Category Archives: Calls

Artbits-January 15, 2026

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Dick

Community Art Circle. Dorothy Goulet. Mathew Pardue. Mini Masterpieces Silent Auction. Sunday Makers Market. Pet Portraits, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Stephania Fregeau, Sgraffito Carving. Coffee Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Chicago auditions. Jill Mudgett Hills of Home Mountains and Identity in Vermont History. Michael Tougias Extreme Survival Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds. Windows to a Multicultural World. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Jen Volansky, Mindful Art, Free-Form Mandalas Color, Symbol, Self-Expression. Social Sunday. Cindi LaFayette, Acrylic Pour Painting Vase Canvas. Alex Foltz Studio. Smokey Newfield Project, Laura Fedele-Rasco, George Murtie, Dan Parks, Devon McGarry, WD-40, Nighthawk, James Shelly, Jerborn, Jerband, Stewart Foster, Justice 3, Sleeveless Tease, McMaple, Bill Valliere, Hard Scrabble, John Geno, IncaHoots, Lady Livy, Heavy Pour, Sage Machia. DonnaRae Menard, Beneath The Fountain. Mark Shelton. Woman Behind the New Deal, Kirstin Downey. Muffin Monday. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries, Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney. Banned Books, In the House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 8, 2026

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Dick

Becky Chappell, Dody Susslin. Sunday Makers Market. Hearthside Handcrafts. Moonlit Tree Black Light Paint Party. Coffee and Crafts. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. St. Albans All Male a Capella Group. Between the Lines, Line Dancing. Barefoot in the Park, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda. Thomas Jefferson Leader, John Ragosta. Intro to Photography Workshop, AJ Murray. Social Sunday. Free-Form Mandalas Color, Symbol, and Self-Expression. Swanton Arts Council, Annual Meeting. Will Patton, Jamie Masefield, Pat Melvin, Matt Flinner, Vermont Mandolin Trio, Adlai Waxman, Just Me Live, Duncan MacLeod, Bad Horsey, Tim Brick, Nickel Dime, John Lackard Blues, Mud City Ramblers, Seth Yacovone, Leslie Grant, Chris Issy, She Was Right, Dan Parks, Roger Giroux, Smokey Newfield Project, Sister Speak, Blue Rock Boys, Cliff Crosby, Mike Bjella, Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble, FCSC Singing Seniors, Stephan Conrady, Next Stop Comedy, Sage Machia, Nobby Reed. DonnaRae Menard. Mango Jam. Birding to Change the World, Trish O’Kane. Muffin Monday. Meg McFadden Smith, Child I Will Always Carry You. Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie. Stolen Focus, Johann Hari. Looking forward. Franklin County Festivals, Town Bands. Continue reading →

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Artbits-January 1, 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Dick

Maureen Genzlinger. Gallery Palooza. Fiona Cooper Fenwick. Makers Market. Creative Circle Cafe, collage. Yarn Yak, Kelli Shepherd. NVAA exhibit River Arts. Between the Lines Line Dancing. Social Sunday. Drawing with Tone Advanced Graphite Techniques, Mary Reilly. Board Meeting. Will Austin, Dave Miller, George Murtie, Jukebox Jake, Dale Darcy, Doug’s Open Mic, Sage Machia. Muffin Monday. Light of All Darkness, Kim Cross. St. Albans writer’s group. Arts books dance music theater 2026. Continue reading →

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Artbits-November 6, 2025

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Dick

Opera House Crafts Only Show, Highgate Fall Craft Vendor, Georgia UMC Christmas Craft Bake Sale, Sheldon Craft. Donna Blatchly, Cherie Marshall, Shanna Ratner, Wayne Tarr, Haylie Lanfear. ArtFest. NVAA Fall Show. Hearthside Handcrafts. Sylvia Oblak, Paint Sip, Camel’s Hump Autumn. Card/Gift Tag Making. Singer-songwriter competition. Beginner Line Dancing Lessons. Screenagers, Harris Strokoff. Northwest Nightmares Film Festival. Classic Movie Night, Best in Show. Luis A. Vivanco, Thinking Person’s Guide to Watching Wildlife Films. Andrew Ingall, Gail Golec, Looking Back/Moving Forward, Vermont Stories of LGBTQ+ Caregiving Community. Pre-Holiday Handwriting Tune-up Clinic, Chris Carfaro. Macrame, Allie Chapple. Bill Schubart, Write Your Life. Social Sunday. Dave Ogrodowczyk, Mike Schuster, Bob Recupero, Marie Ragan, John Marino, Bruce Leclair, Andre Maquera, Randy Smith, Frank Barnes, Gary Spaulding, Dave Miller, Jerborn, Jaden, Supaman, Element, McMaple, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Duncan MacLeod, Swamp Frog, Magnetic Horse, Rosie Newton, Bluegrass Jam, Kyle Stevens, Stragglers. Coane, Rowell, Schabner, O and Schu, Third Wheel, Jeff Gina Trio, David Karl Roberts, Cooper, George Murtie, Top of the Mountain Blues, 8084, Lady Livy, Sage Machia, Nobby Reed. Veterans’ Day. Tim Brookes, By Hand. Muffin Monday. When the Moon Turns to Blood, Leah Sottile. Wicked, Gregory Maguire. Maryanne Wood, We Need A Voice. 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 9, 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Dick

Banned Books Week, Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights. Sarah McGarghan, Longina Smolinski, Gillian Ireland, Deb Shell. Peoples Art Show. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Fall Harvest Craft Fair. Fall Paint Class, Joanne Delaney. Hearthside Handcrafts. Paint and Tea, Victoria Vining. Paint and Sip Sunflowers, Sylvia Oblak. Paint Sip Autumn Glow. Evie Mason. Northwest Nightmares, Maple Squares of St. Albans. Intro to Jazz Dance, Alice Reighley. Paint Town Pink, Witches Warlocks Fight Cancer, Luminary Walk. Comic Con, Rail City Fan Fest. Fall Harvest Festival. Snow Farm Vineyard Grape Harvest Festival, Buck Hollers. Classic Movie Night, Wallace Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Hidden Heritage Vermont Indian Community, 1790-2010, Dr. Fred Wiseman. Jeffrey Brace Revolutionary War Soldier Slave. Soulspun Kitchen, Erin Moulton. 2025 Fall Plein Air Retreat, T.M. Nicholas, Leo Mancini-Hresko. Julie Jones, Brushstrokes Hashtags Social Media Made Simple. Social Sunday, MAG. River Arts, Macrame 101, Tie Your Way In, Karen. Chris Stapleton, Blackberry Smoke, Jason Isbell, Drive-by Truckers, Færie Godbrothers, Peter Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Steve Klimowski, Bonnie Thurber Klimowski, Bluegrass Jam, Evan Barber, Dan Jarvis, Frevo, Tim Brick, Enablers, Barbie N Bones, DJ Lady Livy, Crowe Hill, Sibling Reverie, Bad Horsey, Magnetic Horse, Dan Parks, Cooie Sings, Shane Murley Trio, Dale Darcy. Muffin Monday. Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano. Banned Books Group, All Boys Aren’t Blue, George M. Johnson. Continue reading →

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