Art Exhibits
Local museums and galleries
Toolbox
Published: March 28, 2008
Art events
Today: Art and Maple Sugar Walk – downtown Montpelier, 4 to 8 p.m., www.lazypear.com.
Openings this week
AVA Gallery: Silent Auction Group Exhibition, through April 5, 11 Bank St., Lebanon, N.H., (603) 448-3117, www.avagallery.org. Silent Auction Party, $35 ($30 in advance), Saturday, April 5, 5:30 to 7:30.
Bennington Museum: Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit, April 4-June 1, touring exhibit of contemporary art celebrating women's domestic labor from the 18th century through World War II, 75 Main St., Bennington, (802) 447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org. Opening reception, Friday, April 4, 4 to 6 p.m.
Gifford Gallery: Jesse Orr, through May 7, digital photographs by Bethel artist, "Vermont Windows Show," Gifford Medical Center, 44 S. Main St., Randolph, (802) 728-7000. Reception, Sunday, April 6, 3 to 5 p.m.
Lazy Pear Gallery: Adding Dimension, through May 25, "Work in Mixed Media and Collage" by Vermont artists Alexandra Bottinelli, Maggie Neale and Timothy Fisher, 154 Main St., Montpelier, (802) 223-7680, www.lazypear.com. Artist reception, today, 4 to 8 p.m.
The ReStore: MalRay, through April, collected multi-media works by local artist, 186 River St. (behind Trading Post), Montpelier, (802) 229-1930.
New exhibits
Blinking Light Gallery: Susan Osmond, April 3-27, paintings, 16 Main St., Plainfield, (802) 454-0141, www.blinkinglightgallery.com. Hours: Thursday 2 to 6; Friday-Sunday, 10 to 6.
Chandler Gallery: Past, Present and Future, April 5-May 11, "The Centennial Local Artist Show," 73 Main St. Randolph, (802) 728-9878, www.chandler-arts.org. Hours: Thursday, 4 to 6; Saturday-Sunday 1 to 3.
Furchgott-Sourdiffe: Richard W. Brown, through May 6, "Obstinate Paradise," works by Peacham photographer, 86 Falls Road, Shelburne, (802) 985-3848, fsgallery.com. Hours: 9:30 to 5:30 Tuesday-Friday, 10 to 5 Saturday.
Major organizations
Chaffee Art Center: Featured Artists Show, through April 6, paintings of Dan Gottsegen, photographs by Don Ross and H.J. Wolmuth, sculptures by Samuel Fuller, 16 South Main St., Rutland, (802) 775-0356, www.chaffeeartcenter.org. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday-Saturday; (closed Tuesdays); donations requested.
Middlebury College Museum of Art: Eloquent Vistas, through April 20, 19th century American landscape photography from the George Eastman House Collection; Art Now, through Aug. 10, recent acquisitions in photography and film/video; Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art, ongoing, recent acquisitions and loans explore a wide range of Asian artistic traditions; Ancient Mediterranean and Early European Art, ongoing, survey of early Western art, ranging from its origins in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to Classical Antiquity and Europe through the 15th century; European and American Art, ongoing, Western art from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century;, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, South Street (Route 30), Middlebury, (802) 443-5007, www.middlebury.edu/museum. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 to 5; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 (closed Mondays); free admission.
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art: Yannick Pouliot, through April 20, architectural environments by Quebec artist; Geoffrey Farmer, through April 20, multimedia by Vancouver artist; Arnaud Maggs, through April 20, photographs by Canadian artist; Sound Images, through April 13, film, video, sculpture and multimedia mixed, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 185 St. Catherine St. West, Montréal, (514) 847-6226, www.macm.org. Hours: 11 to 6 Tuesday-Sunday, 11 to 9 Wednesday; admission $8 (free 6 to 9 Wednesday).
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Cuba! through June 8, art and history 1868-today, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1379 and 1380 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, (514) 285-2000, 1-800-899-MUSE (6873), www.mmfa.qc.ca. Hours: 11 to 5 Tuesday; 11 to 9 Wednesday-Friday; 10 to 5 Saturday-Sunday (closed Monday); admission $15 (half price 6 to 9 Wednesday), $7.50 for students and seniors; $3 for 12 and younger.
Southern Vermont Arts Center: Art from the Schools, through April 10, Yester House Gallery, West Road, Manchester, (802) 362-1405, www.svac.org. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 to 5; Sunday noon to 5; admission $8, $3 for students.
