2005/2006
Season
All dates and artists are subject to change.
Exhibitors
Students from area schools |
Art from the Schools
Yester House
March 18-April 2, 2006
Opening Reception
March 18, 2006
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Young Picassos Pizza Party
March 29, 2006 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Show closes at 3:00 p.m. on April 2, 2006
The Mission Statement of the Southern Vermont Arts Center can be seen
as the nurturing and fostering of a lifelong appreciation of the arts
in the Manchester and the Mountains region. This elemental force coupled
with the persistent efforts of the Arts Center’s ongoing Outreach
Program, combine each spring to present the annual Art from the Schools
exhibition. This year’s extravaganza, in SVAC’s Yester House,
runs from March 18 through April 2, with a free opening reception on March
18 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
One of the Arts Center’s most popular shows year-in and year-out
and a labor of love for all concerned – from SVAC personnel to art
teachers to the student artists themselves – Art from the Schools
showcases work by area students from the elementary grades through high
school. The diverse nature of the artistic talent presented is a testimony
to the level of outstanding guidance that the local art teachers provide
to nurture creativity in their students.
Schools who participated in the 2005 exhibition included Arlington Area
Child Care, Arlington Memorial High School, Burr & Burton Academy,
Currier Memorial School, Fisher Elementary School, Flood Brook Union,
Manchester Elementary and Middle School, Maple Street School, Mettawee
Community School, Sunderland Elementary School, The Dorset School, The
Long Trail School, The Mountain Academy and Vermont Academy.
A very special artist’s reception – the annual Young Picassos
Pizza Party – is scheduled for March 29, 2006 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Students from all participating schools are invited to attend with their
families and enjoy the hospitality of Yester House.
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Exhibitors
Judith Osborne
Jean-Marie Martin
George Hartley
Tammara Stewart
Jeffrey Braxton
Keith Hoffman
Annemarie Zwack
Vermont Pastel Society
Collector’s Gallery
Founders Sales Gallery
All artwork available for sale. |
April Solo Exhibitions
Yester House
April 8-30, 2006
Opening Reception
April 8, 2006
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Show closes at 3:00 p.m. on April 30, 2006
Judith Osborne
GALLERY I
As an artist working with texts, Judith Osborne is interested in both
verbal and non-verbal ways of knowing. By continually returning to the
space where they meet, she maintains a state of mind she calls "listening
for," from which she gathers inspiration from kinetic, sensory, emotional,
psychological, intellectual and spiritual information. "I make these
aspects of non-visual reality visible," Osborne says, "as if
staining the wind. In order to recognize unfamiliar and possibly higher
levels of order in the work, I attempt to remain at the outer boundaries
of knowledge, comfort and familiarity. I often turn to the universal principle
of the dynamic relationship of opposites (e.g. chance and intention, organic
and geometric) to guide me through the unfamiliar territories in which
I place myself."
Jean-Marie Martin
GALLERY II
In his latest series of paintings, entitled "Political Paintings,"
Jean-Marie Martin tries to address issues that transcend art. He’s
trying, he explains, to expand the boundaries of abstract painting to
include social and political issues, such as the attacks of 9/11, Homeland
Security matters, terrorism in general and the roles of world religions
in political and sociological affairs. "I make formalist looking
abstract paintings on which I had a series of objects that give new directions
and new meanings to those paintings," Martin says. "I use abstraction
only as a subtext to explore contemporary political issues and to become
more than a painter, to become a polemist. I use the medium of painting
to sensitize people to political issues."
George Hartley
ENTRANCE GALLERY
George Hartley was introduced to the masters of the past by his teacher,
Paul Ingbretson. He later studied with Numael Pulido of New Hampshire.
When Hartley’s not working on portrait commissions or requests for
copies of the old masters, he enjoys creating still life paintings in
the style of the 17th century Dutch masters and the 19th century painter
William Harnett. He’s constantly searching through antique shops
for eye-catching objects of yesteryear, such as tools, toys, sports articles,
marine instruments, etc. He feels such artifacts evoke a feeling of mystery
and nostalgia. There’s a hidden history to them. Who owned them?
What were they used for? Hartley is a member of the Copley Society of
Boston and holds the title Copley Artist.
Tammara Stewart
GALLERY IV
Since the time Tammara Stewart was a small child, her world has been about
the perception of color and sharing that perception with others, at first
through her painting and now through photography. Photography allows Stewart
the opportunity to share with the world her unique view of its conditions,
colors, textures and lighting. To her, photography amounts to an internal
dance connecting her brain and eye...an exhilarating tango of waiting,
selecting and capturing. It is about sharing with others unique moments
in time. "It is about excitement and passion for all the wildlife
and nature around us," she says, "and about sharing that passion
and my perception of our world through my work."
Jeffrey Braxton
GALLERY V
Jeffrey Braxton of West Haven, Vermont, has been a physician, actor, model,
playwright and, for the past 6 years, a photographer. All these lives
have found their way into his photography. He photographs places and things
that strike him visually. While this is his only requirement for photographing
anything, he seems to be drawn inevitably to the facades of older buildings,
rooms that are well-lived in, spaces that are a little forlorn. Yet the
light and shadow and the composition of the images give them dramatic
life and even nobility. He prints the images that make him daydream. Black
and white usually, but not always, serves this purpose best. His photographs
are meant to lead the viewer to daydream as well.
Keith Hoffman
GALLERY VI
Keith Hoffman’s early experiments in art took him through all major
phases of fine art, from sketching and pen and inks to oil painting and,
finally, to watercolors where he felt his love for freshness of color
and spontaneity of design could best be realized and expressed. A full-time
watercolorist since 1972, Hoffman has since become a professional lecturer
on, and instructor of watercolor; hundreds of his scenic landscapes of
Long Island, New England and Pennsylvania can be found in private, corporate
and public collections throughout the country and across the world. Hoffman’s
originals command gallery space from North Carolina to Oregon, and published
prints are available through galleries and frame shops in the US.
Annemarie Zwack
GALLERY VII
A visual artist working in hand dyed and painted narrative quilts, Annemarie
Zwack’s latest work is part of a series of narrative quilt paintings
– employing the techniques of painting, drawing, screen printing,
embroidery and soft sculpture – about Iraq. Witness, for example,
is inspired by ancient Sumerian art. The 4,500 year-old votive figurines
from Ur – modern day Iraq – represented the Ur people and
were placed on altars to watch the temple when worshippers were away.
These ancient figures are witnesses from a land and a time where, very
literally, modern life was invented. Placed in the setting of modern day
Iraq—a city burning in the background; these figures bear witness
to the tragedy that is taking place there.
Vermont Pastel Society
GALLERIES VIII AND IX
Founded in 1999 by Vermont artist Sean Dye, the Vermont Pastel Society
(VPS) fosters and further encourages the brilliance practiced by pastelists
of all styles and skill levels – beginners to masters, working in
oils as well as soft or dry pastels – throughout Vermont and its
neighbors, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
A member of the prestigious International Association of Pastel Societies
(IAPS), the Vermont Pastel Society and its growing membership sponsors
meetings, exhibits, instructional workshops and group paint-outs state
wide. They can be reached online via a link from the IAPS site, www.pastelinternational.com.
This is their third group showing at the Arts Center.
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