A love story. Breathing new life into unusual, forgotten properties is a gift for all.
May the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's purchase inspire others to treasure history and not rebuild so fast. Thank you for sharing this piece.
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Fire Chief Michael Bucossi watched as “smoke sifted out of the drawers” of a large metal cabinet containing artwork by local painter Jim Giddings. The flat file was inside the artist's studio at 562 Stark Rd. when the 20-by-16-foot building caught fire Monday evening. Multiple fire departments responded at approximately 7 p.m. According to fellow artist and wife Petria Mitchell, Giddings, a painter since the 1970s, “lost the vast majority of his life's work in the fire.” “The building is...
The word came a year ago this Labor Day weekend: My mother, suddenly hospitalized, was about to die. I should have been shocked, as just two weeks earlier a doctor's visit for back pain revealed a diagnosis of sepsis and discovery of a lump believed to be lymphoma. But my life, a relatively smooth ride from childhood to college to career, had turned into one jolt after another, taking my longtime job, relationship, father, and, on Sept. 2, 2019, last...
A major player on Vermont's lively arts scene, the Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) has a story that goes back some 50 years. But the driving force for its excellence, inclusivity, and education for half those years has been Eugene Uman, its artistic and executive director, and Elsa Borrero, graphic designer, lighting technician, and photographer. At a recent private gathering of friends and family honoring the two at the VJC's headquarters at the Cotton Mill, state Reps. Sara Coffey, D-Guilford, and...
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