Vermont Art Guide

02/24/2020

CALL TO ARTISTS: Vermont Maple-A Sweet History.
Deadline: Sunday, April 12, 2020.
The Vermont Maple Festival along with the Village Frame Shoppe in St. Albans is seeking submissions in a variety of media on the theme of “Vermont Maple – A Sweet History”. Artwork will be juried and cash prizes will be awarded for Best of Show, as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each of these categories: Process, People, Scenic and Using Maple Syrup. (image: Boiling Sap by Janet Bonneau Fine Art, a work in the 2019 exhibition. Courtesy of the artist and Village Frame Shoppe).

To find out more and how to apply, visit: http://vermontartguide.com/artistdatabase/call-to-artists-vermont-maple-a-sweet-history

02/23/2020

Vermont Art Guide #11 is now available!

Check out the issue: http://vermontartguide.com/content/vermont-art-guide-11/

Issue #11 includes our 2020 Vermont Artists to Watch survey. The cover features the studio of Wolcott artist Trevor Corp, nominated by Kelly Holt.

Vermont Art Guide is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary art in Vermont. We have three goals: 1) To connect the entire state’s art community by sharing information about exhibitions and events. 2) To present a picture of Vermont art and art in Vermont, to tell our story. 3) To build an audience for Vermont art inside the state and out. We hope you will join us by subscribing to the print edition today!

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GET A COPY | SUBSCRIBE In This Issue On the cover of Vermont Art Guide #11 is an image from the studio of Wolcott artist Trevor Corp. Corp is on our list of 2020 Vermont Artists to Watch. He writes…

11/01/2019

ART ON VIEW
Mountain Air
at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe through November 22, 2019. “Mountain Air” is a group exhibition in celebration of the mountain landscape. Curated by Spruce Peak Arts Curator Kelly Holt, the work on view includes painting, sculpture and photography by Vermont artists: Arista Alanis, Mary Brevda, Rory Jackson (Rory Jackson Art), Joseph Salerno and Homer Wells. The artists are responding to physicality of mountains, from our local Green Mountain ridgelines to the awe-inspiring mountains of Patagonia. Working in varied mediums, the pieces capture essence of the landscape–often emotional, spiritual and studied. (image: High Over Yonder by Arista Alanis. Courtesy of the artist and Spruce Peak Center for the Performing Arts).

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/spruce-peak/

10/19/2019

ART ON VIEW
International Collage Exchange and Vermont Feministe
at Stone Valley Arts in Poultney, through November 3, 2019. In 2017, Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Executive Director of Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, was a participating artist in the International Collage Exchange, (ICE), organized by Dale Copeland in Taranki, New Zealand. While in the process, she found Copeland’s invitation to art venues around the world seeking to host the 20th annual ICE exhibit. She wrote Copeland, inquiring about the possibility for Stone Valley Arts as the next destination for the ICE show. She was surprised and delighted to find out that Stone Valley Arts had been accepted! This 20th annual ICE exhibit features 76 artists from around the globe. The show features collage crafted with found papers, ephemera and objects, painting, drawing and digital pictures. The artists explore the surreal, the sublime, the humorous, the nostalgic and cerebral and several artists have written their personal stories on the back of their collage. These stories add perspective, emotion and understanding to their artwork.

Shown alongside ICE is “Vermont Feministe: Regional Invitational”:
In the planning for the ICE exhibit, Lawlor Schmidt felt it important to the community to include a select group of relevant and recognized Vermont artists to exhibit in tandem with ICE. Each artist offers a unique take on the female experience. Their visceral, emotional, psychological and spiritual observations, occurrences and memories are explored and revealed through the language of collage. Heidi Smith, Jane Davies (Jane Davies Studios), Nina DuBois and Athena Tasiopoulos (Athena Petra) join Lawlor Schmidt in representing their region. (image by Heidi Smith. Courtesy of the artist.)

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/stone-valley-arts-at-fox-hill/

09/11/2019

Vermont Art Guide Editor Ric Kasini Kadour will be on Vermont Public Radio's "Vermont Edition" today (9/11) at Noon to talk about Americans' relationship to art. Kadour curated two exhibitions that are on view now: "Structures" at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh and "Contemporary American Regionalism: Vermont Perspectives" at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Tune in or listen online.

