Destination Vermont

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Renee Greenlee, Listen, Are You Breathing?, 2022, cyanotypes of water from Jennings Brook on silk panels, approximately 6 x 16'. Photo: Jamie Franklin. Courtesy of the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT.

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ermont welcomes you! Whether to the elevation of 4393' at the summit of Mount Mansfield, Church Street Marketplace in Burlington where you may catch a glimpse of Bernie (perhaps with mittens), or to its many galleries and fairs and cultural happenings this fall. Public art projects abound across the state, some addressing climate change, the importance of community and connectivity; galleries and museums are fully open and packed with exciting exhibitions; and beautiful Afro-pollinators are everywhere. Local breweries are fun and popular—and catching up to the population of Vermont’s beloved cows—while farm-to-table dining makes for an ideal fall evening. The hills are alive with the sounds of music, food

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AVA GALLERY—Lebanon, NH

Bridging the border of New Hampshire and Vermont is AVA Gallery and Art Center.

Contemporary meets classic in the Galleries, offering dynamic, engaging art exhibitions year-round in a historic mill featuring high ceilings and expansive galleries with magnificent natural light. AVA’s artist member gallery offers a wide array of artworks made by both NH and VT artists. Inclusive art education programs offer classes in all disciplines for all ages and all skill levels, from welding to ceramics to oil painting.

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Curator Sam Eckhart was thrilled to tell Art New England that “the Gallery market on the boarder is thriving in 2022…artists, patrons and community members are filling the galleries for exhibition openings and artist talks.”

On view September 2-30 will be one of Art New England’s 2021 Emerging Artists of the Year Margaret Jacobs, along with solo exhibitions by Nancy Sepe and Li Shen. All artists working in sculpture and photography which regard object as socially or culturally significant.

Mid-October through November, look for three solo exhibitions: Nick Lamia, Elizabeth Nelson, and Katya Roberts. Artists who work in painting and installation with themes which signify water, landscape, and ecology.

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MITCHELL GIDDINGS FINE ARTS— Brattleboro

Southern Vermont is a treasure trove of classic downtowns that will bring you back in time.

Make sure you bring some swimming gear— the roads can get very dusty and there’s nothing like a quick dip in the river while it’s still warm enough—and part of the fun is finding just the right place.

Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts is in the heart of downtown Brattleboro, owned by Petria Mitchell and Jim Giddings, who have been on the arts scene for over four decades. The gallery has a rich collection of contemporary art to make your heart sing. They continue to promote and introduce new artists.

On view through September 11, artist, collector and traveler Larry Simons showcases Live It Up, recent sculpture and assemblages crafted from found and ferreted wood, metal, gadgets, and fragments. September 16– October 30 finds experimental new prints by artist and founder of Zea Mays Printmaking, Liz Chalfin. Paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture, as well as scheduled Artist Talks, Gallery Walk and exhibition openings are all part of a season designed to bring color and joy into our lives.

A note to book lovers—time-permitting, there are some great bookstores, Brattleboro Books, Everyone’s Books, not to mention the Vermont Center for Photography, which has a wealth of beautiful photography books.

THE HALL ART FOUNDATION—Reading A weekend pilgrimage to The Hall Art Foundation is always memorable. It is open Saturdays and Sundays through November.

Pack a lunch and enjoy the sculpture park after your tour of the galleries. Guided tours are available as well.

Converted from a former dairy farm, the campus of converted galleries consists of a 19th-century stone farmhouse, three barns, as well as a reception center and cafe. The property’s five historic buildings make up approximately 6,000 sq. feet of museum-quality exhibition space. The farmhouse and barns sit next to a waterfall on a tributary of the Black River, and are surrounded by approximately 400 acres of pastures, hayfields, and extensive

woodland. Outdoor sculptures by worldrenowned artists are installed throughout the grounds.

On view this year are solo exhibitions of work by American artists, Leon Golub, and Lois Dodd. Known for expressive figurative paintings that explore man’s relationship with the dynamics of power, their Leon Golub survey includes approximately 70 works that span Golub’s career from 1947 to 2003.

On view simultaneously is Lois Dodd: Natural Order—known for creating intimate and deceptively simple, yet acutely observational paintings, this exhibition brings together approximately 50 works that span Dodd’s career from the late 1950s to paintings completed last year.

