Artbits-October 14, 2021

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

The Voyage of the Artful Otter debuts at the Highland Center for the Arts. The Artist In Residence Gallery hosts the first Chamber Mixer of the season. Bryan Memorial Gallery has changed from their summer hours. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

COVID-19, like the flu, is here to stay. September was the second-deadliest month of the pandemic in Vermont. Vaccination clinics for booster shots and for the first or second dose of vaccine are open across the state. Read more…

ART TO BUY

The first holiday show of the year, the Relay for Life Craft Show, has forty vendors and crafters. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild has two workshops this week: How to Crush Self Doubt with Corrina Thurston and Guinevere Chainmaille Earrings with Cathy LaClair. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The T-Rex Broadway Series with Merritt David Janes and Liana Hunt, the Carol Burnett Show Skits, FlashFest! with Green Mountain Freight, the Aerolites, Seth Yacovone, and Christine Meola, Shake (twice), Raised by Hippies, Phil Graziano, Chris & Erica, Band X, Maple & Hanson, Before this Time, Beg, Steal, or Borrow, the Jacob Green Blues Band, Frank Santos Jr., and Eleven all appear live on stage. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Vermont Humanities Council has two local talks as well as four other Zoom meetings this week: We Contain Multitudes, Thinking Through the Future with Bill McKibben, Sacrifice in the Space-Time of Climate Change, Are ‘We the People’ Up to the Task?, The Red Scare in the Green Mountains, and Must Free Speech Endure Hate Speech? Read more…

 

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Artbits-October 7, 2021

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Dick

CALL FOR ART

The Island Arts Gallery asks artists to apply for their 2022 schedule. All mediums are welcome. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Case counts in Vermont are the highest they have been in the pandemic. September was Vermont’s second-deadliest month. Hospitalizations are approaching the pandemic peak from last winter. Vaccination clinics for booster shots and for the first or second dose of vaccine are open across Vermont. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

This is the last week of the season for Cold Hollow Sculpture Park to view David Stromeyer’s sculptures surrounded by near peak foliage. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts hosts a two-session Self Portraits in Drawing and Painting Workshop with exhibiting artist James Rauchman. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Art Journaling Group meets at the Swanton Free Public Library. Art journals, junk journals, art pages and more are on the table. Read more…

FILM

The Vermont International Film Festival takes over the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center and the Savoy Theater to screen curated, independent films from a multitude of cultures. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jesse Agan, Shane’s Apothecary, A House on Fire, Nighthawk, the Carol Burnett Show Skits, Cooie & Adlai, the Abbey Fall Party, Chris and Issy, the Suffragist Reenactment Society with Kathryn Blume, Sarah Mell, and Julia Sioss, Dead Sessions Lite, Annie & the Hedonists, Cozy O’Donnell, Vaughn Watson and Stephan Conrady, a StorySLAM: Open Mic, Shake, and Nobby Reed all appear live on a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 30, 2021

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dick

TAILGATE PARTY

Swanton will hold a Tailgate Paint ‘n’ Chow Party with lunch and painting and corn hole and bocce and more. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

All state of Vermont employees must either be vaccinated or wear a mask and test and every school but one in the state has a masking requirement. Franklin County reported 113 new cases in the last week. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Cherie Marshall, Sally Tarr, and Deborah Travis. Vermont’s Fall Open Studio Weekend is taking COVID precautions for a safe chance to tour artists’ studios throughout the state. The AIR Gallery, and the Milton Artists Guild Susie Caron, Carol Crawford, Sherry Corbin, Toby Fulwiler, Meta Strick, Ellen A. Thompson, and a host of other statewide participants are taking part. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts hosts Catching Fire–An Intro to Wood Burning/ Pyrography with Wolf Whitney. 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

The Totally 80s, Totally Murder murder mystery, George Murtie (twice), Eleven (also twice), the Duncan Macleod Trio, Jerborn, Dave Miller, the Wormdogs, the Chris Lyon Band, the Dave Keller Band, the Tim Brick Acoustic Duo, the Nobby Reed Project, Banjo Dan Lindner with Songs and Spirits, and Shake all take over a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Banned books week continues through Saturday. This year’s theme is the benefit of unrestricted reading and the harms of censorship. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 23, 2021

