On Friday, October 5th, art venues in towns across the state stay open late to welcome art lovers as part of monthly art celebrations.
BURLINGTON
First Friday Art
5-8PM
First Friday Art is a monthly, community-wide event where dozens of art venues across Burlington host openings, exhibitions, and happenings. The event is free and open to anyone. Most venues are open from 5-8PM, but some are open earlier or later. Art Map Burlington is the official guide to First Friday Art, pick up your copy around town.
First Friday Art in October features the continuation of several of the South End Art Hop’s group shows, including a collaborative group show of Art Hop Artists at the Art’s Alive Gallery at One Main on Burlington’s Waterfront. The show show features work in acrylic, oil, photography and mixed media by Bob Arns (Mutin) (image), Ceili Seipke, Holly Hauser, Lindsay Bluto, Lorraine Manley, and MEM.
BRATTLEBORO
Gallery Walk
5:30-8:30PM
Brattleboro’s monthly first-Friday celebration of the arts offers 30 to 40 exhibit openings at galleries, eateries, and other venues in the downtown and a few satellite locations nearby. Many offer meet-the-artist receptions, some with refreshments, and a few present live music. Visit the Walk website for a map and complete listings with examples of the art on display as well as feature articles for the month; a printed version of the Walk guide is available at all venues, a number of other downtown locations, the I-91 Welcome Center, and many local lodging options. Official Walk hours are 5:30 to 8:30, but many venues are open earlier, and a few remain open later. Most exhibits run all month long; see listings for more details and venue contact information.
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, opens five exhibitions during the Gallery Walk, including Emily Mason’s “To Another Place”, which consists of fifty paintings and drawings created over a period of sixty years, from 1958 through 2018. Mason, an 86-year-old abstract painter, divides her time between Brattleboro and New York. Vermont Artisan Design’s featured artist for October is landscape painter Paul G. Stone, who is fascinated with the rural landscape and its structures. (image: Out to Dry by Emily Mason (10″x8″; oil on clayboard; 2006))
BENNINGTON
First Fridays
5-8PM
From July to October, the Better Bennington Corporation produces an art and activity-filled First Friday event in Downtown Bennington, 5-8PM. The Art Walk features work by area artists in stores, restaurants, and galleries. There’s also live music, retailer specials and special events, a gallery tour, and more! First Friday Programs are available at the Better Bennington Welcome Center at 215 South Street and at participating venues.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
First Friday
5:30-8PM
First Fridays are a regular, ongoing series of events each month in White River Junction. Musical events happen all over town, most starting at 5:30. Many galleries and art venues are open as well, including Lampscapes, Zollikoffer Gallery at the Hotel Coolidge, Northern Stage, the Main Street Museum, Steven Thomas, Inc., and many more along South Main Street and Gates Street.
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