Stowe, VT: John Caggiano at Galleria Fine Arte

Vermont: A Romantic Journey
Opening: Friday, August 31, 2012, 5-7 pm
Ongoing Dates: August 31-September 26, 2012

John Caggiano  draws inspiration from the unique light and changing seasons of New England, as well as from his travels both here and abroad. He utilizes brush and palette knife in his colorful Impressionistic Realism style of painting. " Color is the lifeblood of a painting. Nothing stimulates more than its pleasing harmony,whether strongly applied or toned and tranquil. " 

John Caggiano was born in Brooklyn and studied pre-engineering at Brooklyn Technical High School. He received a BA from Brooklyn College and a MFA from Pratt Institute, both with honors. His education was supplemented by courses at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Studio & Forum of Stage Design in New York. In Rockport since 1980, John is essentially a plein air painter.

For more information, 
Galleria Fine Arte, LLC


Images: Top - Junior's Farm 11 x 14 Inches / Bottom - Working Plan For The Day - 25 x 30 Inches

MIDDLEBURY, VT: "Lake Dunmore" interpretations

"Lake Dunmore"
Opening Reception: 
Saturday, August 18, 5-7 pm
Live music and refreshments
Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury
On View through August 26

Eight artists interpret the magic of two beloved lakes: Moon gazing from Fern and Dunmore's shores on warm summer nights; listening to the lake song of clattering canoes gently drifting dockside, crickets and loons in the distance; the patient company of the National Forest, wise and wild, looming and large.

Artists Warren Kimble, Don Ross, Jean Somerset, Michael Bober, Brian Bauer, Dennis Stevens, Cabell Hatfield and Joan Drew present their visions of Lake Dunmore.   

EDGEWATER GALLERY at Middlebury Falls
Exhibited presented with the lake dunmore / fern lake associations
One Mill Street
Middlebury, VT
802.458.0098
info@edgewatergallery-vt.com

STOWE, VT: No Kidding - There Will be a Steamroller

Steamroller Printmaking Workshop
August 18, 9 am to 4 pm
Price: $10

A number of artists, some of whom have work in the current "IMPRESSED: Vermont Printmakers Exhibit," will create large scale prints using a steamroller as the pressing agent. Printing "plates" will be created using a variety of materials from plywood to metal and found objects. These will then be "inked" and lined up on the pavement for the steamroller to roll over and press the image into the paper.

People are encouraged to come observe this unique and exciting process. Part of the fun in any printmaking endeavor is the unexpected results that occur from this process. By the end of the day, it is hoped that observers will be able to participate in making a print themselves.

This event is part of Impressed Vermont Printmakers 2012.

Helen Day Art Center
Stowe, VT 05672
(802) 253-8358
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday 12pm-5pm and by appointment.

ST. ALBANS, VT: "Simply St. Albans"

Reception: Friday, August 17, 6-8 pm.
Refreshments served. The reception is open to the public.
On Exhibit through September 1.

Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery is currently exhibiting “Simply St. Albans, ” a collection of artwork depicting anything St. Albans: the roads, streets, shops, city, homes and other areas of St. Albans. The exhibit features work by: Chepe Cuadra, Monique Dewyea, Janet Bonneau, Mary Krause, Jacqui Call, Paule Gingras, Barbara Hamm, Jon Young, Ann Bisonette, Rebecca Bennett, Sandy Fox, Karen Day-Vath, Dale Powers, Martha Ohliger, and Lynn Charles Foster, among others.

A fine art gallery, the Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery hangs rotating shows throughout the year which feature local talent.

Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery                                              
72 North Main Street
St. Albans, VT
phone: 802.524.3699
email: vfsgallery@gmail.com. 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pictureframer
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10-5.

