At the Museums
At the Museums
Bennington Center for the Arts
44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington
10a to 5p (Closed Mondays)
benningtoncenterforthearts.org 
June 9-July 14: Artists for the New Century. Southwest Art, American Art Collector and Fine Art Connoisseur nominated artists show the piece best showcasing their work on the representative art scene. June 16-Aug 5: Art of the Animal Kingdom XVI, with special guest artist Greg Beecham. July 2-8: American Artists Abroad. July 14-Aug 17: Impressions of New England. Over sixty scenes captured in paint & bronze. July 21-Sept 23: California Art Club- Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting & Environmental Awareness. Collection from the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall 
Park documents CAC artist preservation. Aug 11-Sept. 23: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition. Artists from around the world are invited to submit work for the fourth annual fine art competition juried by Scott Christenson. Sept 29-Oct 27: Oil Painter of American Eastern Regional Exhibition.
Bennington Museum
75 Main Street, Rte. 9, Bennington
10a to 5p (Closed Wednesdays)
benningtonmuseum.org, 802 477-1571
Thru May 22: “Memento Mori” The Art & Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington. June 9-Oct 30: Rockwell Kent’s ‘Egypt’: Shadow & Light in Vermont. Ongoing: The Bennington Museum Celebrating Vermont’s Heritage offers eleven 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 Street, Brattleboro
11a to 5p (Closed Tuesdays)
brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124
May 22: Pink Pint Night, 5:30p. June 1: Art Film After Gallery Walk: Climbing Redwood Giants, 8:30p. June 3: BEAN Dinner & Micro-Grants, 6p. June 15: Cais’ Dim Sum Teahouse @ BMAC, 5:30-9p. June 17: Brattleboro Tree Walk, 2p. Meet at Main Street Post Office. June 23-24: The Green Gold Tree, 1p. Multimedia production based on Goethe’s Faust featuring lantern slides, film, puppets, gold 
textiles & original music. June 28: Past, Present & Future of the Southern Vermont Forest, 7:30p. Slide presentation & panel discussion. July 6: Art Film After Gallery Walk: Intangible Asset No. 82, 8:30p. Jazz drummer searches for an enigmatic Korean Shaman. Aug 6-8: Visual Thinking Strategies Institute. Thru July 8: Six concurrent exhibits that explore our physical & metaphorical relationship to trees seen for millennia as botanical analogues for human life, spiritual touchstones, & expressions of family connectivity.
The Clark Art Institute
225 South Street, Williamstown, Mass
10a to 5p Tuesday thru Sundayclarkart.edu, 413 458-2303
June 15: Summer Opening Party, 7p. Purchase tickets online. June 16-Sept. 16: Then & Now: Photographs of Northern China. June 16-Sept. 16: Through Shen-kan: Sterling Clark in China. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Clark’s expedition to Northern China featuring a selection of biological specimens, scientific equipment and historic photographs. June 16-Oct.21: Unearthed: Recent 
Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Discoveries from the Shanxi and Gansu provinces never exhibited outside of China. June 24: Family Fun, 4p. Chinese Street Festival Family Day, free admission featuring a dragon parade, Chinese cuisine and booths full of fun family activities.
Free outdoor summer concerts: July 3: The Eagles Band, 6p. July 10: Misty Blues, 6p. July 17: Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys, 6p. July 24: Incendio, 6p.
Chamber Music at the Clark: July 31: Ying String Quartet, 8p. Aug 7: Hermitage Piano Trio, 8p. Aug 14: Carpe Diem String Quartet with Yihan Chen, pipa player, 8p. Aug 21: Shanghai String Quartet, 8p.
Adventures in Exploration Film Series: July 2: The Man Who Would Be King, 3p. July 9: Mountains of the Moon, 3p. July 16: Fitzcarraldo, 3p. July 23: Black Robe, 3p.
China Looks in the Mirror Film Series: Aug 6: To Live, 3p. Aug 13: Sunflower, 3p. Aug 20: 24 City, 3p. Aug 27: Last Train Home, 3p.
Lectures & Gallery Talks: June 17: Opening lecture: Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Free lecture by Annette L. Juliano, Professor of Asian Art & History Rutgers University. July 8: Digging the Ancient Maya, 3p. Free lecture by Stephen Houston, MacArthur Fellow & Dupee Family Professor of Social Science at Brown University.
