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Welcome Pages
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SVAC Information
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Mission Statement
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President’s Message
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New Executive Director’s Message
Contents Southern Vermont
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SVAC History
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Yester House Galleries / Sculpture Garden / Arkell Pavilion Café Mamie / Boswell Botany Trail / Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum Hay Madeira Education Center
Exhibits
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Opening / Sabra Field: Vermont Artist, World Vision
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Elizabeth Torak Exhibition / Three Contemporary Sculptors
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Outdoor Sculpture Yester House Galleries
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Opening / 82nd Annual Members’ Exhibition
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June-August Solo Exhibits
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55th Annual National Fall Open Exhibition November-December Solo Exhibits 20th Annual Winter Members’ Exhibition
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February Solo Exhibits / March Art from the Schools
Article
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Spotlight on the Permanent Collection: Reginald Marsh
Performing Arts
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Arkell Pavilion
Workshops
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Hay Madeira Education Center
Children & Family
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Education, Events, Outreach
Special Events
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The Artists’ Palate / Artist’s Studio Open House Haunted Arts Weekend / Scottish Winter Ball
About Us
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Trustees and Administration / Members and Donors / Advertisers / Supporters / Corporate Partners
Calendar
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We invite you to
Participate Welcome to the Southern Vermont Arts Center, the only one of its kind in New England. When you’re at the Center, you’re at the heart of the arts in Vermont. Come to view world-class exhibitions … buy the works of local artists … take in a concert or show … explore our history-rich campus with its inviting sculpture garden and beckoning nature walks. Discover one-of-a-kind, artful gifts in our shop. Then drop in at the café for delicious local fare in a delightful setting. Spend an hour, take a day, plan an evening – whether you’re a visitor or a neighbor, come be at the center of what makes Vermont a genuinely special place. Southern Vermont
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exhibits The Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum is a state-of-the-art exhibition space that regularly hosts major and significant works from around the region and the country. The historic Yester House Galleries feature works by the most accomplished regional artists that are available for purchase. Our sculpture grounds use the natural beauty of our campus as a perfect exhibition backdrop.
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Come try your hand at drawing, painting, sculpture, and more. Students of all ages, teachers, and families will benefit from the diverse educational offerings at SVAC. Whether just beginning your creative exploration or looking to hone your artistic skills, the Arts Center has just the right experience and inspiration available.
The Arts Center offers a variety of special events. From our series of Artist’s Studio open houses to our spooky Halloween weekend, there’s something to please everyone in the family. And don’t miss our bi-annual Scottish Winter Ball; it’s happening this year! Make your reservations early.
Enjoy top-flight music, dance, and other performances in an intimate setting. You’ll be close to the performers anywhere in our 400-seat Arkell Pavilion. Completely restored in 2000, this warm and intimate venue with its near-perfect acoustics has been the jewel of Southern Vermont performing arts since its opening night nearly 50 years ago.
private events Make your next event something truly special at the Center. Weddings, parties, reunions, seminars – our campus is yours to enjoy and make your own memories. For pricing, availability or to arrange a tour please call Jackie Bell Sargood at 802-362-1405, ext. 19. 5
hOUrS: year-round: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm May – December: Sunday Noon – 5pm
ADMISSION: Admission to the Arts Center is free. There is an admission fee to special exhibitions in the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum.
VISIT US ON-LINE: Browse our new website for the most up-to-date Center Information, Activities, and Calendar.
www.svac.org ON ThE COVEr: “French hill Sunrise” by Elizabeth Allen. See page 26.
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Our Mission The mission of the Southern Vermont Arts Center is to make both the visual and performing arts an integral part of the life of our community and the region by: • Presenting the finest-quality exhibitions and performances • Providing education and instruction in the arts • Exhibiting and marketing the work of member artists • Providing opportunities for community service in promotion of excellence in the arts
Dear Members and Friends of the Southern Vermont Arts Center,
President’s Message
This year marks the 89th year of the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s remarkable history. Since our founding in 1922 by a group of local artists dedicated to supporting each other and to bringing visual arts to our community, the Arts Center has grown to become a center for the arts in all their wonderful forms. We continue the tradition of our founders by supporting our artist members with the Yester House galleries, seminars, and instructional classes. Our outreach programs and events bring the arts to thousands of children in our communities. And the Arkell Pavilion features performers who will appeal to all age groups and musical tastes. In 2009 we received a generous endowment from the estate of Marina Svetlova to support dance, and we look forward to presenting the inaugural program this autumn. In March, we welcomed Joseph Madeira as our executive director. Joe brings with him a wealth of experience, new ideas, enthusiasm, and abundant energy. I know he is looking forward to meeting you and hearing your suggestions for future activities and programs.
Stanley S. Stroup
This year we will be taking on a new look that builds on our proud heritage and our
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deeply planted roots in the community. We have a beautiful campus, wonderful programs, a talented, hardworking staff, dedicated volunteers, and an outstanding board of trustees committed to the long-term success of our institution. But, in the final analysis, our success depends on you – our members and friends. Thank you. We hope to see you on the hill often this year enjoying the sights, sounds, and activities of the Southern Vermont Arts Center. Sincerely, Stanley S. Stroup
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Dear Friends,
Executive Director’s Message
Welcome to our new publication Arts/Life – featuring all the exhibitions, programs, and performances of the Southern Vermont Arts Center. It is an exciting time for SVAC and I am honored to be part of an organization with such a vital and lasting tradition of excellence. As a new director with multiple responsibilities, my first and foremost task (and one that I look forward to most) is to meet and become acquainted with all the members of this community who visit, support, and get involved with the Arts Center. I bring with me a broad range of experiences in museum and cultural organizations, a passion for art and music, and a central message – that the arts are exciting to everyone and are relevant to everything in our lives.
Joseph Madeira SVAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Without the support and advancement of the arts we would not have the timeless tragedies of Shakespeare, the magical movies of Spielberg, or the stylish sound of Alicia Keys (or the wonderful exhibits, programs and performances you'll find in this edition). The arts provide inspiration and delight and open up new ways to see and understand our world. Art centers are places where everyone is welcome and encouraged to explore, investigate, ponder, meander, listen, learn, and create. They are meant to be centers for enjoyment, education, and inspiration. In fact, this Arts Center has its roots in inspiration – going back to a small group of artists from Dorset. These founding artists were inspired by the region, the mountains, and our setting and created some magnificent work. So please, make the short drive up the hill to see what’s new and exciting at your Arts Center – you will undoubtedly discover something inspiring for yourself. Sincerely, Joseph Madeira
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Enjoy the dinner of a lifetime at our new Chop House, serving the finest seafood and steaks grilled to perfection.
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Our new Falcon Bar delights with fine wines, award-winning chocolates, locally sourced cheeses and an open-air fire pit.
Located on the scenic deck of the Equinox Golf Club, the Dormy Grill offers a tempting lunch and dinner menu.
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A short history of SVAC
History
yester house under construction, 1917. Twelve-inch clapboards were milled on site.
On a late summer day in 1922 In the summer of 1922 Edwin B. Child, Francis Dixon, Wallace W. Fahnestock, John Lillie, and Herbert Meyer, five gentlemen who would come to be known as the Dorset Painters, got together to show their wares at the Dorset Town Hall. “On that August day,” says historian Mary Hard Bort, in Art and Soul, her definitive history of the Arts Center, “local people came to see the work of their neighbors. Visitors stopped by to see what was going on. Summer people came to assess the quality of the work, and the ladies of the village served punch, tea, and cookies to all. It was a Dorset social event and the start of something much bigger that would encompass the entire Battenkill Valley.”
100 paintings draw visitors from around the world Two years later, Francis Dixon and Frank V. Vanderhoof, a summer resident and fellow painter, arranged an exhibition of paintings by a group that would come to be called the “Southern Vermont Artists” at Manchester’s Equinox Pavilion. It was just three years after that, in August of 1927, the ten-day Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Southern Vermont was held. The exhibit of over 100 paintings drew more than 1,600 visitors from 28 states, Canada, Norway, England, Wales, and Algeria.
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yester house under construction, 1917.
gertrude Divine Webster with Janet Mulch Janssen in the summer of 1946.
This annual celebration of art relocated to the gymnasium of the Burr and Burton Seminary (now Academy) and continued to strengthen and grow yearly, attracting soon-to-be internationally known talent – Luigi Lucioni and Ogden Pleissner first exhibited in the 1930s; Dean Fausett in 1940; Norman Rockwell joined in 1945. And while art and artists blossomed in the foreground, a group of prominent residents and business owners, looking to ensure the longevity of this budding organization, formed the Southern Vermont Artists, Inc.
Prominent residents make up the first board of trustees Mary Hard Bort tells us that, “Ten men and one woman, only one of them an artist, signed the Articles of Association. These incorporators were, variously, the president of the village and former proprietor of the Equinox House, wealthy benefactor and chairman of the Beechnut Packing Co., Manchester’s poet laureate and prominent businessman, president of the Factory Point Bank, artist and summer resident, grandson of Robert Todd Lincoln, husband of artist Harriet Miller, prominent Bennington attorney, prominent Dorset businessman and owner of the marble quarries, summer visitor, and Bennington County probate judge.”
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1944 art exhibit at Burr & Burton Seminary
The various people behind those impressive titles – Mrs. George Orvis, Bartlett Arkell, Walter R. Hard, William H. Roberts, H.D. Schnakenberg, Lincoln Isham, Harlan Miller, Luther R. Graves II, Ernest West, Edward F. Rochester, and Edward Griffith – were, in effect, the first board of trustees for the Arts Center.
grandma Moses celebrates her 100th birthday at SVAC in 1960.
Raise the money he did, and over two days, July 15 and 16 of 1950, the Southern Vermont Artists accepted the terms of the sale; thanks to a flurry of last-minute fund-raising and some judicious forestry management, the mortgage amount was reduced to $12,000, payable in three years, at 2%. It was also at those meetings that the name Southern Vermont Arts Center was officially adopted.
A permanent home for the Arts Center By the late 1940s, the trustees and the Southern Vermont artists’ first executive director, Richard Ketchum, were actively pursuing a permanent home for the organization. Dean Fausett headed up the building committee; as it happened, a piece of property was then under serious consideration – initial architectural sketches were being prepared – when Ketchum heard that the former Webster Estate – the current home of the Arts Center – was for sale for, give or take, $25,000. Dean Fausett was vacationing in Mexico at the time. “I went up and looked at it,” Dick Ketchum told Mary Hard Bort, “liked what I saw, spoke with the Realtor, and when Dean called one day from Mexico, I told him about it. ‘Tell them we’ll buy it!’ he practically shouted. ‘I’ll head home tomorrow and raise the money.’”
Today: A tribute to the founders The ensuing years have witnessed growth and invigoration akin to that experienced by the original SVA in the 1930s. With the addition of the Arkell Pavilion’s wonderfully intimate performance space, the studios of the Hay Madeira Education Center (and the incredible expansion in quantity and quality of art workshops offered annually therein), and the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, the Arts Center has truly become a cornerstone of Vermont’s art community and a most fitting tribute to those devoted folks – artists and otherwise – who’ve gone before. Southern Vermont
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SVAC’s Sculpture Garden is encountered by visitors almost as soon as they enter the grounds, from the monumental installations in the lower meadow to the pieces exhibited around the grounds of Yester House and the Wilson Museum.
The 400-seat Arkell Pavilion hosts SVAC’s own Performance Series each summer into fall, as well as performances by other local organizations such as Northshire Performing Arts and Manchester Music Festival. Arkell Pavilion
Yester House Galleries The Arts Center’s 28-room Georgian mansion, Yester House Galleries, is one of Vermont’s largest fine arts showcases. Placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1988, Yester House Galleries houses the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s annual and invitational exhibitions. The mansion’s former foyer, salons, bed chambers, and sitting rooms now comprise ten beautiful galleries featuring the art of more than 300 artists over the year’s worth of exhibitions, with all artwork for sale. Admission to the Galleries is free. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum
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Every season sets the stage for discovery As the seasonal palette offers the lush greens of spring and summer, a luminous autumn, and a peaceful winter white, the campus is always the perfect backdrop for our exhibitions and events.
Café Mamie Opening for its second season on Friday, May 27, Café Mamie in Yester House will be serving Chef Mariah Macfarlane's seasonal and locally sourced cuisine – bountiful fresh salads, seasonal soups, sandwiches, and other entrees, and of course, Mariah's favorite desserts. Enjoy a glass of wine or cocktail inside or out on the covered terrace, in one of the most beautiful settings in southern Vermont; sculpture gardens roll out a green carpet to the mountains beyond. In addition to the newly expanded lunch menu served from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday, Chef Mariah will be serving dinners 5:30 - 8:30pm Thursday - Saturday. The café will be open for brunch on Father’s Day or rent the café on Sunday for your special occasions! Reservations are recommended at 802-366-8298. Please call for information or visit cafemamie.com.
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As you explore our campus, you’ll be delighted at every turn. Our sculpture installations and period architecture integrate into the hillside to create an unforgettable visual treat.
Boswell Botany Trail The Boswell Botany Trail, the original “nature walk” of the old Webster Estate, is a rambling threequarter-mile nature trail dotted with indigenous trees, rare native wildflowers, grasses and mosses.
Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum Designed by noted architect Hugh Newell Jacobson, the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum is a state of the art exhibition space that regularly hosts major exhibitions. It houses the Arts Center’s elegant conference room, as well as its climatecontrolled vault containing over 700 works by wellknown 19th- and 20thcentury artists. These works are the Arts Center’s excellent permanent collection.