Image: 4th of July Morning in St. Albans / Artist: LC Foster

CALLS to ARTISTS

Listings may include alternative spaces. Always be sure to spell out the agreement regarding hanging, insurance, sales and commissions before you drop off - or hang - your work.
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Barn Paint Out
Jericho Town Hall
Deadline for receipt: September 1
Info: Janet Bonneau
phone: 802.849.2049
jbonneau@moomail.net
Art will be on exhibit at the Jericho Town Hall from October 8 through December 28. Each painting must include a Vermont barn. Artists' Reception October 13 at the Jericho Town Hall from 1-4 p.m. CD submission packet must be received by September 1.

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The Shoe Horn
Montpelier
Deadline: none announced
Contact: artwhirled23@yahoo.com
The Shoe Horn seeks large format (11 x 17 minimum) art for bimonthly shows. Art must be professionally presented and retail friendly (no nudes or politics please). Artist must also be willing to climb a ladder and hang/take down artwork independently at designated times. Inquire by email with samples attached.
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Chow!Bella Restaurant and Twiggs @ Chow!Bella
St. Albans, VT
Contact: Wendi Murphy wcmurphy06@hotmail.com
Call to Artists! Hang your work in an upscale, fine dining atmosphere.
Chow!Bella Restaurant and Twiggs @ Chow!Bella are looking for artists to exhibit their art on a three month rotation. Chow!Bella is located at 28 North Main Street in St. Albans, VT.

Email Wendi Murphy at least two images of your work and/or your web address if you have one. There is no charge to hang and no commissions.
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5th Annual Amateur Photography Contest
The Chaffee Art Center
Deadline: Wednesday, September 19 for receipt of photos AND entry form
The theme of this year's contest is "Portraits...". Anyone of any age may submit up to three photos to the contest, with at least one guaranteed to be in the exhibit. Photos must be 8 inches by 10 inches, and must be unframed and unmatted, originals are preferred.

Charlotte, VT: "A Heavenly View" by Annemie Curlin

"A Heavenly View," Aerial Paintings of Charlotte by Annemie Curlin on exhibit at:
The Charlotte Library
through Friday, August 31, 2012

In celebration of Charlotte's 250th anniversary, Annemie Curlin's paintings offer a surprisingly intimate relationship with the landscape. The aerial view is both familiar and fantastic, a style Curlin self-describes as inspired by the early Renaissance. Curlin has called on her inner romantic and city planner to create this loving homage to Charlotte.

21"w x 26" h, "Charlotte Berry Farm"

Charlotte Library                                            
115 Ferry Road
Charlotte, VT 05445
Phone: 802-425-3864

Library Hours:
Monday & Wednesday 2-8
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10-4
Saturday  9-1

12"w x 10"h, "Downtown Charlotte"

10"w x 21" h,  "Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge"

Randolph, VT: Printmaker Matt Brown - Artist Demo & Talk

Chandler Gallery
Tuesday, August 21 at 7 pm
Free. No reservations required.
Donations gratefully accepted.

Matt Brown, color woodblock print maker, will offer a demonstration and talk about his unique approach to printmaking. One of twelve artists currently featured in Chandler Gallery’s exhibition "Red Fields & Yellow Skies: The Art of the Landscape," Matt’s beautiful prints have stirred much interest in visitors to the exhibit.

"Camel's Hump" by

The Lyme, NH artist makes color woodblock prints using the traditional Japanese hanga method. This is printing with brushes and a hand-held baren from multiple hand-carved wood blocks using rice paste, pigments and water. It was the technique used to make the ukiyo-e prints of Hokusai, Hiroshige, and others during the 19th century. Matt’s imagery explores the development of pictorial space – primarily landscapes of New England coasts and mountains – using an inherently flat medium: the carved and printed wood block.

Matt will speak about his imagery and printing process. He will share tools and materials and demonstrate his carving and layering techniques.

Matt writes: “I love the process of making these prints: the way pictorial simplicity is encouraged, the way an image is separated into parts and put back together, the way the translucent colors blend and juxtapose, the way the wood interacts with the paper.”

"Red Fields & Yellow Skies: The Art of the Landscape," will be on exhibit through
September 2, 2012.

