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	ArtBits News of the Arts for the week of October 15-21, 2026 Today is ... *Search the All Arts Council site* ART ON THE WALLS The People's Art Show continues at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Maureen Genzlinger. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Josephine Maskell. Bryan Memorial Gallery has changed to winter hours in Jeffersonville. Read more... ART YOU CREATE Abbey Gaudette leads a Collage Workshop to create spooky monsters at the Swanton Free Public Library . Patrick Murphy leads a Paint & Sip at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Martha Kinney leads the free Creative Beading Workshop at the Dick Wright Pub. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library and Community Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Public Library. The Milton Artists' Guild hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more... CALL FOR SINGERS The St. Albans Rail City Rascals all male a capella group practices at the Franklin Lodge Read more... FILM The Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild & Scenic Committee presents a Wild & Scenic Film Festival in the Clips and Reels theater at Jay Peak. The Farmers Watershed Alliance will screen The State of Farming at the Welden Theater. Read more... GATHERINGS Fiber Arts Meet and Make meets at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Muffin Monday continues. Read more... HUMANITIES The SPARK exhibit continues through Saturday at the Swanton Free Public Library. Osher continues with Larry Trombley to discuss the Native Peoples of North America: Past and Present. Read more... THEATER The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the 2026 Youth Talent Search with live vocal, instrumental, dance, spoken word, and more. Read more... WORKSHOPS & CLASSES The Swanton Free Public Library hosts The Magic of Comics with Glynnis Fawkes. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. Social Sunday continues. Read more... ON STAGE LIVE Seth Yacovone (twice), Fiddlhead Hollow (twice), Open Mics including the First Congregational Open Mic and Coffeehouse, the Nerbak Brothers,George Murtie, Dan Parks, Bad Horsey, Uncle Jimmy, Michael Perry, the John Lackard Blues Band, Jim Charonko, the Smokey Newfield Project, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Carlos, Moonbird, Cooper, the Duncan MacLeod Band, Jeff and Gina, Dave Miller, Dan Parks, Tom Perro, the Youth Talent Search, the George Petit Trio, the Nobby Reed Project, the Crow Hill Band, and Marsh Lights all appear live at a venue near you. Read more... FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF The Enosburgh Library Reading & Discussion Group hosts Rachael Cohen for the Vermont Reads 2026 book, Charity and Sylvia, by Tillie Walden. The Georgia Public Library will close to strip and wax the floors. Tony Olson will sign his books and the True Crime Book Club meets to discuss The Doctors' Riot of 1788 by Andy McPhee at the Eloquent Page. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries will discuss The Verifiers by Jane Pek and the Banned Books Group meets to discuss The Awakening by Kate Chopin at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more... Click on www.AllArtsCouncil.org/art-bits ... FROM THE ARTBITS DESK ... E-Mail Delivery Sign up to receive a free weekly ArtBits newsletter by e-mail or by RSS feed



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