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Hay Madeira Education Center The Education Center’s two art studios are the site for a wide variety of art classes, camps, and workshops for children and adults throughout the year, as well as a space for “open studio” activities by Members Artists, children’s birthday parties, and group meeting rentals. 17
Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum
Our fabulous museum space provides visitors and community members with an opportunity to experience world-class presentations. This year, we are privileged to host a series of concurrent exhibitions that represent serious new directions in art explored by leading artists in the region – working in both the traditional and contemporary arenas. 11th SEASON OPENING CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION JULY 23, 4:00 - 6:00pm Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum
Join us to celebrate the 11th Season Opening, featuring Sabra Field, Elizabeth Torak, and three featured contemporary sculptors.
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Sabra Field – Vermont Artist, World Vision July 23 - October 16, 2011
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Sabra Field is considered one of Vermont’s most recognizable artists and one of America’s most accomplished printmakers. Her iconic landscapes quietly symbolize the harmony that can exist between humanity and nature. Since 1969, Sabra has maintained her home and studio in East Barnard, Vermont. For more than 30 years Sabra Field has refined her skills of observation and cultivated an astonishing ability to recall images – “collective shared images,” of the Green Mountain State. Prints by Sabra Field have been the subject of over 50 one-person exhibitions since 1960, and have been included in numerous national and international juried exhibitions. She is well-known as the designer of the 1991 Vermont Bicentennial stamp for the United States Postal
Service. Sabra now prints using digital inkjet technology, typically called a giclée (g-clay). Giclées are printed digitally from her original woodblock images. Sabra has been named an Extraordinary Vermonter (1991) and received the 1999 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. She has also been named a “Living Treasure” by the Shelburne Crafts School in 2000 and was one of two awarded the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Medal for the Arts (2001). Middlebury College, Sabra’s alma mater, has a collection of every piece that she has ever printed. She has been awarded Middlebury College’s Alumni Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctorate.
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Elizabeth
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The Feast of Venus: An Exploration of the Artist’s Process Luigi Lucioni Gallery
July 23 - October 16, 2011
One of the foremost figure painters of the day, Elizabeth Torak lives in Pawlet, Vermont, with her husband and fellow painter Thomas Torak. A multi-award-winning artist, her oil paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country. “The Artist’s Process” is an invitation to explore the mind of the artist at work. The exhibit centers around a large figure painting, “The Feast of Venus I” and includes most of the drawings and oil studies that went into its development. A common theme during the Renaissance, paintings of The Feast of Venus typically depict a voluptuous goddess, surrounded by dozens, sometimes hundreds, of frolicking infants. In her more contemporary interpretation, Torak’s painting becomes a celebration of women, a consideration of the relationship between women and food, as well as a meditation on the mystery of creativity. The painting is also, in some important ways, a reflection of Torak’s relationship to the history of painting, what she sees as the flow of life and time, and is inspired by many artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Velasquez, and Vermeer “who paint a quotidian world and yet you feel a mystical structure underlying it.”
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Elizabeth Torak working on The Feast of Venus I Oil on linen, 5’ x 9’ Photograph Copyrighted George Bouret 2011
Study for Sous Chef Charcoal and conte on toned paper 13” x 10”
Artist’s Talk: Elizabeth Torak LUIGI LUCIONI GALLERY August 27, 2011 1:00 - 2:00pm Elizabeth Torak
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Study for Sous Chef Chopping Carrots Charcoal and conte on toned paper 13” x 10”
Three Contemporary
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This exhibition features the work of three outstanding sculptors working in predominantly abstract styles. Each of the artists has frequently exhibited throughout the region and nationally, and their work is represented in numerous private and public collections. Each artist is also featured separately in one-person exhibitions in Yester House Galleries during the 2011 summer season.
Duncan Johnson Duncan Johnson is a Vermont artist whose work has evolved from the three-dimensional to the two-dimensional form. Taking discarded bits of wood found in landfills and construction sites in Vermont, he painstakingly prepares the boards by cutting them into thin strips, taking care to preserve the patinas of the weathered surfaces before attaching them to panels with a series of fine nails laid along delicate grid-like pencil lines. The grid-like paintings that result contain aspects of sculpture, drawing, and painting, referencing many of the artist’s interests, from quilting to architecture.
Lee – The Dowser Copper, steel, bronze, string 52” x 23” x 5”
John Kemp Lee John Kemp Lee is a Vermont artist who is Adjunct Professor of Art at Dartmouth College. Johnson – Longitude 2 Reclaimed wood, graphite, Although predominantly abstract, his work contains wire, nails 84” x 60” x 2” elements that are more figurative and symbolic and that address aspects of the human condition. “The objects that I make, be they wall reliefs, drawings, or free-standing sculptures, are always concerned with the Distance Between. How close do we hold our loved ones, how strongly do we embrace the philosophies that guide us, what separates us from true contentment, what exactly is that moment when life turns into death?”
Gary Haven Smith Gary Haven Smith, an artist from New Hampshire, not only creates monumental free-standing pieces but also smaller, lighter sculptures, as well as pieces that combine elements of drawing, painting, and sculpture. Smith has earned numerous awards, including Lifetime Fellow by NH State Council on the Arts and a Pollock-Krasner Grant, and he was the first recipient of the Greater Piscatuqua Foundation’s Enrichment Grant in 2002. His pieces are included in private, public, and museum collections nationally and internationally. If the artist Kemp Lee is drawn to the exploration of what he calls “the Distance Between” and Duncan Johnson is attracted to the combination of imperfections that make the perfect whole, Gary Haven Smith’s interest lies in the creation of the balance between “what is and what is not.” He often chooses materials and designs that “are reflections on past cultures that continue to live for me” and that provide a vantage point for the complexities of our present technological age.
Smith – Counter Poise Granite 80.5” x 27” x 22”
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Highlights
Outdoor Sculpture As you explore our campus, you’ll discover
Stalking Cheetah, by Wendy Klemperer
our outdoor sculpture installations at almost every turn. Southern Vermont’s distinctive seasons provide an ever-changing backdrop and a fresh look at these contemporary works by featured artists every time you visit.
Wendy Klemperer Wendy Klemperer works on a scale that is larger than life, an expansion of scale that reflects the place a wild beast holds in our imagination – not the actual animal, but the huge space it takes up in the mind’s eye. The piece is simultaneously there and not there, as if disappearing before our eyes. This creates a tension akin to the apparition-like quality of a fleetingly glimpsed wild creature, gone in a flash, just barely perceived before it vanishes into the woods again. Klemperer attended the University of Rochester, then transferred to Harvard University to earn a BA in biochemistry before moving to NYC to pursue art full time. She earned a BFA in sculpture at Pratt Institute. Her work has been exhibitied widely in NYC and the US, including installations at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; the Bridgewater-Lustberg Gallery, NYC, NY; and the DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. Her large-scale permanent installations include 560 Broadway in NYC and Henry Lay Sculpture park in Missouri. Klemperer has taught welded sculpture at the Educational Alliance Art School and Third Ward in NY, and the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT. Work on display: Stalking Cheetah, Steel, 45" x 98" x 35"
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The Wealth of Fools, by Gregory Smith
John Kemp Lee has a BA in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently Adjunct Professor of Art at Dartmouth College, he is an internationally exhibited artist whose work has been shown in numerous gallery exhibitions, including most recently a one-person exhibit at Kouros Gallery, New York City. “The objects that I make, be they wall reliefs, drawings, or free-standing sculptures are always concerned with the Distance Between. How close do we hold our loved ones, how strongly do we embrace the philosophies that guide us, what separates us from true contentment, what exactly is that moment when life turns to death?” Kemp Lee sees his pieces as being attempts to identify and describe the ineffable – to discover “what is universal among specific, even unique, circumstances.”
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Gregory Smith
David Tanych
Gregory Smith is a sculptor and poet who lives in North Pownal, Vermont. He studied at Kenyon College, where he was awarded the Kenyon Poetry Prize in 1974, then at Bennington College, with Isaac Witkin and Brower Hatcher. He earned a BA. at the University of Vermont, where he studied with Paul Aschenbach, Frank Hewitt, and Gregg Blasdel. An award-winning artist, his numerous solo and group exhibitions include those at the Kouros Gallery, Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT; Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA; The Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT; SUNY at Purchase, Purchase, NY; and AONE, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT. In his essay on Smith’s sculpture, Sam Hunter writes, “Whimsical and deft, his art focuses on the personal and poetic rather than on the universally heroic, and thus expresses a slightly ironic, quixotic quality that is quintessentially late-twentieth century American.”
David Tanych has been building objects since his father gave him a hammer, saw, nails, and a block of wood at age ten. A veteran home and furniture builder, Tanych has turned his interest in design and fabrication from the functional and practical to the imaginative and artistic. Interested in welding and the properties of metal, Tanych attended two summer sessions in blacksmithing at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. As he became more skilled, Tanych began building steel outdoor sculptures. Likened to the work of sculptor Claes Oldenburg by many viewers, his most recent pieces are big and bold, on a massive scale. “My enormous pieces are immediately recognizable for the common, functional item they represent, and people can easily relate to them because of the memories they call to mind. I am always aware of how these works will be displayed, and my intent is that these evocative objects can be appreciated in a fresh, playful, and meaningful way.”
Work on display: The Wealth of Fools – stainless steel, 112" x 45"x 24"
Work on display: Opened – steel, 252" x 84" x 96"
Opened, by David Tanych
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Major Annual and Invitational Exhibitions / Art Sales
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Historic Yester House provides visitors with a unique experience in viewing and enjoying works of art from the finest artists in Vermont and beyond. The intimate interior of the galleries is contrasted in one glance with the expansive vistas of mountain landscape just outside the palladian windows. Each of the ten galleries contains artwork of a distinct identity, offering browsers and buyers alike a range of exciting choices.
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The 82nd Annual Members’ Exhibition traces its lineage directly to a 1922 exhibition at the Dorset Town Hall, which featured works of The Dorset Painters – Edwin B. Child, Francis Dixon, Wallace W. Fahnestock, John Lillie, and Herbert Meyer. The same group mounted another summer exhibition, at Manchester’s Equinox Pavilion, two years later and, minus a few years lost during WWII, a Members’ Exhibition has been held every year since. This year’s Exhibition features ten galleries of exceptional paintings, sculpture, photography, and mixed media pieces. Now open to Artist Members residing in Vermont or within a 30-mile radius of the Arts Center, the prestigious Annual Member’s Exhibition contains works of Featured Artist Robert K. Carsten and up to 200 juried works from some of the finest artists in the region.
82nd Annual Members’ Exhibition May 7 – June 14, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION: MAY 7, 2011 2:00 – 4:00pm Free and open to the public
Featured Artist Robert Carsten and Members’ Work All Artwork Available for Sale Concept & Composition Pastel by Robert Carsten
Recycled Light
Pastel by Robert Carsten
Online Sales: www.svac.org Visit svac.org and follow the link to SVAC’s newly launched Online Sales Gallery, where art lovers may browse and purchase from a collection of artwork that is concurrently being shown in Yester House Galleries, works from the Collectors’ Gallery and, from time to time, pieces of note from featured Artist Members. 25
June
Solo Exhibits Yester House Galleries
JUNE 18 – JULY 19 OPENING RECEPTION
June 18, 2:00 - 4:00pm Free and open to the public
Elfriede Abbe
GALLERY I Elfriede Abbe graduated from Cornell University in 1940 as an architect and illustrator. A talented sculptor and printmaker, she has won many awards, including the Tiffany Fellowship, the Salmagundi Club Board of Directors’ Award, and the National Arts Club bronze medal. Distinguished permanent collections include the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery and Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Watson Library. A Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, she is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art.” Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions including the National Arts Club, NY, and the Hunt Library, Carnegie-Mellon University. Elfriede Abbe started coming to Manchester in 1964 as a summer resident and moved to the area permanently in 1973. This is her fifth exhibition at the SVAC.
Elizabeth Allen
Boar Ceramic 9”x 8”x 2”
GALLERY IV
A graduate of Indiana University and Rhode Island School of Design, Elizabeth Allen studied at the European Honors Program, R.I.S.D., Rome, Italy, and at the Arts Students League of New York with artists Ted Jacobs, David Leffell, Nelson Shanks, and others. An award-winning artist, her work has been exhibited in many juried shows, including Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT, and the Hudson Valley Art Association. Influenced by the Luminists, she aims “to concentrate on the soul of a landscape. I find the scenes I want to paint in the earliest hours of the day as the mist envelopes the land and in the twilight hours when the colors created by the setting sun spread across the landscape in a rainbow of unexpected color.”
French Hill Sunrise Oil 12”x 9”
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Virginia Bradley
GALLERY II
Virginia Bradley is a Professor of Art at the University of Delaware, where she teaches painting and drawing. She is the recipient of several fellowships, including a McKnight Foundation Fellowship in Painting, and she has also been a fellow at Yaddo, Sanskriti Kendra (New Delhi, India), Fundacion Valparaiso (Mojcar, Spain), Ragdale, and the Virginia Center of Creative Arts. “The making of my work is about questioning, searching and continually arriving. The work creates a structure where a dialogue between the alchemy of material, visual image and personal experience takes place … I am a traveler, collector, and voyeur. Images from the natural world and observed cultures are often source material for the departure of my work – which references both the seen and the unseen – the spoken and the unspoken in the living world.”