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Sponsored in part by the Maslow Family Foundation and Leunig’s Bistro & Café.

Hospitality sponsors: Lake Champlain Chocolates, Farrell Distributing, Prophecy Wines.

Burlington City Arts is supported in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by The Vermont Arts Council & the National Endowment for the Arts.

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THE WOODSTOCK GALLERY— Woodstock

When the well is dry August 20 - December 10

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition August 20 - October 22

Visit this upbeat, modern gallery in the heart of the quintessential town of Woodstock. It’s what everyone pictures Vermont to be.

The gallery is celebrating 26 years, and is arguably the oldest gallery in Woodstock, featuring emerging and established artists from New England. The gallery has always featured a rotating collection of primarily two-dimensional art, yet the jewelry of Ghanian artist Rita Agyemang is oh so spectacular. Agyemang mixes beads that she buys at the markets in Ghana with the semiprecious stone beads and pearls from all over the world.

Just back from shows in the Southwest is New Hampshire artist Patty Castellani. Her abstract monoprints reflect her effort to create landscape with a totally different spin.

Also of note is oil painter Rich Weinstein with new work featuring scenes from his world travels. The Woodstock gallery is the only place in New England where you will find Megan Woodard Johnson’s collage based new work with a late September show. As always, New Hampshire artist Peter Batchelder provides more color per square inch than any other artist in the gallery.

ARTISTREE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER & GALLERY—South Pomfret

Buckle up for the Sugarbush, Mad River area—Waitsfield has an absolute gem for you.

Another picnic opportunity awaits, and the view of the Bundy Modern from the outside is as cool as the art on the inside.

THE BUNDY MODERN—Waitsfield “The Bundy is a nearly pure example of Bauhaus design, with a two-story curtain wall of glass, flat roof, with all structural elements visible, and a full embrace of the natural beauty that surrounds it. The fact that this example of high design is hidden off a steep dirt road above a town well known for its challenging sportiness and rural beauty makes it an even more breathtaking surprise.

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Artistree provides the opportunity for a joyful, meaningful, and satisfying experience

of the visual arts, movement, theater and music through its year-round classes, workshops, performances, gallery exhibits and events. There are so many ways to nurture creative wellness at this vibrant arts center.

They encourage local community members of all ages and abilities to participate in a wide variety of art processes. Their offerings are designed to nurture each person's inherent creative capacities and raise the possibility of art as a vital force in an individual’s overall growth and expressive abilities.

On view in the galleries: • Trio: Putting it Together—Margaret Kannenstine, Sloane Dawson, and Amy Schacter, through September 24.

• Local Color 2022—Autumn exhibit.

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“The volume of the exhibition space in the gallery provides an opportunity to comfortably view very large-scale works. Abundant natural light reveals nuances in whatever art is exhibited including shadows and textures that reveal themselves according to time of day.”

—June Anderson, owner/curator.

The current show, To Market with Shelley Reed and Randal Thurston, is entirely in black and white. Reed’s masterful oil paintings, which resemble Dutch still life, are rendered with perfect accuracy only in shades of grey.

Thurston creates silhouettes of birds, butterflies, and trees, climbing sinuously up the 23' white painted brick walls, flawlessly cut out of heavy black paper. Viewers naturally use their imagination to fill in details for these works,

which are astonishingly realistic and abstract at the same time.

Visitors are invited to wander the grounds to view the 18 abstract sculptures, mostly midcentury artists with some notable Vermont works by Paul Aschenbach, Edwin Owre and David Strohmeyer.

Open by appointment through October 9 by texting (802) 777-2712.

STUDIO PLACE ARTS—Barre Studio Place Arts (SPA) is known for being a “multidimensional, participatory art venue in central Vermont.” —Sue Higby, executive director. This arts center offers the option of viewing art, hands-on art making, interaction with resident artists, tours, art socials with

live music, onsite workshops for painting and drawing, sculpture around the city, artist talks and demos, and plein air painting and drawing in the local stone quarries. There truly is something for everyone!

SPA also hosts the “Art Stroll,” a selfguided tour of historic and contemporary stone sculptures around downtown Barre. (“Art Stroll” maps are available at SPA and on-line.)

