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Arts + Culture
Q&A: Catching Up With the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild
Since 1979, the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild has been promoting quilting and connecting crafters in Chittenden County. The nearly 100-member group — one of… -
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Video: The Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Prepares for Its Biennial Quilt Show
Episode 712
The Champlain Valley Quilt Guild has been connecting Chittenden County crafters since 1979. Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger met up with some of the Guild's almost 100 members in advance of its biennial show, “Seams Like Spring,” April 26 through 28 at Holy Family Parish Hall in Essex Junction. -
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Q&A: Meet a Family in Waterbury That Embraces Halloween Year-Round
It may be Valentine's Day, but Waterbury couple Sarah and Jay Vogelsang-Card will not be celebrating with anything pink. Preferring a darker — and… -
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Video: Goth Family in Waterbury: Sarah, Jay and Zarek Vogelsang-Card
Episode 708
For the Love & Marriage Issue, we're featuring a couple who won't be celebrating Valentine’s Day with anything pink. Sarah and Jay Vogelsang-Card married in 2009 at a gothic-themed “Hallowedding.” Halloween is their favorite holiday. Since then, the family has posed in an annual Halloween photo in creative costumes that share a common theme, such as comic book villains or Star Wars. -
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Q&A: Art Entrepreneurs Tessa and Torrey Valyou Celebrate 15 Years of New Duds
In 2008, Tessa and Torrey Valyou were dating when they started New Duds, their screen-printing and sewing business, in Colchester. Tessa made bags, often… -
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Video: A Tour of New Duds With Torrey and Tessa Valyou at Their Screen-Printing and Embroidery Shop in Colchester
Episode 699
Colchester screen-printing business New Duds has been around almost as long as this video series! Tessa and Torrey Valyou were dating when they launched their company in 2008. Since then, they've gotten married, had two children and expanded to a staff of 20. Eva Sollberger got a tour of their shop before an October 14 open house and warehouse sale. -
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Video: Exploring Ken Mills’ Secret Sculpture Garden
Episode 693
Landscape architect Ken Mills bought his 1770s home in northern Chittenden County 25 years ago. His property includes Studio JuJu, an elaborate parklike area featuring a screened-in waterfall and koi pond, massive ornate doors, metal sculptures, a stone labyrinth, and an iron bridge. Eva Sollberger toured Mills’ secret garden for the latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont." -
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Late Cartoonist Ed Koren Makes His Film Debut in 'The Farm Boy'
In spring 2016, filmmaker George Woodard attended a film festival screening of the 1916 silent film A Vermont Romance. At the show, he recognized… -
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Video: Painting with Pepperoni, a Miniature Horse; Judi Whipple; and Jane Bradley at Breckenridge Farm in Plainfield
Episode 686
Pepperoni is a 21-year-old miniature horse who used to entertain audiences during equestrian events at Plainfield's Breckenridge Farm. Two years ago, he lost an eye and stopped performing, but he's since found new purpose as a painter. He used to pick up roses in his mouth; now he picks up paintbrushes. His nickname? PoNeigh (rhymes with Monet). -
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Tillie Walden to Become Next Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont
Tillie Walden of Norwich will be Vermont’s next cartoonist laureate, the Vermont Arts Council announced on Wednesday. She will officially become the state’s fifth… -
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Artwork By Ukrainian Children to Be Sold at Burlington Fundraiser
Artwork by Ukrainian children who’ve been displaced by war will be for sale at a fundraiser on Wednesday, January 11, at Burlington City Hall… -
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Video: Married Artists Jennifer Koch & Gregg Blasdel Collaborate Together & Collect Art
Episode 678
Burlington artists Jennifer Koch and Gregg Blasdel recently celebrated 17 years of matrimony. Jennifer owns and runs a frame shop; Gregg was a scholar and a professor of art for 30 years. Eva spent an afternoon watching them print proofs of their collaborative works, called “Marriages of Reason.” -
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Video: Essex Art League’s Plein Air Painters Visit Mount Philo
Episode 669
Members of the Essex Art League have been meeting weekly for the past few years and painting around Chittenden County en plein air, a French expression for ”in the open air.” Eva met up with the artists atop Mount Philo in Charlotte on a Thursday morning to watch them work. -
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Huge, Immersive Art Destination Planned for Essex
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on May 24 that it has awarded a $4.75 million loan guarantee to support the development of a… -
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Video: Musicians Jeremiah and Annemieke McLane Move into their New Home
Episode 661
Vermont musicians Jeremiah and Annemieke McLane lost their house in Sharon to a fire in 2020; they were vacationing in Maine when it happened. The community rallied around them, and the couple and their son recently moved into a new home. Eva Sollberger visited to hear Annemieke play her new piano. -
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Life Stories: John Douglas 'Never Tired'
When artist-activist John Bruce Douglas (July 13, 1938-January 25, 2022) was diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 2021, his partner of 31 years,… -
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South Burlington's Jason Chin Wins the Caldecott Medal for 'Watercress'
Jason Chin was asked by his publisher to make a Zoom presentation last weekend at the American Library Association conference. A children’s book artist… -
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Video: Troy Headrick Sculpts a Giant Slingshot for His Burlington Backyard
Episode 648
Troy Headrick turned a dead tree trunk from the woods into a giant slingshot. He and his partner, Marianne DiMascio, shoot a variety of items — including water balloons and apples — into a ravine behind their house in Burlington. Eva Sollberger visited and got to launch a few projectiles, too. -
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Video: Winooski Sculptor Leslie Fry Celebrates Five Decades of Work With New Book
Episode 644
Over the last five decades, sculptor Leslie Fry has been experimenting with a variety of mediums and art forms. Her work has been exhibited around the world and locally. Recently, Fry’s career has been chronicled in a new book featuring text by art historian William Lipke. -
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251: A Mini Art Gallery in Middlebury
The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury will open on July 13, marking the return of visitors to the museum after an 18-month… -
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Creating Art That Celebrates the Culture and Climate of Places Around the Globe
This spring, as part of a cross-curricular "learning expedition," Winooski middle schoolers explored the impact of location on different cultures around the world. This… -
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Video: Storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer Inspires a Juneteenth Mural
Episode 641
Storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer is the subject of "Ferene Existing While Black," a new mural by Tanya Talamante and Cynthia Cagle; it will be unveiled Saturday during Burlington's Juneteenth Celebration. Cynthia and Ferene talked with Eva Sollberger about their friendship and artistic collaboration. -
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Video: Alison Bechdel Shares 'The Secret to Superhuman Strength'
Episode 638
In her new graphic novel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength, Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel documents her lifelong obsession with fitness. Eva visited Alison at her home near Bolton to hear about the book and see some of her cartoon panels come to life. -
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South Burlington Students Create Inspired Portraits
Alison Treston, art teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, shared some of her students' most recent masterpieces. Seventh-grade art students…
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