Aesculapius’s Swan Mixed media on birch panel 96”x 72”
Chris Malcomson
GALLERY VII
As a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Chris Malcomson worked for many years at the Consulting Engineering Firm of J. Samuely and Partners in England. Malcomson’s specialty was in major inner city redevelopment, the complexity of which required the ability to get to the root of a problem, a practice that helped him focus on the essence of things in his abstract painting. In 1993 he attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, and in 2004 he was invited to an Artist Residency organized by the Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojcar, Spain. Now living in the US, he is married to fellow artist Virginia Bradley. Malcomson’s life long interest in Jungian and Transpersonal psychology, the poet Rumi, and icons are a continuing influence on his work.
Last Oil on Paper 19”x 18”
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June Solo Exhibits continued
Ian Marion
ENTRANCE GALLERY
Originally from southern Vermont, Ian Marion obtained a BFA. in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005 and graduated from the New York Academy of Art with an MFA. in Painting in 2009. A recipient of several awards, including the Frank Drummond Award in 2011, Ian Marion now resides in New York City, where he exhibits his work at Arcadia Fine Arts. This exhibition includes both his “Cloudscape Series” of paintings and his “Imaginary Sublime Landscape Series.” In his Cloudscape paintings we see his “desire to capture the spectacular beauty of our omnipresent skies,” which he does by painting “a representational appearance while integrating non-traditional spatial relationships.” In the more traditional portraits of the landscape in his Imaginary Sublime Landscape series, Ian pays tribute both to his own love of Nature and to the “American sublime and romantic landscape movement.”
A Distant Light Oil on canvas 5”x 7”
Crickett Polis
GALLERY V
A second-generation photographer, Crickett Polis first started out at the Southern Vermont Arts Center as an intern while studying Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. When not running her full-time business, Polis Photography, and teaching numerous workshops in the local area, Polis spends much of her time taking photographs that capture the beauty of upstate New York, where she currently resides, and of southern Vermont, where she grew up. The current show reflects this abiding passion for beauty, which she treasures wherever she finds it, and reveals her ability to create a painterly quality in her portraits of flowers and the local landscape.
After the Rain II Photograph 16”x 16”
Gary Haven Smith
GALLERY VI
Gary Haven Smith lives and works in Northwood, New Hampshire. He received his degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire in 1973 and is a Lifetime Fellow of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Smith has earned numerous awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Grant. Numerous exhibitions include those at McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH; Spotlight New England, the Currier Museum, Manchester, NH; Cynthia Reeves, New York, NY. His monumental sculptures in granite and his mixed media wall pieces are included in prestigious private and public collections worldwide. Interested in discovering links between the worlds of the past and the present, the artist is “unabashedly in search of beauty, balance, and tranquility.”
June Collector’s Gallery The Collector’s Gallery is a rotating showcase in reserved areas of Yester House Galleries for selected works by Artist Members, providing extended access throughout the year to works sought after by collectors and the viewing public alike.
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Fluere (flow) Granite and forged steel 54”x 28”x 27”
July
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Solo Exhibits
JULY 23 – AUGUST 23 OPENING RECEPTION
June 23, 2:00 - 4:00pm Free and open to the public
Sam Clayton
ENTRANCE GALLERY Sam Clayton studied at the Arts Students League of New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. A nationally and internationally exhibited artist, awards include the Bergman Painting Prize; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Penny McCall Foundation Grant, New York. This exhibition, called “Immaterial,” reveals the artist’s increasing interest in combining the figurative and the abstract. For the past 25 years Clayton has focused on using the human figure and finding a new pictorial space in which it can exist. “Informed by history without being a slave to it,” Clayton examines the relationships between the material and immaterial world, the physical and the transcendent aspects of reality, in images which he says can be viewed as “visual poems or … musical compositions.”
Lisa Cueman
Ecstasy Charcoal, acrylic, paper, rice paper, museum-board, silk, linen, cotton, and wood on wood panel 54”x 42”
GALLERY V
Lisa Cueman lives in Dorset, Vermont. Most of her life has been spent “either around or with horses, driven by my underlying passion for this animal, its beauty and its spirit. My photography is an extension of this passion.” It is, as Cueman explains, all “about the horse, as I focus in on the multiple forms, textures and lines that play off each other, and capture my attention. This collection is what I see – the symmetry, the flowing lines, the compelling forms. These abstractions, both in combination with and separate from each other, are the sum of what is so beautiful and powerful about the horse.” This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at the SVAC.
Triptych – Form Study, Panel III Photograph / Archival giclee print 84”x 36”
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July Solo Exhibits continued
Regina DeLuise
GALLERY I
A faculty member of Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore, MD, Regina DeLuise has exhibited both nationally and internationally including shows at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery Inc., New York, NY; the Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT; and the Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Her photographs are in many major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. The photographs in this exhibition were taken in Thimpu, Bhutan, in the summer of 2010. “Using an 8 x 10 camera, I continued my investigation into the mundane and sublime aspect of my surroundings. With light as my central theme, the generosity of the culture is at the heart of the work.”
Two Monks in Zangto Pelri Lhakhang Temple Palladium print 8”x 10”
DeLuise, Michael and Carol GALLERY VIII Carol DeLuise Well-known performer, philanthropist, and mother of Peter, Michael and David, Carol DeLuise, also credited as Carol Arthur, earned her recognition as an actor, singer, and dancer on stage, screen and television. Married to fellow actor, Dom DeLuise, she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and was invited to perform on Broadway by Sir Noel Coward after he had seen her perform at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre. “It is such an honor to be at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, as my heart has been in Vermont ever since the 1950s when I acted with the Caravan Theater at the Dorset Playhouse and met my favorite artist, Arthur Jones, whom I’ve had the pleasure of painting alongside. My intention with this show is just keeping up with family.”
Fall in Dorset Oil 16”x 24”
Michael DeLuise Middle son of comedian Dom DeLuise and performer Carol Arthur, Michael DeLuise is best known for his performances in “SeaQuest 2032,” “Stargate SG-1,” “CSI : NY” and the “Gilmore Girls” as well as “Wayne’s World” and “Boys Will Be Boys,” directed by his father. He lives in Santa Monica, where he “loves to ride his bicycle and maintain his amateur Renaissance man status.” His portraits in this show subtitled, “The Reason Being,” reveal his unsentimental empathy with the way we as individuals struggle with unresolved aspects of our own humanity, including issues of identity and control over our own destiny.
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Honker If You Like Noses Oil 11”x 14”
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Gerarde Doucette
Yester House Galleries
GALLERY IV
Gerarde Doucette received his art training at the Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA; the Museum School of Art, Boston, MA; and the Copley Society, Boston, MA, where he studied figure drawing. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the New England area, including the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, and the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA. He is a member of the New England Watercolor Society, the Vermont Watercolor Society, the Copley Society, as well as the Southern Vermont Arts Center. A full-time painter and art instructor as well as a talented musician, Doucette currently lives with his family in Charlestown, NH. This show features Doucette’s figurative work, his trompe l’oeil paintings and his architectural landscapes. Elias’ Masterpiece Watercolor 22”x 30”
Curtis Hale
Educated at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Curtis Hale is from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, and is the fourth generation of a family of painters. Residential Staff Artist at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 1999-2001, Hale now lives in Danville, Vermont. He is a landscape painter who paints in oil, working primarily from life. While celebrating the beauty of the environment, his work often also explores the impact of our civilization on the natural world. A finalist of the 2010 Vermont Art of Action project, his paintings are broadly painted, and aim“to establish a mood,” rather than excessive detail. Although intensely engaged with painting the historical buildings, industrial structures, and landscape of Vermont, Curtis has traveled widely and exhibitions include Interpretations of Contemporary Landscape, Yang Pyung, South Korea, in July 2002.
Blue House Oil on linen 29”x 38”
Manchester Historical Society
GALLERY II
GALLERY X
The Manchester Historical Society presents a representative display of photographs and artifacts from its collection that reflect moments in the history of the town. Founded in 1897, the mission of the Manchester Historical Society is to collect, preserve, interpret, and present the story of Manchester, Vermont, through the research collection, exhibitions, programs, and publications. In celebration of Manchester’s 250th anniversary, the society has published a book of historical photographs of Manchester in the “Arcadia Images of America” series.
July Collector’s Gallery Selected works of Artist Members and featured artists.
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July Solo Exhibits continued
Mallory Lake
GALLERY IX
Vermont artist Mallory Lake is a multi-award-winning artist, whose work is in many public and private collections, including the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA; the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH; the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. “The primary focus of my artwork is to re-create the interplay of light and shadow” with the use of chiaroscuro (light-dark in Italian), a technique adopted by Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and others to produce the dramatic illusion of depth. Mysterious and evocative, her lush, velvety vignettes of places, mainly in Italy, which she has visited and loved, are created with the use of handmade soft pastel and vegetable fiber-coated paper. “Mallory Lake’s Tuscany is blurred edges and cold dark greens and browns, all in a crepuscular light” – Jeffrey Ganz.
John Kemp Lee GALLERY VII See full biography on page 21. Cat’s Cradle (Detail) Copper, steel over wood 21”x 21”x 2”
Villa at Scorgiano Pastel 12”x 7.5”
Enrico Riley
GALLERY VI
Enrico Riley is Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College. Born in Waterbury, CT, Riley received his BA. in Visual Studies from Dartmouth and his MFA. from Yale. He was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, and in 2007 he was granted a Guggenheim Award. Exhibitions include shows at the Pageant Gallery in Philadelphia; the Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY; Lori Bookstein Fine Art and Reeves Contemporary, both in NYC. “My work advances two questions. One: Can rationality, as represented by pattern, geometry, and methodical process, be empathetic? Two: Can the visionary, or intuitive be rational?” Source material is extremely important to Riley’s work. Subjects include maps of star constellations, poetry, Middle Eastern carpet designs, and African-American jazz scores.
Trigram / The Lion Graphite on graph paper 22”x 17”
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Solo Exhibits
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August AUGUST 27 – SEPTEMBER 25 OPENING RECEPTION
August 27, 4:00 - 6:00pm Free and open to the public
Duncan Johnson
GALLERY VII New England sculptor Duncan Johnson has a BA. from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and his work has been exhibited nationally. Exhibitions include those at David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York; the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, and the Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT. Numerous awards include the Pollock Krasner Foundation Artist Grant, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and New American Paintings publication prize. “My new body of work uses discarded wood gathered from landfills and construction sites in Vermont,” which he cuts into thin strips and attaches to “panels with a series of fine wire nails laid along delicate grid-like pencil lines,” taking care to protect the original patina, “… the result being works that contain aspects of sculpture, drawing and painting.”
Stackhouse Reclaimed wood, graphite, wire, nails 25”x 24”
Kathleen Kolb
Clear Bright Blue Oil on linen 24”x 36”
GALLERY VI
Kathleen Kolb has been living and painting in Vermont since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design. Represented by the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Kolb has also been represented by David Findlay Galleries and Sherry French Galleries, both in NYC, and in 2009 she was one of ten artists selected from over 300 applicants for the Art of Action project. In 2008 the Vermont Community Foundation awarded her a grant for work on a series of paintings addressing issues of climate change and a feature article about her work appeared in the 2007 issue of American Artist magazine. “My work is driven by two forces: a deep attachment to place and a passion for the visual effect of light on our everyday surroundings. I consider the power and beauty of weather, geography, and human endeavor. For me painting is immersing myself in the sensation of light among all those elements, with all it implies about both the present moment and the passage of time, and working to hold that emotional reality with paint.”
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August Solo Exhibits continued
Janet McKenzie
GALLERY II
Celebrated artist Janet McKenzie was born in Brooklyn, NY, and is now living in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Known for her powerful portraits of women, McKenzie is the subject of a recent award-winning book, “Holiness and the Feminine Spirit: The Art of Janet McKenzie.” Solo exhibitions include those at the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, and the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, DC. McKenzie strives “to create art that reflects my unique journey through life and is honest to my own heart” as well as to “provide a voice, not only for myself but also for those who, for many reasons, are not able to speak for themselves.” This exhibit, “Women, Journey of the Heart,” is “dedicated to the memory of Sarah, ‘Sally Goodrich,’ who, after profound suffering and loss, turned to love rather than hate.”
Pieta Oil on canvas 36”x 48”
Petria Mitchell
GALLERY I
A painter and engraver Petria Mitchell moved to Putney, Vermont, in 1978, having studied at the National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, and the Vesper George School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Married to the painter Jim Giddings, Petria Mitchell is one of the most acclaimed painters of the land scape in the region. A board member of Brattleboro Museum, her work is in both national and international collections, and exhibitions include 2003 Regional Selections at the Hood Museum, Hanover, NH; solo exhibit Lanoue Fine Arts, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, and Solo Exhibit at The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA. The artist says, “Painting is a process of becoming receptive to oneself. My paintings are compositions of internal places not visited on foot.” Warm Meadows Oil on canvas 36”x 60”
Erika Schmidt
GALLERY IV
Erika Schmidt is a multi-disciplinary visual and performing artist whose work is deeply shaped by investigations into Eastern thought and concepts of contemporary art. “I am interested in the similitude between Eastern philosophies and quantum physics in which there is a shared understanding of the world seen as a complex web of interrelating parts, fluid and ever-changing in character.” Schmidt received her MFA. from the University of South Florida. The founder of Vital Spark North, she has received numerous awards for her unique approach to art and performance. Her prints and collages are in numerous collections and have been widely exhibited in national juried and invitational exhibitions, including New American Paintings publication; the Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, and the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
August Collector’s Gallery Selected works of Artist Members and featured artists. Intoxicated by Birds Mixed Media / Collage 30”x 24”
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Helen Shulman
GALLERY IX
A resident of Naples, Florida, and Quechee, Vermont, Helen Shulman studied art at the Massachusetts College of Art, the Art Institute of Boston, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. A nationally exhibited artist, this is her second one-person show here. Her work combines aspects of both representational and abstract art. She is inspired by nature and directly influenced by the Hudson River School, but also by the work of more contemporary artists, such as Richard Diebenkorn in the construction of her compositions. The artist hopes that the viewer of her work might leave the literal behind and enter “a space where it is possible to become aware not only of the slumbering messages that dwell deep within, but also the low heartbeat of the surrounding world.”
