Valley Arts Roars Back after Irene
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“When hurricane Irene struck it not only devastated the Valley, it nearly caused the cessation of Valley Arts by wiping out the end of the Vermont Festival of the Arts – our only event at that time,” wrote Valley Arts Board President Gary Eckhart. “Shortly after Irene, the board of directors decided to diversify the operation of Valley Arts to give more stability to the organization.”
The fruit of that labor is visible in the dynamic arts programming being offered throughout the Mad River Valley. In addition to exhibitions at Valley Arts Festival Gallery and Bridges Resort, hosting painting classes and other events, the organization is highlighting art groups like the Camera Club and Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. The result is an aggregated arts calendar for the Mad River Valley.
The annual Vermont Festival of the Arts remains at the heart of all this activity. The festival turns twenty in 2017. The Call to Artists for the Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition at The Big Red Barn at Lareau Farm is now available on their website HERE. Other key activities in the works for Festival include an en plein air painting weekend in August and a “Multi-Media-Mania” exhibit. Learn more at www.valleyartsvt.com
Valley Arts also has a gallery, the Valley Arts Festival Gallery, at Village Square in Waitsfield. Read more about the current show:
Bonnie Barnes: Travels
Through March 25, 2017
At the Valley Arts Festival Gallery in Waitsfield, is “Travels”, an exhibition of fine art photography by Bonnie Barnes of Waitsfield and Philadelphia. Barnes is an international traveler studying photography in Yellowstone Park, Santa Fe, Africa, Jordan, Burma and Mongolia to name a few. “Travels” features new photographs from her recent travels to Cuba. Her current focus black-and-white digital photography. In addition to her own work, she collects photography and serves on a number of nonprofit organizations supporting artists and photographers.
INFORMATION
Valley Arts Festival Gallery
2 Village Square
5031 Main Street (next to Tempest Books)
Waitsfield 05673
(802) 496-6682
Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5PM
Image:
Men in White by Bonnie Barnes