At the Museums
At the Museums
Bennington Center for the Arts
44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington
benningtoncenterforthearts.org
Thru Dec 18: Small Works Show with figurative, landscape, still-life’s and city-scapes. Thru Dec 18: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition, featuring artists from around the country, juried by Huihan Liu. Thru Dec 18: Impressions of New England, nationwide exhibit including images captured in paint and bronze.
Bennington Museum
75 Main St, Rte. 9, Bennington
10a to 5p (Closed Wed)
benningtonmuseum.org, 802 477-1571
Thru Oct 30: Grandma Moses and the ‘Primitive’ Tradition on view. Sep 6-Oct 16: 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt on view. The quilt is comprised of 169 five-inch blocks, each in different patterns, containing a remarkable total of 5,602 pieces surrounded by a unique scalloped border. Sep 30: Presentation by Brenda Papadakis to learn more about quilting, 6:30p. Oct 1-2: Quilting Workshops with Brenda Papadakis. Sep 24: Fifth Annual Southern Vermont Home Brew Festival, from noon-5p at the Old Bennington Brush Company, featuring homebrews from throughout New England. Oct 23: Sixth Annual Bridal Fair, 1-4:30p, come meet vendors and plan for your special day. Nov 26-Dec 31: Festival of Trees Celebration, featuring a community created exhibit of uniquely designed and decorated holiday trees each in a beautifully created vignette. Nov 26: Family and Children Holiday Shopping Day, featuring unusual gifts for all people on their gift list. Dec 3: Festival of Trees Annual Gala, 7-11p, with great food and drink, live music spirited auction and plenty of holiday season magic. Dec 17: Holiday Club Muse Dance Party, 8-11p, with themed holiday cocktails and “best of the fest” awards. Ongoing: The Bennington Museum Celebrating Vermont’s Heritage offers 11 galleries of permanent and changing exhibits and features the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings and Bennington Pottery in the world, fine and decorative arts, military artifacts, the 1924 Martin-Wasp touring car, and the Bennington Flag, one of the earliest ‘stars and stripes’ in existence.
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
10 Vernon St, Brattleboro
11-5p (Closed Tue)
brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124
Thru Oct 23: Glass in All Senses, a kinesthetic investigation into the possibilities of glass. Thru Oct 23: Celebration of Paper, featuring works by Claire Van Vliet. Thru Oct 23: Dialogue, featuring works by Josh Bernbaum and Jackie Abrams. Thru Oct 23: Martina Lantin: Passage, a site-specific architectural installation made of hundreds of intricate ceramic rosettes. Thru Oct 23: Stephen Procter: Monumental Vessels, with decorative pots grand in scale. Thru Oct 23: Sewn Stories, featuring works by Salley Mavor. Thru Oct 23: Clemens Kalischer: Six Decades of Evocative Photographs of Marlboro Music. Thru Oct 23: The Spaces Between, featuring works by Karen Kamenetzky. Sep 15: Independent Lens: Pray the Devil Back to Hell, 7:30p. Sep 30: Wolf Kahn Opening Reception & Book Signing, 5-7p. Oct 6: Artist Talk: Karen Kamenetzky, fiber artist, 7:30p. Oct 7: Art Film After Gallery Walk: Hofmann’s Potion, 8:30p. Oct 13: Independent Lens: Deaf Jam, 7:30p. Oct 15: Artist Talk & Book Signing: Salley Mavor, children’s book illustrator, 3-4:30p. Oct 28-30: Fourth Annual LEGO Contest, check website for more info. Opening Nov 4: Four new exhibits, including a group show by Marlboro College’s art faculty, the travel photography of Mary Heller and Ernest Kafka, a collaboration between Vermont children and professional glass-blowers, and the highly anticipated return of Wolf Kahn with an exhibit of new pastels. Continuing exhibits from the summer season are Sewn Stories: Salley Mavor, Stephen Procter’s outdoor exhibit Monumental Vessels, and Martina Lantin: Passage.
The Clark Art Institute
225 South St, Williamstown, Mass
10-5p Tue-Sun
Thru Sep 30: Romantic Nature: British and French Landscapes. Thru Oct 2: Pissarro’s People, a fresh look at the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Thru Oct 16: El Anatsui weaves together discarded metal objects to create large-scale sculptures that demonstrate a fascinating interplay of colors and shapes. Nov 13-Feb 5: Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists.
American Museum of Fly Fishing
4104 Main St, Manchester
10-4p Tues thru Sat
Thru April 2012: A Graceful Rise: Women in Fly Fishing Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, honoring the key roles women have played in fly-fishing history. Ongoing: Memories on the Water, and, Gadgets and Gear: 20th Century Innovations in Fly Fishing.