Chandler Gallery
71-73 Main St.
Randolph, VT

Gallery Hours:
Fridays 3-5 PM
Saturdays & Sundays 1-3 PM

Manchester Center, VT: Art of Three Generations opens Thursday, August 16

Seven members of the Hoffman family will exhibit their work at the Gallery at Equinox Village.

Opening: Thursday, August 16 at 5:30 p.m. (an RSVP is requested for the opening)
On exhibit through Monday, September 17

The exhibit will feature the work of Equinox Village residents Alex and Twinks Hoffman, their well-known artist children Peter and Susan, Peter's wife Linda, and Susan's children, Alec and Luke.

A wide range of visual art will be shown, including: Susan Hoffman's quilted tapestries, which have been exhibited in galleries in the United States, Europe and Japan; and sculptures and paintings by Peter Hoffman, whose groundbreaking work is included in numerous collections in New York and the Northeast, among others. Three generations of artists will exhibit their work. Come compare their media, subjects, and styles.

For more information about the individual artists, read more about "Art of Three Generations," or contact:
Ashley Brenon Jowett
Assistant Executive Director
Equinox Village
49 Maple Street
Manchester Center, VT 05255
(802) 362-4061
www.equinoxvillage.com

Top: Sculpture, "Afterthoughts" 
by Peter Hoffman
Bottom: Quilt by Susan Hoffman

Bennington, VT: Artist Talk with Photographer Sally Apfelbaum - August 18

Bennington,VT photographer Sally Apfelbaum will give a public artists talk 

about her current images on exhibit at VCP.

The talk will be FREE and open to the public at the Vermont Center for Photography.  For more information about her show, dates and times of the exhibit, click here.

Green Vertical, 2002/03, Type C Print, 40"x30", Multiple exposure image made in Giverny, France.

Sally Apfelbaum: Photographs, Photograms and Paintings

On view through Sunday, September 2, 2012 at:
Vermont Center for Photography
49 Flat Street
Brattleboro, Vt.
802-251-6051

Summer gallery hours:
Tues/Wed/Thurs: 12pm - 7pm
Friday & Saturday:  1pm - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 3pm

Brattleboro, VT: Sally Apfelbaum: Photographs, Photograms and Paintings at VCP

In this 25-year retrospective at The Vermont Center for Photography, Sally Apfelbaum exhibits 30 photographs, photograms, and paintings made between 1987 and 2012.

Through Sunday, September 2, 2012
Vermont Center for Photography
 
With subjects that range from New York's Ellis Island and upstate forests to Monet's garden in Giverny, France, Apfelbaum uses multiple exposure techniques in her photographs that isolate and recombine basic elements of color, focus, horizon line, motion and distance. Her process of mingling layer upon layer of information creates the suggestion of shifts in perception, memory and time—and spaces that are at once believable and engaging, yet ephemeral and invented.

 

 

Her photograms (or “cameraless photos”), on the other hand, reflect her appreciation of familiar household objects, taken out of context to reveal the elaborate shapes and patterns found in such simple items as metal coffee filters, rug beaters and pie plates. Photographs, Photograms and Paintings also includes contact print “still lifes” of small-scale models—based on the shapes of common vegetables.  Her paintings are based on photographs, and make reference to the Victorian era language of flowers.

Sally Apfelbaum: Photographs, Photograms and Paintings
On view through Sunday, September 2, 2012 at:
Vermont Center for Photography
49 Flat Street
Brattleboro, Vt.
802-251-6051

Summer gallery hours:
Tues/Wed/Thurs: 12pm - 7pm
Friday & Saturday:  1pm - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 3pm

Sally Apfelbaum is a photographer and painter whose work is shown, and represented in collections internationally.  She has received several French Cultural Services Grants, the Giverny Grant to live and work in Giverny, France, at Monet’s garden, a Percent for Art Commission from the General Services Administration, Wash. D.C. to create a series of mural prints for the Veterans Affairs Building in Manhattan, and, Arts in Transit commissions from the Metropolitan Transit Authority, NYC, and Metro, St. Louis, MO.