American Museum of Fly Fishing
4104 Main Street, Manchester
10a-4p Tuesday thru Saturday
amff.com, 802 362-3300
July 14: Ice Cream Social, 10-4p free ice cream. Aug 9-12: “Angling & Art” Benefit Art Sale. Public reception Saturday 4-7p. Sept 22: Free Community Day. Ongoing: A Graceful Rise: Women in Fly Fishing Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow.
Helen Day Fine Art Center
90 Pond Street, Stowe
helenday.com, 802 253-8358
July 1-Oct 1: Exposed!, outdoor sculpture exhibition. Oliver Schemm and his wife, Jessica DiClerico of Saxtons River were commissioned to do multiple “Godbox’s” for the run of the show. The reception and walk about tour will be on July 13th at 5p. This is the second year in a row that Jessica and Oliver have collaborated on an outdoor sculpture for the Helen Day Art Show.
Hildene Estate
Route 7A, Manchester
hildene.org, 802 362-1788
May 26, June 16, July 21, Aug 18, Sept. 15: Bird Walk, 8a. Meet at welcome Center parking lot. May 20: Lincoln Essay Competition Awards & Luncheon. May 20: Celebration of Peonies. June 2: Wonderful World of Weeds, 10-12p. July 2: Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 5p. July 28: Komen VT-NH Race for the Cure. Aug 21: The Rivalry, 6:30p. Renowned civic leaders including Madeleine Kunin reading with moderation by
VPR’s Jane Lindholm. 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 Street, North Bennington
parkmccullough.org, 802 442-5441
May 6: Annual Zenn-Benn Road Race. June 3: Annual McCullough Library Tea Party. June 8: Mettawee Theater giant puppet performance, 6-9p. Come picnic with the whole family prior to the show. June 14, 21, 28 & July 5, 12, 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23: Croquet League Gathering, 5p. June 24: Music From Manchester, 4-6p. July 7: PMH Mid-Summer Fundraiser, 4-6p. July 8: Music From Salem, 4-6p. July 15: Jay Sager & Friends, 4-6p. July 22 & 29: Annual Green Mountain Music Camp Concert. Au 4: PMH Rose Garden Fundraiser. Aug 5: Eight Cellos, 4-6p. Aug 19: George Lopez Piano, 4-6p. Aug 29: Second Annual Anniversary Letters Reading & Dinner, 6-9p.
Robert Frost Stone House Museum
121 Rte. 7A, South Shaftsbury
frostfriends.org, 802 447-6200
June 10: Fact, Dream & Labor: Robert Frost & the New England Attitude, 2p. Sydney Lea, Poet Laureate of Vermont, is also a novelist, essayist, literary scholar & teacher at Dartmouth, Yale, Wesleyan & Middlebury College. July 8: Frost’s Summer Poems, 2p. Peter Gilbert is Executive Director of the Vermont Humanities Council and Executor of the Frost Estate. A frequent commentator on Vermont Public Radio, Mr. Gilbert will explore a summer selection. Aug 5: Robert Frost Comes Alive for Young Readers, 2p. Sunday children’s program with Shaftsbury Teacher Pat Gibbons. Sept 9: Lesley Lee Francis, granddaughter of Robert Frost, speaks, 2p. Ongoing: Robert Frost:The Poetry of Trees 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
10a–5p, Tues-Sat; 12p–5p, Sun
svac.org, 802 362-2522, 362-1405
Thru June 17: 83rd Annual Member’s Exhibition. May 23-26: Painting a Still Life with Andrew Orr, 9:30-4:30p. June 1-2: Looking In – Looking Out, Doors & Windows in Watercolor with Robert O’Brien, 9:30-4:30p. June 12-15: Ceramics & Sculpture with Lauren Silver, 10-1p. June 23: Printmaking By Hand: Monotypes with Lori Hinrichsen, 10:30-4:30p. June 23-July 22: Legends of Rock & Roll – From the Lens of George Kalinsky. June 23: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Tryst Opening Reception, 2-4p. June 23-Sept 23: Mining the Past & Present: Works by Joe Fig. June 23: Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum 12th Season Opening Reception, 2-4p. June 23-Aug 26: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Trysts. June 23-Aug 26: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Tryst. June 24: Stories on the Hill – Katie Meets the Impressionists, 1-2:30p. June 26-30: Painting in Mass with Karen Winslow. July 6-7: Contemporary Landscape