Visual Art
Standout Vermont Artists to Keep an Eye On in 2026
Here are seven artists — painters, sculptors, a photographer and a papermaker — whose work stood out in the group shows we covered this year.
Face to Face: Jack Rowell’s New Book of Vermont Portraits
The Tunbridge photographer’s new collection captures a host of Vermont characters and half a century of change. The portraits pique the imagination.
Vermont Gallery Shows and Events
It’s a Small World, After All: Three Shows of Diminutive Art
The state is awash in shows of smaller works to entice holiday shoppers to give the gift of art. We look at three approaches to the format in three towns.
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Mad River Macho: Nude Calendar Features Men of the Mad River Valley
The project raises funds for area charities while showing more than just the community spirit of farmers, firefighters and local legends.
Roses and Religion Play Parts in Lydia Kern’s Solo Art Show at St. Mike’s
The sculptor presents works that seamlessly integrate spiritual, medical and botanical takes on the body, mortality and memory.
Curator Phong Bui Honors Art Historian Meyer Schapiro in Brattleboro
One of today’s most influential curators has assembled a show of 20th-century heavy hitters as well as lesser-known, but equally important, modern artists.
Cabinet of Curiosity: Steve Budington’s Emergent Paintings
In his solo show, “Rain Cabinet,” Budington deconstructs his paintings, creating abstract, multi-panel reliefs that use elements from landscapes.
Designer and Snowboarder Seth Neary Goes Analog in Solo Art Show
The former pro snowboarder presents artworks that experiment with Letraset type and handmade graphic design at Safe and Sound Gallery in Burlington.
Justin Cifello Sculpts Mythical Beasts Out of Invasive Plants
For a new sculpture at North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier, the farmer and artist fashioned a pair of giant dragons from bush honeysuckle and white pine.
Mourning in America: BCA Center Art Show Explores Private and Public Grief
The exhibition pulls together works by eight artists who deal with individual and collective trauma and loss in a moving and heartfelt presentation.
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