Category Archives: Festivals

Artbits-July 20, 2023

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Dick

Festivals. Vaccination, booster, registration. Big Music Weeks of Summer. Summer Sounds. Major disaster declaration. FEMA, CERF+, Main Street Flood Recovery Fund, SBA. Jessica Fligg, Creative Process. License Vermont-Made Music. Tyler Mast, Bad Smell, Mitchell Bergeron, Richard Berry, Daniel Bishop & Kevin Bloom, A Box of Stars, David Chief, Andriana Chobot, COTE, Michael Crain, Danny, Parts, Dead Shakers, Amelia Devoid, Guthrie Galileo, Cam Gilmour, Jacob Green, Phil Henry, Marcie Hernandez, JSP, Will Keeper, Kingdom All Stars, Jeremy Kizina, KP Me, Leatherbound Books, Maple Run Band, Xen Miles, moonwake, Oak Honest Records, Obi Voicegod, Ryan Oswald, Reid Parsons, Tom Pearo, Zach Pollakoff, Quiltro, Ian Steinburg, Seattle Stomp, Tiny Lines, Towner, Dylan Patrick Ward, Wet Heave, Willverine. Christmas in July, Gnome, Abbey. Glowing Jellyfish, Sylvia Oblak. Fall Artist Retreat. Easy Folk Dancing, Leslie Alpert. Church Street Street Festival. Abenaki Word Week. Learn Colored Pencil, Corrina Thurston, Social Sunday, Paint Pouring, Laurie Thompson. Introduction to Palette Knife Painting en Plein Air, Melanie Levitt. Handcrafted Greeting Card, Pat Brennan. Bad MOJO, Mama Tried, Rebecca Padula, Linda Kallinger, Ukulele Clare Innes, Kathy Mulligan, Quadra, Jerborn and Axe, Dan Parks and Mark Steffenhagen, Staircase 24, Buck Hollers, Nathan Michaud, Haiduck Heckendorn, Art DeQuasie, Metalwerx Tuba Euphonium Quartet, Nobby Reed Project, Honey Soul, Hannah Hausman, Cleo Flemming, Danica Cunningham, Zach Santarsiero, Braden Lalancette, Carol Ann Jones, CDBB, Adlai Waxman, Jeff Salisbury, Tom Caswell, Tom Buckley, Enosburg Town Band, Andriana Bananas, Mad Mojo, Citizens Concert Band. Writers’ Group. Gail Marlene Schwartz, Hotch Potch. Continue reading →

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Artbits-June 22, 2023

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Dick

Fairs, Festivals. Vaccination, booster, registration, active outbreaks. Amazing Makers, Fabiola Mendez, cuatro. Paint and Sip Lady Liberty, Sylvia Oblak. Sip n’ Slurry Garden Tiles, Ally Howell. Acrylics in the Islands ,Lynn Cummings, Pebble Art. Vermont Renaissance Faire. Jeffersonville Art Jam, Mary McGinniss, Selkies, David Mills. Rail City Fan Fest. Abenaki Totem Pole. Character Creation Class, Janet Soavi. Social Sunday. Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop, Pat Brennan. Eleven, Chris Erica, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Gary Spaulding, Pen Hits, Yang Bao, Kenneth Renshaw, Third Shift, Devon McGarry, Sibling Reverie, Pony Truck, Buck Hollers, Jonny Hick, Kickers, Josh Worman, Barbie-n-Bones, Uncle Jimmy, Left Eye Jump, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Charles Rossiter, Brandi Yeatman, Blue Fox, Enosburg Town Band, Good Gravy, Still Kickin’, Citizens Concert Band. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 25, 2023