Live call-in discussion: Art is a vital part of human culture. But when was the last time you actually engaged with art? What role does art play in our

09/06/2019

ART ON VIEW
"We're Not in Kansas Anymore: New Paintings by Valerie Hird" opens tonight (9/6) at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne, 5:30-7:30. Featuring new work produced especially for Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, it includes both the final pieces from her series "New Mythologies", which explore an alternate creation story, and a first look at "Don’t Ask Alice", a series of hand-painted paper stage sets that describe her own "biomythology", a narrative that lies uneasily between actual history and personal memory of travels in the Middle East and Central Asia. For the past decade, she has created a colorful new elemental world and invested it with mythological symbols from our shared legends and folktales. (image: Tero Ascendant by Valerie Hird (33″x40″; oil on BFK paper). Courtesy of the artist and Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery)

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/furchgott-sourdiffe-gallery/

08/28/2019

Call to Artists: "Body Beautiful" at Grange Hall Cultural Center
Deadline: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center seeks artwork for "Body Beautiful", 2-D artwork appreciating the diversity of the human form. Submissions are sought that express and interpret this theme. All artworks must fall within the stated guidelines and convey the artists’ interpretation and spirit of this exhibit.

The exhibit will be presented September 12-October 12, 2019.

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/artistdatabase/call-to-artists-grange-hall-cultural-center

08/22/2019

ART EVENT
Art Rokeby Festival: August 24, 11-5 is a day-long event celebrating art at Rokeby.

Visit Rokeby Museum and enjoy a Film Photography Walk-About, Mail Art-making for Kids, Artist Demonstrations, the opening and tour of the Structures: August 24-October 27, 2019 exhibition, a presentation of the paintings of Rachael Robinson Elmer, who grew up at Rokeby, and an opportunity to view the exhibition, “Amassed and Up-Ended: Decoding the Legacy of Stuff”, in Rokeby’s Gallery.

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Art Rokeby Festival is a day-long event celebrating art at Rokeby, featuring a Film Photography Walk-About, Mail Art-making for Kids, Artist Demonstrations, a tour of the “Structures” exhibition, a presentation of the paintings of Rachael Robinson Elmer, who grew up at Rokeby, and an opportunity...

07/21/2019

ART ON VIEW
Today (7/21) is the final day to see "Reflections" at the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in the Morrill Carriage Barn Gallery. In styles ranging from classical to abstract, and from realism to impressionism, artists present the world around us in a fresh light, exploring the theme “Reflections”. One of the featured artists is South Strafford artist Dierdre Dennis, who received an Artist Spotlight in Vermont Art Guide #10. (image: Waits River by Dierdre Dennis (acrylic on stretched canvas). Courtesy of the artist).

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/reflections/

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06/06/2019

Rokeby Museum hosts a symposium on the intersection of art and history this Saturday, June 8th.

Picnic Under the Locust Trees: Art Meets History symposium is an opportunity to network with other artists and art professionals. Bring your own lunch or pre-order a box lunch when you register. If you want to pre-order a lunch, be sure to register before Noon on Thursday, June 6th.

Art Meets History Symposium
Saturday, June 8th at Rokeby Museum
http://rokeby.org/art-meets-history-symposium/

05/27/2019

LAST CHANCE
Fiber: No Boundaries
Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild in Saint Johnsbury through June 1, 2019. This Vermont artisans cooperative, which began its 21st year in September 2018, features crafts and fine art by more than 100 artisans. Their Backroom Gallery exhibits change every six weeks. Three Vermont craftswomen have taken the traditional utilitarian crafts of blanket, rug and wall cover beyond practical status, into the realm of art. Beginning with cloth, hands, needle and thread, these crafts have altered the aesthetic appeal into a deeper context, of emotion, enriching the viewer with fresh ideas and imagined ideals. (image: Opossum on the Run by Amanda Weisenfeld)

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/northeast-kingdom-artisans-guild/

05/26/2019

OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND
The Hive
Middlesex. "Ascent, Part One: Eulogy" in the Portal Gallery of The HIVE VT through July 15, 2019. Located in the burgeoning Camp Meade along with Red Hen Baking Co. and Nutty Steph's Chocolate, The Hive shows off the talents of local artists and artisans with a vibrant and unique selection of local art, wood products, glassware, handcrafted jewelry, decor, and many other handmade gifts. Ryan Geary's collection of 2D and 3D collages tell the story of multiple Americas. Through images of our past and present, images used in their historical context or just for their symbolic and emotional power, “Ascent” is an attempt by the artist to deconstruct the “reality” and “history” of the America he, as a white male, has known.

Read more: http://vermontartguide.com/content/the-hive/