On Friday, December 2nd, Brattleboro, Montpelier, and Burlington’s art venues 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.
Several venues in and around Burlington are celebrating the season with Holiday Art Markets, featuring affordable work by area artists in a variety of media. Check out Frog Hollow’s Annual Holiday Sale, with a special focus this year on John Churchman’s children’s book, Brave Little Finn. SEABA and the South End Arts District are hosting the 9th Annual South End Holiday sHOP. At S.P.A.C.E., vote on your favorite in the Creative Competition and buy a gift of art at the “Small Works” exhibition. In Shelburne, take in the Shelburne Village Stroll and stop by Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery. Their “Treasure the Small” show features work by 25 regional artists, including Frank Woods (image above: Barn Study Red #7 (oil on panel)).
Find out what else is going on during Burlington’s First Friday Art at Art Map Burlington‘s
MONTPELIER
Art Walk
4-8PM
Downtown Montpelier showcases work by Central Vermont artists at over 20 venues. The Art Walk has a food-related theme to highlight local food producers. December’s theme is holiday baked goods. Pick up a guide book at any of the participating venues. Montpelier Alive produces the Montpelier Art Walk.
At the Vermont Surpreme Court, visual artist Kathleen Kolb and poet Verandah Porche joined forces to create a traveling exhibition called “Shedding Light on the Working Forest” based on paintings Kolb has created about this subject over the past twenty years. As a writing partner, Verandah Porche befriends, questions and listens, to unearth and preserve the poetry embedded in lived experience. She calls this process “finding the verse in conversation”. MORE
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 and Art Center offers free admission during the Gallery Walk. There are six exhibitions currently on display, including Paul Bowen’s “Rust Work”. Bowen fashions found wood and metal into dynamic works of art. Neither representational nor figurative, his work is formal, additive, and abstract—but not without meaning. Each sculpture is rich with associations because the materials emanate their history and purpose. The works have a talismanic energy beyond their formal beauty.
Get your copy of Vermont Art Guide to get information on all the monthly art events in Vermont plus 137 other places to see art this summer. DETAILS