Artbits-April 20, 2023

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Dick

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Some people are willing to die for their art. Others are willing to kill for it. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The 7th annual Youth Art Show opens with a reception at the library. Bryan Memorial Gallery introduces Jennifer Ashline in the Small Member’s Group Show. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Sunday Makers Market has pop-up booths from local crafters and makers. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio host Moonlit Cherry Tree Paint & Charcuterie. River Arts has the in-person, April Paint n’ Sip: Spring Alive! with Carolyn Crotty. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Cambridge Arts and Visions of Vermont host Poems in Performance: A Cure for Poemphobia with slam poet Geof Hewitt. Read more…

VINYL

Cheer the warming days with a Spring Record Day Celebration of vinyl collections from record stores and collectors. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Corrina Thurston leads a Social Media Workshop for Creatives. Social Sundays continue with the free art class for families. Carley Tillinghast gives a Resin Flower Art Class completely free. Mike Barkyoumb offers a Graphite Drawing Class. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remained generally low over the last week. The Vermont Department of Health has now retired all online COVID dashboards. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Heliland with Beethoven, Chick Corea, Florence Price, William Grant Still, and more, the Reefer Madness Band, Dee Davis, Carrie Cook, Chris & Erica, the Lebowski Trio, the Devon McGary Band, Men in Motion, Bad Horsey, Rushmore, and the VSO Jukebox Quartet all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Trish Esden releases Wealth of Deception, the new sequel to Art of Deception. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 13, 2023

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Dick

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Bent Northrop Memorial Library and Fairfield Center School invite artists of all ages works for Heart and Home. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues the online segment Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with Copley Artist Rosalie Sidoti with landscapes on display. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Sunday Makers Market fills the Taproom with pop-up booths from local crafters and makers. Read more…

FILM

It is Classic Movie Night for the Ox-Bow Incident with Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, and Anthony Quinn. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts a free screening of the Quiet Epidemic. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association introduces the Abenaki Word of the Week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS, GATHERINGS and EVENTS

The Queer Art Club is a free, drop-in social gathering. World Art Day marks a celebration of creativity. Social Sundays continue the free weekly art classes for families. Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. leads Introduction to Acrylic Painting. Leo Mancini-Hresko takes artists From Outside to Inside: Finishing your work in the Studio. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Area hospitals including Dartmouth Health, Northwestern Medical Center, and the UVM Health Network now require masks only in the Emergency Department, Family Birth Center, Progressive Care Unit and Diagnostic Imaging Departments. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The MVU Musical Newsies, Third Shift, the Duncan MacLeod Trio, Sticks and Stones, the Fabulous Wrecks, Sanctuary, Blue Heron, Barbie ‘n’ Bones, Cooie & Adlai, Jesse Agan and the Music of Queen, Eleven, Soul & Soda, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Vermont will appoint cartoonist Tillie Walden Cartoonist Laureate. St. Albans native, writer, and literary publicist Lynda Bouchard will be at the Eloquent Page. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the library. The SPL Book Club meets to discuss Horse by Geraldine Brooks. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 6, 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Courtney Adams, Chris Bessette, Wendy Everhart, and Anne Standish with a live reception. Bryan Memorial Gallery continues the online segment Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with Jacob Aguiar. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls hosts their Spring Flea Market with a Farmer’s Market Sprinkle. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council has Stampin’ Up! Cardmaking with Barb in the Maker Space at the library. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts a Kooky Owl BYOB Paint and Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho. Read more…

FILM

The Swanton Library will stream a free family friendly movie with free popcorn in the KDR Space, complete with a bug-themed craft to go with the movie. Read more…

heART AND HOME

Bent Northrop Memorial Library and Fairfield Center School invite artists of all ages to share what Home or Inclusive Community means to them. Free art kits are available. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Kwanitekw. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park present the Abenaki Word of the Week. Osher continues the program series with Chet Parsons to discuss the History of Sheep in Vermont. The Vermont Humanities Council presents A History of Disability with Patrick Standen. Read more…

THEATER

The Montgomery Rural Shakespeare Company presents the return of Game of Tiaras, a one-act comedy by Don Zolidis. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. River Arts offers three different fields in new workshops this week: the April Open Studio Figure Drawing session, Upcycled Journals with Susan Smereka, and Garden Gnomes with Wolf Whitney. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

People do keep getting sick, though, mostly because they aren’t taking precautions. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Maple & Hanson, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, the Robin Gottfried Band, WD-40s, Rehab Roadhouse, the Lebowski Trio, the Stragglers, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, Two Stroke Motors, Milton Busker and the Grim Work, ivamae, Mike Thomas, Nic Sisk, Liam Welsh, Nobby Reed, and the MVU Musical Newsies all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Mark Shelton presents an Easter concert on Facebook Live on Sunday. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 30, 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Dick

