Leah Woods - For Rose Bertin Anigre, Maple, Brass, 32" x 60" x 48", $6,400. For Rose Bertin is a cabinet inspired by the dressmaker for Marie Antoinette. Ms. Bertin was an advocate of a "larger than life" style in everything that Marie Antoinette wore from her dresses to her hairstyles to her hats and attitude. I was envisioning, with this cabinet, if Rose Bertin had designed furniture how she might have applied her philosophy.

Free Opening Party
Saturday May 8, 2010 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Featuring live music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and exhibiting artists
During the Free Opening Party, the children are invited to participate in some fun free art activities in the Madeira Education Studios from 4 - 6 pm. Advance registration for children is required as space is limited. These art activities are for children ages 3 and older. Younger children may come with a caregiver. Please contact Stacy Gates at 362-1405 or sgates@svac.org to make a reservation.

Out of the Woods: Works by Northern New England Furniture Makers is an exhibition of furniture made by furniture makers living and working in Northern New England. This exhibition features a selection of high quality works that range from traditional forms to highly conceptual works. All are functional and are characterized by the fine craftsmanship and attention to detail that distinguish the work of fine furniture makers. The exhibition is scheduled for May 8 through June 15 and will be featured in the Southern Vermont Art Center's Yester House.

Work by furniture makers from Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts are featured. This representative sample brings together artisans who go beyond reproducing traditional furniture forms with traditional materials and bring something of their own artistic sense to the work. Overall,
quality craftsmanship, strong aesthetics and originality are the criteria for this exhibition.
This can be something as subtle as the introduction or inclusion of unusual materials
or proportions, or as wild as a completely conceptual form.

This year's exhibitors include: Tim Coleman, Shelburne, MA; Doug Clarner, East Burke, VT; Gerald Curry, Union, ME; Garrett Hack, Thetford Center, VT; David Heinz, Springfield, VT; Steve Holman, Dorset, VT; David Hurwitz, Randolph, VT (in collaboration with Kerry Furlani, Rutland, VT); William Laberge, Dorset, VT; Dan Mosheim, Dorset, VT; J. Peter Schlebecker, Camden, ME and Leah Woods, Portsmouth, NH

Guest Curator: Inez McDermott is an Associate Professor of Art History at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. She was formerly Director of the New England College Art Gallery and Associate Curator at the Currier Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire. In addition to teaching she continues to curate art and history exhibitions throughout New England. Her exhibitions include The Art of Craft: Expressive works by New Hampshire and Vermont Artists at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College , Before the Lens: Photographers' Self Portraits at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and A House of Dreams Untold: The Story of the MacDowell Colony at the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Sponsored by Mr. Joseph S. Holman, Melinda Holman & Frank Beideman, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Saint Germain,
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Squire, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Weiss, and Margi and Michael Picotte