Visual Art
Art at the Kent in Calais Faces an Uncertain Future
The annual contemporary art show at historic Kents Corner is a Vermont institution. But as its founders eye retirement, how long it can continue is unclear.
Seven Questions for Middlebury College Museum of Art’s New Director
Deborah Barkun, who will oversee the opening of the college’s Marna O. Davis Museum in 2029, talks about museums, liberal arts and the power of both.
Vermont Gallery Shows and Events
Fail Better: Ace Lehner Brings Queer Failure to the Barbershop
At the University of Vermont art professor’s BCA Center pop-up exhibition, participants get queer coifs and engage in positive acts of failing to conform.
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Art Review: Sean Clute, “10,000 Seeds and the Phantom Air”
The multimedia artist and composer’s installation at Vermont State University-Johnson combines sound and sculpture to tell a personal story.
Tool Time: Mackenzie Kovaka DIYs Watercolors in Barre
Studio Place Arts presents a series of delicate watercolors by the recent artist-in-residence, who is making a book to help kids learn about woodshop tools
A Modern Man: Sculptor Hugh Townley at BigTown in Rochester
The 20th-century artist, who taught for decades at Brown University, created carvings attuned to modernism but populated by a unique set of symbols.
Hop Along: Three Art Hop Events Not to Miss
Among the many South End “hoppenings” from September 11 to 13, we recommend a fashion collab, an avant-garde video dance party and a show of Pride quilts.
Arlington as Apple Pie: Norman Rockwell’s Vermont Connections
An exhibition and day of celebration at Shelburne Museum elaborate on the illustrations the artist made in Vermont, his models and artists in his community
‘Wallflower’ Exhibition Blooms at Hexum Gallery in Montpelier
A group show of works featuring flowers is psychologically complex and vivid, offering novel ways of interpreting the botanical as both showy and shy.
Two Programs Highlight Sculpture at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
2025 fellow Sarah Peters and sculptor-in-residence Heidi Mortensen present their work amid gardens and monumental artworks by the beaux-arts master.
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