Montpelier Art Walk
October 7, 2011
4-8 pm
Unwind on Friday, October 7th in downtown Montpelier during our fall Art Walk, where you’ll find fine art, fiber art, sculptures, comics, djembe lessons and more! Art Walk is from 4-8 pm. It’s free and open to everyone. For more information, call 802.223.9604 or go to www.montpelieralive.org/artwalk. We’ll see you downtown!
Montpelier Art Walk Venues and Artists:
1. T.W. Wood Gallery
36 College St.
The Body Human – On and Off the Wall, featuring the paintings of John Hoag and other three-dimensional art works from selected Vermont artists.
2. Artisans Hand
89 Main St.
Bags by Sarah Bacon, hand knit using wool and wool/silk blends felted to make strong, practical, and gorgeously colorful bags.
3. Skinny Pancake
89 Main St.
Bo Muller Moore’s new spray paint/stencil prints honor some of the animals of Vermont and the “Cavemen” that painted them first.
4. City Center
89 Main St.
Meditating on Movement and Stillness: Exhibit by Linda Maney, abstract art on paper and canvas.
5. The Knitting Studio
112 Main St.
Show off your creations: wear them or bring them! It’s time for a good, old “Drag & Brag” that will be fun for all!
6. The Shoe Horn
8 Langdon St.
Heather Ritchie’s acrylic paintings are ethereal dreamscapes that invite a stillness to counteract our busy world.
7. Global Gifts
9 Langdon St.
Emily Jane Hoffman (B.A. Fine Art) creates artistic remedies at The Dirty Gem, a creative laboratory that provides healing medicine for artistic ailments, e.g., a thirst for beauty.
8. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, 18 Langdon St.
Playing with color, shape and the challenge of depicting reality, Martha Stewarts by Alexis Kyriak are inspired by crisp and clean photographs of still life.
9. That’s Life Soup 41 Elm St.
Hope Haley Sharp-Rapaport, will be showing wonderfully vibrant and warm new paintings.
10. Incognito
153 Elm St., Open until 6:30
Handcrafted jewelry, paintings and mixed media exploring abstract and natural art forms, from artists Linda Maney, Missy Storrow and others.
11. Birchgrove Baking
279 Elm St., Open until 4:00
Come by during normal shop hours to see Jenn’s latest sugar creation.
12. Cheshire Cat
28 Elm St.
Celestial Shapes in Nature, photos by Linda Hogan, featuring earthly images that remind us of things above us.
13.Vermont History Museum
109 State St., Free from 4-8 pm!
Use the new visitors’ guide and map to explore the award-winning exhibit, Freedom and Unity.
14. Vermont Supreme Court
111 State St., Open until 7 pm
Line/Structure/Pattern. Prints and mixed media by Colchester artist Carol E.S. MacDonald. Inspired by knitting, MacDonald explores patterns created from a single line.
15. Vermont Arts Council
136 State St., Open until 7 pm
A new exhibit featuring 6 Vermont sculptors will open in the Sculpture Garden. The Spotlight Gallery will exhibit paintings by Candy Barr.
16. Salaam
40 State St.
Stop by to see the new exhibit!
17. The Men’s Store
30 State St.
Clare Rock’s photos on stretched canvas include themes of geography, architecture, and forgotten places, inspired by a background as a land-use planner and landscape designer.
18. K Mueller Studio & Gallery
15 State St., room 301
Recent portraits, plein air landscapes, and other works rendered in pastel and oil. Stop by for refreshments.
19. Black Door
44 Main St.
Stop by to see the new exhibit!
20. Bagito’s
28 Main St.
24 Hour Comics – highlights of the cartoon creations made as part of this annual event, by Vermont artists.
21. Drawing Board
22 Main St.
A License to Stare, portraits by Montpelier artist Agathe McQueston.
22. May Day Studio
190 River St.
Fort Can Gallery & Studios presents Amy Königbauer’s Wild Windows, prints inspired by Patti Smith’s “Horses,” plus new work by Brian Zeigler & May Day Studio.
23. The Summit School
46 Barre St.
The Summit School is a non-profit folk music education center offering classes in music an dance. Live Music at our Art Walk location!
24. City Hall
39 Main St.
What does ‘Care’ mean to you? A series of small (4″x4″) canvases by central Vermonters, sponsored by the Reach Care Bank.
25. Bear Pond Books
77 Main St.
Margaret Blanchard’s stained glass Bear Pond and Beaver Pond honor the erotic dimensions of water. Patricia Lyon-Surrey’s Playing with Photography: Work Created through Panning, Montage, and Color Manipulation.
26. Adorn
27 State St.
Macro and Nature Photography by Kelly Walsh. Images from Utah desert hiking, Olympic National Park beach camping, snowshoeing up and sledding down Camel’s Hump and more.
27. Capitol Grounds
27 State St.
‘Bitter Ink’ co-creator, Brian Zeigler, will exhibit a selection of black & white ink panels illustrating the early stages of comic development.
28. HighLow Street Project
Various sites downtown. Map provided in Art Walk programs.
An outdoor exhibition of photographs and audio narrations from the lives of at-risk youth in Vermont.
New Venue!
Tulsi Tea Room
34 Elm St.
Emma Schoenberg’s Natural Causes are a simple attempt to translate something beautiful, like a riverbank or someone’s shoulder, into a three by five medium.
Art Walk Events : Friday, October 7, 2011
A. GuitarSam, 71 Main St., 5:00-7:30 pm
Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko will be leading free 15-minute djembe workshops for two people at a time, on the hour and half hour.
B. Bagito’s, 28 Main St., 5:30 pm
Hardscrabble Hounds, a high energy, hard rocking, acoustic duo, specializing in blues, Americana, rock and folk music.
