Artbits-April 8, 2021

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Dick

RESOURCES

Help is here for venue operators hit by the pandemic. The Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program opens for applications today. Read more…

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Gov. Scott will not allow college students from out of state to get a vaccine in Vermont. UVM reported 80 new cases last week.

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls will offer an arts-based virtual summer program. River Arts returns to the Downtown Summer Music Series. The Vermont Maple Festival will host virtual events. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Musee du Louvre has opened for Virtual tours in English. There is always something new at the Artist In Residence Gallery including new hours. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Virtual Social Sunday Program has free art kits and online instruction. Online Exquisite Landscapes: Writing Place in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction, continues. Swanton Arts Council hosts a T-shirt Applique Class. Read more…

IN THE SAC

Van Joe talks with Judy Paxman and Khristian Jackson about the Swanton Arts Council on NWA-TV. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Shrimp Tunes, Lee Ross, and Jeremy Sanborn perform live. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Leo Folsom Trio, the Virtual Open Mic, John Bartus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Samuel Kuffuor-Afriyie, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Tim Fading, Willie Pipkin, Nate Rowe, Jason Corbiere , and Mark Shelton all streamed almost live. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Eloquent Page hosts Gary Taylor for a book signing for A Red Dress. Read more…

 

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Artbits-April 1, 2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Dick

A COUPLE OF PERSONAL NOTES

It’s Spring! Time to get hoppy! Read more…

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Vermont daily coronavirus case counts spiked last Thursday. That broke the state’s one-day record and pushed the average test positivity rate back up. The majority of infections are in Vermonters under 30. All Vermonters 50 and up can now get vaccination appointments.

According to a New York Times study, most providers charge between $50 and $200 for COVID tests although 87% of the tests were billed for $100 or less so those 1.3 million tests appear to have cost over $100 million already. We still need a daily test that costs ten cents and gives results in ten minutes (and a way to collate those results). Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence features Janice Decooman, Patrick Murphy, and Claire Graham-Smith. Cambridge Arts Council’s Featured Artist is Zach Cohen. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park has begun getting the Park in shape. Read more…

MORE PAINT

The MAG Virtual Social Sunday Program has free art kits and online instruction. Saint Albans Art Supply has over 77 Daniel Smith colors to choose from. Read more…

MORE WORDS

The Milton Artists’ Guild workshop, Online Exquisite Landscapes: Writing Place in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction, continues. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council will hold its regular board meeting and update via Zoom. SAC will also host a free Barn Quilt painting class with Marie Speer on Zoom. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

14th Star presents Bare Bones live. Twiggs may have someone live on stage. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Connor Rohrer Trio, the Virtual Open Mic, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival with Jennifer Frautschi, Paul Neubauer, Edward Arron, Thomas Van Dyck, and Glora Chien, John Bartus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brett Gillen of the Blue Man Group, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, the Heliand Consort, and Mark Shelton all stream almost live. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 25, 2021

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Dick

ART DEADLINES

The Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, THUG Zine, the Sappy Art Show, the Emerging Artist Award, Kindness, and the Maple Sugaring Amateur Photography Contesthave all issued calls for original work. Read more…

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Gov. Phil Scott says that life could return to normal by the Fourth of July. About 28% of Vermonters 16 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. 14th Star, Twiggs, and other restaurants are offering some live music while other artists and venues are doing more online. Read more…

MORE PAINT

The giant, oversized Milton Community Unity Puzzle pieces will make a mural celebrating community in the Town. The MAG Virtual Social Sunday Program has free art kits and online instruction available. Read more…

MORE WORDS

Online Exquisite Landscapes: Writing Place in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction, continues. The Vermont Mural Project will bring together young people, teachers, cultural organizers, artists, business leaders, and community members to create murals to drive social change. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

The Cambridge Arts Council needs people power to make the Festival of the Arts happen this summer. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Troy Millette and Dan Rahilly of the Fire Below play The Room. The Trevor Ryan Duo and Bob Young are On Tap on different nights. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Chuck Bergeron and John Hart, the Virtual Open Mic, Donna Thunder, Ian Morris Greenman, Zach Parker, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, John Bartus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Curt Lippe, Will Patton and Dono Schabner, Mark Shelton, and the world’s strangest and most bizarre musical instruments ever invented all take a stage almost live. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

