Category Archives: Arts Councils

Artbits-December 4, 2025

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Dick

Jon Gailmor. Holiday Festivals. Festival of Trees, Running of the Bells, Gala en Blanc, Santa’s Workshop, Dance Showcase, Claus for a Cause, Holiday Rewind. Christmas Festival, Tree Lighting, Caroling, Artisan Market. Christmas in Enosburg, Stocking Auction, Christmas Bazaar, Actions Craft Fair, Santa, Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, Lighted Parade, Community Christmas Concert. Up North Studio, Electric Youth Dance Company, Studio 3, Champlain Community Choir, Community Chorus, Enosburg Town Band. BOGO ornaments, Arts Craft Show, Holiday Market, Busy Hands Crafts, Actions Craft Fair, Craft/Vendor Fair. Janice DeCooman, Lindsay DiDio, Dorothy Goulet, Sally Tarr. BFA Fine Arts Night. Holiday Centerpiece Night. Starry Christmas Night Painting, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. Gone Guys. South Hero Players, Christmas Tree Farm, Whitney Maxham, Patrick Cope, Eliza Valle, Michelle Brady, David Belvedere, Nan Murat, Stephen Moore, Wendy Duval, Jennifer Brownell, Catherine Trombley, Kim McFerron, Kim T. Julow, Teah Bryan, Jane McFerron, Natalie Heinz, Annalise Costantini. Holiday Zentangle, Julia Davenport. Wrapped Wonder, Terry Buehner. Social Sunday. Ink Resin Christmas Ornaments, Cindi Lafayette. Needle Felting 101, Carmella Cyr, Macrame 101, Karen, Watercolor Beyond Basics, Evie Mason. Alex Foltz Studio. Board Meeting Updates. Gina Coleman, Jeff Salisbury, Chuck Eller, Clyde Stats, Terry Youk, Brian Murray, Jimmy Law, Dogs In A Pile, Polina Alekhina, Uliana Alekhina, Alyce Ayer, Eli Bart, Adim Benoit, Jack Blazewicz, Grace Castillo, Violet Chamberlin, Lila Crowley, Frank D’Amore, Henry Leitz, Molly McCarthy, Lindy Moynihan, Theophilius Parkinson, Amelia Quante, Lily Ryersbach, Thomas Schramm, Malhar Zach Sengupta, Yvette Shedrick, Jenna Sweeney, Eva Tarrant, Julian Trahan, Ella Twiggs, Jax Washburn, Bryan Blanchette, Michael Brennan, Donald Davis, Kip de Moll, Frank Erickson, Justin Farrell, Timothy Fitzgerald, Shane Goodwin, Kelsie, Owen Leavey, Blake Matteson, Levi Mendes, Cece Murphy, Robin Nickerson, Dan Parks, Colleen Perron, Victoria Pleshakova, Tod Pronto, Andy Samara, Charles Schramm, Abigail Sherman, Laura Shrewsbury, Zachary Tyler, Kristen W, Christmas Carol Sing Along, Bluegrass Jam, Singer-Songwriter Competition, Kids VT 2025 Spectacular Spectacular, LeoDos, Sergio Torres, Dan Parks, Natural Selection, Lixx, Just Me, Magnetic Horse, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Seth Yacovone, Hullabaloo, Vermont Blues Society, Paul Asbell, Blues Over Easy, Murray’s Law, Sister Speak, Ethan Sawyer, Staircase 24, Sage Machia, Nobby Reed. Mark Shelton, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Seal, Carrie Underwood, John Legend, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Josh Groban, Faith Hill, Tori Kelly, Babyface, Cher, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, London Symphony Orchestra, Andrews Sisters. Holiday High Tea, Christmas Calf, George Woodard. Muffin Monday. Martyr, Kaveh Akbar. Continue reading →