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Dick

ROCKTOBERFEST

It’s RocktoberFest at River Arts on Saturday with free pot throwing, an artisan fair, scarecrow decorating, and more. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Vermont’s weekly case count reached a pandemic high last week. A large percentage of those infected have not been vaccinated. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Bryan Memorial Gallery will raffle paintings by George Van Hook and Susan Larkin during the upcoming Gems & Giants. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Milton Artists’ Guild three-week class Metal Smithing 101 with instructor Cathy LaClair introduces the arcane and secret techniques of making fine jewelry. Read more…

FILM

The Ballad of Ethan Alien with special musical guests Megan Jean and the KFB and Cozy O’Donnell will be shown in Taylor Park. It features the music of several Vermont artists and combines science fiction, music, and Vermont history. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Shane’s Apothecary, the Natural Selection, Supernatural, the Lebowski Trio, Jerborn, Jim Branca and Tom Buckley, Cooie, Some Hollow, Smokin Gun, Saints & Liars, Ida Mae Specker and the Terrible Mountain Stringband, Maple Run Band, Western Terrestrials, Green Mountain Freight, the Aerolites, Seth Yacovone, Christine Meola, Cookie’s Hot Club, Lee Ross, Nobby Reed, AfterMarket Heros, Deuces Wild, and Raised By Hippies all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts Franklin County writer Walt McLaughlin for a book signing of his newest book, Wildness and Being Human. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 16, 2021

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Dick

AFTERGLOW

The Afterglow Festival brings Bad Horsey, Glass Onion, and Quadra–plus food trucks, guest speakers, and a climbing wall to Hard’Ack. The family friendly music festival will raise awareness for suicide and prevention. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

Gov. Phil Scott extended school masking guidance until at least October 4 and required vaccinations for state workers. Get the shot(s) and take precautions. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Cold Hollow sculpture park is surrounded by the changing leaves highlighting more than 60 sculptures by David Stromeyer. The Art & Stroll has music and about 70 artists, crafters, and makers. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

MAG hosts Marketing Your Creative Work with instructor Corrina Thurston. Patrick Murphy and Saint Albans Art Supply offer an art class this evening. The Montgomery Center for the Arts hosts Personal Symbolism in Art and Henna Design with instructor Nancy Brady. River Arts begins the Tuesday Intro To Wheel Class with instructor Barbara Flathers. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Jamie Lee Thurston at the free Georgia Fall Festival, the Robin Gotfried Band, the Wrecks, Dark Star Project, Chris & Erica, Blue Blazes, the Blue Rock Boys, Ryan Hanson, Bettenroo, the Lloyd Tyler Band, Mullets of Rock, Amerikana Blue, the Flycatchers, Jerborn, Tim Brick, the Seth Yacovone Band, and Django Soulo all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 9, 2021

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS

Sunset art is public art thanks to nearly daily (photographic) examples right here in Franklin County. Read more…

RESTART NEWS

75% of children ages 12 – 17 have received at least one dose making Vermont the first state in the nation to get there. Still, Vermont reported 875 new COVID-19 cases last week. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

River Arts pottery instructor Lisa Wolfgang hosts the September Sip n’ Slurry creative experience as the pottery twist on a Paint n’ Sip. Milton Artists’ Guild will host Metal Smithing 101 with Cathy Laclair. Read more…

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ART DEADLINES

Gems and Giants 2021 at the Bryan Memorial Gallery, a Fort Union National Monument Residency, and the Carmignac Photojournalism Award have all issued calls. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Chris & Erica, the Will Patton Trio, B-Town, Sergio Torres, the Tim Brick Duet, Shake Acoustic, Bob & Chip, AmeriKana Blue, Barbie n Bones, the Blue Rock Boys, Cole Davidson, Troy Millette, the Rough Suspects, Kyle Stevens, the Devon McGarry Band, Uncle Jimmy, Bob and Sarah Amos, Two Towns, AfterMarket Heros, Nobby Reed (twice), Music-COMP in Franklin County, the High Country Bob Fest, Pat Guadagno, Phil Rizzo, Richard Oddo, Seth Yacovone, Dark Heat, Bob Dylan, the Burlington StorySLAM: Gatherings, Trucks Taps and Tunes, and Cooie or Django Soulo all perform live on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts writer DonnaRae Menard for a book signing of her new thriller, Murder in the Meadow. Read more…

 

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