J.P. Choquette returns to the Eloquent Page for a book signing for the Pact and her other thrillers set in Vermont. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 18, 2021

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Dick

TRAD MUSIC

The Celtic Equinox Music Festival will be online live with Young Tradition Vermont performers plus a trans-Atlantic selection of emerging acts and established talent. Read more…

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Vermont expects to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1. Over 25% of the adult population has had at least one dose of the vaccine so far. The state has appointment times in St. Albans. Read more…

MORE PAINT

River Arts pottery instructors host an in-person Sip n’ Slurry. There is a Ceramic Mask Workshop, and the free monthly Clay Studio Chat broadcast live. Read more…

MORE WORDS

Instructor Ellen Parent continues the MAG workshop, Online Exquisite Landscapes: Writing Place in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. Read more…

ART CENTER GRANT

Montgomery Center for the Arts will receive a $50,000 Paul Bruhn Grant from the Preservation Trust of Vermont. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap offers Eleven for their first gig of ’21, and Jeremy Sanborn live. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Josh Bermudez and Tim Watson, the Virtual Open Mic, the newly engaged John Bartus, the Vermont Mandolin Trio of Matt Flinner, Jamie Masefield, Will Patton, and Pat Melvin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Beg, Steal or Borrow, the Vermont Blues Society with Blue Fox, Jim Branca, John Falk, John Lackard, the Nobby Reed Project, and Seth Yacovone, Raymond Nagem, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Curt Lippe, StEm, and Mark Shelton all performed almost live. Read more…

VERMONT MAPLE FESTIVAL CALL TO ARTISTS

The Vermont Maple Festival and Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery want submissions in a variety of media. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 11, 2021

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Dick

MAPLE FESTIVAL CALL TO ARTISTS

The Vermont Maple Festival and Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery want submissions for the Sappy Art Show and the Maple Sugaring Amateur Photography Contest. Artwork with the theme Vermont Maple – A Sweet History in any media is eligible. Works will be juried and cash prizes awarded. Read more…

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Vermonters 16 and above with high-risk conditions can make a vaccination appointment. With the increased vaccine supply, the state hopes to open eligibility much sooner than originally hoped for. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery has new works every week and an online gallery with paintings, fiber arts, stained glass, sculpture, lamps, pottery, folk art boxes, scarves, hats and more. The Milton Artists’ Guild features Liz Reardon to display new work, demonstrate, and explain her process. Read more…

MORE WORDS

The Milton Artists’ Guild new workshop, Online Exquisite Landscapes: Writing Place in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction, begins. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

14th Star presents Ryan Hanson live and Jerborn rocks Twiggs this week. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Jesse Katz Trio, the Virtual Open Mic, Donna Thunder and the Cellar Dwellers, Jimmy Warden, Ben Munkres, John Bartus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Raymond Nagem, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dhani Harrison, Playing For Change, and Mark Shelton all streamed almost live. Read more…

 

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Artbits-March 4, 2021

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Dick

CANCELLATION (AND RESTART) NEWS

Vaccination appointments will open to Vermonters 65 and older on Monday. People who have been vaccinated with both doses may now travel in and out of the state without quarantining. The state has appointment times in St. Albans.

Summer Sounds, Arrowhead, CEA, and the Meeting House on the Green are gearing up for the summer. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Brad Blaisdell, Patrick Murphy, Claire Graham Smith, and Pam Krout-Voss. Read more…

MORE PAINT

The MAG Virtual Social Sunday Program has free art kits and online instruction available. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

The Stamps Jazz Trio, the Virtual Open Mic, Robby Eldridge, the Warm Auction, Mike Pedersen, StEm, Sebastiaan West, John Bartus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mark Frankel, the Young Tradition Touring Group, Raymond Nagem, Rocket Shop, Tom Proctor, Tommy Shaw, the Cleveland Contemporary Youth Orchestra & Chorus, Mark Shelton, Randy Smith, 8084, Soul Train, Billy Wylder streamed almost live. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Jessamyn West presents Libraries in the Time of Covid on the VHC Digital Channels. Read more…

 

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