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Artbits-October 30, 2025

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Dick

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, Peace Love and Murder. Wendy Everhart. Debbie Peate. Spooky Pet Painting Night, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Mark Isselhardt, Maple Sugaring Tradition, Innovation, and the Future of Sweetness. Shanna Ratner, Introduction to Block Printing. Social Sunday. Intro to Watercolor. Macrame 101, Feathered Forms, Karen. Board Meeting and Updates. Jesse Agan, Joshua Glass, Chris Doncaster, Eric Belrose, Myriam Leblanc, Rocky Duval, Philippe Gagne, Sumner Thompson, Eric Milnes, Monster Mash Halloween Party, Wicked Good Time Costume Party, MVU Middle School Band, Middle School String Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Tim Brick, Spring Chickens, 90 Proof, Vacsean, Sticks Stones, Dan Parks, McMaple, Smokey Newfield, Jerborn, Kippincoe, Kip DeMoll, Sister Speak, Sherri Anne, Dead Sessions Lite, Barbie Bones, Blue Rock Boys, Second Hand Blues, Uncle John’s Band. Ryan Sweezey, Midnight Walkers, Glass Onion, Vermont Choral Union, L’Harmonie des Saisons Baroque Ensemble, BFA-SAC String Festival Concert. Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich. Muffin Monday. Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton. Walt McLaughlin, Apprehensions of What-Is. Continue reading →

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Artbits-October 16, 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Dick

Sarah Barnes, Sketchbook Club. Art Junk Journaling. Mixed Media Pumpkins Paint Sip, Sylvia Oblak. Janice Decooman. Brian Hewitt. People’s Art Show. Northwest Nightmares. GEMS. NVAA Fall Show/ Kids’ Entrepreneur Craft Fair. Alice Reighley, Intro to Jazz Dance. Square Dancing. Osher, Beth White, Women Build Planes Milestone Aviation History. Social Tinkering Connection Conversations. Julie Carrick Dalton, The Last Beekeeper. Pamela Walker, Box Project Race, Rurality, Civil Rights Activism Vermont Mississippi. Stories of the Blues, Missisquoi Slim. Kevin Graffagnino, Rebels in Vermont St. Albans Raid. Martha Kinney, Painted Mandala, Pumpkin Crafting Workshop. Kelli Shepherd Pumpkin Spice Everything Nice Beginner Crochet. Social Sunday, a Dried Flower Workshop, Calligraphy Basics, Chris Carfaro. Creative Creatures, decorative potion bottles. Swanton Writers’ Group. David, Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Skip Truman, Steven Hirsch, Bob Butterfield, Sophia Ryan, Youth Talent Search, Paint Town Pink Karaoke, Open-Mic and Coffeehouse, Tim Brick (twice), the Vermont Blues Society, Dan Parks, CombustOmatics, Jeff Salisbury, JSB, the Crowe Hill Band, Sibling Reverie, SoulRockerz, Before This Time, Bob Chevalier, the Rustics, Blue Heron, Laura Fedele-Rasco, George Murtie, Miracle Blood, Nugreth, Practical Gore, Melkor, Necroborne, Greg Beeman, Smokey Newfield, Vermont Cello Duet. Tonya Mosley, Ada Limón, Limon. Capellen Orchestra, My Departed Love, Nancy Hassett-Dahm. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein. Muffin Monday. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, The Heiress, Rachel Hawkins. First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston. Whose Story Is This, Rebecca Solnit. Continue reading →