Water Front Property Oil on panel 48”x 64”
Gregory Smith
GALLERY V
Gregory Smith is a sculptor and poet who lives in North Pownal, Vermont. He studied at Kenyon College, where he was awarded the Kenyon Poetry Prize in 1974, then at Bennington College, with Isaac Witkin and Brower Hatcher. He earned a BA. at the University of Vermont, where he studied with Paul Aschenbach, Frank Hewitt, and Gregg Blasdel. An award-winning artist, his numerous solo and group exhibitions include those at the Kouros Gallery, Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT; Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA; the Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT; SUNY at Purchase, NY; and AONE, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT. In his essay on Smith’s sculpture, Sam Hunter writes, “Whimsical and deft, his art focuses on the personal and poetic rather than on the universally heroic, and thus expresses a slightly ironic, quixotic quality that is quintessentially late-20th-century American.”
Friends in High Places Copper 29”x 12”x 8”
Mark Tougias
ENTRANCE GALLERY
Listed in “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World,” Mark Tougias is a self-taught artist who began exhibiting at age 16. His work has been shown in over 40 galleries, and, the recipient of many awards, his work is in private collections both in this country and abroad. Particularly fond of American and European art from 1870 to 1940, some of his favorite schools include the French Barbizon painters, the Cape Ann painters, the New Hope School, and the early California painters from around 1900. He enjoys traveling abroad but continues to be inspired by his immediate surroundings along the Vermont and New York border. Sometimes his paintings are “literal representations of an area or scene,” but he adds, “I don’t want to compromise the poem just for the sake of being literally true to the place. I prefer seeking another truth.” Last Light Across a Field Oil 18”x 29”
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National Fall Open Exhibition
55th Annual OCTOBER 1 – NOVEMBER 13 OPENING RECEPTION
October 1, 4:00 - 6:00pm Free and open to the public
ver 150 works of art are included in this O prestigious exhibition. Artists from across the nation, including SVAC Artist Members, submit their paintings, sculpture, photography, and mixed media works for selection in this juried show.
Featured Artists
Paul Bowen
Cradle Wood 60”x 84”x 24”
Guest Jurors JANICE IzzI Janice Izzi was director and head of merchandising at the Vermont Country Store for over 25 years. She and her life partner, Lyman Orton, in collaboration with the Vermont Arts Council, developed the concept for the traveling Art of Action exhibition, whose mission was to create art that engaged with Vermonters concerning issues that affected their future. This exhibit traveled to the SVAC in May 2010. JANET VAN FLEET Vermont artist Janet Van Fleet is a founder of Studio Place Arts in Barre, VT, and director of the Vermont Alliance for Arts Education, a statewide organization promoting dance, music, theater, and visual arts education in Vermont. A reviewer for Art New England, and a curator for many significant projects, including the Art of Action, she also created the central gateway exhibit for the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative, Smart Art, Exploring Science and Art. JOHN zWICk John Zwick is a painter, designer, and art consultant. Founder of J. Zwick & Associates, an interdisciplinary design and communications group, he has worked with architectural, interior, and landscape designers, engineers, fabricators, visual and performance artists, as well as community groups, seeking creative, site-specific site solutions. He served as director for the Art of Action for the Vermont Arts Council.
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Born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, Bowen received a diploma in Art and Design, Newport College of Art, Wales, and an MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore. Recent exhibitions include 2008 Paul Bowen, Drawings, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; and 2004 Paul Bowen, Sculpture, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA. His work is in many museum’s, public and corporate collections, including DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; and Boston Public Library, Boston, MA.
Thomas Ostenberg Ostenburg was born in Nebraska, and earned an MBA from Stanford University in 1975. He became vice president of Citibank in Brazil and Spain and in 1986 an independent International Financial Consultant. In 1994 he earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and in 1997 his MA. from the Royal College of Art in London, England, with a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation. Now a full-time sculptor, his work is in many prestigious collections and is represented by galleries throughout England, the United States and Europe.
The Politician Bronze 17”x 22”x8”
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Yester House Galleries
Solo Exhibits
November/December NOVEMBER 19 – JANUARY 8 OPENING RECEPTION
November 19, 2:00 - 4:00pm Free and open to the public
Jane Bloodgood-Abrams GALLERY III SHOWCASE Jane Bloodgood-Abrams is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, was inducted into the National Association of Women Artists, and is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art.” Her work has been chosen for numerous regional, national, and international exhibitions, including the New York State Biennial at the NY State Museum in Albany, The Mohawk-Hudson Regional, The Florence Biennial in Florence, Italy, and several exhibits at the National Arts Club in New York City. Her award-winning landscape paintings are inspired by “the unique light and atmosphere in the Northeast, from the river valleys to the mountains,” and they are a response to those fleeting but transcendant moments of “heightened visual and emotional drama” experienced in the presence of nature. Illuminated Haze Oil on canvas 40”x 30”
Susan Houghton Debus
GALLERY IV
Susan Debus has a degree in Fine Arts from Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT, and has her own studio where she and her family live in Danby, Vermont. A member of the Southern Vermont Arts Center, she has many years of experience as a fine arts painter as well as a primitive folk art painter, creating a diverse range of subjects, primarily in acrylics. The folk art paintings in her current show “depict a bygone era of happier, simpler, peaceful times.” The joyful portraits of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas, which is her favorite time of year, feature family celebrations, winter scenery, and always include Danby, the family dog.
A Thanksgiving Homecoming Acrylic on canvas 22”x 28”
John MacDonald
GALLERY II
John MacDonald has a BFA in Illustration from Washington University, and an MA in Painting from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Now living in Williamstown, MA, MacDonald pursued his printmaking studies at the Institute for American Universities in Avignon, France. Besides showing in galleries nationwide, MacDonald also teaches painting classes and workshops at venues that include The Clark Museum, Williamstown, MA; Williams College, Williamstown, MA; and Northern Berkshire Creative Arts, North Adams, MA. Like Brian Sweetland, he is primarily a landscape painter in oils, who works chiefly en plein air. “I’ve found that prolonged periods of plein air painting always lead to a greater understanding of the landscape and richer and more successful work.”
Stream Study Oil on canvas 12”x 16”
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Suh Park
GALLERY VI & VII
Suh Park has a BFA from the Academy of Arts, San Francisco, CA and an MFA from Parsons School of Design. A resident of New York City, her work has been included in many prestigious exhibitions, including “Blue Dot Asia” International Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea in 2009. Her paintings have a moving, contemplative quality that is both contemporary and timeless in expression. “My works are the continuation of a search for a visual language that touches and helps those who are suffering. Truth comes from observation of nature – its solitude, its imperfection – and its elusiveness – marks are made, forms and colors are found and lost, and chaos and order interact. After all these abstract elements are processed … I repeat the process, layer after layer, until I find my depth. At that point, it doesn’t matter what lives or dies, the process is all.”
Indian Summer Oil on linen 60”x 70”
Leslie Peck
GALLERY I
Leslie Peck is a native of Buffalo, New York. She moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she received a BA in Fine Art. She then spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence, before apprenticing in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi. After a successful career in romance book cover illustration, Leslie Peck now spends most of her time in Greenwich, NY, where she creates portraits of farm animals and still-life objects, which reflect the beauty and simplicity of everyday things and the rural world that surrounds her. A sought-after artist here at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, this is her second two person exhibition. Melons and Silver Oil on canvas 16”x 20”
Craig Stockwell
ENTRANCE GALLERY
Craig Stockwell began his studies at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and at the Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD. he studied with famous glass artist Dale Chihuly and went on to do work in glass in Minneapolis, Boulder, and Boston. He then created conceptually based sculptural installations and his work was shown in New York, most notably at PS 1 (MOMA). His installation was then included in a selection of work by eight sculptors (including Louise Bourgeois, Mark Di Suvero, and others), which was widely reviewed in articles in The New York Times, Newsday, and other publications. After spending a few years in Spain, Craig Stockwell and his family moved to New Hampshire where he currently resides and teaches at Keene State College and shows his paintings in galleries and museums across the Northeast. February 2009 #7 Oil & charcoal on panel 34”x 38”
November Collector’s Gallery Selected works of Artist Members and featured artists.
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Jenny Swanson
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Yester House Galleries
GALLERY V
A ceramics instructor at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, with a BA in Ceramics and Drawing from Bennington College, VT, and an MFA. in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI, Swanson’s sculpture has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. “The process of making and extending clay objects beyond certainty, wavering between the familiar and the unknown – inspires my practice. The nature of clay work, its long multicultural history, and its capacity” to allow one to “express volume, weight, beauty, and opposites keeps me invested” in the medium. “In my large-scale terracotta sculptures I refer to the human body – our feelings about the body, our desire for ideal features, our disdain for imperfections, interest me and are translated into the work.”
Brian Sweetland
GALLERY II
Born in Wheaton, Minnesota, and raised in Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Brian Sweetland graduated from Ohio University with a degree in History. He then moved to Washington, DC, where he developed his childhood interest in art and embarked on a course of self-instruction in painting. In 1977 his sketches caught the attention of prominent portrait, landscape, and mural painter Dean Fausett, who invited him to continue his studies in Vermont. His first major exhibit was held in Middleburg, VA, in 1980, and since then Brian Sweetland’s work has been exhibited in shows nationwide. The quiet, uncontrived beauty of his plein-air paintings of rural Vermont, influenced by the impressionist tradition, makes him one of the most collected and recognized artists in the region.
Streamside Pasture Mettowee Oil 20”x 24”
Stack Terracotta clay, white slip 49”x 13”x 11”
Frank Vurraro
GALLERY III SHOWCASE Frank Vurraro was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Syracuse University in 1961, and he has been teaching art and exhibiting his work in galleries and museums ever since. His work is in many public and private collections, and he has won many awards, including most recently the Frank Proctor Whiting Memorial Prize in Painting, 2010. His art has spanned periods of abstract expressionism, figurative realism, minimalism, and most recently landscape painting. This particular series of drawings and paintings entitled “Heaven and Earth” was originally inspired by images from the Hubble telescope, and they are meant to reflect something of the indescribable wonder of God’s universe.
Above the Rocks Acrylic on copper 18”x 15”
17th Annual Little Picture Show GALLERY IX Open to all Artist Members working in paint, mixed media, and photography, this exhibition features works for sale on a smaller-than-usual scale, no more than 8 x 10 inches overall.
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Winter Members’ Exhibition 2012
20th Annual JANUARY 14 – FEBRUARY 13
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Susan Abbott Mount Tabor, Late Afternoon Oil on linen panels, triptych 10”x 30”
February Solo Exhibits
Marta Johansen
GALLERY IV
Recondite Landscapes: In this exhibition of drawings on paper, “A line repeated creates a pattern. A manipulation of this pattern defines space. The lines hold each other or touch each other or almost touch or they break apart, creating topographies and textures, abstractions of places or things.” Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in 1980, Marta Elise Johansen grew up in Vermont and spent her early years traveling around the world with her parents before settling down in California. She earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, and is currently a member of the Adjunct Faculty of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Environmental Design. Connate Senses (detail) Ink pen on paper 30”x 112”
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February FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 19 OPENING RECEPTION
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Brad Guarino
GALLERY VII Brad Guarino has a BA in Painting from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and an MFA from the University of Connecticut. He has been awarded several artist residencies, including recently for the postgraduate study program at the Bulgarian National Academy of Art. He is currently member of the Adjunct Teaching Faculty of the University of Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State University and Connecticut College. The “visual narratives” in this exhibition explore Guarino’s interest in the role models society imposes on men, both with a sense of humor and “an implied sense of threat – the figures in my compositions are drawn or painted from photo-based collages made by recombining parts from various images of men. The awkwardness of the figures is deliberate, intending to illustrate the difficulties of living within the constructs of society’s ‘ambiguous role expectations.’ ” One Man’s Ceiling Charcoal 42.5”x 76”
Mary Jean Kenton
GALLERY IX
Color Studies on Clayboard: Mary Jean Kenton has a BA from Pomona College, CA, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, CA. She was adjunct professor of art at Waynesburg College, PA, 2003-2008. Numerous exhibitions include most recently 2010 “Transitions,” The Pen & Brush, New York, NY; Virtualexhibition; and 2011 “The Lacquered Landscape Screen,” Westmoreland Community College. Collections include The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; and The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA. Artist’s talks include Carnegie-Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; and Panel Discussion with members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.