Fall Season at Studio Place Arts: • Annual Rock Solid exhibit, involving sculptors from Vermont, September 14– October 29.

• Transformative Moves: Ray Brown, a lifetime survey retrospective of the paintings, drawings, prints, and other works of the wellloved local artist who created art nearly

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every day of his life, September 14–October 29 in the galleries and two annex locations in town.

•O pen Studios on October 1 & 2 with SPA artists.

• Art Socials with live music during the foliage season, September 30 with a performance by a quartet from the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra, October 8 with a performance by a local jazz band.

THE CURRENT—Stowe Stowe has positioned itself as a premier yearround arts and culture destination. And it’s not a bad idea to throw your mountain bike on the back of the car and pack some hiking boots. The Current never disappoints, offer-

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‘Pumpkin Gothic’ by Robert O’Brien

LOCAL COLOR Sept. 30-Nov. 5

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ing environmental art, outdoor sculpture, and public art.

Ongoing: When the Well is Dry. “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”

—Benjamin Franklin.

“As the climate crisis intensifies, we thought this would be an incredible opportunity to bring together contemporary visual artists and visual storytellers and documentary photographers from around the world to see how people are responding in their respective countries. There is a lot to learn from this and our partnership will provide a rich collaboration for public programs alongside the exhibition with a larger reach than either of us have individually.” —Executive director and co-curator Rachel Moore.

“We are all entwined. Our thoughts and actions, or even inactions, have an impact on the future of our lives and that of others.

Acknowledging this coexistence can provide awareness for the importance of tolerance, inclusivity, mindfulness, care, and love for others regardless of our differences, and the world in which we live. We hope this collection of featured artworks will remind everyone of the worth of water.” —Co-curator Adrianna Teresa Letournay.

Exposed! Through October 22.

“The exhibition this year is based on the theme of dreams. This year, we think about the importance of rest to recover. The subconscious needs the restful sleep to heal, so the theme both looks at the importance of this from a healing perspective and to the future.”

—Curator Rachel Moore.

Hands down—the best foliage views await!

Take the Mountain Road through Smugglers Notch and be careful not to burn out your clutch. You’ll witness massive boulders, trees with roots that can survive the harshest winters, and streams bouncing through the rocks.

Roll down your windows and enjoy some cool mountain air.

“Life is not all love and light. Life is visceral, it’s ugly, it’s beautiful. It’s terrifying. It’s fucking frustrating.

Sometimes, you’re really goddamn angry. Dark goddess is, “I’m about to hex everything around me within a 600 block radius,” you know? Sometimes, you need to embody the chaos, you need to be able to sit with the chaos.

There are some things that happen in this place where you should be mad. You should be scared for the future.

9/13also — 12 /9/2 You should be 022 hopeful for the future, and accepting BRYAN GALLERY—Jeffersonville that humanity has both light and dark. And running Welcome to Smugglers Notch and away from your dark is dangerous.

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Shanta Lee Gander, DARK APHRODITE, 2020.

Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist.

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New England landscape art by established and emerging artists through exhibitions, workshops, and educational programing. There are three great exhibits on view this fall: Land & Light & Water & Air, September 6–October 30. This year, Bryan Gallery celebrates the 15th year of the flagship exhibition, showcasing Vermont, New England, and Northeastern traditional landscape paintings in the Main Gallery. Land & Light is the Gallery’s largest landscape exhibition of each season and is a juried prized show.

Let Us Introduce You, September 6– October 30, introduces visitors to established artists new to the Gallery. This year’s show features the works of Ella Delyanis, Kate Follett, Ellen Hopkins Fountain, Caroline Loftus, and

Robin Reynolds.

2022 Legacy Collection continues through December 24 in the East Gallery. This year’s collection features work from Tom Adkins, Jacob Aguiar, Robert Aiken, Mark Boedges, Amy Hook-Therrien, Charlie Hunter, Erik Koeppel, Susan Larkin, Barbara Lussier, Leo Mancini-Hresko, T.M. Nicholas, John Clark Olson, Rosalie Sidoti, Daryl Storrs, Eric Tobin, and Liane Whittum.

