Arts

NAACP hosts Freedom Fund Dinner

Windham County- The Windham County Branch of the NAACP will host its second annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Friday, April 23, from 7 to 8:30 pm via Zoom.
The speaker for the evening will be Vermont State Senator Kesha Ram, who is the first woman of color and the youngest woman in history to...

Rooting for the home team

One-Minute Book Reviews By Laura Stevenson “Fans”
Larry Olmsted
Algonquin Books, 2021 Sports fans, according to Larry Olmsted, “have been dissed.” Think about football fans, hockey fans, basketball fans: regardless of...

MASS MoCA presents a new exhibit

NORTH ADAMS- MASS MoCA presents “Close to You,” a group exhibition that gathers the work of artists who probe the capacity of the visual arts to conjure feelings of closeness. On view from Saturday, April 3, through January 2022, the exhibition features the work of Laura Aguilar, Chloë Bass,...

Atrium Hallway Gallery’s fresh spring artwork

BRATTLEBORO: The Atrium Hallway Gallery in the Brooks House has a fresh new look for spring, with an exhibit spotlighting the artwork of four members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
“New Passage” is an ongoing show of the latest offerings that demonstrate the diverse talents of BWA members,...

Art and writing podcast

Williamstown, MA- The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program premieres the second season of its podcast series. “In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing” considers art’s role in society, how knowledge is shared, the way histories are made, and the personal stakes of...

Themed poetry contest for military kids

VERMONT- To celebrate the power of youth in changing the future, Military Kids Vermont and University of Vermont Extension 4-H have teamed up to sponsor a poetry contest for children ages 5 to 18.
The contest is being held in conjunction with April as the Month of the Military Child, an...

Five new exhibits opening at BMAC

BRATTLEBORO- Five new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Thursday, March 18, including an exploration of flowers as a way to mark loss; new work by Jennifer Mack-Watkins that, in the artist’s words, “(uses) aesthetics as a form of resistance against the erasure and...

“Loss” is in the new exhibit.

Ellenbogen opens Life in the Abstract

MANCHESTER- “Life in the Abstract” is now on display to the public at Ellenbogen Gallery.
Mary Fran Lloyd lives in Rutland. She is a signature member of many arts institutions including the Vermont Watercolor Society, an exhibiting member of The Brandon Artist Guild, The Chaffee Art...

Clark Art Institute’s “A Change in Light”

Williamstown, MA—The Clark Art Institute opens a new exhibition on February 13 that highlights an innovative photographic technique. “A Change in the Light: The Cliché-verre in Nineteenth-Century France” is 44 cliché-verre prints from a historic portfolio recently acquired by the Clark.
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Auditory after hours

NORTH ADAMS, MA- Jason Moran hosts Auditory After Hours at MASSMoCA on Saturday, February 13, and 20 at 7 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8 pm.
Come at night, wander the museum’s cavernous spaces after hours, and immerse yourself in a multi-sensory dream world that’s unlike anything you’ve ever...