Slowly Unfolding Formative Process Oil and acrylic on canvas 30”x 24”x 3/4”
Marla Korr
GALLERY I
Marla Korr is a New York City artist, with an MFA from Brooklyn College (CUNY), where she studied with Phillip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She continued her studies at the New York Academy and then at the Stevenson Academy of Traditional Painting. “This classical training gave me the knowledge and freedom to paint the figure, still life, and landscape … My love of landscape painting was inspired by my father, whose reverence for nature took our family each summer from New York City to the lush environs of the Hudson River Valley.” Whether she paints the urban landscape of New York or the marine landscape of Cape Cod, it is what she calls “the transformational quality of the light” that she strives to express. Her work has been represented by many prestigious galleries, including the Cavalier Gallery, Nantucket, and the Dyansen Gallery, NYC. It is her first solo exhibition at the SVAC.
Town Houses Oil on canvas 18”x 16”
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February Solo Exhibits continued
Dan Mosheim
GALLERY IV
Dan Mosheim has spent his entire career as a furniture maker in Vermont. “I made my first piece of furniture in 1972 at the age of 25. It was a simple colonial form called a dry sink, made with pine from the lumberyard, using a hammer, a Skilsaw and a jig saw … I was hooked.” Originally influenced by the simplicity of Shaker design, Mosheim now works with four assistants, including his two sons, and his design concept has undergone considerable modification and change. “My sons, Sam and Will, and I have been collaborating on furniture and sculptural pieces for several years now … Our work for this show is a continuation on the theme of combining wood and steel, color and texture as well as a celebration of a legacy that is organic and endures.”
Figured Cherry Bureau with Steel Legs 60”x 39”x 22”
Harry Rich
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Harry A. Rich is a Vermont artist who received his BFA. from Pratt Institute, NY, where he studied with James Brooks, Jack Tworkov, and Adolph Gottlieb, and his MFA from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. He has won numerous awards and his work is in many public and private collections, including the Columbus Museum of Fine Art and AYCO Corporation. A lecturer and writer, exhibitions of his work include Albany Museum of History and Art, NY, and Dayton Museum Annual, OH. “My paintings are children of the New York School. They strive to build on their heritage, while remaining within the tradition of Modernism. In the studio, I work principally on the margins of what I already know about nonrepresentational painting and paint, searching for what I don’t know. Nonrepresentational painting, unfettered with distracting images, may allow the paint to release its transformative potential.” Confluence 2 Acrylic on canvas 48”x 50”
Eric Tobin
GALLERY II
Eric Tobin is one of the most highly acclaimed artists exhibiting at the Southern Vermont Arts Center. His style and subject matter have universal appeal, primarily because of his unique ability to capture the beauty of the moment, the light, and the setting. His love for his native Vermont can be seen in all of his work. All of his painting is done outdoors, regardless of time of year, difficult setting, or rapidly changing conditions. Each of his works has a way of drawing one into the painting, as his expressive brushstrokes capture what could easily be missed from a photograph. Mentored as a child by Thomas Curtin, this awardwinning artist now works with other well-known artists Charles Movalli of Gloucester, MA, and Fred Hines from Johnson, VT, as well as simply on his own, with friends, or his daughter Eliza. Solitude Oil on linen 16”x 20”
February Collector’s Gallery Selected works of Artist Members and featured artists.
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Thomas Torak
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GALLERY VI
Figures in the Landscape: Thomas Torak is a nationally recognized artist whose work has been seen in over 250 juried and invitational exhibitions. Among other prestigious awards, his work has been honored with the American Artists Professional League Medal of Honor; the Allied Artists of America Silver Medal of Honor; and he has received top awards at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. A long time member of the Arts Center, Torak is an instructor at the Art Students League of New York, where he first began studying in 1974, with Robert Beverly Hale, and subsequently with Frank Mason. His work is featured in this solo exhibition and one of his paintings is included in the exhibition of drawings and paintings by his wife Elizabeth Torak in the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum.
A Morning Walk OIl on linen 30”x 32”
Oscar Trugler
GALLERY V
Born in the Netherlands and now living with his family in Dorset, Vermont, Oscar Trugler is an art teacher at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester. Although primarily a figurative painter, Trugler has been painting landscapes over the past several years in order to concentrate more fully on the elements of formal and emotional aesthetics. “With these paintings I’m looking to minimize subject and focus and instead have them play an overall supporting role in the balance between sky and ground under extreme light …Within the image of the enduring landscape I hope to offer the viewer a level of emotional ground and a place for contemplation.” Trugler has shown his work internationally as well as regionally, and this is his second solo exhibition at the SVAC. Evening Light Oil on canvas 24”x 24”
Art from the Schools 2012
March MARCH 24 – APRIL 11 OPENING RECEPTION
MARCH 24, 2:00 - 4:00pm Free and open to the public
A natural outgrowth of SVAC’s 14 year-old Outreach Program, Art from the Schools showcases work by southern Vermont area students from kindergarten through high school. The diverse nature of the artistic talent presented is a testimony to the level of outstanding guidance that the local art teachers provide to nurture creativity in their students. Schools that participated in 2011 were Arlington Area Childcare, Arlington Arts Enrichment Association, Arlington Memorial Middle & High Schools, Burr & Burton Academy, Currier Memorial School, The Dorset School, Flood Brook Union School, Grace Christian School, Homeschoolers of Southern Vermont, The Long Trail School, Manchester Elementary Middle School, Maple Street School, Mettawee Community School, The Mountain School, North Bennington Graded School, Sunderland Elementary School, and the Vermont Academy.
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Spotlight on the Permanent Collection
Marsh Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), one of the leading 20th-century American artists, recording urban life, is distinguished for subjects almost exclusively of New York. Turning his back on modernism, he adapted the Renaissance ideals and techniques of Michelangelo, Titian, and Rubens to New York’s colorful and flamboyant characters of the Bowery, 14th Street,
Life and Art of Reginald Marsh How apt, for a successor to Lautrec, Forain, and Daumier, that Reginald Marsh was born, 1898, in Paris, to American artist parents, in an apartment over what later became the Café du Dome. His father, Fred Dana Marsh, was a painter-muralist known for urban industrial subjects, and his mother, Alice Randall Marsh, a miniaturist. The family returned to the US two years later and settled in Nutley, New Jersey, then a neighborhood that attracted artists and writers. The future curator at the Whitney Museum, Lloyd Goodrich, grew up with Marsh and was his closest childhood friend. Marsh’s father’s large studio was filled with wax or clay maquettes used for his work and reproductions of old masters. In this household where art was a natural pursuit, Marsh began drawing at age three, though his father cautioned him that art was not a “paying profession.”
burlesque halls, movie theatres, saloons, subways, and beaches, especially Coney Island. He knew the city thoroughly, and he found its “dumps, docks, and slums, all wonderful to paint.” Its streets and architectural details, signage of movie marquees, bizarre amusement halls, all became the venue for Marsh to develop his narrative with the figure. No artist was more attuned than Marsh to voluptuous feminine pulchritude or macho muscle-builders. He portrayed a New York brimming with life, vitality, and more than a hint of sexuality.
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Educated at a military academy in New Rochelle, then the Lawrenceville School, and finally Yale, Marsh found academic art study dulling but flourished as a student illustrator for the Yale Record. There, his classmate William Benton (later famed Benton & Bowles advertising executive and Connecticut senator) arranged for him to be paid a secret stipend of $50 a month. Upon graduation, Marsh began his artistic engagement with New York doing caricatures and cartoons for the Daily News, including a daily vaudeville column (with the shows rated by quality) and portraying spots around the city like the subways. When The New Yorker was started in 1925, Marsh became one of the first on the magazine’s staff and continued
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until 1931. In 1923, he married sculptor Betty Burroughs, the daughter of Metropolitan Museum curator and artist Bryson Burroughs. Marsh moved to their family house in Flushing until the couple divorced in 1933. Marsh was remarried in 1934, to Felicia Meyer, a painter from Dorset, Vermont, also the child of artists. Early in the 1920s, Marsh first considered becoming a serious painter impelled by study at the Art Students League, which continued throughout that decade. There he gained an increasing awareness of technique and sensed the possibility of elevating the “low-life” topics he had illustrated into fine art by using the formal underpinnings of traditional art derived from the old masters. Studying with a succession of teachers including John Sloan and George Luks, he was especially encouraged by Kenneth Hayes Miller to realize his artistic identity. Miller’s approach differed from the other Ashcan artists in that he deliberately integrated classical compositional structure into his contemporary subjects. Miller’s studio on Union Square became the locus of a group, henceforth known as the Fourteenth Street School, which included Marsh (who rented his first studio there in 1929), Isabel Bishop, the Soyers, and Edward Laning. Marsh experimented with oil paint, but found its opacity too restrictive as it did not readily permit building up of imagery
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through successive stages of drawing and tinting, a process that interested him. Watercolor, combined with underlying drawing, better enabled him to convey movement and salient detail. Marsh’s discovery of tempera, in 1929, furthered his development, which he explained; “It opened a new world to me. Egg is a fine ‘draftsman’s vehicle’ and very easy to handle. The luminosity and clearness of drawing is preserved, yet a certain greasy quality of the yolk gives a fat, oily effect. Drying is instantaneous, and superimposed brush strokes are easily made. I put egg yolk on a kind of belt line production for a dozen years and chucked oil forever.” [1] Marsh saw himself as a Renaissance painter, at least in terms of his understanding of pictorial structure and to some extent in his manner of building or constructing his layered images. His imagery emphasized forms in the round, occupying an airy dimensional space, and with movement more baroque than classical. In an age where the tendencies in modernism increasingly emphasized the silhouette and flatness, Marsh moved in the other direction to spatial illusion. The Whitney Studio Club gave Marsh his first exhibition by 1924, and he began to be represented by Frank Rehn Gallery in 1930. While Marsh continued to do illustration, especially for books, virtually throughout his career, he became increasingly
Reginald Marsh and Raphael Soyer, from the portfolio “Photographs of New York”
Reginald Marsh, On the Bowery, 1946 27x40 inches, watercolor, Gift of Mrs. Edward Browne from the permanent collection
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identified as a fine artist. He pursued his career free from financial worry because of income from the estate of his grandfather who had made his fortune as a Chicago meat packer. Apart from regular purchases by Senator William Benton beginning in 1930, sales of Marsh’s work were initially few. Nonetheless, his reputation continued to grow, and Marsh was elected an Associate of the National Academy in 1933, becoming a full member in 1943. Marsh was forever educating himself, as well as extensively teaching at the Art Students League beginning in the 1930s. He painted from the nude model in his studio almost every day. He dissected cadavers at New York medical schools in 1931 and 1934, studied sculpture with Mahonri Young in 1935, and printmaking with Stanley William Hayter in 1940. On European trips, he made pen-and-ink studies of old master paintings, “free adaptations,” which became the basis for his book Anatomy for Artists, published in 1945. Marsh also applied his knowledge of Renaissance art to mural projects for the Treasury Art Program during the WPA period. In 1935, he frescoed New York Harbor’s ships and surrounding skyscrapers onto the enormous concave ceiling of Cass Gilbert’s 1907 Beaux Arts’ designed New York Customs
House, adjusting perspective to its curve and the vantage point of viewers 50 feet below. After study with Jacques Maroger during 1940-46, he began using the maroger paint medium. In 1943, he began working with Chinese ink in the traditional manner in which a charcoal stick was ground into water to produce a thin grey wash. In the 1950s, Marsh used maroger, tempera, Chinese ink, or watercolor with ink interchangeably. Marsh’s remarkable comprehension of technique enabled him to capture the complexity of New York’s congested streets and densely populated social scenes and the distinct identities of characters in multi-figure compositions. He was never without sketchbooks or camera to record his subjects on location. He typically used a Waterman’s artist fountain pen and worked in 4 x 6 inch ring-bound Morilla sketchbooks. Such sketches were traded with his models on the beach, in exchange for posing. Out the tall windows of the compressed and cluttered space of his studio at 1 Union Square, Marsh kept a pair of binoculars perched on the sill, in readiness for watching the pretty girls at the bus stop below. He worked indoors on his watercolors, temperas, or oils from the sketches that he brought back from sites throughout the city.
Reginald Marsh, Working on a variation of Girl On A Carousel Horse Approx. 1950
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In an age where the tendencies in modernism increasingly emphasized the silhouette and flatness, Marsh moved in the other direction to spatial illusion.
The themes of Marsh’s art attracted him as a person. Art to him was not something outside his immediate experiences, theoretical, philosophical, or aesthetic, but became a pretext to immerse himself further in the life of the city around him, to justify, and substantiate as a constructive purpose, the very things that he would have wanted to do anyway. His great pleasure, clearly, was in looking and recording, “staring,” as he said. The audience’s empathy with his goals, and the fact that so many share his visual interests, either directly as nostalgia, or in a projected mode of imagination, underscores the attraction of his work. If Marsh was at one with the experience of his art, he also was with his city. What Marsh observes, however, arises out of the ethos of only one place, New York, and these venues and their habitués would not look the same anywhere else. Notes 1. Goodrich, Lloyd, Reginald Marsh, New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1955, p. 8. The essay is an excerpt from an article by Franklin Hill Perrell and is re-printed with permission of the author and the Nassau County Museum of Art.