She has taught as a Visiting Artist at Middlebury College, at Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts, NYC. 
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Images by Sally Apfelbaum

You Have Less Than 12 Days to Expose Yourself

Call to artists: "Id - The Object of Self"

Deadline: August 22, 2012 - Midnight EST
Juror: You and Cig Harvey
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT

Photographers strive to reveal something about their subjects. But what happens when the photographer is the subject? That's what "Id - The Object of Self" is all about.

With the self portrait, photographers are not only responsible for making a wonderful image but also take on the challenge of exposing themselves to the camera and final viewer. The photographer must offer some insight into themselves. Some find it easy; for others, it's difficult. If you try, you will learn. If you succeed, You can be transformed. If you seek inspiration, take a look at the work of Francesca Woodman. Her self-portraits are remarkably revealing.

The jury process for this exhibition will have two phases. For a week - probably the most critical jurors possible - the submitters, will choose a pool that will make up the exhibition. Then Juror Cig Harvey will select the juror's choice and honorable mentions from that pool. Details and to make a submission, read more here.


Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452-3132
Open Every Day (11:00-16:00)

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White River Jct., VT: Tonight! Saturday, August 11 - Dean Reed. Soviet Style Elvis.

Dean Reed. Soviet Style Elvis!
Saturday, 11 August, 2012
Reception begins at 6 p.m.
Main Street Museum
White River Junction, Vt.

Posters, movies and "Cowboys and Indians" as they were presented in the Eastern Block in the late 20th century!

Dean Reed Festival, featuring Art and Artifacts, Ludicrously Large Banners, Films, Music, Readings, Food and More!

Reception begins at 6 p.m. Viewing of Dean Reed Artifacts, records, posters, banners and more. Dean Reed was a citizen of the U.S., and an international pop-star—particularly in Chile, and later in countries allied with the former Soviet Union. Informally known as “Red Elvis” our exhibition and events will try to figure out the motivations, and the myths behind “Comrade Cowboy.”

Also a showing of movies including “Der Rote Elvis” East German Documentary, and “Blood Brothers.” A Soviet-Era film theme of “Cowboys and “Indians” will be explored, including the Western genre movies of Gojko Mitic and the film adaptions of the novels of Karl May. Like “Dances with Wolves” or “Little Big Man” these Soviet and East German films depict Native peoples in America as heroes defending their homes, but they also flip the mirror around, and instead of a white, military man redeeming himself by contact with Indians, in these movies the Indians are shown offering salvation to the imperialists.

The Heroic-Scale Painted Banner depicting Reed by internationally acclaimed artist Petr Shvetsov will be unveiled at a moment when the artist feels compelled to do so. (*trust us, it'll put Ellsworth Kelly to Shame!)

Also included in the exhibition, the Shvetsovski/Katz collection of late Soviet-Era posters, collected in Leningrad in 1986-7. As the Soviet Union entered into the period known as Glasnost, Soviet graphic artists reflected this change. New odd themes surfaced in official artworks, and a nearly incomprehensible messages compete with each other for weirdness. Way Out!

- Reading of an essay by educator and poet Polina Barskova on what it is to be Reed at 7 p.m.
- Dinner of Russian and American treats. Potluck. Featuring special "Southern/Comfort/Balto-Slavic Cuisine.” Open to All!

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Main Street Museum
58 Bridge Street
White River Junction, VT, 05001-1909
802.356.2776

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Woodstock, VT: Sculpture Fest 2012 - Two Exhibits Planned

The King Farm exhibition of Sculpture Fest 2012, "Poetry on the Land," is now open. Visitors are welcome throughout sculpture fest season which continues into late October.

Gordon Auchincloss

Directions to King Farm.

