Art ShowS
Summer Fun in the Champlain Islands! Visit Knight Point State Park in North Hero for swimming, picnics and our great events under the Big Tent!
Presented by Island Center for Arts and Recreation PO Box 213, North Hero, VT 802-372-8400
Fireworks Extravaganza – Thursday, July 3 Free entrance to the Park after 5 p.m. Food, Music and a great display by NorthStar Fireworks Music in the Park – Tuesdays July 8 through August 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Food and ice cream for sale on site, or BYO. Tickets $5 for adults, 12 and under free. Dave Keller Band – July 8 Starline Rhythm Boys – July 15 Mango Jam – July 22
Jenni Johnson & the Junketeers – July 29 Jimmy T Thurston – August 5 Jukebox Hop with DJ Larry Brett – August 12
Media sponsor: Island Excavating Corporation Concert sponsors: A&B Beverage, Andrea Champagne Real Estate, Pidgeon Properties, John Beaulac Excavating, East Shore Vineyard, Dick’s Repair Islands Center Car Show – Saturday, August 23, 10 to 4, Rain date August 24 $5 for adults, 12 and under free. Register your auto or truck at 372-8400. Sponsored by Sen. Dick Mazza Tent sponsors: Dewyea Computer Consulting, LLC North Country Federal Credit Union Shakespeare in the Park! August 9-10, 6 p.m. Midsummer Night’s Dream – fun for the whole family Call 877-871-1911 for tickets.
Festival of Fine Arts 2014
www.vermont.org/events
You know it’s June when
downtown storefronts are filled with artworks. Curated by the local nonprofit Art’s Alive, the annual Festival of Fine Arts adorns Burlington businesses and also presents a juried exhibition featuring works by more than 40 Vermont artists. This year, representational paintings swept the awards: First place went to ArtisTree gallery director Adrian Tans’ finely rendered oil painting “Archeology Painting I – Rail Yard, Burlington” (pictured); second place to Wendy James’ “Bake Sale,” depicting a bakery in
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warm hues; and “Laying Claim,” Nancy Tomczak’s watercolor collage of an owl stalking prey. Those works and others are on display at the Art’s Alive Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington through July 11. Stroll downtown to glimpse the art displayed in shop windows through June 30.
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MArcus rAtliff: Recent collage by the Norwichbased artist. Through June 30. info, 767-9670. bigTown Gallery in Rochester.
2013 tour de leAd grAffiti: A letterpress broadside of the 2013 bike tour. Through June 30. info, 388-3300. American Flatbread middlebury hearth. cynthiA KirKwood: A summery collection of colorful paintings, plus an exclusive exhibit of the artist’s colored pencil drawings. Through June 30. info, 458-0098. edgewater Gallery in middlebury.
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JAne eddy, bArbArA eKedAhl & rAy hudson: multilayered woodblock prints by three middlebury-area artists. Through June 29. info, 388-1436. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater, in middlebury.
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of historic drawings, watercolors, photographs and oil paintings that pay homage to the region’s rich gardening history; and contemporary outdoor sculptures by Norton latourelle and ethan bond-watts. Talk with gallery director bill brooks every wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., through August 6. Through August 11. info, 388-2117. henry sheldon museum of Vermont history in middlebury.
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‘discovering coMMunity’: more than 100 documentary works from film to oral histories by area K-12 students “exploring their own lives and the world around them.” Through July 12. info,
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gerMAn Art exhibit: The college celebrates its German language school with an exhibit of works by German artists from its permanent collection. info, 443-5258. MArtin PArr: “life’s a beach,” images by the u.K.-based photographer and magnum collective member renowned for capturing people in their comfort zones. Through August 10. info, 443-3168. middlebury College museum of Art.
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f AlternAtive Process PhotogrAPhy grouP show: Ten Vermont artists explore alternative photography processes including hand coloring and polaroid transfer in an unconventional show. Curated by matt larson. Reception: Friday, July 11, 6-8 p.m. Through July 12. info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in waterbury.
388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in middlebury.