Sunday, February 19, 2012

PRESS RELEASE: Vermont Studio Center staff artists at The Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville


The Gallery at River Arts is pleased to present Staff Effection, a group exhibit of work by staff artists at the Vermont Studio Center. The exhibit will be shown at the River Arts Center in Morrisville, VT, March 8 - April 20, 2012. There will be an opening reception on March 8, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Founded by artists in 1984, the Vermont Studio Center is the largest international artists' and writers' Residency Program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists and writers each month from across the country and around the world. In addition to the diverse resident artist community, VSC is also a year-round creative home to its staff members. Every member of the VSC staff is a practicing artist or writer and it is the creativity in this community that is explored in the River Arts exhibition, Staff Effection. Living, working, and creating at the Vermont Studio Center allows constant interaction with artistically dedicated colleagues and coworkers and from this arises a unique artistic community that has a continual creative effect on each individual.

The Gallery at River Arts is located at the River Arts Center, 74 Pleasant Street in Morrisville, VT. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. For off hours, please call River Arts: 802-888-1261. Admission is free. For more information, call or visit their website at www.riverartsvt.org.

Image: Skirting by Austin Furtak-Cole