Though you’re continuing to travel north, it’s hard to feel landlocked in Burlington. Lake Champlain glistens as far as the eye can see.

While you are there, grab a waterfront meal or take a boat ride. Swim at Oakledge Park if the weather suits you. The South End Arts District will feed your creative soul. You will

also find breweries every few blocks and there are plenty of eateries as well as the uber-trendy food trucks.

BURLINGTON CITY ARTS—Burlington Located in the most popular spot in the city, Church Street Marketplace, is a fantastic gallery/art center—Burlington City Arts (BCA). For over 30 years, BCA has helped cement Burlington’s reputation as one of America’s most livable cities for the arts.

Physical locations include the BCA Center, a year-round exhibition space, as well as BCA Studios in the South End, which hosts art classes, camps, and open studio hours in its state-of-the-art facilities. BCA also produces city-wide festivals, events and is dedicated to

ON VIEW OCTOBER 1ST – NOVEMBER 5TH

Liz Chalfin, This Strange Time 2, 2022

LIZ CHALFIN Iterations: 2021-2022 September 16 - October 30, 2022 Opening and Artist Reception Friday, September 16, 5-7pm Demo/Conversation Sunday, October 9, 4-6pm

Fragile / Familiar solo exhibition featuring

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Opening Reception Friday October 7th

MGFA offers contemporary fine art in a variety of media, featuring over thirty emerging and established artists.

With exhibition space at the Pitcher Inn in Warren, Vermont

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of Absolute Truths. Featuring large-scale paintings, animated video, and threedimensional, interactive sculptures, the exhibit is a visual exploration of humanity’s shared myths where untamed nature becomes a metaphor for the pressures weighing on contemporary society.

William McDowell engages viewers with the ongoing legacy of racism and social justice in America by examining the relationship between place, history, and memory in

supporting artists while expanding accessibility. BCA provides a national model for centering the arts in community impact, on sectors as varied as education, the environment, civic dialogue, and the economy. And they have an internationally experienced curator and director of exhibitions Heather Farrell.

Opening October 21: Valerie Hird explores the connections between culture and environment as a meditation on the ambiguities of our contemporary world in The Garden

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Leslie Fry Burlington City Arts

Studio Place Arts

The Fleming Museum The Bundy Modern

Middlebury College Museum of Art

Edgewater Gallery Artistree Community Arts Center & Gallery

AVA Gallery

The Woodstock Gallery The Hall Art Foundation Southern Vermont Arts Center

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his new photographic series, Roxham Road to North Elba. McDowell’s color photographs of the North Country asylum-seekers migrating from New York to Canada are juxtaposed with images taken of historic sites and leaders of the American Underground Railroad.

THE FLEMING MUSEUM—Burlington The Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont has been home to Vermont’s most comprehensive collection of art and anthropological artifacts for over 90 years. With over 20,000 objects from early Mesopotamia to present-day America, the collection provides a showcase of our worldwide cultural heritage. The evolving calendar of innovative contemporary and historic art exhibitions from around the world, and year-round programming for all ages, allows the Fleming Museum to engage audiences with fresh ideas about the history of civilization.

Janie Cohen has brought the Fleming Museum to amazing heights as curator and then director since 2002. As a Picasso scholar, she has curated exhibitions and published on the artist in the U.S., Germany, Netherlands, and Spain. She is also an accomplished textile artist, collector of antique cloth, and a rogue stitcher.

On view this fall: • Rockwell Kent: Prints from the Ralf C. Nemec Collection.

• Dark Goddess: An Exploration of the Sacred Feminine (see Review, page 82).

• A collaborative exhibition with the Howard Center Arts Collective.

LESLIE FRY—Winooski Leslie Fry is a true Vermont favorite. Her sculptural work is largely based on female statuary and is internationally celebrated. The artist’s sculpture garden is unique and wonderful, adjacent to her studio in Winooski, where more than 20 languages are spoken. “What sets my sculpture garden apart is that it’s in an ethnically diverse neighborhood (in contrast to other rural sculpture parks in the state) and is right next to her studio—an intimate and ongoing experimental situation. Visitors are welcome to see works in progress inside the studio as well as concrete and bronze sculptures interacting with foliage outside in the garden.” The

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hedged garden provides big green walls which contain concrete and bronze sculptures in conversation with a flowering landscape.