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Dick

Vaccination, booster, registration. Summer Music at Grace, Summer Concerts on the Green, Celebration of Expressive Arts. Erik Koeppel. Jude Prashaw. Calls, June Juried Show, Indigenous Perspectives Pandemic, Abenaki Storytelling Project. Saint Albans Museum. Amelie Michalkovic, Google Doodle. Scrapbooking Meetup. Social Sunday. COVID relief money. Farewell Reunion Concert, Pascal Gemme, Young Tradition Vermont Youth Commission, Fiona Stowell, Emmett Stowell, Owen Kennedy, Fern Tamagini-O’Donnell, Grace Martin, Shane Murley, Josh Murley, Ryan Sweezey, Kyle Stevens, Eleven, Lebowski Trio, Nickle Dime, IncaHoots, Chris Erica, Sticks Stones, Sibling Reverie, Al’s Pals, Seth Yacovone, Minced Oats, Beg, Steal or Borrow, Nobby Reed, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Martha Zweig, Carolyn Kittell, Dimmer Triplets, Charlie Frazier, Al Lemery, Gary Wade, George Murtie, Vermont Choral Union. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 11, 2023

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Dick

Fairs, Festivals. COVID, Vaccination, booster, registration. Uncomfortable censorship. Vermont All State Music Festival. Kingman Fest, Queen. People’s Choice, Donna Blatchly, Amanda Blatchly, Maureen Genzlinger. MES Student Spring Art Show. Stephen Sharon. Paint and Sip Impressionism, Carolyn Crotty. Scrapbooking Meetup. Social Sunday. Botanical Blockprinting, Sara Reigler. White-tailed deer. Jesse Agan, Sean Jarvis, Eleven, Matty and Me, 90 Proof, Duncan Macleod, Mirage, Dirty Looks Band, Duo, Elizabeth Begins, Sister Speak, Stefani Capizzi. Flying Komorowski Brothers, Randy Max, Benjamin Powell, Vermont Mandolin Trio, Mark Shelton. Most Costly Journey. Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 4, 2023

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Dick

Fairs, Festivals. Vaccination, booster, registration. Colleen Blatchly, Toby Fulwiler, Holly Spier. Art Appraisal, Maria Roosevelt, Ethan Merrill, Amy Rutledge Jebrine, Mark Buggyman Ducharme. First Peoples Exhibition. Makers Market. Spring Paint n Sip, Amber Rae Harvey. Felicia Cota, Paint Hydrate. Animating Infrastructure Grant. Young Tradition Festival, La Famille LeBlanc, YTV Youth Commission, Touring Group, Pete Sutherland. Spring Book Paper Fair. Listen Up. Ashley Messier, Thriving Communities Winding VT Road Abolition Women’s Rights. Tastings, Lesley Becker, Jan Mason, Danny Rocco, Lee Wochner. Graphite Drawing Class, Mike Barkyoumb. Online Portrait Collage Workshop. Linda Oakes Carvalho, Lilacs for Mother. Social Sundays. Open Studio Figure Drawing. Justin Sutera, Gathering Baskets. Troy Millette, Dan Rahilly, Mullets Rock, Bob Gagnon, Barbie-N-Bones, Maureen Hancock, Smokey Newfield, Duo, Kyle Stevens, Mark Shelton, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Gloria Chien, Soovin Kim. Vermont Book Awards. Ebenezer Books. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 27, 2023

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Dick

Festivals. Vaccination, booster, registration. Vermont Maple Festival, art, fair food, parade. Sip n’ Slurry, Nesting Bowls, Barb Flathers. Adult Beginners Ballet Barre. Abenaki Word of the Week. Scrapbooking Meetup. Lit Shadow Box, Barb, Abbey, CRICUT. Corrina Thurston Learn Colored Pencil. Social Sunday. Cynthia Rosen, Splendor of Color, Palette Knife Painting. 8084, BFA Marching Band, Mary Cenci, Kwame, Sister Speak, No Shoes Nation, Youth Talent Show, Electric Youth Dance Company, Kingdom Allstars, Andre Maquera, Randy Smith, Frank Barnes, Gary Spaulding, Fiddler’s Variety Show, Isaac French, Pipsqueak Clown, Little Fox Entertainment, Dragon Man, Jason Tardy, High Energy Juggling Family, Aim High Canines, Facemania. Chris Erica, Ryan Sweezey, Uncle Jimmy, Nighthawk, Mitch, Devon, Mullets of Rock, Giovanina Bucci, Bravacado, Whiskey Wine, Cooper, Tom Caswell. National Library Week. Continue reading →

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