Artbits-May 19, 2022

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Dick

MEET US AT THE MEETING HOUSE

Atlantic Crossing kicks off the 2022 Summer Concerts at the Meeting House on the Green. Peter Macfarlane, Viveka Fox, and Rick Klein create paintings in song of local history drawn from the Celtic traditions of the British Isles and from Maritime and French Canada. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

The Vermont Legislature adjourned ending what it called the “COVID biennium.” The state is awash with cash but still reported 1,856 new COVID-19 cases statewide. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

VAAA artist Amy Hook-Therrien will be the Artist-in-Residence at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park this summer. Vermont Open Studio Weekend is just around the corner. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Jack Tremblay offers Digital Wallpapers for a computer screen or mobile phone. Read more…

CALL FOR LOCAL ARTISTS

The Highgate Library and Community Center wants local artists to lead adult craft classes at the library this summer. They have grant funding for a stipend and material costs. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Swanton Arts Council will offer a free Flower Painting Class with Cathy Coulombe. River Arts hosts the Eco-Arts Workshop–Exploring Reusable Materials with Rebecca Schwarz. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group will meet to share progress and discuss longer projects. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie DeFrancesco, Elizabeth Begins, the Duel, the Dirty Looks Band, Uncle Jimmy, Nighthawk, All without the Bass, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Knights of the Brown Table, Seth Yacovone, Bob Recupero, Roger Giroux, Michael Stridsberg, Barbie-N-Bones, Minced Oats, and Troy Millette all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

MAY-JUNE ART DEADLINES

The South Arkansas Arts Center National Juried Art Competition, the Swanton Arts Council, and Clavis Publishing have calls. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Enosburgh Historical Society hosts the Plouff Brothers and the Opera House with Barb Hayes. Read more…

 

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Artbits-May 12, 2022

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Dick

FAIRS and FESTIVALS

The Fairfax Art Festival and Silent Auction has local artists, crafts for kids, painting classes, concessions, and more. The Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers present the Spring Book, Card & Ephemera Fair with books, postcards, and unique collectibles. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont received 2,000 doses of Paxlovid last week. This was a one-time increase. Still, the state reported 2,463 new cases statewide last week which drops us to the second highest rate per capita in the nation (behind Maine). Case numbers and hospitalizations continue rising. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts the Montgomery Elementary School Student Art Show. Andy Warhol’s Marilyn sold Tuesday for $195 million. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council presents Thumbprint Art, Adult Version. Chiara Keeling hosts the in-person, May Sip n’ Slurry–Clay Boxes at River Arts. Social Sundays continue at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Snow Farm Vinyard hosts Pebble Art with Jean Ferguson. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Painting Classes with Patrick Murphy conclude at the Sheldon Public Library. SAC hosts Card Making with Barb Switzer plus a Gel Plate Printmaking Workshop. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Rail City Players wants actors, props, and costumes for Shakespear in the (Taylor) Park this summer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Troy Millette (twice), Chris & Erica, Phil Graziano, Eleven, Devon McGarry, Last Kid Picked, the Eames Brothers Band with Blue Fox Trio, Beg, Steal Or Borrow with Mark Legrand, Timberline, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Texas Hill, Atlantic Crossing, Corner House, Oliver Scanlon and Pete Sutherland, and the Young Tradition Vermont Youth Commission all perform live on a stage somewhere near you. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Saint Albans Museum presents Jill Mudgett with Murder in the Vermont Woods: A Story About Race, Class, and Gender in the 19th Century. The Bakersfield Historical Society hosts the Spring Meeting of Green Mountain Folklore Society. There will be lunch. Read more…

 

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Artbits-May 5, 2022

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Dick

FESTIVALS

The Kingman Fest offers a live tribute to Queen with Jesse Agan, Andre Maquera, and Gary Spaulding to Rock You in a block party on Kingman Street. The 2022 Young Tradition Festival continues with live and live-streamed programs with Babineau/Chartrand, the Young Tradition Touring Group, Young Tradition Youth Commission, Contest Finals, a Showcase Concert plus Windborne in a special tribute. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

The average daily number of new hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Vermont nearly doubled last week. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Check out the finished Art Walls at Swanton Beach. The Artist In Residence Gallery returns to in-person receptions. They feature Brad Blaisdell, Martha McGinn, and Holly Spier at a reception. Cambridge Arts Council presents A Topsy-Turvy World–Paintings by Nina Buxenbaum. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

The Swanton United Methodist Church and VFW Post 668 host the Annual Spring Craft Show with J.P. Choquette, Dot Goulet, Rose Forcier, Kris Porter, Rose, and many, many more. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts Stampin’ Up! Cards with Barb. The class is free. Social Sundays have returned to the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts begins four diverse workshops with Megan Bisbee, Penny Hewitt, Nan Carle Beauregard, and Jude Prashaw: May Meditate and Create, Intro to Basket Weaving, Intro to iPhone Photography, and the Spring Create with Clay. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jesse Agan, Andre Maquera, Gary Spaulding, TwiinSpeak, DonnCherie McKenzie, Lazy Bird, Bryce Bachelder, Elizabeth Begins, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, the Duncan Macleod Trio, Soulshine Revival, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Chris & Erica, Karen McFeeters Leary & John Gibbons, Dayve Huckett, the Seth Yacovone Band, the Medicine Tribe, the Vermont Choral Union, Mark Shelton, and Troy Millette all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts a book signing with Jillian Marshall, author of Japanthem. The Weekly Writer’s Club gathers at 14th Star. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 28, 2022