Estey Organ Museum
108 Birge St., Brattleboro
esteyorganmuseum.org, 802 246-8366
Sep 25: Estey Day, featuring “Around the World in 80 Minutes” an international sampler with period instruments with Nelson and Beverly Pease. Ongoing: The Estey Organ Museum tells the story of the Estey Organ Company.
Hildene Estate
Route 7A, Manchester
Sep 30-Oct 2: Foliage Art & Craft Festival, with art, crafts and specialty food, 10a-5p Fri. & Sun., 10a-6p Sat. Dec: Robert and Mary Lincoln’s home is decorated throughout the month as they might have done when they stayed at Hildene through the holidays in 1912. Dec 3-4: Our House for the Holidays: The museum store welcomes neighbors and friends dress in the holiday finery, with the sights, sounds and tastes of the season. Ongoing: The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural. This exhibit attempts to illuminate some of the personal qualities that made Abraham Lincoln the indelible part of the American psyche he remains today.
Park-McCullough House
One Park St, North Bennington
Open through Oct
parkmccullough.org, 802 442-5441
Ongoing: At Historic Park-McCullough, you can take a guided tour and experience the grandeur of the house often described as one of Vermont’s jewels.
Robert Frost Stone House Museum
121 Rte. 7A, South Shaftsbury
frostfriends.org, 802 447-6200
Sep 25: “Frost, Writers and Critics: Jealousy and Rivalry or Taste and Judgment?” Museum Director Carole Thompson will talk about her research on this topic as found in Reginald L. Cook’s manuscript, Frost Verbatim, 2p. Ongoing: Robert Frost: The Poetry of Agriculture. Explores Frost’s love of rural life. He always said his poems were based on real people and real experiences.
Southern Vermont Arts Center,
Yester House Gallery
West Road, Manchester
10-5p Tue-Sat, 12- 5p Sun
svac.org, 802 362-2522, 362-1405
Sep 10: The Johnny Cash Experience featuring David Stone, featuring authentic costumes, instruments and a bit of history, 7:30p, Arkell Pavilion. Thru Sep 25: August Exhibits at the Yester House Gallery, featuring artist members. Oct 1: Doo-Wop Tribute Extravaganza, 7:30p, Arkell Pavilion. Thru Oct 16: Sabra Field: Vermont Artist, World Vision, at the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum. Her iconic landscapes symbolize the harmony that can exist between man and nature. Thru Oct 16: Elizabeth Torak, one of the foremost figure painters of her day. Thru Oct 16: Contemporary sculptures in predominantly abstract styles will be in the Museum Entry Gallery, from Vermont and New Hampshire artists. Oct 1-Nov 13: 55th National Fall Open Exhibition, a juried exhibition featuring art from across the country. Nov 19-Jan 8: 17th Annual Little Picture Show. Nov 19-Jan 8: Nov/Dec exhibition at the Yester House Gallery, opening reception Nov. 19, 2-4p. Dec 2: At The Scottish Winter Ball the beautifully decorated Equinox Ballroom is the stage for revelers in ball gowns, fancy vests and ties, and kilts to enjoy a traditional Scottish feast that commences with the “piping in of the haggis” by multiple bagpipers. Dinner is followed by dancing and after-dinner drinks.
The Tasha Tudor Museum
974 Western Ave, West Brattleboro
Sep hours:10-3p Wed-Sat.
Other times by appointment
http://www.tashatudormuseum.org
The Tasha Tudor Museum continues to inspire visitors by immersing them in the world of author, illustrator and early American lifestyle icon Tasha Tudor. Visit the new exhibit “Afternoon Tea with Tasha” to learn about Tasha’s renowned tea parties. Free admission from 4-7p during September and October Gallery Walk. During the September Gallery Walk, Tasha’s son Seth will be on hand from 4:30-6:30 to meet visitors. Seth Tudor built Tasha’s home with hand-tools and makes antique reproduction furniture. Visit our popular gift shop which features Tasha Tudor books, cards and fabric.
The Nature Museum at Grafton
186 Townshend Rd, Grafton
nature-museum.org, 802-843-2111
Sep 17: 2nd Annual Vermont Wildlife Festival with all day displays, live animals, guided hikes and more, 10a-4p. Meet at Hogback Mountain. Sep 24-25: Fairy House Tour, where a magic village of fairy houses is created and exhibited, all day. Visit the web site for more info.
Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals
55 Pleasant St., Grafton
Ongoing: Learn about Vermont’s rich mining and mineral industries through displays on talc, soapstone, and the world-famous Vermont marble, granite and slate.
