Thursday, June 6, 2013

BRATTLEBORO: Contemporary Chinese Art at BMAC


Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Through June 23, 2013
Come visit for Art Walk: Friday, June 7

Current Exhibits at BMAC

Art21 Film After Gallery Walk: Power

June 7, Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Laylah Ali, Ida Applebroog, Krzysztof Wodiczko challenge authority, oppression, and control. Each artist humanizes difficult issues by acting as a witness to violence, working to heal communities, or achieving a balance between constructive and destructive energies. Introduced by actor and comedian, David Alan Grier, Power is shot on location in New York City; Washington, D.C.; North Adams, Williamstown, Cambridge, and Boston, Massachusetts; Austin, Texas; São Paolo, Brazil; Hiroshima, Japan and Tijuana, Mexico.

Admission: Free

Monday, June 3, 2013

MONTPELIER: Mark Goodwin at VT Arts Council


In the Spotlight Gallery
through June 2013

Mark Goodwin's work is an investigation of drawing that hovers between painting and sculpture. Through a series of folds, scores, and mark making, he creates enigmatic work. This exhibit is now on display in the Spotlight Gallery through the end of June 2013. All of the pieces on display are for sale.

Mark Goodwin is known for works on paper, sculpture, and paintings. The drawings and paintings, the visual objects, by Goodwin are enigmatic and beautiful. Based on process and investigation, and on skill, material, and chance, they have a sculptural and poetic sensibility.

To begin with, folds and marks are imprinted from the back into the flat surface of a paper or canvas. An initial topography is created which, when the work is turned over, is further explored and developed with paint applied to the surface.

As the work takes form, the image is repeatedly scraped and sanded, erased and revealed, as new layers of paint are applied, and new marks are imprinted from behind.

Goodwin's work exudes a strong sense of presence and asks for the viewer’s participation. The work seduces the eyes, while offering up clues for speculation.

Goodwin is the recipient of a PEW Fellowship in the Arts, a Mid-Atlantic/NEA Regional Fellowship, a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and an Artist's Residency at La Napoule Art Foundation. He has a B.F.A. from the University of Kansas, and did graduate studies in the Program for Artisanry at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. His work is represented by Big Town Gallery in Rochester, Vt.

Visit Goodwin on the web at www.markagoodwin.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Darkroom Gallery "City"


Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St., Essex JunctionVT

"City" Call for Submissions:

DEADLINE: June 26th, 2013 Midnight EST Juror: Stephen Perloff
Uptown, downtown, urban spaces, public places and the life that inhabits them!

Nothing in the city is stopping, nothing is slow. There's never a moment of silence, never a moment alone. Horns honking, people talking, vendors yelling, children laughing, trains running, doors opening and doors closing. The city has a beat, a rhythm, a constant ebb and flow. Strangers brushing shoulders, lovers holding hands, catch it all in an instant. Because in an instant it will be gone. All except the buildings. The stoic silence of these structures, juxtaposes all the life. Distinct architecture, setting the scene, a beauty so quiet in a sea of so much noise. Each brick tells a story, every street, bridge and tunnel oh so pertinent. They are characters in this play of city life.
Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452-3132
Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00-4:00 and by appt.
(802) 777-FOTO (3686)

Sunday, June 2, 2013

ESSEX JCT: Photography Workshop - Andy Bloxham: "Location Lighting and Storytelling"

Darkroom Gallery
12 Main Street
Essex JunctionVT


Sunday June 7, 2013, 10 am - 5pm

Andy Bloxham Workshop 
"Location Lighting and Storytelling"

Darkroom Gallery is thrilled to announce a workshop taught by Andy Bloxham a photographer, professor of photography at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and instructor at Maine Media Workshops. Bloxham will be on a photography road trip for 7,000 miles over 50 days. 

Dubbed "Shootapalooza II: The Sequel," the trip will be used to create a new exhibit of constructed, fictional photographs from each stop. In addition, the journey will produce a portrait project of the faces of North America. Starting in Louisiana, he is going the long way around America and Canada to arrive in Maine. And we are one of his stops along the way!

Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452-3132
Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00-4:00 and by appt.
(802) 777-FOTO (3686)
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ESSEX JUNCTION: Darkroom Gallery "We Are Family" exhibition

Artists Reception: June 7, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.

Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St., Essex JunctionVT

"We Are Family" Exhibition: May 30th - June 7th, 2013

Images of the intimate moments between your most familiar familiars. The random snapshots of your kin's kooky happenings. These are the people who know you best, use this thread of familiarity that binds you for artistic creation and freedom. This exhibit is aimed to be a celebration of the many definitions of family; how the societal constructs defining family are ever evolving and changing.



Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452-3132
Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00-4:00 and by appt.
(802) 777-FOTO (3686)
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Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St., Essex JunctionVT


Sunday June 7, 2013, 10 am-5pm
Andy Bloxham Workshop "Location Lighting and Storytelling"

Darkroom Gallery is thrilled to announce a workshop taught by Andy Bloxham a photographer, professor of photography at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and instructor at Maine Media Workshops. Bloxham will be on a photography road trip for 7,000 miles over 50 days. 

Dubbed "Shootapalooza II: The Sequel," the trip will be used to create a new exhibit of constructed, fictional photographs from each stop. In addition, the journey will produce a portrait project of the faces of North America. Starting in Louisiana, he is going the long way around America and Canada to arrive in Maine. And we are one of his stops along the way!

Darkroom Gallery
12 Main St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452-3132
Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00-4:00 and by appt.
(802) 777-FOTO (3686)


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To learn more about their events: http://www.darkroomgallery.com/index.php



PLAINFIELD: "Spring Garden and Woods" Group Show at Blinking Light Gallery

Spring Garden and Woods  is a multi-member spring show at the Blinking Light Gallery, a Central Vermont artists’ co-op, which features work and gift items by many area artists. While you’re there, browse the nooks and crannies of this friendly, intimate gallery for other treasures, including books and music by Vermont authors and musicians.
  
The Blinking Light Gallery, located at 16 Main St. in the Historic Village of Plainfield, is the retail outlet for the Central Vermont Artists’ Marketing Cooperative.  In June the gallery is open Thursdays from 2 to 6 P.M., and Fridays 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. (do the Friday Farmer’s Market in Plainfield just steps away from the Gallery), Saturdays and Sundays from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.

For more information about the Blinking Light Gallery, call (802) 454-0141 or visit www.blinkinglightgallery.com.
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The Blinking Light Gallery is a fine art and fun gift shop located at 16 Main St. just off Route 2 in the village of Plainfield, Vermont. 



The cooperatively-run organization promotes the creative work of area artists, craftspeople, authors and musicians, and seeks to engage the wider community in the enjoyment of the arts.