Artists currently participating in the Poetry on the Land exhibition at the King Farm:

Ethan Ames, Brooklyn, NY
Gordon Auchincloss, Hardwick, VT
John Bieling, West Windsor, VT
Seth Callander, Woodstock, VT
Charlet Davenport, Woodstock, VT
Peter Davenport, Woodstock, VT
Murray Dewart, Brookline, MA
Donna Dodson, Jamaica Plain, MA
Herb Ferris, West Windsor, VT

Seth Callander

Dimitri Gerakaris, Canaan, NH
Dennis Grady, Pomfret, VT
Bruce Hathaway, Richmond, VT
Andrew Hellmund, MA
Henry Homeyer, Lebanon, NH
Jenny Horstman, Fort Ann, NY
Lela Keen Jaacks, Brownsville, VT
Barbara Kaufman, Woodstock, VT
Wendy Klemperer, Brooklyn, NY
Jay Mead, Hartland, VT
Lynn Newcomb, Worcester, VT

Lela Keen Jaacks

Jeffrey Porter, Tunbridge, VT
Margaret Sheehan, Hanover, NH
Li Shen, Thetford, VT
Adrian Tans, Woodstock, VT
Judith Taylor, Woodstock, VT
Jamie Townsend, Springfield, VT
James Irving Westerman, Morrisville VT
Kenneth Woodhead, Woodstock, VT


The work ranges from forged steel, sound installations, ceramic sculpture, welded sculpture, mixed media three dimensional work, mosaic, wood sculpture, transformed found objects, stone.

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THE SECOND STAGE OF SCULPTURE FEST 2012 OPENS on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at:
509 Prosper Road
Woodstock, VT

Directions to Prosper Road

THE THEME IS "LIVING ART." A reception for all on Saturday September 1, 4-7 pm (BYO Picnic)

Addtional artists siting new work for SF 2012  opening on September first: Lynn Newcomb, Herb Ferris, John Bielin,g Fitzhugh Karol, Suzi Sullivan, David Ernster, Charlet Davenport, Colin McMullan.

About the Sculpture Fest Directors:
Director Charlet Davenport has worked as an artist in Vermont since 1963. Currently her work in ceramic sculpture is influenced by many years of acting as Director of Sculpture Fest. Initially her ourdoor art installations were created on fibre glass mesh and installed in public spaces (St. Gaudens Historic National Park, The Rotunda at Dartmouth College Hopkins Center, the Vermont Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, the bank of the Hoosic River on Williams College Campus, Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI, the TW Wood Art Center and a variety of other public and semi-public spaces.)

Peter Davenport, Co-Director of Sculpture Fest, is the one-man landscape force. Along with his duties as curator of the exhibition he aids artists in installing work, clearing sites, creating the signage, keeping everything clear for visitors as well as caring for the grounds throughout the exhibition time.

Both Davenports agree that land belongs to all of us and welcome the guests who come to Sculpture Fest each year.                       

North Bennington, VT: Traci Molloy’s "There You Will Always Be" at Vermont Arts Exchange

Opening: Saturday, August 18, 6 - 8 pm
Mill Gallery, Vermont Arts Exchange

Brooklyn-based artist Traci Molloy, a native of Shaftsbury, returns to southern Vermont for a new exhibition of works with deep ties to the region and her experiences here. "There You Will Always Be" opens with a reception at Vermont Arts Exchange’s Mill Gallery on Saturday, August 18, from 6 to 8 p.m.

At the heart of "There You Will Always Be" is a series of six large (30”x42” up to 40”x90”), unframed images from Molloy’s evocative “White Dandelion” series. Other recent work is also on view.

Traci Molloy, “Tomorrow I Might Forget,” 2006. Digital print on paper, 4' by 6'.

 "'White Dandelions' deals with the passing of time, loss and death," says Molloy in her artist’s statement. The multi-layered images start with grainy black-and-white, snapshot-like photos that "conjure up memories of delight, moments of adolescent joy frozen in time… teenagers mug for the camera, blowing kisses and displaying affection."

However, the background photos are relics of happier times. Layered atop is text (days, numbers, minutes or dates), indicating excessive amounts of time meticulously counted out. "In some images, the surface is physically altered by the removal of pieces, holes extracted from the photo mimicking the lost bits of memory captured by the passing of time," Molloy explains. "As the viewer approaches the images, the figures slip from focus and fade into the background. This visual dissolution echoes the mental erosion process that occurs over time after the death of a loved one…. This process is essentially the ‘second death,’ the moment when the ability to recall the deceased individual’s voice, their scent, and finally, the way they looked, is lost. The somber digital prints are lonely meditations on time and death."