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Artbits-October 2, 2025

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Dick

Downtown Saint Albans Sidewalk Sale. Fall Open Studio Weekend. Barbara Colgrove. Alana Bigos. Cynthia Rosen. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Make-and-Take Your Own Pressed Flower Pumpkin. Cardmaking with Barb. People’s Art Show. Alice Reighley, Intro to Jazz Dance. Screenagers 1. Osher, Preston Fuller, Disc Golf Demystified History, Design, and Play. Highgate Manor. Vermont Reads, The Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton, Peter Burns. Eric Tobin, History Unframed Jeffersonville’s Art Legacy. Dark Academy Adventures: Mystery of the Crystal Lake Longhouse. Rock & Roll, Theater Camp Dance Group, Cheryl Ann Kelley, Electric Youth. Social Sunday. Monster Building Papier-Mâche Masks Character Creation, Abby O’Sullivan. Watercolor Beyond Basics, Evie Mason. Swanton Arts Council Board Meeting. Madi Omo, Native Drift Designs, Birch & Bramble Soap, David and Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, and Larry Vigneault, Andy Greene, Kirk Lord, Matt Flinner, Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Vermont Blues Society, Kyle Stevens, Jerborn, Phil Abair Band, Keeghan Nolan, Nickel Dime, Dan Parks, Tim Brick, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Brian K, Parkway, She Was Right, Third Wheel, Jeff Gina, Arthur James, Sister Speak, John Fealy, Jerband, Bob Amos, Sarah Amos, David Karl Roberts, Cooie Adlai, O Schu, Troy Millette, Blue Rock Boys, Doug’s Open Mic. Hear. Here, Josh Ellerbrock, Bridget Higdon, Paul Snyder, Mulvaney-Stanak. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Gail Cleare, Rebecca Cummins, Millicent Eidson, Jackson Ellis, Pat Esden, Jared Gange, Beth Ann Hooper, S Lee and J B Manning, William McKone, Laura Napoli, Darryl Webb, Katharine Whitcomb, Maryanne Wood, George Woodard, Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Alicia Mercure, True Crime Book Club, While Idaho Slept Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students, J. Reuben Appleman. Local Author Open House, mysteries, romances, children’s books, autobiographies. Minecraft Uncensored Library, Reporters Without Borders. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Dick

Donna Blatchly. John Clarke Olson. International Folk Dancing, Lesley Alpert. Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias, Dustin Lynch, Lil Jon, Ted Pronto, Alice Grace, AJ Jansen, Chordination, Steve Hartmann, Ali T, Delta Sweet Duo. Film Noir, Panic in the Streets, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas. Jen Volansky, Nature Play Mixed Media Workshop Inspired by Botanicals. Collage Workshop, Abbey. Summer Watercolor Painting, Annette Goyne. Social Sunday. Death Dying Danishes. Ice Cream Social. Stragglers, Better Angels, John McDonald, Lise Gates, Jerry Bowers, Tyrone Shaw, Dead Sessions Lite, McMaple, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Hard Scrabble, Dan Parks, Harley Brown, Buddha, Duncan McLeod, Coane, Rowell, Schabner, Ryan Sweezy, Shane Murley, Hitmen, Lawless, Bill Valliere, Bob Cseh, Maple Grove, Charlie Rice, Will Austin, Blue Heron, Antara Gatch, Chris Cheney, Veyda Kenyon, David Karl Roberts, Nobby Reed, Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira, Mark Shelton, Mimi Magyar, David Karl Roberts, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Zak Loy. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Tangents. Silent Reading Party. Muffin Monday. Book Sale. Mark LeGrand, Lovesick Band. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 10, 2025

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Dick

Downtown Art Sidewalk Sales, writers. Chris Jenkins, Natalie LaRocque, Susannah Sakal, Meta Strick. Lost and Found, Eastern Edges. Garfield Morgan. Beaded Windchimes. Hearthside Handcrafts. Star Wars. Tim Brookes Endangered Alphabets, Cultural Erosion, Future Written Word. Colors of the Wild. Social Sunday. Jerborn, Shane Murley, Stewart Foster, Sticks Stones, Tim Brick, Swamp Frog, Hitmen, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Sleeveless Tease, Narah Sparks, Counterpoint, McMaple, JJ Booth, Band Of Brothers, Kippincoe, Kip de Moll, 90 Proof, Kyle Stevens, Smokey Newfield Project, Jonny Mop, Barbie-n-Bones, Harley Brown, Mark Abair, Blue Heron, Ethan Sawyer and Martin Fredrick, Blue Rock Boys, Connor Young, Bettenroo, She Was Right, Detour, Ken Clark Organ Trio, Will Patton Quartet, Sergio Torres Duet, Enosburg Town Band, Buck Hollers, Derek Burkins Trio, Citizens Concert Band. Bring Your Own Book. Writers Terry Lovelette. Muffin Monday. Carolyn Bates, AY Berthiaume, Charlie Brooks, Rebecca Cummins, Jesse Durona, Cindy Ellen Hill, Roberta Harold, Bill Holliday, Bobbi Loney, Tamara Mathieu, DonnaRae Menard, Sara Stewart, Ted Tedford, Maryanne Wood, Darryl Webb. Continue reading →

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