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Dick

TRADITION

The Young Tradition Festival returns with a full set of live and live-streamed programs. Evening concerts on Monday through Friday feature Grosse Isle, E’.T.E’, Zigue and more. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Twiggs hosts Paint Your Nite Vermont Flower Beach with Diane Kingston live in the “first Paint Nite since #%@ happened.” Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

As COVID cases rise nationally, Vermont’s rate remains highest in the nation. Hospitalizations have been elevated throughout April. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Free Little Art Gallery shared a directory of FLAGs near you. Soul Work by Crissie Kovacs concludes at Montgomery Center for the Arts. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Bryan Memorial Gallery holds Many Shades of Grey on Yupo Paper led by Steven Meyer River Arts begins new workshops this week. Sheri Howe offers the Figure, Intro to Drawing. Barbara Flathers begins the Tuesday Intro to Wheel Class. And the May Open Studio Figure Drawing takes place. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Public Arts Network and Swanton Arts Council host SPAN’s Spring 2022 Tailgate Paint Party. SAC will hold a Board Meeting and Updates in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Cooie DeFrancisco, Jeremy Harple and John-Paul Arenas, the Duel, Sean Jarvis, Chris & Erica, the Dog Catchers, the Robin Gottfried Band, Britt Kane and Company, Tom Caswell and Tom Buckley, the Flycatchers, Maureen Hancock, the Visualizer Orchestra featuring the VSO, Caring for Candie with music by Carol Ann Jones, Seth Yacovone, and Troy Millette all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra with Luigi Gaggero and Diana Tishchenko, Mark Shelton, Waylon Speed, the DuPont Brothers, Lowell Thompson, Zero Circle, Get A Grip, and the Snaz stream almost live, some from long, long ago. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Independent Bookstore Day comes to the Eloquent Page. The Vermont Humanities Council celebrates Vermont writers, publishers, and readers at the 2021 Vermont Book Awards. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 21, 2022

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Dick

TAP INTO VERMONT MAPLE

The 55th edition of the Vermont Maple Festival brings a new schedule and a bucketful of events for the first (and sweetest) outdoor festival of the year. It happens in downtown St. Albans starting with the annual Maple Toast at noon tomorrow. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont reported 1,518 new COVID-19 cases statewide last week which is the highest rate per capita in the nation. Franklin County reported 219 cases in the 14 days ending Friday. The state’s number of daily new cases has risen 41%. Let’s be careful out there.Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts Soul Work, a solo show by Crissie Kovacs MCA-Kelton Hall. There will be tipples and nibbles and a Talk Back. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council offers free Take and Make Kits of a mini terrarium for adults and teens. River Arts hosts the in-person, April Sip n’ Slurry–Clay Whistles and Shakers as the pottery twist on a Paint n’ Sip. Read more…

CALL FOR ARTISTS

All artists painting in two dimensions are invited to submit contemporary works depicting the Vermont State Parks for exhibits at Bennington Museum and Bryan Memorial Gallery. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The 2022 Cabin Fever Season continues with Painting Atmospheric Landscapes, a two-day workshop led by Rosalie Sidoti. The Milton Artists’ Guild holds Sparkle and Shine, a workshop of painting glass and reflective surfaces with watercolor, with Gary Eckhart. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group returns to the Swanton Free Public Library to meet in-person to share progress and join in the discussion about longer projects and anything else about writing, reading, publishing, and more. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

8084 returns to Higher Ground. Carol Ann Jones and Jon Sochin, a Poetry Slam, Chris & Erica, She Was Right, Peter Wayne Burton, 90 Proof, the Vermont Burlesque Festival with Foxy Tann and Medianoche, the Johnny Cash Tribute Show, Julia Parent, and Troy Millette & the Fire Below and his Sample Sets all take a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

John Bartus, the 1983 Battle of the Bands, the Great Vermont Bluegrass Band, and Mark Shelton all perform almost live, some from long, long ago. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Council presents Utopia and Apocalypse led by Jim Schley. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 14, 2022

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Dick

ART YOU CREATE

Kreations by Katherine hosts Spring Love Paint ‘n Sip at the Depot. The River Arts April Paint ‘n’ Sip is inspired by Van Gogh. Read more…

PANDEMIC NEWS

Vermont’s COVID cases rose another 16% as the subvariant BA.2 became the dominant strain. The state had 144 more cases last week. Meanwhile, 64% of Vermont public school students have received two doses of the vaccine but at least one Franklin County school district lags the state average. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Artist Eric Tobin held a live painting demo at Bryan Memorial Gallery. The Milton Artists’ Guild Welcomes Spring at the gallery. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Lisa Wolfgang hosts the in-person Clay Techniques Workshop on Handles at River Arts. The Bryan Memorial Gallery continues the Value of Values & Redefining the Watercolor Landscape with Gary Eckhart. MAG has four workshops: Quilting: Level 2 with Joan Shortsleeve, Hanging an External Exhibit with Dot Grazier and Sharon Radtke, Metalsmithing 101 with Cathy LaClair, and Square Store 101 with Caitlyn Kenney. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

8084’s Andre Maquera and Randy Smith are on the air. The Fabulous Wrecks, Mary Poppins, B-Town, Bryce Bachelder, Shane’s Apothecary, Eleven, Maple and Hanson, the Full Cleveland and Troy Millette all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

John Bartus, Rosie Newton, and Mark Shelton streamed almost live. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Ernie Hemingway, the Traveling Storyteller hops in with a Bunny Storytime. Read more…

 

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