Fry creates drawings and prints as well as sculpture. Her studio is also open for viewing by appointment.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART—Middlebury The Middlebury College Museum of Art reopened to the public this spring with some radical changes. The museum’s permanent collection galleries have been completely reinstalled along thematic lines to ensure that a visit to the museum is a welcoming experience for anyone and to help visitors grasp some of the themes and ways that art is expressed in different cultures and across time.

The works on view reflect a consideration of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and they’re installed with a greater focus on accessibility. In addition, this fall the museum will host the traveling exhibition No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945–Present organized by International Arts and Artists with works on loan from the Art Museum of the Americas.

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The gallery opened in 2009 and has two locations in Middlebury: Edgewater Gallery at the Falls and Edgewater Gallery on the Green.

Take a short walk over to the falls—it’s another great picnic spot! Visit their new exhibition space at The Pitcher Inn, a Relais & Chateau property in Warren, Vermont. The gallery has over 70 fine artists represented, including painters, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists, wood workers and jewelry artists.

On view—Gallery on the Green: • Be Still—Rory Jackson, through September 20.

•P aintings by Vermont artist Kathleen Kolb opens October 7.

On view—Gallery at the Falls:

• About Town—Betsy Silverman and Rachel Wilcox, through September 30.

SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER— Manchester

“As part of SVAC’s robust exhibition program, we occasionally collaborate with guest curators who are able to expand the stories and artists represented in our galleries. We saw that potential in Ric’s interdisciplinary approach to curating and in his vision for Many Americas.

Connecting the past to the present, more than a dozen artists from across the country examine core questions in their work, such as: what does American history look like, and does the past still matter?” —Alison Crites, manager of

EDGEWATER GALLERY—Middlebury Edgewater Gallery is a fine art gallery exhibiting contemporary and traditional fine art from both established and emerging artists. Director Theresa Harris has a magic touch when it

THE BUNDY MODERN

Through Oct 9: Shelley Reed Randal Thurston

A mid-century modern gem in a spectacular setting Waitsfield, Vermont

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exhibitions & interpretive engagement, SVAC. Inspired by Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror, the Many Americas exhibition (see Review, page 87) and public programming takes as a premise that we do not share a common history and our divergent histories are the source of our troubled civic discourse. The artworks demonstrate the multiple, sometimes competing histories of America. The exhibition will feature approximately two dozen artworks and installations and a variety of audience engagement approaches including texts, guided tours, and programs that draw out the issues raised by the artwork. In doing this, the exhibition seeks to demonstrate how an art museum can become a public square where people can come together and talk about

important civic issues. To develop the exhibition, guest curator Ric Kasini Kadour undertook an eighteen-month-long research project funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that examined the intersection of history and contemporary art.

On view: • Wilson Museum, through November 27, Many Americas features work by two dozen artists from across the country, all of whom use history as their point of departure and speak to present day issues.

• Yester House Galleries, from September 17– November 6: SVAC’s Fall Solo Exhibitions: Barbara Ackerman, Justin Kenney, Evan McGlinn, Arnela Mahmutović, Julie Merwin, Heather Palecek, Robert Ressler, Ron Vallario, Katrin Waite, and Ann Young.

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, one of the region’s premiere arts events of the summer/fall season, featuring work by some of the best artists from the Bennington area, the state of Vermont, and throughout the northeast region. In addition to sculptures by over 40 artists scattered throughout the village of North Bennington, an additional 25+ artists will display their work on the museum’s beautiful 10-acre property in Old Bennington for the third consecutive year, including many who have contributed to NBOSS since the exhibition’s early years. Curated by Jamie Franklin and Joe Chirchirillo.

“It’s not often that an artist has the experience of both making and showing the work at the same location. The water used to make Listen, are you breathing? came from Jennings Brook and is now shown alongside the brook, bearing witness to the process of exposing the silk panels to make the final piece. In this way, it feels to me like the circle is completed, from process to exhibition. Because the piece is exposed to the elements, it will continue to shift and change a little, just as the brook changes with each season.” —Renée Greenlee, artist.

On view: • NBOSS at the Museum, through November 11.

• David Gil Turns 100, ongoing.

