Page 10 • Williston Observer • July 8, 2021
Vermont Youth Orchestra to perform at Isham Farm Members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association and Broadway actor Mackenzie Mercer will play the Isham Family Farm barn in Williston next Thursday, July 15, in an evening celebrating youth in music. Mercer will perform well-known Broadway works, joined by a Vermont Youth Orchestra string trio and flute choir. Pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Vivaldi and Fauré will also be performed. The event will open with a pre-show environmental talk with farm owner Helen Weston. This concert is part of the “First: Earth Summer Series” of events on the Isham Family Farm. The series is a nonprofit dedicated to nature preservation and promotion of the arts. Doors open at 5 p.m. for pre-show picnicking. Tickets are donation-based and must be reserved in advance at www.vyo.org.
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Sarah Jerger’s little free art gallery in Essex Junction. PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
Inside Essex’s ‘little free art gallery’ BY LUCA KOLBA Community News Service
After a long year without gallery visits or museum trips, you can get your art fix on Oneida Avenue in Essex Junction. There’s just one catch — everything is tiny. Sarah Jerger has been the curator for Vermont’s tiniest art gallery since she began it in early April. Like a little free library or little free pantry, the little free art gallery is open to the public year-round and anyone is welcome to drop off or pick up the tiny art inside. The gallery was an immediate hit. “In the first few months, we’ve seen over 300 pieces of art go through the gallery,” Jerger said. “I was not expecting it to be that much. It was really amazing.” Jerger was inspired when she saw that a Seattle-based artist,
Stacy Milrainy, had created a little free art gallery. It turns out they are popping up around the country. Hers may be the only one in Vermont, but Jerger hopes to see more appear throughout the state. “It’s obviously served people in our town, but I know of other people from other towns who’ve come and visited as well, so I think the more that joy can be spread around, all the better,” Jerger said. One highlight was a special exhibit last week — a display of art by the kindergarteners at Hiawatha Elementary School. About 50 kids came to leave art they made for the gallery, a welcome outing after a year with few field trips. Jerger, who has two sons who attend Hiawatha, was happy with the results. “Everyone has the capacity to be creative and make art. And so this was a lovely way to be able to
share that idea with them and also help remind them to keep their inner artist alive,” she said. Jerger encourages everyone to take art from the gallery freely, even if they’re not leaving anything. She says there’s never a shortage of art. “If someone likes a piece, they should take it home with them. The art wants to be loved,” she said. Just don’t forget to leave behind the miniature gallery furniture and attendees. Regular updates on the little free art gallery and its contents can be found on Instagram @freelittleartgalleryessexjct. The Community News Service is a partnership between the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program and Vermont community newspapers.
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