Molloy, whose work has been seen in more than 140 exhibitions across the country and abroad, has not exhibited in the region for more than 15 years. "There You Will Always Be," she explains, is a profoundly personal show reflective of her experiences in the area and presented for the community of Bennington. The underlying photos of the "White Dandelions" images were taken during her tenure working and coaching at Mount Anthony Union High School (1992-94).

“There You Will Always Be” is on view through September 22. For more information, see:
Traci Molloy.

Stowe, Vt.: A Panel Discussion on Vermont Printmaking

Vermont Printmaking: A State of the Art

Thursday, August 9th, 6:00pm

Helen Day Art Center, Main Galleries

A panel discussion with artists Bill Davison (Winooski, Vt. and New York City); Mickey Myers (Johnson, Vt.); and Lynn Newcomb (Worcester, Vt.) These three accomplished printmakers will discuss the state of printmaking in Vermont, the appeal of working and living here, their practice, careers, and the exhibition in an informal panel.

Bill Davison's work addresses the 9/11 attacks and his emotional relationship with New York City where he lives part-time.

 





  

Mickey Myers is firmly rooted to Lamoille County. Working from her car at a variety of locations she makes both muted and fiery landscape monoprints.  She reworks these even after the print is made.  That her prints are of the same family is obvious, but each is brilliantly unique.





 

Lynn Newcomb makes massive, bold images inspired
by sculpture - both hers and that of others.  It is difficult to tell which influences the other; do her prints map the way to her hand-forged metal sculpture, or does her sculpture practice find a home in printed representation?


This event is part of "Impressed," on exhibit through September 9 at the Helen Day Art Center.








Images: Top - Bill Davison "Mosaic Portal," monotype; Middle - Mickey Myers;
               Bottom: Lynn Newcomb

Janet Van Fleet and Marc Awodey Pass the Torch to Meg Brazill

After running Vermont Art Zine for over three and a half years, co-founders, co-publishers, and co-editors Janet Van Fleet and Marc Awodey are passing the torch to Meg Brazill (who will serve as Editor and Publisher) and Amy Cook (who will begin as a contributor and Editorial Assistant). Both Brazill and Cook come to Vermont Art Zine with significant experience in writing about the visual arts, and will bring new ideas, new energy, and new direction to the publication. Press releases and other correspondence for the new staff can be sent to vermontartzine@gmail.com

Marc and Janet ran Vermont Art Zine as a labor of love on a completely volunteer basis, beginning in January, 2009, contributing many hours every week to publishing information about visual arts exhibits all over the state. Vermont Art Zine has become a valuable resource for links to Vermont artists’ blogs and websites, as well as the site’s listing of links to galleries, arts centers, and arts organizations around the state.

They will continue to contribute on occasion to Vermont Art Zine, and, since they are both visual artists, you’ll continue to see their work around the state, and in these pages!

Terry Findeisen at Left Bank Home & Garden, Burlington

Vermont artist and architect Terry Findeisen presents a collection of still-life and landscape paintings at Left Bank Home & Garden. Her work attempts to be expressions of essence:  the subjects focusing on infinite aspects and rituals of life - portraits of thoughts, journals without words, figures of speech. 

Image: Camp Chairs, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 69"w x 47"h

On display through:
September 29, 2012
Tuesday-Saturday, 10-6 pm
For more information, call: 802.862.1001, or visit:
Left Bank Home & Garden

"The Dog and Pony Show" at The Backspace Gallery, Burlington

A "dog and pony show" once referred to a small traveling circus that toured through small towns and rural areas featuring performing dogs and ponies as the main attraction. The Backspace Gallery is running with this idea, taking art that features these beloved creatures and making them the main attraction this August.

