Staff Report
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All galleries and museums require masks and social distancing unless otherwise indicated.
Exhibit streaming
Vermont Arts Online — www.vermontartonline.org.
Bellows Falls
Canal Street Gallery: “Art for All,” through Jan. 23, Seasonal group show features 154 original artworks from 25 local artists in 19 mediums, many $2-$100, 23 Canal St., Bellows Falls, 802-289-0104, canalstreetartgallery.com.
Bennington
Bennington Museum: “Vermont Utopias: Imagining the Future,” through Dec. 28, 25 regional contemporary artists respond to: “What is your vision for the future of Vermont?”; “Our Voices, Our Streets: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski,” through Dec. 31, chronicling events in Bennington 2001-04; Scot Borofsky, through Dec. 31, “Gritty Streets to Green Mountains,” paintings by Brattleboro artist; “(re)Sounding,” through Dec. 31, bringing new life to old instruments; Grandma Moses, ongoing; “Bennington Modernism,” ongoing; “Gilded Age Vermont,” ongoing, wealth and prosperity come to Bennington, 75 Main St., Bennington, 802-447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org.
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: “Figuration Never Died: New York Painterly Painting, 1950-1970,” through Feb. 14, New York artists who absorbed the lessons of Abstract Expressionism yet remained dedicated to figurative painting; “Andy Yoder: Overboard,” through March 6, inspired by “The Great Shoe Spill of 1990”; “Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits,” through Feb. 14, tintype photographs of women; “Ice Shanties: Fishing, People & Culture” through March 6, work of Colombian-born photographer and part-time Vermont resident Federico Pardo; “Erik Hoffner: Ice Visions” through March 6, photographs of ice patterns from holes bored by ice fishermen; “Our Storied Landscape: Revealing the Brattleboro Words Trail,” through Feb. 14, drawings for a map by Cynthia Parker-Houghton, Union Station, Main Street (Route 5) and Routes 119 and 142, Brattleboro, 802-257-0124, www.brattleboromuseum.org.
Epsilon Spires: “In My Blood It Runs” is streaming now through the first week of December as part of its Virtual Cinema Programming. “In My Blood It Runs” is a compassionate observational documentary about Dujuan Hoosan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy growing up in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Australia. Dujuan is caught between worlds. Within his Arrernte home community he is a child healer whose family works to support his gifts and educate him in their traditional life-ways and cosmology. At the same time, he is struggling in a racist public education system where his future is increasingly imperiled by the looming threats of juvenile detention or seizure into foster care. Virtual tickets are $10 for three days of viewing; sentientcinema.vhx.tv. Epsilon Spires’s share of ticket sales will be donated to The Children’s Ground, an Aboriginal-led nonprofit.
Vermont Center for Photography: 2020 Annual Members Exhibition, through Dec. 20, 49 Flat St., Brattleboro, 802-251-6051, www.vcphoto.org.
Lebanon, N.H.
AVA Gallery: Annual Holiday Exhibition & Sale, Dec. 5-31; “All Shall Be Well Again,” Dec. 5-31, artwork from The Christmas Revels film, 1 Bank St., Lebanon, N.H., 603-448-3117, www.avagallery.org.
Manchester
Southern Vermont Arts Center: “Out of the Vault,” Dec. 5-Feb. 21, selections from SVAC’s permanent collection; 2020 All Member Exhibition, through Jan. 3, “Yester House Study: Works by Marion Huse,” and “The Women of SVAC,” Yester House, 930 SVAC Drive, Manchester, 802-362-1405, www.svac.org.
Putney
Next Stage Arts Project: Next Stage Arts Project and the Putney Historical Society present “Hoedowns, Reels and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance,” a virtual lecture by scholar of traditional music and dance Phil Jamison at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3. The southern Appalachian square dance is a hybrid dance form that developed in the American South during the 19th century, and like the Appalachian musical traditions, these dances reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the region. In this Zoom event, Jamison examines the multicultural roots and historical development of these dances and identifies the components of earlier European, African and Indigenous dance forms that combined to make them uniquely American. He will also discuss African-American and Indigenous musicians and callers who at one time were present in New England. Tickets are $10 for the Zoom presentation, $22 for the Zoom plus a 2021 Putney Historical Society calendar; go online to nextstagearts.org. Proceeds from this event benefit the Putney Historical Society.
Randolph
Chandler Center for the Arts: For many years Chandler Center for the Arts has had the good fortune of hosting No Strings Marionettes for a Thanksgiving weekend performance. It has become a tradition that the community looks forward to each year, and one of the first performances in Chandler’s usual packed holiday-show lineup. This year, with COVID-19, of course, that isn’t possible. But Barbara and Dan Paulson had an idea about how they might offer Chandler and the community an enormous gift. They recorded a version of one of their most popular puppet shows, “Treasure Hunt,” and will provide the show to Chandler. Chandler will give the show away through the Chandler website, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 28, and make it available through Jan. 1. There will be no charge to view the show, but a donate button is available for wanting to support Chandler during this difficult time. The puppeteers will also be available for a live talkback on two separate dates. Go online to www.chandler-arts.org for tickets or information.
St. Johnsbury
Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild: Annual Holiday Show, through Jan, 6, guest artisans and members show handmade wares, Back Room Gallery, 430 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, 802-748-0158, www.nekartisansguild.com
White River Junction
Two Rivers: “Pause,” beginning Dec. 1, artists reflect on this time of COVID-19 shutdown, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, 85 N. Main St., Suite 160, White River Junction, 802-295-5901, www.tworiversprintmaking.org
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