Artbits-October 3, 2019

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Dick

DOWNTOWN ART WALK

The Art Walk & Sidewalk Sale takes over downtown St. Albans with local artists and merchants. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Gillian Ireland, Lori Niederer, and Deborah Travis with a free reception. Vermont’s Fall Open Studio Weekend begins. Artist Corliss Blakely returns to Weston with an outdoor show. The NMC Gallery hosts photographer Connie Boutin. The Town of St. Albans has installed an Art Wall at the Bay. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Montgomery Center for the Arts continues the Figure Drawing Workshop. The AIR Gallery hosts Playing with Clay with Barbara Colgrove and Martha McGinn. Swanton Arts Council hosts an Alcohol Ink Class with Lorrie Mandigo. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

St. Albans Community Arts has its monthly Community Arts MeetUp. Swanton Arts Council holds its annual Governing Body Meeting. The SAC Art Journaling Group meets. Read more…

FILM

The St. Albans Garden Club holds the third annual movie night with Hometown Habitat, the environmental documentary. Douglas Tallamy provides a narrative. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The E.T.E. Trio, Carol Ann Jones solo, the Nobby Reed Project (twice), A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline with Marie Regan, Dale and Darcy, the Tom Caswell Duet, Chris Parker, the Monthly Blues Jam, Squirrel, Bobby Cee, Silas McPrior, the Blue Rock Boys, Will Patton and Dono Schabner, The Revenants, Contraband, Lyon’s Disciple, Sean Kehoe, Diggin’ Roots Band, the Lloyd Tyler Band, the Brevity Thing, Gary Wade, Chris Lyon, Soulstice, the Seth Yacovone Band, Inseldudler, and Troy Millette. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 26, 2019

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dick

WRITING

The Swanton Writer’s Group meets at the Swanton Free Public Library. The League of Vermont Writers hosts the Art of Writing: LVW Fall Program at the St. Albans Museum with a bonus open mic at The Eloquent Page. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The NVAA October Show at the T.W. Wood Gallery opens with a reception. The gallery has a collection of world-renowned artists and exhibits of regional note. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Grind Cafe offers the Fall Pumpkin Paint N Sip with Victoria Courtney Rosen Vining. Twiggs hosts Paint Nite: The Gold of Fall with Diane Kingston. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline has Marie Regan. Phil Graziano, S.A.S., Chris & Erica, Carol Hausner & Doc Kaplan, Leadfoot Louise, Aardvark 2.0, Fiddleheads with Yasi Zeichner, Michelle Choiniere & Isabella Rottler, Jon Gailmor, the Ed Larkin Old Time Dancers, the Nobby Reed Project, Seth Yacovone, Graziano, Schofield & Slim, the Will Patton Trio, and Will Patton and Dono Schabner, Tim Brick, Michael Clookey, Sara Caldwell, and Troy Millette all appear on a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

To Bid or Not To Bid, features light bites and libations, live music, and silent and noisy auctions. The Eloquent Page hosts Open Mic Night for Writers. Read more…

PASSAGES

Tuesday would have been artist Mary Harper’s 100th birthday. The award winning and popular artist painted with oil, watercolor, and pastel. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 19, 2019

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Dick

HARVEST FESTIVITIES

The annual Enosburg Falls Harvest Fest celebrates the harvest with artists, art and crafts, live entertainment, antiques, wagon rides, fresh produce, quilt show, and the fruits of the season. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The 1906 House hosts the Carriage Barn Art Show and Sale that coincides with the Enosburg Harvest Fest. The Artist In Residence Gallery has a Young Artist Recognition program. The September artist is Lily Yandow. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Montgomery Center for the Arts continues the Figure Drawing Workshop. Twiggs hosts Paint Nite: Design a Sign–Expression. Read more…

FISH FILM

Swanton Arts Council has a showing of The Year of the Salmon with a brief stars reception at the Refuge. Read more…

FARM STORIES LIVE

The Saint Albans Museum and Northwest Access Television host Stories from the Farm, an Open Mic Storytelling Event dedicated to farming and agriculture. Read more…

