Before fleeing the Third Reich to the United States in 1939, Cornwall nonagenarian Klara Calitri’s parents would often take her to the expansive grounds of Austria’s Schobrunn Palace. Beginning with these early visits, her love of both art and flora bloomed. Calitri went on to create prolifically over
the decades, producing painting, monotype prints, ceramics and sculpture frequently inspired by her botanical inclinations. Propelled by her lifelong loves, Calitri organized
this group exhibition at Middlebury’s Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, which brings together works of both visual art and poetry by friends and local artists and writers. They include Rachel Elion Baird, Lisa Calitri, Thea Calitri-Martin, Ann Cooper, Kathleen McKinley Harris, Molly Hawley, Patty LeBon Herb, Susan Humphrey, Susan Jefts, Deanna Shapiro, Phoebe Stone, Sarah Wesson, Nancy Means Wright, Karla Van Vliet and Yinglei Zhang. Proceeds from many of the works will be donated to the Otter Creek Audubon Society.
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