Art & Exhibits

BigTown Gallery

Masterworks, group show exploring the personal collections of the late sculptor and printmaker Hugh Townley. 99 North Main Street, Rochester. Through July 28. Opening reception Saturday, April 20, 5–7 p.m. Hours: Wednesday–Friday,
10–5 p.m.; Saturday, noon–5 p.m.
767-9670, info@bigtowngallery.com or
bigtowngallery.com.

Central Vermont Medical Center

Representational paintings of light by David Smith. Lobby, 130 Fisher Road, Berlin. Through May 31. cvmc.org.

Chandler Gallery

Give Us Your Best!, group show by area
artists. 71–73 Main Street, Randolph. Through May 19. Hours: Friday, 3–5 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday, noon–2 p.m. 431-0204 or outreach@chandler-arts.org.

City Center

Monoprints and More, works by Joan
Davidson, Linda Maney and Missy Storrow.
89 Main Street, Montpelier. May 4–31.
artresourceassociation.com.

Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio

18 Langdon Street (third floor), Montpelier. 229-4676 or cdandfs.com.

Captured Mind Wanderings, photography by Montpelier High School students Zivah Solomon and Nathan Burton. Through May 27.

The Rawing, a poetic and photographic exhibit by recent U32 graduate Camille Johnson. Images combined with the poem “The Rawing,” which won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Writing Competition. May 27–August 25.

 

Gallery at River Arts

Oil paintings by Janet Wormser. River Arts Center, 74 Pleasant Street, Morrisville. May 16–July 5. Hours: Mon.–Fri., 10.–2 p.m. 888-1261 or riverartsvt.org.

Gifford Gallery

X-pressions, graphite, pastel and colored pencil works by Jan Rogers. 44 South Main Street, Randolph. Through May 29. 728-2324.

Goddard Art Gallery

The Nature of Things, installation by seven artists: Thea Alvin, Khara Ledonne, Forrest White, Robyn Alvin, Gowri Savoor and Bruce Hathaway.  54 Main Street, Montpelier. Through May 11. Hours: Wednesday–Thursday, noon–5 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, noon–7 p.m. 322-1685 or goddard.edu.

Governor’s Gallery

Hard Line, Soft Color, scultpture by Robert Hitzig emphasizing grain patterns in wood
and other inherent qualities of the material. 109 State Street (fifth floor), Montpelier. Photo ID required for admission. Through June 28. 828-0749.

Green Bean Art Gallery

Nature in Color, impressionist landscapes by Melissa Brown Bessett. Capitol Grounds, 27 State Street, Montpelier. Through May. curator@capitolgrounds.com.

Helen Day Art Center

Student art show: the gallery’s 32nd year of exhibiting local students’ work. 90 Pond Street, Stowe. May 3–May 26. Opening reception Friday, May 3, 3–7 p.m. Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m. 253-8358 or helenday.com.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library

The Art of Creative Aging, juried exhibit of work by local visual artists age 70 and older, and Playful Moments in Color, works by Yvonne Strauss. 135 Main Street, Montpelier. Creative Aging in the main library through May; Playful Moments in the children’s library through June 8. 223-3338.

 

Red Hen Café

Seasons in Transition, Middlesex artist Cindy Griffith explores the changing seasons of the year. Route 2, Middlesex. Through June 30.
229-4326, cindy.griffith.vt@gmail.com or
redhenbaking.com

River Arts Center

Looking at Landscape, an exhibit of
paintings and drawings by Peter Fried, plus
new sumi-e paintings by Alex Angio. 74
Pleasant Street, Morrisville. Through May 13. Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
888-1261 or riverartsvt.org.

Storefront Studio Gallery

Talking Portraits and Two-Part Inventions, an evolving show of experimental drawings, paintings and the occasional sculpture by Glen Coburn Hutcheson. 6 Barre Street, Montpelier. Hours: Monday–Friday, 3–6 p.m. 839-5349
or gchfineart.com.

Studio Place Arts

Two by Two, group show exploring; art silent auction; Specimens, works by Jason Galligan-Baldwin; and BabyProof, works by Jenna Ann Kelly. 201 North Main Street, Barre. Through May 25. 479-7069 or studioplacearts.com.

Sullivan Museum & History Center

These Honored Dead: Private and National Commemoration, stories of Norwich alumni from both sides of the Civil War conflict in 1863. Norwich University, Northfield. Through December 20. 485-2183 or norwich.edu/museum.

Tulsi Tea Room

Soul Collage, collages by Lisa Masé, images from the past cut and pasted into the present. Come participate in a community collage during Art Walk! Reception June 7, 4–8 p.m. 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Through July.

Vermont History Museum

Plowing Old Ground: Vermont’s Organic Farming Pioneers, photographs and interviews. 109 State Street, Montpelier. Through August. Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10–4 p.m. 828-2291
or vermonthistory.org.

Vermont Supreme Court

Inner Doors, paintings and painted scrolls by Vermont artist Harriet Wood.

111 State Street (first-floor lobby), Montpelier. Through June 27. Reception Friday, May 3, 5–7 p.m. Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 828-0749.