Reginald Marsh – The Majorette, oil on canvas, from the permanent collection
In 1934, Reginald Marsh married Felicia Meyer, daughter of Arts Center founder Herbert Meyer, thus creating a long-lasting relationship to SVAC
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Performing Arts Join us for a line-up of enjoyable
music that spans the decades and touches on genres from around the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a fine variety of musical entertainment in our intimate 400-seat Arkell Pavilion. For links to band websites, visit:
Homemade Vermont Jam July 9, 2011 A concert featuring three popular Vermont-based bands: Gold Town, Gordon Stone Band, and a rare opportunity to see The Samples. Doors Open: 5:30pm
Gold Town A bluegrass-based outfit out of southern Vermont, including core members Josh Loun, William Mosheim, and Andrew Stearns.
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Emmy-winning Gordon Stone, and his acoustic, funk/jam band performing a blend of jazz-flavored, groove-driven funk and buoyant bluegrass.
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Together again for this performance, featuring lead singer and guitarist Sean Kelly, with Jared Johnson and other favorite members of this popular band originally formed in 1987, who have appeared on the Jay Leno Show. Their blending of a soulful pop sensibility with a mix of folk, reggae, jazz, and rock has created their signature sound. Go to www.svac.org for links to view over 400 Samplesrelated videos, documenting 20 years!
Gordon Stone Band
Come Fly with Me August 6, 2011 7:30pm, Arkell Pavilion “Come Fly with Me,” a tribute to Frank Sinatra by Rob Zapulla. Rob Zapulla, baritone vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 2001 to 2009, performs the timeless hits of Frank Sinatra backed by a 17-piece band. The show spans the five decades of classic Sinatra, from his memorable days with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to the Las Vegas show rooms. And when Rob is not singing, his humorous banter will keep audiences amused throughout the performance.
DooWop Legends October 1, 2011
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An evening of music by original recording artists Jay Siegel’s Tokens, with special guests Jay Traynor, lead singer of Jay & the Americans, and Shirley Alston Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles. Hits include The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) She Cried (Jay & the Americans), Soldier Boy & Will You Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles).
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Sean Kelly from The Samples
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Come Fly with Me, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra
Jay Siegel’s Tokens
Manchester Music Festival The Manchester Music Festival has a long association with the Southern Vermont Arts Center. From its beginnings in 1974 under founders Eugene List and Carroll Glenn as the Southern Vermont Arts Center Music Festival to its evolution under Director Michael M. Rudiakov, who named the new venture Manchester Music Festival, to its present year-round programming under Artistic Director Ariel Rudiakov, the MMF still makes the Arkell Pavilion its summer performance home. Its summer concert series of seven Thursday-night performances runs from Thursday, July 7, through Thursday, August 11, 2011. See advertisement on page 61. 49
Workshops Workshops at the Hay Madeira Education Center Improve your skills - learn from nationally known artists - for teens through adults
The Southern Vermont Arts Center provides a thriving program of studio and plein-air instruction in a variety of media, featuring exciting master artist-instructors. This year an expanded program features a greater variety of nationally-known artists, who bring to the studio a wide perspective of artistic style and technique. Join us in 2011 to learn, grow, and express your yourself through art!
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Karen Winslow Portrait Painting Clinic May 6-7, Friday & Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Elaine Franz Witten Sculptural Elements in 3-D Clay July 12-15, Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Robert J. O’Brien Painting Spectacular Flowers May 13-14, Friday & Saturday, 9:30am- 4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Karen Winslow Understanding Values Using a Controlled Palette July 12-16, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Chester Kasnowski Uncomplicated Drawing Techniques May 19-21, Thursday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way July 18, Monday, 9:30am-3:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Pat Musick & Jerry Carr Assemblage as Sculpture June 21-24, Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-4:30pm, Galerie CAMUS, 350 Old Camp Road, Sunderland, VT
Christopher Pierce Still Life & Floral Painting in Oils July 19-23, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Brian Bomeisler Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain June 21-25, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way July 25, Monday, 9:30am-3:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Anne Kullaf Out on the Town - Painting Manchester July 5-7, Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30am-4:30pm On location and Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Robert Carsten Creative Drawing for Painting July 26-30, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Erika Lawlor Schmidt You as Contemporary Artist July 5-9, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-3:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way August 1, Monday, 9:30am-3:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way July 11, Monday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
David A. Dunlop Painting on Location in Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor August 2-5, Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm Various VT locations per instructor.
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Robert J. O’Brien Landscape Painting in Watercolor August 2-6, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way August 29, Monday, 9:30am-3:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way August 8, Monday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Robert Carsten Autumn Glory September 22-23, Thursday & Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Gary Fifer En Plein Air Landscape Painting August 10-13, Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm Various VT locations per instructor.
Robert J. O’Brien Advanced Watercolor Techniques September 22-24, Thursday-Saturday, 9:30am- 4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II)
Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way August 15, Monday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) Elizabeth Torak Still Life Oil Painting August 16-20, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) Barbara Pafume Painting Your Way August 22, Monday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) Robert Carsten Personal Best in Pastel August 23-27, Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) Annelein Beukenkamp Flower Power August 25-27, Thursday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I)
Kenn Erroll Backhaus In the Spirit of Plein-Air September 26-30, Monday-Friday, 9:30am- 4:30pm John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) and on location throughout the Manchester area. Andrew Orr Combining Outdoor & Studio Work for Landscape Painting October 12-15, Wednesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) Sally Strand The Color of Light October 17-21, Monday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio & John Thatcher Studio (Studios I & II) Southern Vermont
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Education All art activities – camps, after-school classes, and special family events – are fun, engaging, and have an element of art education. SVAC offers a variety of the finest art instruction for children and families to explore art mediums, styles, movements, and cultures.
Children’s Summer Art Camps SVAC’s Summer Art Camps balance structured learning with creative and artistic freedom. Camp I - Meet the Masters July 26–July 29, Tuesday–Friday • Ages 4–6 • 9:30am –Noon Art activities inspired by famous artists. Learn about different artists each day and try lots of different art styles and techniques. $90 members/$100 non-members.
Camp II - Drawing Techniques and Nature Art
Contact Us For more information on any program on these pages, contact Children’s Education and
Camp III - Animation Camp
Outreach Coordinator Stacy Gates
August 16–August 19, Tuesday–Friday • Ages 9–14 • 9:30am–3:30pm Whether it is cartoons, video games, or full-length feature films, animation is a growing art form. In this camp, the main focus will be on creating an animated video. Students will also learn about early forms of animation, such as the zoetrope and thaumatrope, and have fun creating flipbooks and cartoons/comics. $165 members/$185 non-members
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August 9–August 12, Tuesday–Friday • Ages 7–12 • 9:30am–3:30pm In the mornings, students will work on developing their drawing skills, learning about line, shape, composition, and shading, among other techniques. In the afternoon, students will create art projects inspired by nature, including fairy houses, leaf rubbings, and other activities. $165 members/$185 non-members.
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Art activities are available for children in the Hay Madeira Studios during exhibition openings in Yester House Galleries.
Children’s Classes & Events After School Art Classes The Southern Vermont Arts Center, as an outstanding resource to the community, offers a wide range of after-school art classes during the academic school year. During spring 2011, individual classes for children aged 7–12 were based on an Art Around the World theme, while classes for ages 4–7 have focused on the Elements of Art – line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and color. The classes are $10 per class for SVAC members and $12 per class for non-members, with a $2 discount given for early registration. Payment is due at the time of registration. Scholarships are available due to the generous support of Berkshire Bank and People’s United Bank. Classes take place in the Hay Madeira Education Center, 3:30 – 4:45pm. See our website for class descriptions and for the fall schedule.
Family Art Days Wednesdays, July 14, 21, 28, August 3, 10, 17, 24 10:30am–Noon. This weekly program includes a guided tour of an SVAC attraction, and an art activity for children of all ages. An adult must attend with a child. Enjoy art together!
Black Friday & Saturday Mini Art Camp November 25 & 26, 10:00am–Noon OR 2:00–4:00pm daily. Supervised art activities offer a creative alternative to the frenzy of the holiday shopping weekend; for children in grades K–5.
Christmas Break Art Camp Tuesday–Friday, December 27–30. Using a variety of media and techniques such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking, students will create mini-masterpieces based on the works of famous artists. Half-day and full-day classes will be taught by visiting artists, for children in grades 1–5. Details about classes, pricing, and registration forms can be found on the website: www.svac.org
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Steppin’ into Summer Weekend Featuring Soul Steps Soul Steps, founded in 2005, is a dance/movement group that reaches far beyond conventional boundaries and concentrates on the body as a percussive, story-telling instrument. Step dance has roots in African culture as a means of communication, rhythm, and expression. Specializing in live performance, artistic instruction and educational outreach, Soul Steps’ mission is to create avenues for cultural awareness across diverse communities. The performances are built on a tradition of exchange, and therefore the audience is an integral part of the whole. Schedule of events:
Friday, June 3 11:00am: INVITATIONAL OUTREACH PERFORMANCE for area middle school and high school students, Arkell Pavilion. 6:00pm: COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE Open to the public. Adults: $8 members, $10 non-members; Children age 12 and under: $4 members, $5 non-members.
Saturday, June 4 11:00am – 3:00pm: FREE FAMILY DAY. Free family-oriented fun including art activities, music, and food. 1:00pm STEP WORKSHOP for children ages 7-12. The workshop is free; children must be registered in advance.
7th Annual Art on the Hill Saturday, September 17, 11:00am–3:00pm. SVAC’s largest free family event is a day packed with fun art-related activities, live music, food, a raffle, and access to all SVAC exhibitions. A popular event and a pleasant introduction to the arts as well as to SVAC’s facilities and programming. Sponsored in part by the Bank of Bennington.
Teddy Bear Tea Party Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00–4:00pm. Occurring just prior to February 14th, the Tea is attended by partygoers – bears included – adorned in their best Valentine’s finery. Guests enjoy teas, juice, and sweet treats, as well as arts-related activities. The young and young-atheart enjoy this charming party, which has steadily grown in popularity since its start in 2009. 54
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Grants • Scholarships • School Field Trips • Special Events • Community Collaborations The Arts Center’s Educational Outreach Program was established in 1995 and facilitates a host of interdisciplinary arts initiatives, both on campus and off, involving area schools and made possible by the generosity of a number of special endowment funds and donors. Under the stewardship of Outreach Coordinator Stacy Gates, the program has become the public face of the Arts Center’s core mission, “to make both the visual and performing arts an integral part of the life of our community …”
the 17th annual Churchill Ettinger Scholarship, and the 10th annual H. Thomas Clarke Scholarship.
In 2010, the Outreach program proudly funded Artist Residencies in eight area schools, via the support of the Jonathan Levin Educational Endowment Fund. Four college scholarships were awarded to promising student artists: the 25th annual Harriet Miller Scholarship, the 19th Thomas Reilly Dibble Scholarship,
SVAC has also collaborated with other local and state organizations to bring arts opportunities to the community, such as Mark Skinner Library, the Vermont Art Teachers Association, Opera Theater of Weston, The Singing Sensations, Fresh Air Fund, Empty Bowls, and The Vermont Arts Council.
In addition, over 700 schoolchildren visited SVAC to view the Yester House Galleries. For performing arts, The Marina Svetlova and Theodore Haig Fund for the Performing Arts will support the weekend program by Soul Steps in June 2011 and a dance performance by the Albany Berkshire Ballet on September 30, 2011.
The Albany Berkshire Ballet Friday, September 30, 11:00am–Noon and 1:00–2:00pm The Arts Center hosts the Albany Berkshire Ballet in two invitational outreach performances for area schoolchildren. The ballet “Mother Goose Suite” is a collection of dances based on characters from the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose. Created to introduce young people to the marvels of dance, this ballet translates such favorites as “Little Miss Muffet,” “Three Little Kittens," “Three Blind Mice,” “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” “Old King Cole,” and “The Cat and the Fiddle” from the page to the stage. This ballet is set to an original score by composer Christopher Culpo. 55
Join us for special
Events The Artists’ Palate
Join us this season as we celebrate the arts with a series of unforgettable events. SVAC’s special events are fund-raisers to help us fulfill our mission to provide meaningful,
The Art of Bridge
accessible arts programs of all types.
July 11, 2011, 9:00am. A benefit for the Southern Vermont Arts Center - an officially sanctioned Duplicate or Party bridge tournament, including play, luncheon, and prizes. Please call Jackie Bell Sargood for more information, 362-1405, or visit our website www.svac.org.
Your Personal Events Whether casual, formal, or a business affair, your event at the Arts Center will be special and memorable. With the scenic grandeur of one of southern Vermont’s landmarks as your backdrop, your guests will be surrounded by historic elegant architecture and world-class art. A one-of-a-kind setting that culture, creativity and community call home. For pricing, availability, or to arrange a tour, please call Jackie Bell Sargood at 802-362-1405, ext. 22.
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An Evening of Intimate Dinners Inspired by an International Menu of Artists – Saturday, June 11, 2011, at 5:00pm, gather at Yester House for a welcoming cocktail party before departing for intimate dinners at private residences around the area to benefit SVAC. Each dinner is inspired by one of the world’s great artists, masterpieces, or movements. The choice of art and cuisine is yours.
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Artist’s Studio Open House Hay Madeira Studios, Noon – 3:00pm Saturdays, September 10, October 22 November 12, December 3 Free and open to all SVAC Artist Members. Gather, make art, have discussions, connect with other artists. Any artist member who would like to arrange a structured group, discussion, or lecture on any of the above dates, please contact Robyn Madison, rmadison@svac.org, 802-362-1405, ext. 10.