• Perspectives, ongoing.

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rior to the pandemic, Art New England focused on one Destination at a time each issue. When ANE relaunched last year, it took a while for destinations to re-open and we decided that we’d welcome anyone and everyone across the region and wait out an organic return to the previous approach. Destination: New England allows for more flexibility, through every season.

Fall is here, there’s an invigorating autumnal chill in the air, and turtlenecks have started peeking out of the closet. It’s a season of incredible art and cultural events, weekend foliage adventures, and discovering pockets of New England you’ve never explored. There is so much to experience in the region’s cities, by the coast, or in the moun-

New Bedford has become quite the hub for arts and culture events. You won’t want to miss this contemporary art mecca that expertly merges design, art, and technology with public art.

“This year for SHELTER, DATMA is highlighting artists who create using modern design tools and technologies, while preserving the heartfelt significance of a home. Each artist in our 2022 lineup investigates the future of what shelter can be while asking the question of what shelter has meant to each of them,” explains Lindsay Mis, executive director of DATMA. Through September 12, enjoy and experience multiple art exhibitions, student workshops, and walking tours—all examining the history, economy, and culture of Massachusetts’s south coast region. Other topics explored include the Underground Railroad that harbored African Americans from slavery, the 9,100-foot-long hurricane barrier that protects the harbor of the nation’s most lucrative fishing port in the U.S., and more. All events are centered in downtown New Bedford, within walking distance of each other and are free and accessible to everyone.

JEFF SODERBERGH GALLERIES— Wellfleet, MA • Portsmouth, RI

Begin your New England art journey by spending time in the Jeff Soderbergh Galleries. The

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collections feature contemporary art, sculpture, and furnishings by Jeff Soderbergh and other renowned artists. “There are already enough materials in existence today that we can utilize with stunning results. Let’s start looking at sustainable options through a different lens, one that offers beautiful possibilities.” —Jeff Soderbergh. Jeff Soderbergh Galleries “represent artists and sculptors who think about what they do the same way we think about what we do, with the health of our planet in mind.”

The Wellfleet location is a fantastic place to spark a conversation about a custom piece or peruse a mix of contemporary and traditional work. Or head to Portsmouth, RI, to visit their year-round studio/gallery open by appointment.

View more of their artists’ work and meet with Soderbergh himself, one-on-one for that custom piece you’ve been dreaming of.

New and exciting this year is the addition of Vermont contemporary assemblage artist Duncan Johnson. Johnson works with reclaimed wood in his industrial studio in Bellows Falls, Vermont. If Lake Champlain is drawing you into Northern Vermont, you may also view Johnson’s commissioned work in the lobbies of Hotel Vermont.

On view: David Gonville, Tom Deininger, Daniel Denton, Paul Meneses, Lisa Barsumian, Duncan Johnson, Bernhard Dessecker.

LYMAN ALLYN MUSEUM— New London, CT

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is a rare opportunity to see this conceptualist’s work as well as work from his collection by John Baldessari, Alighiero Boetti, Jenny Holtzer, JeanMichel Basquiat, Mel Bochner, Robert Lazzarini, and On Kawara, among others.

Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007) collaborated with many artists and cultivated deep and lasting artistic friendships, acquiring a wide range of modern and contemporary art. Exploring LeWitt’s own art and that of his friends and contemporaries, this exhibition focuses on vibrant, dynamic, and humorous objects, with loans from the LeWitt Collection in Chester, Connecticut, and related art from Lyman Allyn’s collection.

To accompany the exhibition, Lyman Allyn curator Tanya Pohrt and LeWitt Collection curator Janet Passehl will lead a gallery talk on Wednesday, September 21, from 5:30–7 p.m.

Permanent collection: Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London, which explores the rich and varied work of artist, craftsman, and designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany. Ongoing: Poetry of the Wild is an environmental art installation designed to engage communities with their landscape through poetry, art and activity. Opening September 10: Album of Flowers | Interesting Times: The large paintings that form the core of Catherine Christiano’s exhibition, juxtapose naturalistically painted seasonal flora with a collage of content from The New York Times. Opening October 8: America’s Instrument, Banjos from the Jim Bollman Collection, featuring more than 40 banjos from an unparalleled private collection.

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