SWING DANCE

The Saint Albans Museum hosts the USO Canteen, a Swing Dance Fundraiser featuring the Weed Imperial Orchestra led by Eric Bushey. Period dress and costumes are encouraged. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Dustin Pari Documents the Dead, Carol Ann Jones solo and with Will Patton, Home Brew, the Stragglers, the Christine Malcolm Band, Mark & Bart, Django Soulo, Erin Cassels-Brown Acoustic Rodney, Squirrel, Barbie N Bones, Glass Onion, Jamie Lee Thurston, Justin LaPoint, IncaHOOTs, D.French, the Nobby Reed Project for the Memphis International Blues Challenge all come to a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 12, 2019

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Dick

ART FOR THE WALLS

Michael Domina and Red Barn Studio will host the second of two, three day workshops, Making Art at the Red Barn with several easy techniques in watercolor or acrylic. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts painter and photographer Sandra Ferland in a solo show of free form abstracts on synthetic paper in alcohol ink. The Saint Albans Museum has extended the exhibit, The Last of the Hill Farms. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Twiggs hosts Pebble Art with Jean Ferguson Twiggs and Paint Nite: Camping under Galaxy Stars with Diane Kingston. Read more…

ART AS A BUSINESS

The Milton Artists’ Guild holds the ArtBiz Peer Support Network, a low key, friendly environment to seek wisdom. Read more…

FISH FILM

The Year of the Salmon, filmed by Swanton Arts Council at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, premieres at the Welden Theater with an After-Party at Mill River Brewing. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Dan Jarvis, Ryan Sweezey, Shake, Tim Brick, the Blue Rock Boys, Chris and Erica, O’hAnleigh, Beg, Steal or Borrow, the Kowal Family, Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing, Jes & Jakob, the Blackberry Bushes, the Thunder Kittens, No Left Turn, Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers, S.A.S., Elisa and Mara, All That Band, Toni Basanta, and Uncle Jimmy all take to a stage near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The new IMHO Conversation Club and more, Carleton Young with Voices from the Attic, and Harry Goldhagen with Green Mountain Sapsuckers bring words to life. Read more…

 

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Artbits-September 5, 2019

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Dick

MAKING A SPECTACLE

The Swanton Arts Spectacular takes over Swanton Village Park with live music all day, fiddle demos, writers to meet, art and art demonstrations, pancakes, barn quilting, a free dinner, fireworks, and the spectacular Pet Parade. Read more…

ART FOR THE WALLS

Rain barrels! Local artists will paint rain barrels for your bid at Mill River Brewing in a Friends of Northern Lake Champlain event for fun and a good cause. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Last chance. Women’s Work Is Never Done at MCAKelton Hall closes after a successful run. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Jake Levin, Patrick Murphy, and Trish Vaillancourt at a free meet-the-artists reception. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

The Swanton Arts Council hosts an Intro to Resin Molding with Janet Soavi. Read more…

IN THE ARTS COUNCILS

St. Albans Community Arts holds its monthly Community Arts MeetUp. SAC will hold its monthly board meeting and update. The Art Journaling Group meets. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

It’s a busy week with five nights of music at Twiggs. Look for Bob Gagnon, Tim Howard, the Buck Hollers, Chris Parker, the monthly Blues Jam, S.A.S., the Nobby Reed Project, Bobby Cee, Cooie, Dan and Sean Jarvis, Full Share, Paul Asbell, AmerikanaBlue, the Stragglers, the VT Bluegrass Pioneers, Joanna Marsden and Katelyn Clark, Jamie Lee Thurston, and Steve Gagner dancing, all on a stage near you. Read more…

 

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Artbits-August 29, 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Dick

There is one more Big Music Week of Summer as our friends continue to play around the County and around the State. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Town of St. Albans has installed an Art Wall at the Bay, beside the concrete dock. Check out the art and paint more “if you feel so moved.” Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

SAC hosts Beginner Colored Pencil Class with Corrina Thurston. Meta Strick offers Intro to Polymer Clay Techniques. Twiggs has Paint Nite: Summer And Fall Partner Painting. Read more…

PLAN AHEAD

Michael Domina and Red Barn Studio will host the three day workshop, Making Art at the Red Barn, in September. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Starline Rhythm Boys (twice), the Dave Keller Trio, Stand Up Comedy, the Vermont Music Showcase, Michael Albee, Roy and the Wrecks, the Nobby Reed Project, Nobby Reed and Missisquoi Slim, the Jeff Salisbury Band, Sean Jarvis, Bob Recupero, Homebrew, Paul Asbell, and Scott Aaron Martell all appear on a stage somewhere near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

ArtBits features weekly links to library events in and around Franklin County. Read more…

 

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