BELLOWS FALLS-The River Artisans Cooperative (RAC) is one of the oldest cooperative shops in Vermont, showcasing a variety of locally created art and crafts items.
This past season, RAC has seen substantial growth in both local and area visitors coming to the shop located in The Square in Bellows Falls. RAC says it welcomes new artists and craftspersons to join the cooperative and to sell their work in the shop.
In addition, they said that a benefit of membership means joining craftsmen and artists "who support one another and work together in a flourishing and creative community. Coming together from a wide level of experiences and backgrounds gives members unique opportunities to learn from one another."
Members all share in decision making, in running the shop, and in working on projects with other organizations and businesses in the Bellows Falls community.
BRATTLEBORO-The Downtown Brattleboro Alliance (DBA) has an opportunity for local artists to transform electrical boxes into works of public art. DBA organizers say the Spark Street Mural Project "aims to enhance the beauty of downtown Brattleboro while celebrating artistic talent and fostering community engagement. This program is made possible...
BRATTLEBORO-Professional glass artists from across New England have selected 23 children's drawings of imaginary creatures to be transformed into sparkling glass sculptures for the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC)'s biennial "Glasstastic" exhibition opening Saturday, March 22. The artists made their selections from among more than 1,000 drawings submitted...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present roots music trio Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, plus singer-songwriter Emily Margaret, on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Cortese is a songwriter, vocalist, and fiddler who blends American roots music with indie, electronic grooves, and pop vocals - all the while appealing to a broad audience from millennials to seasoned folkies. Along with Cortese, Valerie Thompson and Isa Burke feature a hybrid of traditions and influences, full of interplays of string...
BRATTLEBORO-Forecasts and Findings, an interdisciplinary dance created by choreographer Michael Bodel and collaborators, will premiere at New England Youth Theatre on Flat Street on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. Additional performances will follow on Saturday, March 1, at 4 and 7 p.m. The work integrates movement, object theater, a live soundscape, and 100 pounds of grain. The project centers grain as a material, as a choreographic character, and as a metaphor for knowledge and needs. The dance creates immersive...
PUTNEY-Beloved children's book author and illustrator Eileen Christelow told The Commons she saved her illustrations from her two "pig books" - The Great Pig Escape and The Great Pig Search - for a gallery show in Putney. "I wanted Putney to have their story," she says. "I had thought about doing something with the two pig books because the first one takes place in Putney." Her dream comes true this week with her show - "Eileen Christelow: Illustrations," which runs...
BRATTLEBORO-Class, a play by Irish playwrights Iseult Golden and David Horan, gets its U.S. premiere at the Hooker-Dunham Theater this month. The story: Brian and Donna's son, Jayden, is 9, and he's struggling. That's what his teacher says. Judging by test scores and behaviors, he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna - recently separated - never liked school, nor teachers. So are they going to trust this one? The upshot: a parent-teacher meeting goes very wrong. The play...
BRATTLEBORO-118 Elliot presents a special showing and conversation with the artists of "Fueled by Love: Work That Keeps You Going," an exhibition of paintings by Ellen Cone Maddrey, Gayle Robertson, John Loggia, Liza King, Mary Therese Wright, and Tina Olsen on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hot drinks and pastries will be provided. "Fueled by Love" brings together a collection of paintings by six artists, each piece chosen by the artist as a touchstone to keep...