Talk of the Arts
Celebrating New Possibilities…People and Places…Reinventing, Collaborating, Repurposing By Lynn Barrett, publisher/editor We talk to Brandon resident and folk artist Warren Kimble about his art and his life at a time when the Bennington Museum celebrates 150 years of Grandma Moses with its largest Moses show in a decade. He talks about the popularity of folk art and how he has helped his small town community be a place where an...
What’s New
What’s New The Monadnock Fine Art Gallery Relocates — The Monadnock Fine Art Gallery opens with a new exhibit in its new home at Anthony Toepfer Jewelers, located at 50 Central Square, Keene. Marlborough fine artist, Mary Iselin’s new works entitled, “A Mother’s Gift” will be on exhibit through June 12. Mary Iselin’s paintings will also be featured in the windows of Anthony Toepfer Jewelers during the 18th annual Art Walk in...
Making it as an artist in Vermont
Making It as an Artist in Vermont by Anita Rafael New artists’ alliances are bursting on the scene—all with similar missions—to work together and to work smarter and to welcome and engage audiences in new and dynamic ways. Just as farmers and fresh-food enthusiasts have found each other at farmers’ markets—artists and art-lovers are finding each other at open studio tours, in guilds and galleries, and at public events and festivals....
Neighbors join forces to buy a dairy farm
Neighbors Join Forces to Buy a Dairy Farm by Katherine P. Cox Savvy Vermont cheese lovers on the lookout for the next best thing may have noticed some new artisan cheeses on the block—with the imprint of the Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company. What they may not know is that Vermont Farmstead is unique—a community-owned dairy and cheesemaking operation, the first in the state. Established a little more than a year ago, the company was...
Marketplace
Marketplace Advertiser links: Eddington House Inn — Pangea Restaurant — Newfane Country Store — Progressive Performance Festival — Building a Better Brattleboro — Beadniks — New England Youth Theatre
Farmers Markets
Farmers’ Markets Every Tuesday: Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market, Depot Park, 3-6p, 802 747-4403. Bennington Walloomsac Farmers’ Market at the Bennington Station, 10-1p, 802 442-8934. Every Wednesday: Farmers’ Market, Food Co-op Parking Lot, Brattleboro, 10-2p, brattleborofarmersmarket.org. Woodstock Farmers’ Market, on the Green, 3-6p, woodstockvt.com. Every Thursday: Poultney Farmers’ Market, Main St, 9-2p, 802 287-2460. Townshend...
Kitchen Gardens
Ellen Ogden’s Inspiring Kitchen Gardens by Katherine P. Cox While it has invaluable advice on everything from preparing the soil and choosing seeds to basic tool and style suggestions, this design/garden/cook book inspires rather than intimidates. It transforms the humble vegetable plot into a place where art, whimsy and creativity take flight, enhancing the essential joy of growing something from seed. That the resulting vegetable...
Wine Observed: Summer Wines
Summer Wines by Marty Ramsburg Summer is but a fleeting moment in Vermont, or so it seems. Those of us who live here year-round relish each day that we can be outside without putting on layers. From mid-June through foliage in late October, Vermont is bliss —cool nights, warm days, walks along the tree-covered river road that is cool despite the ambient temperature in town, the Farmers’ Market, flowering pots, ubiquitous green. It...
Food Festivals
Vermont Food Festivals If there’s one thing—besides the art—that brings people to the historic villages and rural communities of Southern Vermont, it has to be the food. In this region you’ll find a warm and sophisticated, yet rustic, lifestyle based on family traditions, with authentic and local food experiences. There are plenty of food festivals this summer and fall, many of which offer a great way to experience the flavors of a...
Open Studios
Tour Open Studios: Artists at work, Art for Sale May 28-29 Vermont Open Studio Weekend vt1crafts@aol.com Open Studio Weekend, a statewide arts celebration over Memorial Day Weekend. 300 artists and artisans participate. Many of the artists belong to local guilds or associations that organize more open studio tours at various times of the year. Look for a second state-wide tour in the fall. May 28-29 Artisans of Southern...