Painting in Pastel with Robert Carsten, 9:30-4:30p. July 7: Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway, 7:30p. July 8: Stories on the Hill – This Land Is Your Land. July 9- Aug 27: Painting Your Way with Barbara Pafume, 9:30-4:30p. July 10-13: Sculpture Elements in 3D Clay with Elaine Witten, 9:30-4:30p. July 14: Blues & Brews Festival, 12-7p. July 17-21: Fun With Xtraord!nary Watercolor Techniques with Judi Betts, 9-4p. July 21: Field, Flower, Forest – An Exploration into Japanese Flower Arranging with Katsuko Lord, 12-4p. July 24-28: Oil Floral Still Life with Christopher Pierce, 9:30-4:30p. July 28: Weatherbound: The Art of Jay Hall Connaway Opening Reception, 2-4p. July 28-Oct 21: The Art of Jay Hall Connaway. July 31-Aug 4: Landscape Painting in Watercolor with Robert O’Brien, 9:30-4:30p. Aug 1-4: Introduction to Portraiture with Dawn Miller, 9:30-4:30p. Aug. 9-11: Still Life Oil Painting with Elizabeth Torak, 10-4p. Aug 9: Igudesman & Joo, 7:30p. Aug 12: Stories on the Hill – The Seashore Book, 1-2:30p. Aug 16-18: Flower Power with Annelien Beukenkamp, 10-4p. Aug 21-24: Painting Landscapes in Pastel with Jim Markel, 9:30-4:30p. Aug 25: Wine Color with Chester Kasnowski, 11:4p. Aug 27-31: Plein Air & Beyond with Kenn Backhaus, 9-4p. Aug 28-31: From Traveler to Travel Photographer with Robyn Gianni, 9-4p. Sept 11-14: It’s All About the Light with Robert Carsten, 9:30-4:30p. Sept 15: Art on the Hill, 11-3p. Sept 21-22: Oil Pastels for Everyone with Chester Kasnowski, 9-3p. Sept 22: Field, Flower, Forest – An Exploration into Japanese Flower Arranging with Katsuko Lord, 12-4p. Sept 27-29: Passionate Still Life with Joe Anna Arnett, 9:30-4:30p.
The Nature Museum at Grafton
186 Townshend Rd., Grafton
nature-museum.org, 802-843-2111
May 26: Food For Thought: A Pale Blue Dot Symposium, 9-5p. Check in 8a at the White Church on Main Street.
Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals
55 Pleasant St., Grafton
vtmmm.org, 802-875-3562
Ongoing: Learn about Vermont’s rich mining and mineral industries through displays on talc, soapstone, and the world-famous Vermont marble, granite and slate.
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
636 Marble Street, Rutland
carvingstudio.org, 802 438-2097
May 19-July 1: 25th Anniversary Members Show. July 13-Aug 19: Emerging Sculptors Exhibition. Sept 8-Oct 21: SculptFest2012.
Vermont Center for Photography
49 Flat Street Street, Brattleboro
2-7p, Fri., noon- 5p, Sat.-Sun.
vcphoto.org, 802 251-6051
Thru May 27: Christine Triebert. Still life botanicals made without the use of a camera with light-sensitive paper. June 1-30: COWSCAPES: A Juried Exhibition. Aug 3-31: Sally Apfelbaum: It’s What’s Inside. Sept 7-30: Off the Books: Three Photographs. Jesseca Ferguson, Robert Flynt & Medora Hebert. Work utilizing books as an object of reverence as technology threatens to make them obsolete.
Brandon Artists Guild
7 Center Street, Brandon
10-5p daily
brandonartistsguild.org, 802 247-4956
Thru July 1: Flower Power. May 25-Sept 29: What’s Hatching in Brandon? Reception for 2012 Community Art Project. May 26-27: Open Studio Weekend. July 4-Aug 28: Double Vision.
Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art
15 Depot Street, Chester
Weds-Sat, 11-6p, Sun, 12-5p
vtica.org, 802 875-1018
Thru June 17: The Power of Beauty: Introducing the Paradise Suite Figurative and Landscape Watercolors by Jeanne Carbonetti. May 26: Personal Observations From Our Contemporary Fishbowl with Ernesto Montenegro. June 2: Music Performance by Scott Mullet Jazz Trio, 8p. June 8: Music Performance by the Feminine Divine Quartet. June 16: Music Performance by Lena Black 4tet with Cameron Brown, 8p. June 23-Aug 19: Jack Dowd’s 27. Acclaimed Sarasota artist and sculptor Jack Dowd, a contemporary social realist immortalizes ten iconic names synonymous with the “rock and roll” lifestyle when they died at age 27.Opening Reception June 29. Aug 11: The New York Short Film Concert.
