Artbits-May 11, 2023

ART ON THE WALLS … CENSORED

A Rutland area art project was banned from the Mill River School District’s Advanced Placement art showcase on the day of the event because (a few) students complained the content made them “uncomfortable.” Read more

FESTIVALS

BFA hosts the 96th Vermont All State Music Festival. The second annual Kingman Fest offers a live band tribute to Queen. Read more

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence won the People’s Choice Award for the Maple Festival window display created by Donna Blatchly, Amanda Blatchly, and Maureen Genzlinger. The Montgomery Center for The Arts hosts the semi-annual MES Student Spring Art Show. The Island Arts Gallery at the Community Bank offers a solo show by Stephen Sharon. Read more

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, May Paint and Sip: Impressionism with Carolyn Crotty. Read more

MEETUPS

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts a Scrapbooking Meetup. Bring your own photos. Read more

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts begins a new, six-workshop series, Botanical Blockprinting with Sara Reigler. Read more

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont is the first state to show no evidence of COVID in the state’s white-tailed deer population. Read more

ON STAGE LIVE

Jesse Agan (twice), Queen, Sean Jarvis, Eleven, Matty and Me, 90 Proof, the Duncan Macleod Trio, Mirage, the Dirty Looks Band, the Duo, Elizabeth Begins, Sister Speak, and Stefani Capizzi all perform live at a venue near you. Read more

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Flying Komorowski Brothers, Randy Max, Benjamin Powell, the Vermont Mandolin Trio, and Mark Shelton stream almost live online. Read more

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library continues the Vermont Reads discussion of the Most Costly Journey. Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz have won Pulitzer Prizes. Read more

 

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