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, March Sip n’ Slurry: Slab Planter to handbuild a functional planter in this class with Chiara Keeling. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

FEMA has awarded the Vermont Agency of Human Services $3,101,046. The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans was the largest recipient, receiving $1,792,099. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remained generally low over the last week. People do keep getting sick but this column will end the weekly data report with this issue. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues the online segment \Legacy: The Artist’s Collection with printmaker Daryl Storrs. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Makers Market fills the Taproom at 14th Star with pop-up booths from local crafters and makers. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Nebi. The VAAA’s Abenaki Word of the Week shares Abenaki words alongside English translations every week. Osher continues the program series with Jonathan Billings discussing Northwestern Medical Center Challenges. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center has four different offerings this week. Corrina Thurston leads Learn Product Photography. Social Sundays continue. Clare Innes begins Intro to Harmonica and Bring Your Own Ukelele. River Arts begins two new Adult Wheel Class workshop series this week, one with Anthony Martin and one with Cal Spinelli. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council holds a Board Meeting and Updates at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The MVU Disney Musical Newsies, Morgan Myles twice, Reggie Harris and Alastair Moock twice, plus Ryan Sweezey, Matty and Me, Eleven, Cooper (Bob Recupero), Before this Time, the Steppes, and Young Tradition VT with the Summit School Mud Season Spectacular all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Montgomery Town Library has a Richard Montgomery exhibit and reception produced by Robert Gilmore with Chris Dixson-Boles and Andrea Saborowski. The Swanton Library hosts Poetry Slam 2023. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 23, 2023

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Dick

ART FOR SALE

The Sunday Makers Market fills 14th Star with pop-up booths from local crafters and makers. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

The first Vermonter died from COVID-19 three years ago Sunday. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remained generally low over the last week but it has killed 929 Vermonters to date. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts begins the in-person, Pottery a la Potluck with Ally Howell. Snow Farm hosts a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Art of the Refuge is returning to the Visitor Center with a focus on birds and their habitats. Read more…

DANCE

The 4th Sunday Afternoon Family Contra Dance features Maeve Fairfax and Brian Perkins with caller Luke Donforth. Read more…

FILM

Movie Night showcases Loving Vincent on the big screen at Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Meet the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association Abenaki Word of the Week. Osher continues the weekly series with Harold Smith discussing Poverty and the Sheldon Poor Farm History. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

An all-day Maple Open House has live music. A free Bicentennial Concert and Drone Show offers Howard Livingston and Nick Norman. Mitch Terriciano, King Me, IncaHoots, Rick Carnell & Looper Guy, the Mullets of Rock, the Duo, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Troy Millette, and Al Stewart and the Empty Pockets all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 16, 2023

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Dick

ROTARY EXPO

The 29th Home & Recreation Exposition with free admission takes over the Collins-Perley Sports and Fitness Center. 100% of the profits go to support the Rotary charitable work in this community. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remained generally low over the last week but four more deaths brought us to 929 Vermonters who have died of COVID-19. Franklin County has lost 87 residents to the disease. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, March Paint & Sip: Vermont Inspired Landscapes. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts a Pearl Bubble Bracelet workshop with Paule Galle. Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio host a Northern Lights Paint & Pizza Party. Read more…

HUMANITIES

Kwai. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park have begun a new series to introduce the Abenaki Word of the Week. The VAAA and Vermont Humanities present Kwanitekw Sustainer of Life with Matt Devine, Darlene Kascak, Vera Longtoe-Sheehan, and Kathy Urffer. Osher continues the weekly program series with Garrett Graff to discuss the State of US Politics, from the 2022 Midterms to the 2024 Election. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Bryan Memorial Gallery hosts a pair of workshops: the Bryan Figure Drawing Session and Annelein Beukenkamp leads Florals & Faces. Social Sundays continue at the MAG Art Center. The Swanton Arts council hosts Barn Quilt Painting with Marie Speer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Shane Murley Band, Third Shift, 90 Proof, She Was Right, Last Kid Picked, Eleven, the Rough Suspects, the WD-40s, Carol Ann Jones, Blues for Breakfast, Barbie-N-Bones, and Troy Millette play live in a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue with Carol Ann Jones and a barefoot Mark Shelton. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the library to share progress and to discuss longer projects and more. The Swanton Free Public Library monthly book club, But I Progress, focuses particularly on Women of Color and nonbinary women. Read more…

 

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