Ann Coleman Gallery

23 West Main Street, Wilmington 10a-5p daily

artistanncoleman.com, 802 379-4305, 802 368-7090

June 1-30: “Local Scene” exhibit. July 1-31: “Summer Themes” exhibit, with opening reception July 9, 5-7p. Aug 1-31: “Vermont Landscapes” exhibit.

 

Asian Cultural Center

of Vermont and

C.X. Silver Gallery

814 Western Ave, Brattleboro  accvt.org, 802 257-7898, ext. 1

Ongoing: Kiri-E Paintings of Hiroshima Youth of 1945 exhibit.

 

Brattleboro Clayworks

532 Putney Road

802 254-9174, brattleboroclayworks.com

June: Celebrating Fantastic Fathers. Brattleboro Clayworks is  Southern Vermont’s ceramics resource center. Founded in 1983, Clayworks seeks to increase access to ceramic media for the southeastern Vermont, northwestern Massachusetts, and southwestern New Hampshire communities.

 

Chaffee Art Center

16 South Main Street, Rutland

chaffeeartcenter.org, 802 775-0356

50th anniversary

Thru June 18: Human = Landscape. Aesthetics of a Carbon Constrained Future. June 25-July 31: Summer Members’ Exhibit with Featured Artists. Aug 6-28: 4th Annual Photography Contest. Aug. 13-14: Arts in the Park. Sept 2-Oct. 2: Transcendence: Mooring the Storm.

 

Crow Hill Gallery

729 Flamstead Road, Chester

crowhillgallery.com, 802 875-3763

Nestled in the woods among outdoor sculptures, the gallery offers a beautiful variety of viewing spaces. Here one can view in contemplative elegance a large selection of Jeanne’s most recent works, as well as the sculpture of visiting artists.

 

Gallery 103

7 Pineview Drive, Chester

802 875-7400, gallery103.com

Featuring fine American Craft, this art space is filled with the handmade craft of more than 100 Vermont and New England artists. Featuring photography, jewelry, ironwork, textiles, blown glass, pottery, soaps, candles, woodwork and more.

 

Gallery 2 and Vermont Artisan Designs

106 Main St, Brattleboro

10a-7p, Mon-Sat, 11a-4p Sun

buyvermontart.com,  802 257-7044

Aug 10-Sept 23: The Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers Annual Summer Show. Opening: Aug 5, 5:30p-8:30p. Artisan Designs and Gallery 2 house an extensive showcase of fine art and hand-crafted gifts. In addition to the fine art and sculpture found in Gallery 2, the works of more than 350 American craftspeople are on display. Unique jewelry, blown glass, pottery, wrought iron, pewter, turned wood, jewelry boxes, clocks, chimes and the famed Vermont Folk Rocker, are just some of the hard-to-find items available.

 

Gallery at the VAULT

Celebrating 10 years

68 Main Street, Springfield, Vermont

galleryvault.org, 802 885-7111

Opening June 11: Art in Bloom 4 and Joe Henry 1918–1973: A Retrospective. A VAULT special exhibit in celebration of Springfield’s 250th Anniversary. Thru July 7: “Our Changing Landscape” open wall, amateur artist exhibit. July 15-Sept 8: “Dog Days” open wall, amateur artist exhibit. Ongoing: The VAULT serves the community as an educational resource with our schedule of workshops and lectures. Both the gallery and the gift shop carry only original, juried, handcrafted local and regional artwork.

 

Gallery in the Woods

145 Main Street, Brattleboro

Open daily 11-5:30p, Sun 12-5

galleryinthewoods.com, 802 257-4777

Thru June 30: Terry Jenoure Abuela’s Last Wedding, an installation of mystical fabric and found object sculpture. Thru June 30: Laurel Hausler: New work from neo-expressionist artist utilizing both collage and oil paintings of images drawn from the ghosts of the past. July 1-Aug. 28: Regional show including painters Richard Heller and Leonard Ragouzeos, and textile artist Karen Kamenetzky. July 1-Aug. 28: Gwen Murphy struts out with a show on surreal shoes. Sept. 2-Oct.: Glenn Wolff, illustrator and artist in residence for many environmental organizations, explores the mystical interchange with nature in his paintings. Sept. 2-Oct.: David Utiger returns with as show fine pointillist drawings in pen and ink of Vermont Landscapes, with a magical eye.