Studio Place Arts: The Boat Show, through April 12, flotilla of brilliant boats and stellar ships; Second Floor: Third Floor: Larry Bowling, "Meditations and Daydreams," 201 N. Main St, Barre, (802) 479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com. Hours: 10 to 5, Tuesday-Friday; noon to 4, Saturday.
UVM Fleming Museum: W. David Powell, through June 8, "Between Soft Machines and Hard Science: The Interstitial Art"; Actors and Exorcists, through June 8, masks of Sri Lanka; Michael Light, through June 1, "100 Suns," University of Vermont, 61 Colchester Ave. Burlington, (802) 656-2090, www.flemingmuseum.org. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1 to 5 Saturday-Sunday; admission is $5, $3 students and seniors, $10 family (6 and younger free).
T.W. Wood Gallery: Azarian Family Show, through April 20; South Gallery: Ray Brown, Studio Paintings '07-'08, Wood Room: Wood's Montpelier, as depicted by our founder – oils, watercolors and drawings, some of which will be exhibited for the first time, T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Union Institute & University, Vermont College, 36 College St., Montpelier, (802) 828-8743, www.twwoodgallery.org. Hours: noon to 4 Tuesday-Sunday; closed Monday and holidays; free.
Current exhibits
(Partial listing)
Aldrich Library: The Paletteers, through April 18, group show of works by local artists combining five unrelated objects in one composition, Milne Community Room and Gallery, 6 Washington St., Barre, (802) 476-7550.
Artpath Gallery: Vermont artists, through April, Orin Langelle, Gerard W. Rinaldi, Wing Building, 1 Steele St., Burlington, 563-2273. Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Brandon Artists Guild: Lowell Snowden Klock, through April 27, photographs, "Small Things Observed," 7 Center St., Brandon, 247-4956, www.brandonartistsguild.org. Hours: 10 to 5 daily.
Castleton State College: Amy C. Storey, through April 11, paintings, 45 Alumni Dr., Castleton, (802) 468-1119, www.castleton.edu. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 to 4:30.
Cooler Gallery: Gaal Shepherd, through May 2, mixed media by gallery director, "La Muraille: an exhibition on the theme of a wall," 85 N. Main St., Suite 250, White River Junction, (802) 295-8008, www.coolergallery.biz. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 to 6. Closing reception, Friday, May 2, 6 to 8 p.m.
Johnson State College: Young Philadelphia Realists, through April 5, from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, (802) 635-1469, www.johnsonstatecollege.edu. Hours: 10 to 6 Monday-Friday, 10 to 4 Saturday. Gallery talk, Thursday, March 13, 3 p.m.
Kasini House: Stephen Schaub, through April 5, five years of work by Pawlet photographer, 64 North St., Burlington, (802) 264-4839, www.kasinihouse.com. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, noon to 6; Saturday, 10 to 4.
Kellogg-Hubbard Library: Art Resource Association (ARA), through April 26, group show of mixed media, first and second floors, 135 Main St., Montpelier, (802) 223-3338, www.kellogghubbard.lib.vt.us.
Pine Street Art Works: Nakki Gorannin, through March, "American Photobooth," 404 Pine St., Burlington, (802) 863-8100, www.pinestreetartworks.com.
Henry Sheldon Museum: Let Children Be Children, through April 5, photographs, "Lewis Wickes Hine's Crusade Against Child Labor," 1 Park St., Middlebury, (802) 388-2117. Hours: 10 to 5 Tuesday-Saturday.
The Shoe Horn: Jesse (Ahee) LoVasco, through March, pastels, Langdon Street, Montpelier, 229-9409.
Vermont Arts Council: Jean Cannon, through March 31, "Uncommon Still Lifes," paintings by Burlington artist; Sculpture Garden, 2007-2009 exhibit, 136 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-3293, www.vermontartscouncil.org. Hours: 8:30 to 4 Monday-Friday. Reception, Friday, March 28, 4 to 8 p.m.
Vermont Historical Society & Museum: Freedom & Unity: One Ideal, Many Stories, ongoing, touch the past and experience Vermont's history, 109 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-2291, www.vermonthistory.org. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 to 4 p.m.; open Sundays through October noon to 4; closed Mondays; admission charged
Vermont Supreme Court: Marilyn presents …, through April 25, 10 years of art at the Supreme Court, 111 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-0749.
Windham Art Gallery: Brattleboro High School Student Art Exhibit, through March 30, work by students from Windham County and surrounding high schools, 69 Main St., Brattleboro, (802) 257-1881, www.windhamartgallery.com.
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