"Juggler on Horse" Marie LePre Grabon

The Dog and Pony Show at The Backspace Gallery, S.P.A.C.E.
August 3 – 31, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, August 3, 5–9 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, August 31 5–8 pm
For more information, visit: The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery

Image: Juggler on Horse

The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery Holds Art Auction in Celebration of their 3rd Anniversary, Burlington

4th Annual Art Auction at The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery with work by 40 artists.

Exhibit & Auction: August 3 - 31, 2012
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday 11 am-4 pm
Bidding ends with a party: Friday, August 31, 5-9 pm (bidding ends at 8!)

It's been 3 years since S.P.A.C.E. first opened their doors to the public. Images of those first months in 2009 will be on display, along with artwork for the silent auction. Bidding also takes place online, all month long, by bidding here:  August Art Auction.

Vote for your favorite artist in the exhibit, either in the gallery or online. The winning artist will receive a solo show in The Backspace in August, 2013.

Additional artist prizes include gift certificates to Black Horse Fine Art Supply and Artists' Mediums.

For more information, visit: The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery

Elizabeth DesLauriers at Green Bean Visual Art Gallery @ Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, VT

Artist: Elizabeth DesLauriers

Exhibit Title: "Random Bits of Nature”

Dates of Exhibit: July 29^th  – August 31^st, 2012

Reception: No Reception

Location: Green Bean Visual Art Gallery @ Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, VT 

Email: curator@capitolgrounds.com

For more information visit:  'Fans of Green Bean Visual Arts Gallery' on facebook

Elizabeth DesLauriers, a native Vermonter, discovered her muse in the beauty of nature.  Her interests in such things as the hairs on a sunflower, and seed pods led to her photography. 

 ‘Random Bits of Nature’ is an exhibit that gleans on the imperfect details found in the fabric of nature.  These details are captured thru a macro lens from an old Nikon FE2. Elizabeth’s work will be exhibited at the Green Bean Visual Art Gallery in Capitol Grounds through the month of August. 

For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Fans-of-Green-Bean-Visual-Arts-Gallery/176207625774864 or email curator@capitiolgrounds.com

Images:Royall Lyme, Metal Flower

Sarah Ashe at Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury

With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and Tropical Storm Irene, Edgewater Gallery looks at the presence of art representative of the challenges faced by the storm’s victims, and their unwavering strength. August’s Featured Artist of the Month, light sculptor Sarah Ashe, creates a model convoy made of several floats inspired by Mardi Gras parades, and the deep pain experienced by victims, while at the same time showing their intense resilience. A former New Orleans resident herself, Ashe was deeply hurt by the tragedy. After spending a month volunteering to help survivors, she felt inspired to use materials found in the wreckage, pieces of “trash”, to display her reactions and truly bring the disaster to new life.

The convoy is lead by a “Gator” that crawls through the city, consuming roads and leveling houses. As the convoy reaches its end, a chicken lays an egg, as if to symbolize the start of the next steps toward progress and restoration. Each float (there are seven in all) displays a different challenge in, not only the city’s, but the country’s turmoil through the calamity.

Most of Sarah’s work consists of traditional Japanese lamps, themed off of seeds and objects found in nature. The texture of the paper, as well as the light’s unique way of glowing through the material, give her work an ethereal, organic quality. The August show is an interesting new turn for her, and a source of pride for Edgewater Gallery.

Featured Artist of the Month: Sarah Ashe is on view through August 31. For more information call 802.458.0098, email shawna@edgewatergallery-vt.com, or visit www.edgewatergallery-vt.com.

Axel Stohlberg at Local 64 in Montpelier

There is something that doesn’t love a three-sided object. Or four, for that matter. But when these same objects are disabused of their volume and wrestled down into two dimensional surfaces - pinned together violently with brass tacks to maintain a new-found integrity - and hung suspended against a white wall, someone’s bound to get hurt.

“I’m not sure why this has touched people so deeply,” mused Local 64 founder Lars Hasselblad Torres in a recent conversation with Local 64 members. “It’s probably best to ask the artist himself,” Torres offered with probity. “I think it has something to do with the perversion of geometry, the abuse of his material - in this case cardboard. Its razor’s edge stuff you know, these are things Vermonters think about a lot and care for deeply. Axel’s flagrant use of brass tabs, another example - this reaches back to some of our earliest childhood memories, its at the core of who we are.”

