Autumn Inspiration
Autumn Inspiration The Restfulness Amongst the Riot by Clara Rose Thornton For painters as well as general spectators, autumn in Vermont is a sensory deluge. Fabled colors unknown in most regions of the world wave their brief, bittersweet hellos; there is a pleasing sharpness to the air and the season seems to represent all that can be beautiful about transitions, endings and new beginnings. Autumn Inspiration The Restfulness Amongst...
Bobby Gosh
Bobby Gosh by Joyce Marcel People are collectors by instinct. Children collect bottle caps, baseball trading cards and dolls. Adults collect everything from guns to antiques to wine. There’s even a whole category called ”collectibles,” which is so wide it includes 1930s kitchenware as well as ancient woodworking tools and ceramic planters. Pretty much everyone collects something. Bobby Gosh by Joyce Marcel People are...
Artisan Wines
Artisan Wines to Call Our Own The Budding Industry of Vintning in New England By Clara Rose Thornton Vermont is known for several aspects of the good life—breathtaking, mountainous scenery; a reduced focus on materialism; and a never-ending stream of organic, local cuisine. This cultural oasis with a northern clime is not, however, known for its wine or viticulture. In fact, the stereotype is that only tart, overly...
Spotlight
2nd Annual Manchester and the Mountains Poets and Writers Weekend April 24 – 26, The Rice House and Old Forge (Located Directly Behind Ye Olde Tavern)Main Street, Historic Route 7A, Manchester Center, 802-362-6313, some free sessions, others either $25 or $35 each, greatermanchesterarts.org. 2nd Annual Manchester and the Mountains Emerging Poets and Writers Weekend entitled Building Momentum. Sessions include Writing Memoir, Writing...
Colgate Park
A Family Weekend of Fun The first annual Ethan Allen Colonial Fair will be held on Father’s Day weekend, June 20 and 21, showcasing Vermont’s history in the Revolutionary War period. A core component of the Fair will be 150 reenactors assembled under the leadership of Major General David Bernier. See battle reenactments, savor great food and enjoy live music, period song and dance, farm and home crafts and games. It’s a great event...
Fine Art vs. Craft
Fine Art vs. Craft: Who Decides? Vermont’s Open Studio Tour Dispels Myths and Expands Horizons By Clara Rose Thornton Celebrating 17 years of highlighting the best of Vermont’s vibrant creative culture, the annual Open Studio Tour happens on Memorial Day weekend, May 23 and 24. Showcasing an incredible 273 artisans spread across 13 counties—with 48 in Bennington and Windham Counties alone-Rutland and Windsor….-the event should prove...
Spring Inspiration
Spring Inspiration How the Rejuvenation of Spring Can Affect the Creative Mind By Clara Rose Thornton Too often spring is looked upon as a relief from winter drudgery, or merely a road sign alerting life’s travelers that summer is just a few miles away. In other instances, its characteristics are turned to myth, with people evoking notions of the Earth’s soul awakening, shaking off the snow, and injecting the air with...
Design Observed: Recycled Space
Design Observed Recycled Space Whenever a barn is no longer needed for farm use, there are numerous ways it can be rehabilitated and given a new life that preserves much of its historic character. For every old barn that has been lost to fire, neglect or demolition in the last half-century, thankfully there seems to always be another one that someone, somewhere has saved. This Newfane, Vermont barn, built in 1800, formerly a horse...
Growing Local Culture
Growing Local Culture By Clara Rose Thornton In the world of accelerated cities where art is accompanied by glitz and the role of creativity holds a lofty position above day-to-day life, a sentiment like that is inexplicable, provincial, quaint. It may not be easy for those used to art being something you merely hang on a wall to understand how industry, community, agriculture and heritage—or a stout, freckled farm boy— complete the...
David Gil
The Legacy of David Gil Celebrated in Bennington Tradition, Innovation, and Good Design: The Ceramics of David Gil at the Bennington Museum By Anita Rafael Through May 17, 2009, the first major retrospective of David Gil’s work showing the variety of ceramic products designed by Gil and produced by Bennington Potters over a period of more than 50 years. The exhibition features never-before-exhibited works created by Gil from...
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