On Friday, October 7th, Bennington, Brattleboro, 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.
Here are two venues worth checking out in Burlington. HAVOC Gallery at 27 Sears Lane invites you to come see the last of the last for “The Visible Indivisibles Project”: elements from the periodic chart artistically rendered into stainless steel light sculptures by Bruce R. MacDonald (image above: Cadmium Cd #48). SEABA Gallery, keeping the Art Hop spirit alive, opens The 24th Annual South End Art Hop Original Juried Show Winners Circle featuring First Place: John Douglas; Second Place: Larry Bissonette; Third Place: Cara Lai Fitzgibbon (image below) and People’s Choice winner; Robert Gold
Find out what else is going on during Burlington’s First Friday Art at Art Map Burlington‘s
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.
At the Bennington Museum, take advantage of “Pay-What-You-Wish” night to see Duane Michal’s “Photographs from the Floating World”, vibrant color photographs by created in and around Cambridge, New York, during the last decade. The images reference art historical precedents, such as Japanese fan paintings and the late nineteenth-century French artists Bonnard and Vuillard, and depict emotion and universal themes like love, death, and immortality. Incorporated into his work is text which does not explain his photography, but gives voice to his ideas and thoughts about the pictures.
For more information about First Friday, call the Better Bennington Corporation at (802) 442-5758 or visit the First Fridays.
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 Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts Brooks House Atrium (image above) features rotating monthly exhibits and special events. The gallery features innovative works by mid-career and established artists in a variety of mediums. In the main gallery, enjoy “Passagi”, works in wood by Marlboro artists David and Michele Holzapfel.
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