ArtBits always features a calendar of the goings on of Franklin County artists. Check out these events around Franklin County. Each issue includes the entire text of our weekly newspaper column. STUFF YOU SHOULDN'T MISS
Franklin County's arts and music gatherings bring new opportunities, gossip, "show-and-tell" and occasional workshops. There are also booked and acoustic Open Mic Nights that feature music, readings, and more from the best new artists in Vermont.
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ART FOR YOUR WALLS
Artists will learn the basics of painting with acrylic paints including differences between acrylics and oils, mixing colors, using additives for acrylic paints, types of brushes, creating effects with various brush stroke techniques, composing a painting, and transferring images to canvas. After students learn the basics, they will work with Mr. Brunelle to create at least one finished acrylic painting. Mr. Brunelle is a painter, kinetic sculptor, book illustrator, art educator and political cartoonist. He served as the president of the Northern Vermont Artist Association until 2012.
There is an extensive material list. Click here and pick "April 7 - Acrylic Painting" for more info. The cost is $40 for MAG members and $45 for non-members.
ART ON THE WALLS
The annual exhibit and sale offers over a hundred hand-made and vintage quilts plus demonstrations as well as quilting supplies and notions for sale.
Admission is free. Call Helen Short (802.752.5497) or email for more info.
ST. ALBANS--The Artist In Residence Gallery features different artists each month. This month, the spotlight is on Bakersfield machinist Mark Doremus' carved wood interpretations of photographs, woodturner Barry Genzlinger and ornament maker Maureen Genzlinger of Milton, the detailed Art Quilts of Anne Standish, and an introduction of Cow Mania by El Towle.
The A.I.R. gallery hosts a free meet-the-artists reception with refreshments and a raffle today 4 - 7 p.m. The exhibit continues through the end of April.
The Artist in Residence art cooperative features
paintings, fiber arts, stained glass, sculpture, lamps, pottery, folk art boxes,
scarves, hats and more by 40 Franklin County and surrounding area artists.
It is owned and operated by the artists and sponsors. The gallery, newly reopened
at 10 South Main Street, is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Click here for
more info.
ST ALBANS--The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts photographer and Summer Sounds favorite Bob Degree this month.
Mr. Degree shoots "natural beauty regardless where it appears." He lives in his hometown of Colchester where he runs Bobby's Appliance Repair, coaches basketball, and performs with The Bluegrass Storm.
The show continues through the end of April.
IN THE ARTS COUNCILS
SWANTON--The Swanton Arts Council hosts a Writer's Panel at the Swanton Free Public Library on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
The panel of five published authors will answer questions about the writing experience, the writing process, paths to publication, and more.
ST. ALBANS--St. Albans Community Arts hosts its monthly Community Arts MeetUp in City Hall on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The gathering will discuss new and ongoing business, meet new people, and discuss any creative ideas that crop up. Click here for the minutes and reports of prior meetings and more.
ON STAGE LIVE
ST. ALBANS--AliT kicks off her tour at 14th Star Brewing Company this evening at 6 p.m.
Alison Turner is an introspective singer-songwriter from Royalton. She records and performs a "heartfelt" style of alternative/indie pop. She performs mainly in New England and New York City including DROM, and the Bitter End. Click here for more info.
ESSEX JUNCTION--On Tap offers the Nobby Reed Project for Blues Night tonight at 7 p.m.
On Tap has music on Tuesday through Saturday nights. Call 802.878.3309 or email for more info.
Friday-Saturday
ST. ALBANS--Twiggs presents homespun originals written and performed by John Smyth and Jenn Croteau on Friday and the folky, acoustic, bluegrass, classic country, country rock, and Americana of the Buck Hollers on Saturday. Shows begin at 7 p.m.
Call 802.524.1405 or click here for more info.
Saturday
BURLINGTON--The Young Tradition Touring Group performs in the Flynnspace on Saturday at 7 p.m.
The first half of the program will feature artist leaders and youth leaders with members of the Touring Group. The second half will feature the full Touring Group. The artist leaders include Dominque Dodge and Andrea Beaton, youth leader Rose Jackson, plus special guests Timothy Cummings and Matthew Brouard, and manager Mark Sustic.
Admission is $20/person; partial proceeds go to the Tom Sustic Fund, supporting families with children in life-altering situations. Tickets are available at FlynnTix.org.
Email for
more info about the Touring Group.
Sunday
KEY COLONY BEACH, FL--The Island Time Band continues the Key Colony Beach Community Association's Concert in the Park series in Gazebo Park on Sunday at 4 p.m.
Concerts in the Park are free concerts sponsored by the KCBCA. Concerts started on Valentine's Day and take place most Sunday afternoons. Bring a chair or blanket and refreshments. Parking is limited so walking, biking or ride sharing is recommended.
Wednesday
ST. ALBANS--Sean Jarvis hosts Open Mic Night at Durty Nelly's Irish Pub on Wednesday starting at 6:30 p.m. Show off your talent; everyone is welcome to grab the mic and perform any Wednesday evening on the Tavern side.
PASSAGES
Mr. Sharrow was the VFC's Senior Folklorist. He held a BA from Oberlin College, a MEd from UVM, and his PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the Mellon Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a recipient of a 2017 Governor's Arts award. He was researching the interplay of folklife and personal identity and the role that culture plays in our construction of self.
CLICK HERE: ART SITE OF THE MONTH
WNET, New York's public media station, is developing a new multiplatform media network called ALL ARTS (you'll see their splash page on the site now). Our All Arts Council of Franklin County would certainly get a lot of visitors when WNET goes live, but that's not our audience. WNET has purchased allarts.org and we have moved to AllArtsCouncil.org so that both audiences avoid confusion when they launch online this spring. Here's the deal: you'll find the new program at our old address. You'll find the All Arts Council of Franklin County at AllArtsCouncil.org. Bear with us as we get all the links to work -- and email the All Arts Council if you find one that doesn't.
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
Fair manager Donna Howard, of The Eloquent Page in St Albans, has over 22 book and ephemera dealers on hand with past treasures, maps, postcards, letters, prints and other gems. "Various booksellers bring their best, most interesting materials and display it for sale," she said.
Meet a bookbinder and see how books are made and repaired. There will be fifty-cent postcards and rare first editions costing thousands, $3 vintage children's titles and rare Vermont maps.
The Book Fair is free and open to the public. The Fair is sponsored by the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association. Call Donna Howard (802.527.7243) or click here for more info.
ArtBits features a quick weekly peek
at library events in and around Franklin County. That popular feature has a
page of its own at the Franklin County Bookshelf here on the AAC site at AllArtsCouncil.org/books.
We also take an occasional peek at the bookshelf or night stand of the
folks you know in
and around Franklin County. Those reviews can be found on the ArtBits
Bookshelf.
