Category Archives: Workshops

Artbits-May 8, 2025

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Dick

Maple Run Art Show. Susannah Sakal. Paint Your Pet, Linda Oakes Carvalho. Hearthside Handcrafts. Paint and Snack, Sylvia Oblak. Lasting Memory Flower Preservation. Sketch Sip. Peter Pan. Kingman Fest. Young Tradition Festival. Classic Movie Night, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Patch of Blue. Can’t Look Away. Eleanor Jones Harvey, Alexander von Humboldt American Democracy. Social Sunday. Still Life Sketch Sessions. Jesse Agan, Morgan Myles, Randy Smith, Andre Maquera, Gary Spaulding, Thom Carvey, Dana Ross, Pine Tree Flyers, Young Tradition Touring Group, Comedy Night, Meredith Gordon, Max Palmer, Maggie Phelan, Jeremy Rayburn, Suzan Ambrose, Vacsean, She Was Right, Jonny Mop, Last Kid Picked, NightHawk, Jacob Green, Coane Rowell Schabner, Pet Project, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Cooie Sings, 90 Proof, George Murtie, Tam Lantz. Library on Wheels. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Trish Esden, Whisper of Treasure and Lies. Swanton Free Public Library. Library on Wheels. Continue reading →

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Artbits-May 1, 2025

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Dick

Colleen Blatchly, Rebecca Chomyn, Toby Fulwiler, Holly Spier. Marilyn Ruseckas. Pebble Art Workshop. Cardmaking, Barb Switzer. Elizabeth A.I. Powell, Louise Glück Vermont Nobel Laureate. Mark Timney, Sorting News from Chaff. Magic Moonlight. Multimedia Collages, Alyssa DeLaBruere. Open Studio Figure Drawing. Birch Bark Basketry, Elliot Cluba. Social Sunday. Monday Night Improv Comedy Jam, Tam Lantz, David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Paden Kalinen Full Music, Dan Parks, Shane Murley, Sticks Stones, Magnetic Horse, Jolly Roger, Sibling Reverie, Sister Speak, Will Austin, Carolyn Enger, Resonating Earth, Elliott Forrest, Myles Aronowitz, J Henry Fair, Jonny Mop, Tyler Mast. Vermont Mandolin Trio Jamie Maisfield, Matt Flinner, Will Patton, Pat Melvin. Mark Shelton. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Swanton Free Public Library. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 24, 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Dick

Vermont Maple Festival. Big Blue Trunk. Creative Chainsaw Art by John. Jon Young. Aim High Canines. Maple Festival Parade, Mary Cenci, Kwame. Sappy Art Show, Photo Contest. Best Maple Display. Craft Specialty Food Show, Masonic Lodge Craft Food Fair. Paint and Sap. Antique Show. Kids’ Center, Maple Cooking Contest, Best Maple Menu. St. Albans Museum Open House. Teen Fest, Vermont Maple Beverage Tasting. Sarah Rosedahl. Mt. Washington in Spring, Erik Koeppel. Franklin Community Chorus, Battle Hymn of the Republic. Recovery City. Bill Lippert, 25 Years Since Civil Unions Lessons Learned. Rise Up, Meg Cossaboom. Patrick McAllister, April Live Model Figure Drawing Class, Sylvia Oblak, Spring Watercolor Workshop, Social Sunday. Art Journaling Group. Dave, D Cookie, O’hAnleigh Cindy Hill Tom Hanley, Pipsqueak Clown, Big Blue Trunk, Chris Staples, Rockin’ Ron Friendly Pirate, Joe What a Guy, Kevin Herchen, Conniption Fits, Youth Talent Show, Electric Youth Dance Company, April Cushman, Dan Fontaine, Memphis Sun Mafia, Fiddler’s Variety Show, Maddi Ryan, Young Tradition Touring Group, Seth Yacovone, House on Fire, Justice3, McMaple, Jerborn, Nickel Dime, Before this Time, Jeff Salisbury, Switchel, Kippincoe, Blue Rock Boys, Stewart Foster, Heavy Pour, Bobbie Nate, Quadra, 90 Proof, Maple Grove, Tam Lantz. Editor, Sara B. Franklin. Archer Mayor, Joe Gunther. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. Terry Lovelette, In Praise of Eagle Mountain. Swanton Free Public Library. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 17, 2025

