Alyssa Grosso
Masks that reveal what’s underneath
A Boston-based multimedia artist, filmmaker, and graphic designer will lead a hands-on workshop that will dive into participants' inner reflections and new internal discoveries.
Daniel Callahan, whose exhibit “Daniel Callahan: En-MassQ” is on display at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center through Sunday, June 11, will share his work in MassQing, a form of decoration of the body that uses the face as a canvas for line, shape, and color to express what is inside.
Bringing characters to life
‘When I write a story, I’m writing it so I can illustrate it,’ says Brattleboro artist John Steven Gurney
As an undergraduate at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, John Steven Gurney discovered his love for children's books. He has illustrated more than 100 children's books over the years. But there, he found that “children's books were only some of the things I wanted to illustrate,” said the...
Inspired by real life
Bellows Falls novelist releases sixth book, 'Forced Entry'
Historical fiction author Bill Lockwood published his sixth novel, Forced Entry? The former social worker and journalist said he had long wanted to write a book, but it took him until after he retired to get one published. “I have now had six books published by The Wild Rose...
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Turner paintings on display in Marlboro
Katharine (Tink) Turner has been creating art since 1958. “I really like spreading the paint across the canvas and checking the colors out; the bounce of the canvas under the brush is delightful,” said Turner, whose paintings are the Marlboro Community Center's current exhibit. “Mixing colors is also a favorite aspect.” The artist - who is mostly self taught, though she did take a few classes in college - started in a small studio behind her house in Marlboro. There,
What lies beneath
Kindle Farm School High School Program Supervisor Kendall Edkins has been hosting weekly metal detecting classes at the school for high school and middle school students. Edkins, of Walpole, N.H., said when he scouts locations to search for artifacts buried beneath the ground, he focuses on the history. “Everything kind of has some history,” he said. Edkins said that Brattleboro has a lot of fields and old homes, and “my personal favorite places to go are like the old foundations,
Gallery Walk returns to Brattleboro
The Downtown Brattleboro Alliance's monthly Gallery Walk launched its 2022 season on May 6 and will continue the community celebration on the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through December. Gallery Walk started as a gallery tour and was originally sponsored by the Arts Council of Windham County. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance took over the program and created a series of virtual events. The DBA successfully put on six...
Hope, beauty, and thousands of years of tradition
With eggs from her own hens and wax from her own hive, Jenny Santa Maria offered a hands-on introduction to the art of pysanky - Ukrainian egg decorating - workshop on April 9. Using a tool called a kitska, Santa Maria scoops a small amount of beeswax and heats it over a candle flame. She then uses the kitska to draw with the wax on the egg before dipping it into different colors of dyes. With multiple applications of the...
'We believe strongly that we are all learners'
When Elijah Jensen, who has cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities, was in school, he couldn't participate in many activities in an environment where “they weren't aware that that meant they needed to make accommodations for someone who had a disability,” his mother, Darlene Jensen, said. As she talked with Laura Lawson Tucker, who operated the home childhood center where Elijah spent his time, she recalled how she was “just exclaiming how there was so little for us to participate in.”