Artbits – February 4, 2010

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Dick

LIVING AND LOVING FOR OTHERS

Soprano Claire Hungerford with accompanist Annemieke Spoelstra will hold a benefit recital, Songs of Life and Love, for Haitian Children on Saturday. Read more…

SHOCKING VISIONS OF VERMONT

Twelve Vermont counties were identified as hotbeds of revolutionary activity. Some of it has come to light in a (temporary) home in St. Albans with the Art of Action, Shaping Vermont’s Future through Art. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artpath Gallery hosts NVAA president Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Nancy Adriance, Ann Allen, Clare Dunn, Mary Reed, and Nancy Shaw with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. Buy Art at TART features recent Bethany Farrell, Jason Guild, Heidi Lague, Pat Murphy, and Leah Van Rees. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Vermont baby and child photographer and portrait artist Louisa Larson. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Nobby Reed Project plays Blues Night at the Lincoln Inn. The Park Cafe hosts writer Leon Thompson. Read more…

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Artbits – January 28, 2010

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dick

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK!

The Fletcher Union Meeting House in Fletcher will host Mark Sustic’s 60th Birthday Party with the Starline Rhythm Boys, Yankee Chank and many more. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Art of Action, Shaping Vermont’s Future through Art, opens at the STAART Gallery in downtown St. Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Cambridge Elementary School hosts the Winterfest Contra Dance with caller Mark Sustic and Fiddleheads. Overtime Saloon presents the Nobby Reed Project. The Champlain Echoes hold Open Rehearsals. The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival Winter Encore takes place at Elley-Long Music Center. Read more…

SAVE THE DATE

Claire Hungerford with accompanist Annemieke Spoelstra will hold a benefit recital, Songs of Life and Love, at the Congregational Church on February 6. Read more…

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Artbits – January 21, 2010

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Dick

ON STAGE LIVE

The UVM Old Time Music Club presents a Contra and Square Dance. The Backyard Bluegrass Band brings on a shake-the-winter-blues concert. Puppet Showplace Theater presents Puppetkabob in The Snowflake Man. Smuggler’s Notch Inn hosts Open Mic. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with John Cassel. The Lincoln Inn brings live music back On Tap next month. Read more…

JANUARY-FEBRUARY ART DEADLINES

Landscapes-real or Imaginary for a juried Pacific Art League show. There are cultural fellowships for visual and media artists. The City of Denver Traffic Operations and Firing Range art. Museo de Las Americas wants exhibition and project proposals. Read more…

ART SITE OF THE WEEK

Kevin Macneil Brown’s blog has words, music, images, and more. Read more…

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ArtBits – January 14, 2010

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Dick

LOOKING FORWARD

2010 will be another busy year in the arts with over 250 concerts, exhibits, recitals, and shows from more than 40 organizations.

ALL ARTS COUNCIL WISH LIST

2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Summer Sounds. We need a rain maker, other volunteers, and a permanent base. Read more…

ALL ARTS COUNCIL ACTIVITIES

The All Arts Council will celebrate its 25th year continuing our popular programs, continuing our support, and continuing our partnerships. Read more…

2010 AT THE OPERA HOUSE

The Opera House plans a mix of major productions, touring, and community events as well as artwork by Franklin County artists in the downstairs Gallery. Read more…

2010 WITH OTHER PRESENTERS

The AAC helps promote many other Franklin County presenters and individual artists starting with the Art in Bloom Festival and continuing through the Vermont Youth Orchestra programs. Read more…

THE FIVE FESTIVALS

Taken together, the five major Franklin County area Festivals have built more than 150 years of outdoor arts and entertainment here. Read more…

TOWN BANDS

The Citizens Concert Band and the Enosburg Town Band perform through the summer. Read more…

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ArtBits – January 7, 2010

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Dick

Happy New Decade, everyone! Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery has a free meet-the-artists reception with refreshments tonight. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts St. Albans painter Karen Day-Vath. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Jericho Community Center and Fiddleheads will host a Benefit Contra Dance for the Jericho Community Library. Read more…

LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR

Franklin County artists and presenters outdid themselves in 2009. This week, we finish the look back with a wrap up of the All Arts Council events, what Other Major Presenters have been doing, the Five Franklin County Festivals, and the Quadricentennial. Read more…

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ArtBits – December 31, 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Dick

KEEPING ALIVE

Public and private contributions to the arts dropped again this year. Artists have shared even more art and more resources this year. Artists have been generous with their time, their talent, their product. Artists are concerned about their community.

Your year-end gift to the AAC is both tax-deductible and will go entirely to programming. Read more…

LIVE ON STAGE

First Step Dance hosts the Fourth Annual New Years Eve Ball tonight. A Celtic New Year features Fiddleheads and more. Phish plays their first New Year’s Eve concert since 2003. Eleven Pipers Piping is a benefit concert for the Tom Fund. Read more…

FIRST NIGHT

Tonight is First Night in several Vermont locations. Most have Franklin County performers or friends commuting between several locations. Pick your pleasure. Read more…

LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR

25 different presenters in this list alone with dozens of venues and a mix of fine art, classical music, popular entertainment, and great theater. Wow! What a year! Read more…

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