursday through Sunday 11-4. |
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Time: | 9/6/18 11:00am - 11/4/18 4:00pm |
Location: | Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville |
Reinventing the View: Paintings by Ashley Wolff at the Brandon Artists Guild


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The Brandon Artists Guild (the BAG) announces a show of new paintings by Leicester artist Ashley Wolff. The exhibit, “Reinventing the View” runs August 31 through November 5. The public is invited to meet the artist at the opening reception Friday, August 31 from 5 to 7PM. |
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Time: | 8/31/18 5:00pm - 11/5/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon |
Avian Journey
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Throughout history, birds have played an important role as a source of inspiration for artists. An exhibit by Tapestry Artist, Neysa Russo, brings to light this rich history and the everyday experiences we all enjoy on our avian journeys. |
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Time: | 10/10/18 10:00am - 11/10/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Northeast Fiber Arts, Williston |
DOUGHBOYS AND FLYBOYS WWI Stories by Vermonters From the Home and Battlefront


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November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War One. The Sheldon Museum has combed its collection and archives along with the help of Addison County private collections to mount an exhibit that features roles played by Vermonters in what was called the “War to End All Wars.” The exhibit concentrates on Vermont’s Addison County residents who were in the service during WWI. |
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Time: | 7/31/18 10:00am - 11/11/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Henry Sheldon Museum, Middlebury |
Waterfowl Wonders And Amusing Animals By Three Self-Taught Addison County, Vermont Carvers


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"Waterfowl Wonders and Amusing Animals by Three Self-taught Addison County, Vermont carvers – Gary Starr, Chuck Herrmann, and William Holway - greet delighted visitors to the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, Vermont. |
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Time: | 3/20/18 10:00am - 11/11/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Henry Sheldon Museum, One Park Street, Middlebury |
The Photography of ROBERT COHEN


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The Photography of Robert Cohen |
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Time: | 10/4/18 5:30pm - 11/12/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Main Street Arts, Saxtons River |
Now featured at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts: Deidre Scherer, “Human Textures”


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October 5 through November 18: Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts is pleased to present Deidre Scherer’s |
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Time: | 10/5/18 5:00pm - 11/18/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro |
Ann Young: Autumn Pond Abstract

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Artist Ann Young Exhibits at Catamount Annex Gallery |
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Time: | 8/24/18 12:00am - 11/24/18 12:00am |
Location: | Bread & Butter Cafe, Saint Johnsbury |
Places I Love
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Places I Love is a memoir of paintings and photographs by artist Liz LeServiget. She chronicles her time spent living in Europe and the US in technicolor, including her current home in Montpelier. Artist's reception on Friday, 9/14/18 from 4:30-7 p.m. |
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Time: | 9/7/18 4:30pm - 11/30/18 4:30pm |
Location: | Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier |
Moving Still
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Northern Daughters is pleased to present Moving Still, a solo exhibit of new work from Pamela Smith, on view at the gallery’s 221 Main St. location in Vergennes, VT. |
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Time: | 10/4/18 10:00am - 11/30/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Northern Daughters, Vergennes |
Driving the Back Roads: In Search of Old-Time Vermonters


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PHOTOGRAPHS AND STORIES BY ETHAN HUBBARD |
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Time: | 9/21/18 5:00pm - 12/2/18 8:00pm |
Location: | Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro |
Gerald Auten: Graphite Insomnia

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Gerald Auten uses powdered graphite or graphite pencils on dense, smooth hot-pressed paper or onto the back of old museum posters and postcards. To the powdered graphite, he adds a bonding element, WD40, turpentine, or linseed oil, often buffing the surface. The work takes many months to achieve the dense metallic, oily surfaces. The affect is luminous, deeply saturated, mysterious and mischievous. |
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Location: | White River Gallery @ BALE, Chelsea |
Growing Food, Growing Farmers


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Four years ago, Vermont Folklife Center researchers Greg Sharrow and Andy Kolovos began fieldwork to explore the grass-roots food movement in Vermont. Sharrow described his early meetings with farmers in the Rutland area as revealing “the spokes on a wheel”, with the hub located at Boardman Hill Farm, where Greg and Gay Cox have lived and farmed for more than three decades. |
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Time: | 8/21/18 10:00am - 12/31/18 5:00pm |
Location: | Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury |
Altered Spaces Exhibition

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Altered Spaces Group Exhibition – September 13, 2018 to January 7, 2019 |
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Location: | Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe |
Roots - Paintings by TJ Cunningham

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Solo Exhibition- Edgewater Gallery in Stowe announces a welcoming home, solo exhibition by TJ Cunningham aptly titled, Roots. The exhibition will be on view from December 1st through January 11th, with an opening reception on Friday, December 7 from 5-7pm. There will be an artist talk at 6pm. Cunningham inspires with his thought provoking landscapes of his native home, Addison, Vermont. Cunningham recently reflected on his upbringing in Vermont, and the powerful feelings of place as it relates to his art "One of my earliest, childhood memories is of an evening walk in November as woodsmoke wafted from the chimneys of my boyhood town. I remember the sharp feeling of cold air in my nostrils accompanied by the gentle smell of Vermont’s long heating season...The scent of woodsmoke always conjures those feelings of contented peace...More and more when I paint the landscape, I am searching for a similar experience; however, unlike smell, painting is an abstract language with a series of shapes, colors, and textures that together bring meaning... These are the places that mean the most to me; they are the scenes that evoke all of the joy and longing connected to my thoughts of home. They are my roots." Known for his depth and layering of oil colors, majestic Vermont skyscapes, stretching farmlands, and meandering river waters, Cunningham once again delivers the scenes we recognize as the quietude of true homeland in this exhibition. Cunningham received his formal training at Pensacola Christian College. He enjoys connecting with living artists in his travels, whose techniques he studies and whose work Cunningham follows and admires. The artist works directly in the landscape and from plein air studies in his studio in Tennessee. He teaches plein air painting workshops in several locations across the United States. Cunningham’s work is exhibited and collected nationwide, as well as in Europe. For further information on Roots, please call Edgewater Gallery in Stowe at 802.760.6785, email info@edgewatergallery-vt.com, or visit edgewatergallery.co/edgewater-in-stowe |
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Location: | Edgewater Gallery in Stowe, Stowe |
New England Now

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New England Now, Shelburne Museum’s inaugural exhibition in a curated biennial series featuring contemporary artists organized around thematic subject matters, will be on view from September 15, 2018 through January 13, 2019. |
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Location: | Shelburne Museum, Shelburne |