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Dick

Seven Daysies. Sharon Ratner. Eric Tobin. Corliss Blakely. Mud Season Hand Made Market. Rain Boots Paint and Sip, Sylvia Oblak. Franklin Community Chorus, Battle Hymn of the Republic. Good Friday Pizza Movie Night, Heaven Is For Real. Project Sweet Talk. Ira Allen A Hard Founding Father to Love, Kevin Graffagnino. Kerstin Lange, Phantom Border A Personal Reconnaissance of Contemporary Germany. Kathy Benoit, NOTCH Committed to Health Community. Papermaking Workshop. Social Sunday. Understanding Your Business Finances, Doug Emery, Jack McSweeney. Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group. David Matthew Nerbak, Eric Belrose, Larry Vigneault, Jerborn, Jaden, Stragglers, David Miller, Sanctuary, Sibling Reverie, Bad Horsey, Hitmen, Bare Bones, Smokey Newhouse, Bob Mona, Phillip Hyjek, Jesse Agan, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Acoustic Mayhem, Tenderbellies, Forest Station, Young Tradition Touring Group. Franklin County Photogs, Harry Goldhagen. Muffin Monday Social Hour, Mornings, Muffins, Mysteries, Counterfeit, Kirsten Chen. Briar Club, Kate Quinn. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 10, 2025

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Dick

Once Upon a Mattress. Knock Knock, Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, Vermont States Drama Festival. Patrick Murphy. Winging It Embracing Personal Expression, Jen Volansky. Highland Cow, Anna Lena. Glass Etching, Barb Switzer.in the Swanton Free Public Library. Sketch Sip. Cultural Reclamation Struggles of an Indigenous Identity. Harrison Ford, Fugitive. Endless Chain, Pete Sutherland. Susan Kuecker, Forgotten Heroes Vermont Regiments Battle of Cedar Creek. Jason Barney, Christine Eldred, Hidden History of Lake Champlain. Stephanie Yu, Vermont School Funding: Equity and Affordability. Molly, Needle Felting. Social Sunday. Board Meeting. Jerborn, Michael Kerry, Dead Sessions, Evan Jennison, Matt Schrag, Seth Yacovone, Long Gone John, Jim Charonko, Dan Parks, Duel, Chris Erica, Ron Gagnon, WD-40, Lloyd Tyler, Mirage, Jacob Green, Buck Hollers, Stragglers, Smokey Newfield, Ethan Sawyer, Phil Graziano, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Barbie N Bones. Richford Hometown Follies. Haskell Free Library Opera House, Stuck in Vermont. Fireside Fiber Arts. Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. R J Batchelor, Lost Tsar of Russia, Lost King of England. George Orwell, 1984. Ugly Vegetables, Grace Lin. But I Progress, Nickel and Dimed On Not Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich. Continue reading →

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Artbits-April 3, 2025

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Dick

Courtney Adams, Jennifer Buckner, Patrick Murphy, Anne Standish. Franklin County Quilt Show. Pebble Art Workshop. Cardmaking with Barb. Osher. Impact of Climate Change on String Instrument Building Now and The Next 60 Years, Kathleen Reilly. Snapshot, Julie Pellissier-Lush, Mi’kmaq Creation Stories. Corrina Thurston, Make Earrings in Colored Pencil on Wood. Social Sunday. Landscapes in Watercolors, Gary Eckhart. Mug Painting Fundraiser. Alex Foltz Studio. Vermont Blues Society, Seth Yacovone, CombustOmatics, She Was Right, Rough Suspects, Dirty Looks, Kyle Stevens, Amerikana Blue. Ryan Hanson, Sister Speak, Bad Horsey, Nathan Michaud, Shiny New Toyz, Reign Havoc, Sabre Hound, Tenderbellies, Nobby Reed. Orbital a Novel, Samantha Harvey. Muffin Monday Senior Social Hour. This Is How it Always Is, Laurie Frankel. Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher. Continue reading →

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