On Friday, August 3 Local 64 opens a three-week exhibition of Construction Work, a hanging of eight recent works by celebrated Vermont artist Axel Stohlberg. Axel’s work, which has been exhibited widely, often breaks apart and reinterprets conventional materials in ways that delight and, in the case of his Local 64 showing, stir deep emotions.“As far as this kind of use of paper product is concerned, its offensive,” said a Local 64 member wishing to remain anonymous. “Using it like this, I don’t know, I’d rather have seen it recycled..”

Comprised of eight works that range from small, elegant arrays to wall-sized, quilt-like hangings, this engaging exhibition of two- and three-dimensional work offers a playful study of form, repetition, and tonal variation. The use of everyday material renders the work accessible to art novices and sophisticated initiates alike. The show opens Friday, August 3 with a reception for the artist and will close at the end of the month. Works can be viewed Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Asked to comment on the controversy stirred by his recent work, the quiet artist demurred, more keen to engage visitors directly at the opening.

Local 64 is a coworking hub and creativity incubator in downtown Montpelier. Axel Stohlberg: Construction Work is part of Local 64’s ongoing efforts to serve as a platform for presentation and discussion around the arts, culture, and technology in Vermont. Learn more at local64.com.

Alan Soffer at Gander Gallery art & objects in Manchester Center

Manchester art gallery, Gander Gallery art & objects, will open a solo show exhibiting the work of abstract expressionist artist Alan Soffer commencing with a reception August 10  from 5 PM – 7 PM.  On Saturday, August 11, Alan will conduct an interactive gallery talk at 3 PM.  All are welcome. This show runs through August 24.

Alan Soffer, fresh off an exhibit at the Delaware Museum of Art, will display new work where his use of paint and wax are presented in perfect harmony with the legacy of  the abstract expressionist vision.  Alan has been making art since 1973 in a variety of modalities.  His work as a teacher and curator continues to augment his primary passion for abstract expressionist painting that began in 1985. 

While in Manchester, Vermont, Alan will conduct a sold-out three day workshop at Gander Gallery beginning Sunday August 12, 2012.  To quote Victoria Donohue, Philadelphia Inquirer 2003, “Soffer is a serious artist with a truly poetic gift for making his paintings coalesce into visions of quite remarkable beauty.”  Alan Soffer has exhibited at Gander Gallery art & objects since our opening in June 2011.


Image: BLUE PERIOD forever, encaustic and oil, 29x24"

Portrait Project at River Arts in Morrisville

River Arts is pleased to present Home Share Now - The Portrait Project, in the Common Space Gallery at the River Arts Center in Morrisville, VT,  August 16 - September 7.  There will be an opening reception Thursday, August 16, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Home Share Now commissioned The Portrait Project to tell the stories of home sharing throughout central Vermont. In these images, photographer John Lazenby answers the question What does home sharing look like?
Home Share Now’s mission is to help central Vermonters develop successful home shares in order to create affordable housing options with positive community and environmental impacts.

John Lazenby is a former managing editor of Vermont Life magazine and a photojournalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vermont Life, and Country Journal, among other publications. In addition to his work for Home Share Now he has recently been helping the Vermont Community Foundation document relief efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. His black and white images of the Susquehanna River Valley have been exhibited at the Pennsylvania State University and the Pennsylvania State Museum. He lives with his family in Montpelier.  More information is available at www.lazenbyphoto.com.

The Common Space Gallery 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.

Three Meryl Lebowitz Exhibits in Burlington, VT

Three Shows/ThreeLocations/Three Worlds
August 3 through September 1, 2012


City Scapes
Pistou Restaurant, 61 Main Street, Burlington


My Love Affair with Venice
Mirabelle’s Café, 198 Main Street, Burlington


Home to the Kingdom
Pompanoosic Mills, 50 Church Street, Burlington