Artbits-January 26, 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dick

ART YOU CREATE

Awaken Yoga and Creative Arts Studio host a Winter Wonderland Paint & Pizza Party. River Arts has an in-person, January Sip n’ Slurry: Coil Plates with Chiara Keeling as the pottery twist on a Paint n’ Sip. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

COVID cases remained relatively flat last week. Overall, 884 Vermonters have died of COVID-19 to date and Franklin County has lost 85 residents to the disease, including 10 in so far January. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Around the World with Mary & Alden online. The Gallery is closed for winter break. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Council offers three digital events: The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families, with writer Steven Hoffbeck. Raffi Andonian examines Are Your City’s Monuments Worthy? Lori Teresa Yearwood leads a discussion of What is Trauma Informed Journalism? Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. River Arts begins a new, four-workshop series, Painting Pastoral, with Vermont artist Robert Roper. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

An Open Mic Coffee House, Uncle Jimmy (twice), Elizabeth Begins, the Fabulous Wrecks, Toast, Shellhouse, She Was Right, Corner Junction Bluegrass, and Greg Beeman all take the stage live in a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts local thriller writer J.P. Choquette to talk about and sign Stillwater Lake. Joe Bruchac was named the first Poet Laureate of Saratoga Springs. Read more…

 

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Artbits-January 19, 2023

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Dick

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Saint Albans for The Future is retiring the “Big Chair” shirt and seeks artists for a new and exciting design for the 2023 season. The theme is the Taylor Park Fountain. Read more…

CALL FOR MUSICIANS

Vermont’s Own 40th Army Band is holding auditions now with enlistment bonuses and more for most brass, woodwinds, and percussion players. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont’s walk-in clinics will close by the end of the month. Hospitalizations fell this week despite a surge in the rest of the nation but cases rose statewide. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery continues Around the World with Mary & Alden and plein air artist George Van Hook shared his workspace. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park shared David Stromeyer’s book, Art Making on the Land. Read more…

ARTSY SWAP

Bees on Broadway hosts a Makers Supply Swap with multiple tables of unused craft supplies. Read more…

NEW FACES IN THE ARTS THIS MONTH

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park appointed Chloë Vogt as its first Director. The Milton Artists’ Guild welcomes Executive Director Corrina Thurston. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sundays continue at MAG with free weekly art classes for families. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The 10th annual Home for the Holidays Benefit Concert, Chris & Erica, Carol Ann Jones, Troy Millette & the Fire Below, Emma Cook and Questionable Company, Ryan Sweezey, Citizen Bare, Christopher Gregory, Dark Star Project, the Natural Selection, 90 Proof, Mitch and Devon, IncaHoots, and Comedy for a Cause take the stage at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Bent Northrop Memorial Library hosts Adult Craft Night: Paper Quilting. The Eloquent Page has Laura Napoli’s book release party for The Pride of Little Flower. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person with writer Bill Schubart. Read more…

 

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Artbits-January 12, 2023

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Dick

ART YOU CREATE

River Arts hosts the in-person, January Paint n’ Sip: Fauvism with Carolyn Crotty. 14th Star and Once Upon A Rock host a Pebble Art Workshop. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont’s COVID paid leave grant program portal closes on Sunday. The Vermont Department of Health reported that COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases rose statewide last week. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery begins a new feature, Around the World with Mary & Alden. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Registration for the Small Members Group Exhibition is now open. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts begins Felted Landscapes , a six-week workshop with Nancy Kish. Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Each week offers a different project. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Bob Recupero, the Shane Murley Band, the Lloyd Turner Band, King Me, Sanctuary, Chris and Issy, Ryan Sweezey, Nighthawk, Josh Panda with the Get Together All-Star Band, and Pat Guadagno and the Candle Brothers all take the stage live at a venue near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-January 5, 2023

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Dick

PANDEMIC NEWS

The “perfect storm tripledemic” continues growing around the country. Activity is now high in Vermont. Vermont’s COVID paid leave grant program portal is now open. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on LuAnn Bellis, Chris Bessette, Kati Christoffel, and Trish Vaillancourt with a live reception at the gallery. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts offers two new workshop series to start the New Year: the January Open Studio Figure Drawing and Sewing Outside the Lines with Natalie Carr. Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Vermont Public has ended its broadcast of Safe & Sound, after 129 episodes. Mitch Terriciano, Kyle Stevens, the Free Range Band, Jerborn Jerborning, Eleven, Ryan Sweezy, the Buck Hollers, the Rough Suspects all perform live at a venue near you. Read more…

LOOKING FORWARD

We look at the arts and books and dance and music and theatrical hopes and guesses for 2023. There may be honey badgers. This week, we predict upcoming events at the Arts Councils and Opera House look at the arts centers, galleries, and guilds, take a quick pass at the tax credits for four historic local projects, and link to our libraries. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 29, 2022

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist in Residence Gallery features works by 40 Franklin County and surrounding area artists. Bryan Memorial Gallery exhibits the landscape painters of New England. The Milton Artists Guild art center and gallery showcases the work of over 145+ artists. Charles R. Guyette’s painting, Freedom and Unity, hangs in the Vermont Statehouse. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

The “perfect storm tripledemic” continues growing around the country, exacerbated by holiday gatherings. Take an at-home test if you begin having symptoms or if you plan a get together with people who are at risk. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie Sings, Troy Millette & Friends, the WD40’s, Carol Ann Jones, Kyle Stevens and Friends, Cozy O’Donnell, Sticks and Stones. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts a New Year’s Eve Storytime with Ernie the Traveling Storyteller. Read more…

LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR

Is pandemic finally over? The end may be in sight but is not here yet. We reported on COVID flare-ups, spent our days in hybrid workplaces, lost time in schools, and worried.

We reported on the All Arts Council, Island Arts, River Arts,, St. Albans Community Arts, and the Swanton Arts Council. We have a round up of the Franklin County festivals, a book review and the 12 libraries, , our gallery presenters and the other major presenters around the area. Read more…

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Our wish for 2023. Read more…

 

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Artbits-December 22, 2022

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Dick

SEASONS GREETINGS

May you all have a merry and blessed Christmas and more. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

The “perfect storm tridemic” continues growing around the country. The statewide surge in COVID hospitalizations comes amid a national rise in hospitalizations and case counts related to the virus. The recommendation is to “mask up.” Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The new traveling exhibition Nebizun: Water Is Life has opened at the Institute for American Indian Studies with artwork by Abenaki artists of the Champlain Valley. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Saint Albans Museum has paused all public-facing activities to focus on ongoing work in the basement storage areas. Read more…

SAVE THE PIPES

The Meeting House on the Green is working with Stephan Conrady to preserve an important piece of history, their 135-year-old Tracker pipe organ. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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

ON STAGE LIVE

Carol Ann Jones, Jason Corbiere, Jim Branca, Tom Buckley, Blue Heron, and the Cobras appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Mark Shelton, Scott Campbell, the Markus Daniels Band, Blue Heron, the Fraank Band, and Spoonfeather stream almost live. It’s better than the ghost of Christmas past. Read more…

 

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