Haunted Arts Weekend Saturday, October 29, 2011, Masked Cabaret and Haunting Movie 7:00 – 10:00pm. Prizes for the best mask or costume. Sunday, October 30, Family Halloween Party, 2:00 – 4:00pm. Dress in your best Halloween attire. Join in the art activities for children, food, scary stories, and haunted mansion tour. Prizes for the best costume.
The Scottish Winter Ball Friday, December 2, 2011. 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 event is held bi-annually; if you miss it this year, you’ll have to wait until 2013! 57
Trustees and Administration
About Us Officers of the Board
Board of Trustees
Advisory Board
President First Vice President Second Vice President Treasurer Secretary
Beth Eyre Mary Gerster Peter D. Kinder Kathryn Leech Robert McCafferty David H. Nichols Buddy Teich William H. Told, Jr. William H. Turner Penny Viscusi
CO-CHAIRS
Stanley Stroup Carolyn Conte Larry Kukacka Richard E. Freeman Albert Feldan
Honorary Trustees
Roby Harrington III Blair Wyatt Carolyn Blitz Robert B. Ferguson Bambi Hatch Marcia Holland Joan Hay Madeira Susan T. Moritz Peter M. Saint Germain Timothy W. Thompson
Roby Harrington III Alexander C. Hoffman James J. Lee, Jr. Joan Hay Madeira Peter M. Saint Germain
Administration Executive Director
Joseph M. Madeira
jmadeira@svac.org
Business Manager
Melissa Guyette Klick
mklick@svac.org
Administrative & Rental Coordinator
Jackie Bell Sargood
jsargood@svac.org
Gallery Manager
Jocelyn Grayson
jgrayson@svac.org
Volunteer Coordinator/Office Manager
Wendy Newhouse Gawlik
wgawlik@svac.org
Children’s Education & Outreach Coordinator
Stacy Gates
sgates@svac.org
Marketing Manager/Workshops Administrator/ Performance Series Coordinator
Robyn P. Madison
rmadison@svac.org
Information Technology Management
Niki Crocco
ncrocco@svac.org
Superintendant of Buildings
Joel Pacher
forjsp@hotmail.com
Superintendant of Grounds
Brian Alspaugh
svacbrian@yahoo.com
Bookkeeper
DeeDee Goebel
dgoebel@svac.org
Student Intern
Lisa Donnelly
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Rev. and Mrs. C. Frederick Buechner Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Roby Harrington III Mr. and Mrs. George W. Peck IV Mr. and Mrs. William P. Scully Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stott Mr. Bertram Teich
Ms. Carolyn Blitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chingos Mrs. Ivan D. Combe Mr. Tom Deck Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Fowler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Lowerre Mr. and Mrs. John Oskam Mrs. Judie Robbins
COLLECTORS GUILD Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Brett III Ms. Susan Hunter Watson Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moritz Mr. and Mrs. David H. Nichols Mrs. Richard Riddell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Stroup
BENEFACTORS Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Bates Mrs. Chester Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Childs, Jr. Mr. Ralph Colin Mrs. Francis W. Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Kirstein
Ms. Mary Maher Laub Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Linen Mrs. Jeanne D. Little Mr. Rocco J. Maggiotto and Ms. Kathleen Fisher Mrs. Mary T. Maier Mrs. William B. McCarty, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Oelsner III Mr. and Mrs. John J. Phelan Mr. and Mrs. John D. Picotte Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Rudy Mr. and Mrs. Peter Saint Germain Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stein Mr. and Mrs. William H. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Ken J. Whalen
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PATRONS Mr. Charles M. Ams III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Babicka Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Bell, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bickford Mr. and Mrs. William H. Black Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Brophy Mr. James Brown Mr. and Mrs. Orland Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Carruthers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cofelice Mr. Gary Corey Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Dacey Ms. Marylou Dorman Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fogarty Mr. and Mrs. Ramiro Garay Mr. and Mrs. Alec Gerster Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gilbert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roderick L. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hess Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Hoffman Mrs. C. H. Ford Hutchings Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ittner Ms. Roberta W. Knight Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. McCree, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George McLaughlin II Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Chet Opalka Mr. and Mrs. Donald Osborn Mr. and Mrs. John Peckham Ms. Randall Perkins Mr. and Mrs. James Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Poling Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter Mr. and Mrs. William Prout Mr. and Mrs. John Roach Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Bobby P. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Norman Scheer Mr. and Mrs. Riege Slattery Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith Mrs. Robert E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Steele Mr. and Mrs. William Stutt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Told, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Topchik Mrs. Elizabeth Wadsworth Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Welles Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. West
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Mr. and Mrs. William Wight Mr. and Mrs. B. Robert Wood Mr. and Mrs. John King Wright Mr. and Mrs. James Zeigler DONORS Mrs. Pamela Bennett Ader Mrs. Marcia L. Ahlborg Mr. Charles M. Ams Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Andlinger Ms. Suzanne August Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Babington Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Barefoot Mrs. Judith M. Barrows Mr. and Mrs. Hans Baurmeister Mrs. Anne M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Bellino Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bennett Dr. Ann C. Berkery Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Berndt Mr. and Mrs. William Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blum Ms. Nancy G. Boardman Mrs. Nancy Borger Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Brandt Dr. and Mrs. Gary Breen Mr. and Mrs. David Brockway Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. David F. Bull Mr. and Mrs. David J. Bumgardner Ms. Esmeralda Cabouli Mr. and Mrs. John H. Callen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Carroccio Mr. and Mrs. James P. Casey Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cave Mr. and Mrs. Ron Chernow Mr. and Mrs. William P. Childs Mr. and Mrs. James A. Clark, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Claytor Rev. and Mrs. Fergus Cochran Mr. Nicholas Cochrane Mr. and Mrs. Mel Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Roger S. Colton Dr. Lucy and Dr. James B. Comly Ms. Joann Cone Mr. and Mrs. John Conte Mr. and Mrs. Clifford S. Cooper, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Cotter Dee’s Electric Dr. and Mrs. Vincent DeSomma Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dickenson Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. Dole Mr. and Mrs. William Drunsic Mr. and Mrs. Tony du Pont Dr. and Mrs. Stuart DuBoff Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Dyett Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Edwards III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Fee Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fegelman Mr. and Mrs. Albert Feldan Mr. and Mrs. Austin S. Felis Rev. and Mrs. Skip Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Ferris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Ferrone Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Firestone Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fonner Ms. Anne Forrester Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Garsten Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Gerber Mr. Donald S. Groll Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gundersen Mr. Howard A. Halligan William McMillen and David Hamman Mrs. Karin S. Hardy Philip R. and David A. Harris Mr. and Mrs. James R. Heaney Ms. Kate Heaton Mr. and Mrs. John Peter Heffernan Mr. and Mrs. Bob Henning Mr. and Mrs. Guy Henry Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Heye Mr. and Mrs. David Hoopes Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Howard Mrs. Suzanne R. Howe Mr. Anthony S. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hyman Dr. Robert Irish and Dr. H. Charles Pfaff Mr. and Mrs. David Jacobstein Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jones Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Keelan Mr. and Mrs. Lael G. Kellett Mrs. Diane S. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kelly Mrs. Yvonne A. M. Keuchenius Mr. and Mrs. Alan Klebanoff Mr. George Kramer Mr. and Mrs. George Kramer
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SEASON 37 2011 S U M M E R CO N C E R T S E R I E S Ariel Rudiakov, Artistic Director
Thursday Evenings at 7:30 pm Southern Vermont Arts Center, Arkell Pavilion
July 7 – Gala Opening Night Featuring 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition Finalist, Di Wu July 14 – Heading East: Bohemia and Beyond Works by Dvorak, Dohnanyi and more July 21 – Across the Pyrenees Works by Ravel, Turina and Farrenc July 28 – Marimba and More
Young Artist Series July 11th through August 15th
August 11 – Manchester 250
Mondays at 7:30 pm Riley Center for the Arts at Burr and Burton Academy
Special guest, Pius Cheung, marimba (2008 Young Concert Artists Guild Winner)
August 4 – Masterpieces: Known and Unknown Works by Beethoven, Weinberg and Brahms The Manchester Festival Orchestra, Ariel Rudiakov conductor, featuring guest pianist, Christopher O’Riley, host of NPR’s “From the Top�
August 18 – Metropolitan Opera Singers from the Met’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program. Accompanied by Pianist Caren Levine.
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Mr. Neil Landres Mr. and Mrs. B. Clark Lauren Mr. and Mrs. John B. LaVecchia Ellen Leeds Mrs. Barbara Lehr Mr. and Mrs. Robert Limbacher Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Little Ms. Judith M. Livingston Dr. and Mrs. Brock Magruder Mr. and Mrs. Michael Maher Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Craig E. Markcrow Mr. and Mrs. Dana Markey Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Mataraso Mr. and Mrs. Don Mayerson Mrs. Marilyn Mazur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. McDonagh, Jr. Mike McGlaughlin Mr. and Mrs. John McInerney Mrs. Barbara Melhado Mr. Andrew J. Melton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Midgley Mr. and Mrs. James T. Mills Mrs. Trudi Mishara Ms. Michele Moretti Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Morris
Dr. and Mrs. Axel Mundigo Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Murray Mrs. E. Marshall Nuckols Mr. & Mrs. Jim O’Connor Dr. and Mrs. Kirk Osterland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Palmer Mrs. Romi M. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. William B. Picotte Dr. and Mrs. Michael Polifka Mr. and Mrs. John W. Powell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Powers Mr. and Mrs. Constantine P. Ralli Mr. and Mrs. Martin T. Redington Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Simeon H. Rollinson III Mr. and Mrs. Mikel M. Rollyson Jane Rosenau Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Rowles Mr. Ulrich Rudow Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Ruesch Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Ruppe Christie C. Salomon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Saltonstall
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sargen Mr. and Mrs. George Schildge Ms. Adria Schozer Mr. and Mrs. William D. Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Shore Dr. and Mrs. Charles Sills Mrs. Anne Felton Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Stanton Mr. and Mrs. James Douglas Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Streeter Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Swinarton Mr. and Mrs. Frederic F. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Thebault Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Thompson Mrs. Barbara B. L. Trafford Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Urban Mr. Robert Van Dyk Mr. Thomas V. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Walters, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Waters Mrs. Dorothy T. Webber Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weinmann Mr. and Mrs. George A. Whaling Margaret P. White Mr. and Mrs. John Wight Mrs. Corinna Wildman
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Burd Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Burden Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Steve Burzon Mr. and Mrs. J. Reeve Cantus Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlozzi Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson Dr. and Mrs. John B. Casale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Chaikin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chamberlain Mr. and Mrs. Bill Chapin Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Charlston Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chernin Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Cirillo Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Clark Dr. Elizabeth Clemens and Dr. Spencer Borden Ms. Marilyn Clements Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Colwell Elizabeth Greak and Barbara Comer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Congel Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Cooper, Jr. Mr. Tom Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Woody Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cowles Ms. Lysle Crosse Mr. and Mrs. John Cully Mr. and Mrs. Abbott de Rham Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Dell Mrs. Carol DeLuise Mr. and Mrs. Kris Dennan Mr. and Mrs. Carlo DeRege Mr. and Mrs. Ed Di Monda Ms. Kathe Dillmann Mrs. Margaret Donahoe Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Dopkins Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Downes Ms. Ellen P. Davis and Mr. Brian Dreyer Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Duffany Ms. Marilyn R. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eckhardt Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards Dr. and Mrs. Charles Egbert Ms. Jean M. Eisenhart Dr. and Mrs. Norman Ellenbogen Miss Rennie Elliot Ms. Kerry Ellis-Swan Mrs. Pamela Ellsworth Mrs. Peter Engelhardt Mr. and Mrs. Marc Erthein David Ertz and Kristin Mullaney Mr. and Mrs. James Evans Mr. Thomas Everett and Ms. Suzanne Gott
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mailloux Mr. and Mrs. Donat Marchand Mr. and Mrs. John T. Marino Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Gerry L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Alan Master Mr. and Mrs. James McArdle, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCafferty Mr. and Mrs. Lee McChesney Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. McCusker Mr. J. Donald McNamara Ms. Margaret Meller Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mellett Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Michaels Dr. and Mrs. Keith Michl Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller Ms. Helene A. Minugh Mr. and Mrs. Steven Misasi Ms. Nina Mooney Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mount Mrs. Carol M. Munson Mr. and Mrs. Latham W. Murfey III Mr. and Mrs. Greg Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nemlich Mr. and Mrs. Axel M. Neubohn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nouhan Mr. and Mrs. Pattie Noxon Mr. and Mrs. Mark O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Lance R. Odden Arden Kahlo and Stanley Okin Mr. and Mrs. Harry Olsson Mr. and Mrs. Mahendra Parekh Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Parker Mr. and Mrs. David Parsons, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pascarella Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Pate Mr. Leighton Patrick Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Perrott, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Personeni Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pessin Dr. and Mrs. Robert Pezzulich Mr. and Mrs. John C. Phillips, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pless Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Pollak Mr. and Mrs. Errol Pomerance Ms. Debra Post Mrs. Thomas S. Post Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Craig Powers Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pufahl
Mr. and Mrs. James Quigley Mr. amd Mrs. James R. Ralph, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ranzal Ms. Carole Ravin Miss Sandra L. Read and Mr. Paul Parker Mr. and Mrs. Ned Reade Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ready Mr. and Mrs. Pendennis W. Reed, Jr. Mrs. Richard A. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reisman Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Rice Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Roe Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rogers Ms. Jan Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Garret G. Roosma Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenfeld Dr. and Mrs. Paul Ross Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Ross III Dr. Howard Marcus and Dr. Joseph Ruggiero Mr. and Mrs. John Runnette Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saks Mr. and Mrs. David T. Sands Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scarnecchia Mr. and Mrs. Mel Schaffer Mr. and Mrs. George Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schubert Ms. Jolie Schwab Ms. Meg Mithoefer and Mr. Mike Seely Mr. and Mrs. Laurence V. Senn Dr. and Mrs. Joel F. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Shepherd Mr. Bob Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Shotwell III Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Siebrasse Mr. and Mrs. John Sikes Mr. and Mrs. Ron Simmons Mr. Timothy Slaight Mr. and Mrs. Robert Small Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Spergel Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steig Mr. Rolf Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Roman Stienss
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ARTS CENTER ANGEL Mr. Charles M. Ams III Mr. and Mrs. Orland Campbell Mrs. Francis W. Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Peter Saint Germain Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stott Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Stroup Mr. and Mrs. William H. Told, Jr. Merck Foundation Enoch Foundation SUSTAINER Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Bickford Mrs. John F. Burditt Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Childs, Jr. Joan Hardy Clark Mr. and Mrs. Hayward F. Day, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Freeman Mr. Steven Holman and Georgine MacGarvey Holman Ms. Joyce Jones Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Linen Mr. and Mrs. Rocco J. Maggiotto Dr. and Mrs. Axel Mundigo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. John Oskam Mr. and Mrs. George W. Peck IV Mr. and Mrs. John D. Picotte Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Rudy Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Shotwell III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Turner Ms. Susan Hunter Marcia S. Holland and Alan N. Wiegand Ms. Thelma Zak CONTRIBUTOR Mrs. Anne M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Bell, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Brophy Mr. and Mrs. John Conte Mr. and Mrs. Albert Feldan Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Roderick L. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. John Klein Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. McCree, Jr.
