Art Exhibits
Area museum and gallery listings
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The fabric art of Viiu Niiler is on exhibit at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Submitted photo |
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Published: November 28, 2008
Art events
Friday, Nov. 28: "Vermont: A History in Song" – with Linda Radtke and John Lincoln, a Vermont Humanities Council event, free, T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Vermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College St., Montpelier, 7 p.m., (802) 828-8743, www.twwoodgallery.org.
Friday, Dec. 5: Montpelier Art and Holiday Cookie Walk – Montpelier Downtown Community Organization, 4 to 8 p.m.; to learn more about participating venues and artists go online to www.lazypear.com.
Openings this week
Brandon Gallery-in-the-Field: Liza Myers & Linda Durkee, Dec. 6-Jan. 4, clay sculptures by Myers, paintings and collages by Durkee, 685 Arnold District Road, Brandon, (802) 247-0125, www.galleryinthefield.com. Opening reception, Saturday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m.
Helen Day Art Center: Festival of Trees and Light, Dec. 5-Jan. 3, members' show and sale, School Street, Stowe, (802) 253-8358, www.helenday.com. Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Opening reception, Friday, Dec. 5, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Lazy Pear Gallery: Paula McCullough, through Dec. 31, "In Time for the Holidays," 154 Main St., Montpelier, (802) 223-7680; www.lazypear.com. Hours: noon to 6 Wednesday-Sunday. Reception, Friday, Dec. 5, 4 to 8 p.m. (part of Montpelier Art Walk).
The Shoe Horn: Nicole Kircher, through December, "Scenes from the Far East," black and white photography; Radical Jewelry Makeover, through December, reconstructed jewelry by U-32 students, Langdon Street, Montpelier, 229-9409. Open for Montpelier Art Walk, Friday, Dec. 5, 4 to 8 p.m.
Tunbridge Public Library: George Lawrence, Dec. 7-Jan. 31, paintings by Tunbridge artist, Route 110, Tunbridge, (802) 889-9404. Opening reception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2 to 4 p.m.
Major institutions
Burlington Firehouse Gallery: Exposure: Studio Show II, through Dec. 13, ceramics, prints and photography from the BCA Studios; Written on the Wind, through Jan. 3, Contemporary Himalayan Prayer Flags, Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington, (802) 865-7551, www.burlingtoncityarts.com.
Fleming Museum: Stooks, Stacks, and Sheaves, through Dec. 19, "Agricultural Landscapes in America, 1850-Present"; Buddha in Paradise, through Dec. 19, Tibetan Art from the Rubin Museum; Architectural Improvisation, through Dec. 19, "A History of Vermont's Design/Build Movement 1964-1977," University of Vermont, 61 Colchester Ave., Burlington, (802) 656-0750 (info: 656-2090), www.flemingmuseum.org (e-mail: fleming@uvm.edu). Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.; $5 admission, $10 family, $3 students and seniors.
Middlebury College Museum of Art: Tombs, Temples, Palaces and Tea, through Dec. 7, ceramics in Asia and beyond; 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: Sympathy for the Devil, through Jan. 11, "Art and Rock and Roll since 1967," 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, $6 for seniors, $4 for students (free 6 to 9 Wednesday).
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Warhol Live, through Jan. 18, music and dance in Andy Warhol's music; Refus Global 60 Years Later, through Dec. 7, recent acquisitions, 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 Canadian (half price 6 to 9 Wednesday), $7.50 for students and seniors; $3 for 12 and younger.
Studio Place Arts: Celebrate! through Dec. 31, annual members' show and sale, 201 N. Main St, Barre, (802) 479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com. Hours: 10 to 5, Tuesday-Friday; noon to 4, Saturday.
T.W. Wood Gallery: Montpelier's Treasures: The Legacy of Thomas Waterman Wood, through Dec. 21, 107 works from the permanent collection, featuring the work of Wood, his friends and contemporaries, and pieces from the Vermont WPA collection, T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, 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)
Bennington Museum: For the Record, through Dec. 31, art and artifacts of the American family, 75 Main St., Bennington, (802) 447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org. Hours: daily, 10 to 5 daily (September and October).
Bryan Memorial Gallery: New Vistas: Landscapes and Fabric, through Dec. 28, work by Roselle Abramowitz, Valerie Hird, Viiu Niiler, Judith Reilly and Dianne Schullenberger, 180 Main St., Jeffersonville, 644-5100, bryangallery.org. Hours: 10 to 5 daily.
Capitol Grounds: K. Meyer, through Nov. 30, "Rivers & Forests: Vermont Landscape Paintings," Green Bean Art Gallery, State Street, Montpelier, (802) 223-7800.
Chandler Gallery: Holiday Gift Bazaar, through Dec. 28, works of more than 40 artisans, 73 Main St. Randolph, (802) 728-9878, www.chandler-arts.org. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
Gifford Gallery: Timothy Sullivan, through Dec. 3, nature photography by East Charleston artist; Jan Fowler, Dec. 3-Jan. 7, oils and watercolors by Randolph artist, Gifford Medical Center, 44 S. Main St., Randolph, (802) 728-7000.
Johnson State College: Dan Burkholder, through Dec. 20, "Colors of Loss: An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina, photography, 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.
Vermont Arts Council: Sculpture Garden, 2007-2009 exhibit, 136 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-3293, www.vermontartscouncil.org. Hours: 8:30 to 4 Monday-Friday.
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.
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