Gallery North Star

151 Townshend Rd, Grafton

10a-5p daily (Tues by chance)

gnsgrafton.com, 802 843-2465

The gallery is situated in a restored 1877 village house and presents works by over 30 of New England’s finest artists in a variety of mediums including oil, pastel and watercolor paintings along with sculpture. The gallery prides itself on showing a diverse selection of artistic styles.

 

Grafton Arts Guild

Cricketers Building, 45 Townshend Rd, Grafton

Valley May 28-29, Grand Opening Memorial Day Weekend

May 27-May 30 Grand opening of the Grafton Valley Arts Guild gallery in the historic Cricketers Building in the heart of Grafton. The juried guild opens with a new art space and a group show of all their members called Inception, May 27, 2-6p featuring a variety of mediums including: sculpture, iron, textile, photography, painting, collage, wood and ceramics. May 28 several of the members will have their private studios open in town as part of Open Studio Weekend. The Cricketers Gallery will be open from 10a-6p. May 29 same schedule with a day’s end cocktail party at the Phelps Barn at The Old Tavern At Grafton featuring Grafton Village Cheese. Memorial Day the Cricketers Gallery will be open from 10a-6p followed by a fundraising dinner at the White Chapel (4 Main St.) 6-8p. Prepared by Chef Bryce LeVan Cushing, featuring local cheese, produce and bread, the dinner includes soup, salad, entree and dessert. No one turned away for lack of funds, $15 suggested donation, BYOB.

 

Hunter Gallery of Fine Art and Hunter Artworks

74 Main Street and 56 Townshend Road, Grafton

hunterartworks.com, 802 843-1440

A gallery of original watercolors of landscapes, village life and seacoast scenes by Peter Jeziorski.

 

Spiral Press Café at the Northshire Bookstore

4869 Main Street, Manchester Center

10a–9p Tues-Sat, 10a-7p Sun-Mon

802 362-9944, 802-375-2440 Joyce Kennedy

June: Art by Sue Palmer, from Townshend. July: Art by Mary Cardell. Aug Artwork by Bill Dickson Sept: Artwork by Lisa May.

 

Tilting at Windmills Gallery

24 Highland Ave, Manchester Center

10a-5p Mon-Sat, 9a-5p Sun

vtartgallery.com, 802 362-3022

July 30: “Summer Impressions” artist demonstrations, 2-5p. Ongoing: One of New England’s largest fine art galleries, Tilting at Windmills features a broad selection of work by important national, regional and International Artists.

 

Vermont Center for Photography

49 Flat Street, Brattleboro

2-7p Fri, noon-5p Sat and Sun

vcphoto.org, 802 251-6051

May: Exhibition of photographs by Eleanor Briggs titled, “The Traveling Camera,” with artist Talk May 22, 4p. The exhibit highlights color photographs taken during Briggs’s travels to Southeast Asia and India. June: FRESH, new work by VCP photographers, opening June 3. July: Paul Turnbull, Monhegan: Island at the Edge of Time, opening July 1. Aug: Barry Dial, Richard Morange and Gene LaFord: Found Art, opening Aug 5. Sept: Gia Chkhatashvili with Jennifer Karpin-Hobbs: Two Visions of Caucasus, Georgia, opening Sept 2.

 

The Village Green Gallery

661 Main St, Weston, 9a-5p daily

thevillagegreengallery.com, 802 824-3669

Featuring the photography of Nobushi Fuji’i and showcasing works by

selected Vermont artists and artisans, the cozy building next to the Vermont Country Store offers a place for visitors to savor fine art as well as to socialize. The main display is devoted to Nobushi’s Exquisite Vermont images, an ongoing work-in-progress, designed to bring a Japanese aesthetic to Vermont’s landscape and capture its beauty from a fresh perspective.