Mr. Andrew J. Melton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gale Metzger Mrs. Patricia Nuckols Ms. Randall Perkins Mr. and Mrs. James Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter Mr. Jack Rohrbach Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Ruppe Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Steele Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. West Mr. and Mrs. Ken J. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wilkes SUPPORTER Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Aboff Mrs. Pamela Bennett Ader Mr. and Mrs. James B. Adler Mrs. Marcia L. Ahlborg Aspen Motel Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Baldwin Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bamford Mrs. Judith M. Barrows Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bartholomae Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Bellino Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bennett Dr. Ann C. Berkery Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Berndt Mrs. Phyllis Blair Mr. Thomas H. Blakely II Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Derek Boothby Ms. Darline K. Braz Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Brett III Mr. Conrad T. Brickman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Lon Chaikin Ms. Martha B. Childs Ms. Marilyn Clements Rev. and Mrs. Fergus Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Colwell Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Cone Mr. and Mrs. Robert Congel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Connelly Mrs. Susan Read Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Dacey
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SVAC at-a-glance 2011-2012
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May 7 (Sat) The 2011 Exhibition Season – Opening Reception for the 82nd Annual Members’ Exhibition, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Featured artist: Robert Carsten, P.S.A., and Artists Members’ works. Exhibition runs through June 14. Yester House.
June 3 & 4 (Fri & Sat) Steppin’ Into Summer – Weekend of family activities, featuring the dance troupe: Soul Steps SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Friday, June 3 11:00am: Invitational outreach performance for area middle school and high school students, Arkell Pavilion. 6:00pm: Community performance open to the public. Adults – $8 members / $10 non-members; Children age 12 and under – $4 members / $5 non-members. Saturday, June 4 11:00am–3:00pm: Steppin’ into Summer Family Day. Free familyoriented fun, including art activities, music and food. 1:00pm Step Workshop for children ages 7–12. The workshop is free: children must be registered in advance.
July 5 – 9 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Anne Kullaf, Out on the Town – Painting Manchester, 9:30am–4:30pm, on location and Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center.
Outdoor Sculpture Grounds open, May 7 – November 14. Featured Artists: Gregory Smith, David Tanych, Wendy Klemperer, John Kemp Lee. May 10 (Tues) After-School Art Class, 3:30–4:45pm Art Around the World, class for children aged 7–12, In John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. May 11 (Wed) After-School Art Class, 3:30–4:45pm Fabric Quilt Collages, class for children aged 4–7, in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. May 13 & 14 (Fri & Sat) Art Workshop with Robert J. O’Brien, Painting Spectacular Flowers, 9:30am–4:30pm in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. May 17 (Tues) After-School Art Class, 3:30–4:45pm Art Around the World: Cave Paintings of Lascaux, class for children aged 7–12, in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. May 18 (Wed) After School Art Class, 3:30–4:45pm Felted Balls, class for children aged 4–7, in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. May 19, 20 & 21 (Thurs – Sat) Art Workshop with Chester Kasnowski, Uncomplicated Drawing Techniques, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center.
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June 11 (Sat) The Artists’ Palate: An evening of intimate dinners inspired by an international menu of artists – to benefit the Southern Vermont Arts Center. Reservations required. Members: $100 per person / Non-members: $125 per person. June 18 (Sat) Solo Exhibitions, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs June 18 – July 19, Yester House. Artists: Elfriede Abbe, Elizabeth Allen, Virginia Bradley, Chris Malcomson, Ian Marion, Crickett Polis, Gary Haven Smith. June 21 – 24 (Tues – Fri) Art Workshop with Pat Musick & Jerry Carr, Assemblage as Sculpture, 10:00am–4:30pm, at Galerie CAMUS, 350 Old Camp Road, Sunderland, VT. June 21 – 25 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Brian Bomeisler, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center.
Art Workshop with Erika Lawlor Schmidt, You as Contemporary Artist, 9:30am–3:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. July 9 (Sat) Arkell Performance Series: Homemade Vermont Jam, doors open 5:30pm. featuring Gold Town (6:30–7:30), Gordon Stone Band (7:45–9:00), Sean Kelly & The Samples (9:15–11:00), Arkell Pavilion. July 11 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. July 12 – 15 (Tues – Fri) Art Workshop with Elaine Franz Witten, Sculptural Elements in 3-D Clay, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) of Hay Madeira Education Center. July 12 – 16 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Karen Winslow, Understanding Values – Using a Controlled Palette, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center July 14 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–12noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area. July 18 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center.
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Special Events, Fund-Raisers
Museum Exhibition, Wilson
Performing Arts, Arkell
Outreach, Families & Children
Botany Trail, Outdoor Sculpture
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Art Workshops
July 19 – 23 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Christopher Pierce, Still Life & Floral Painting in Oils, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) of Hay Madeira Education Center. July 21 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–Noon, advanced registration is required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area. July 23 (Sat) Solo Exhibitions, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through August 23, Yester House. Artists: Sam Clayton, Lisa Cueman, Regina DeLuise, Michael & Carol DeLuise, Gerard Doucette, Curtis Hale, Mallory Lake, John Kemp Lee, Manchester Historical Society, Enrico Riley. 11th Annual Museum Opening, Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum. Champagne Reception, 4:00– 6:00pm, Sabra Field Exhibition, Hunter Gallery; Elizabeth Torak, Luigi Lucioni Gallery; sculptors Duncan Johnson, John Kemp Lee, Gary Haven Smith, Entrance Gallery. Exhibition runs through October 16.
AUGUST 2011 ________________________________ August 1 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–3:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. August 2 – 5 (Tues – Fri) Art Workshop with David A. Dunlop, Painting on Location in Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor, 9:30am–4:30pm, various VT locations per instructor. August 2 – 6 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Robert J. O’Brien, Landscape Painting in Watercolor, 9:30am–4:30pm in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. August 3 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am-12noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area. August 6 (Sat) Arkell Performance Series: Rob Zapulla’s Classic Frank Sinatra Tribute, “Come Fly with Me,” 7:30pm, Arkell Pavilion.
July 25 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–3:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center.
August 8 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–3:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center.
July 26 – 30 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Robert Carsten: Creative Drawing for Painting, 9:30am-4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II), Hay Madeira Education Center.
August 9 – 12 (Tues – Fri) Children’s Summer Art Camp; Drawing Techniques & Nature Art – Children’s camp for ages 7–12, 9:30am–3:30pm Advanced registration required.
July 26 – 29 Children’s Summer Art Camp: “Meet the Masters” – Children’s camp for ages 4–6; 9:30am–Noon; Art activities inspired by famous world artists. Advanced registration required.
August 10 – 12 (Wed – Fri) Art Workshop with Gary Fifer, En Plein Air Landscape Painting, 9:30am–4:30pm, various VT locations per instructor.
July 28 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–Noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area.
August 10 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–Noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area.
August 15 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. August 16 – 19 (Tues – Fri) Children’s Summer Art Camp: Animation Camp, 9:30am – 3:30pm,for ages 9–14. Advanced registration required. August 16 – 20 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Elizabeth Torak, Still Life Oil Painting, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) of Hay Madeira Education Center. August 17 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–Noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area. August 22 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. Aug 23 – 27 (Tues – Sat) Art Workshop with Robert Carsten: Personal Best in Pastel, 9:30am-4:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II), Hay Madeira Education Center. August 24 (Wed) Family Art Day, 10:30am–Noon, advanced registration required. Arkell Pavilion Reception Area. Aug 25 – 27 (Thurs – Sat) Art Workshop with Annelein Beukenkamp, Flower Power, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I) of Hay Madeira Education Center. August 27 (Sat) Solo Exhibitions, Opening Reception, 4:00–6:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through September 25, Yester House. Artists: Duncan Johnson, Kathleen Kolb, Janet McKenzie, Petria Mitchell, Erika Schmidt, Helen Shulman, Gregory Smith, Mark Tougias.
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Calendar August 29 (Mon) Art Workshop with Barbara Pafume, Painting Your Way, 9:30am–3:30pm, John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center. SEPTEMBER 2011 ________________________________ September 10 (Sat) Artist’s Studio Open House – Hay Madeira Studios, Noon–3:00pm Free and open to all SVAC Artist Members. Gather, make art, have discussions, connect with other artists. September 17 (Sat) Art on the Hill, 11:00am–3:00pm, campus-wide family & children’ event, free and open to the public. Sponsored in part by The Bank of Bennington. September 22 & 23 (Thurs & Fri) Art Workshop with Robert Carsten, Autumn Glory, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center. September 22 – 24 (Thurs – Sat) Art Workshop with Robert J. O’Brien, Advanced Watercolor Techniques, 9:30am–4:30pm in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center.
Special Events, Fund-Raisers
Museum Exhibition, Wilson
Performing Arts, Arkell
Outreach, Families & Children
Botany Trail, Outdoor Sculpture
Art Workshops
October 1 (Sat) Arkell Performance Series, DooWop Legends: Original Recording Stars, Jay Siegel’s Tokens, Jay Traynor of Jay and the Americans, and Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles, 7:30pm, Arkell Pavilion. October 12 – 15 (Wed – Sat) Art Workshop with Andrew Orr, Combining Outdoor & Studio Work for Landscape Painting, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio (Studio I), Hay Madeira Education Center. October 17 – 21 (Mon – Fri) Art Workshop with Sally Strand, The Color of Light, 9:30am–4:30pm, Mary Ann Melton Studio & John Thatcher Studio, Hay Madeira Education Center. October 22 (Sat) Artist’s Studio Open House – Hay Madeira Studios, Noon–3:00pm, free and open to all SVAC Artist Members. Gather, make art, have discussions, connect with other artists. NOVEMBER 2011 ________________________________
September 26 – 30 (Mon – Fri) Art Workshop with Kenn Erroll Backhaus, In the Spirit of Plein-Air, 9:30am–4:30pm in John Thatcher Studio (Studio II) of Hay Madeira Education Center, and on location throughout the Manchester area.
November 12 (Sat) Artist’s Studio Open House – Hay Madeira Studios, Noon–3:00pm, free and open to all SVAC Artist Members. Gather, make art, have discussions, connect with other artists.
OCTOBER 2011 ________________________________
November 19 (Sat) Solo Exhibitions, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through January 8, 2012. Yester House. Featured Artists: Susan Debus, John MacDonald, Suh Park, Leslie Peck, Craig Stockwell, Jenny Swanson, Brian Sweetland, 17th Annual Little Picture Show, and featuring Jane Bloodgood Abrams & Frank Vurraro.
October 1 (Sat) 55th Annual National Fall Open Exhibition, Opening Reception, 4:00–6:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through November 13, Yester House. Featured Artists: Paul Bowen, Thomas Ostenberg with works of member & non-member artists from across the U.S.
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DECEMBER 2011 ________________________________ December 2 (Fri) Scottish Winter Ball, bi-annual fund-raising event, Equinox Hotel & Resort. Reservations required. December 3 (Sat) Artist’s Studio Open House – Hay Madeira Studios, Noon–3:00pm, free and open to all SVAC Artist Members. Gather, make art, have discussions, connect with other artists. JANUARY 2012 ________________________________ January 14 (Sat) 20th Annual Winter Members’ Exhibition, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through February 13, 2012. Yester House. Featuring the juried works of Artist Members. FEBRUARY 2012 ________________________________ February 18 (Sat) Solo Exhibitions, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through March 19, 2012. Yester House. Artists: Brad Guarino, Marta Johansen, Mary Jean Kenton, Marla Korr, Dan Mosheim, Harry Rich, Eric Tobin, Thomas Torak, Oscar Trugler. MARCH 2012 ________________________________ March 24 (Sat) Art from the Schools Exhibition, Opening Reception, 2:00–4:00pm, free and open to the public. Exhibition runs through April 11, 2012. Yester House.
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