Arts

NYT poetry critic to visit college

BENNINGTON - The Robert Frost Stone House Museum at Bennington College, in partnership with the Bennington Museum, presents an evening with The New York Times Book Review poetry critic David Orr on Friday, September 24, from 7 to 8:30 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center at the Bennington...

Indigenous-inspired feminist art on Sage Street

NORTH BENNINGTON - The opening reception of “Las Tres Hermanas (The Three Sisters),” an exhibit featuring the works of artists Renée Bouchard, Maria Lucia Ferreira, and Patricia Burke Pedreira, will take place on Friday, September 24, from 5 to 7 pm at 29 Sage Street. Entrance is free of charge...

Mara Williams

Gala to celebrate career of longtime art curator

WALPOLE, NH - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is holding its Fall Gala on Friday, September 24, at 6 pm, at Alyson’s Orchard. The event will include drinks, appetizers and dessert; a silent and live auction of art, wine, and vacation getaways; and live music and dancing.
The event...

Spotlight turns on magic realism

BRATTLEBORO - Latchis Arts’ Spotlight series puts its focus in September on magic realism.
A genre that combines realistic narrative with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, magic realism is a trending style that includes the Academy Award winners for best picture in 2015, “Birdman,” and...

BMAC holds online talks

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present two online conversations this week.
The first is with artist Erick Johnson and BMAC chief curator Mara Williams about “Double Take,” an installation of Johnson’s oil paintings and photographs, on Thursday, September 23, at...

Sci-fi film showcases VT talent

MANCHESTER - The Western Terrestrials’ film “The Ballad of Ethan Alien,” a 75-minute sci-fi musical created entirely during the pandemic, will be shown at Town Green on Wednesday, September 8. Special musical guest Bob Stannard will make an appearance.
“The Ballad of Ethan Alien” is a film...

Bill Ledger’s “Saigon” will be available for bids.

Photography auction

BRATTLEBORO - In-Sight Photography Project will be hosting an on- and offline auction throughout September, opening during an open house for Gallery Walk on Friday, September 3, from 5 to 8 pm. All proceeds benefit the In-Sight Scholarship program.

Art workshop teaching ink making from plants

SHAFTSBURY - Join artist Emily Tareila at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum to make natural, water-based inks from plants to create local, seasonal color. On Saturday, August 28, from 1 to 4 pm, participants will learn some histories of natural color, think about their own relationship to color...

BMAC talk to discuss railroads, art, and life

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents a conversation with artist Charlie Hunter and curator Eric Aho about the exhibit “Charlie Hunter: Semaphore.” The free talk will take place on Thursday, September 2, at 7:30 pm via livestream.
Hunter and Aho are both nationally...

Jade Doskow will teach a photography class based on the work of Minor White.

BMAC offering intermediate photography class

BRATTLEBORO - Photographer Jade Doskow presents a hands-on photography workshop inspired by the work of Minor White on Saturday, August 28, at 4 pm, at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
Participants will tour the exhibit “Sequences: Ode to Minor White,” then move out into the field...