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All galleries and museums require masks and social distancing unless otherwise indicated.
Exhibit streaming
Vermont Arts Online — www.vermontartonline.org
Barre
AR Market: “ARTE at AR,” through Jan. 16, featuring Vermont painters Juliana Cassino Fechter, Charles Ryerson and Gabriel Tempesta, Alimentari Roscini Market, 159 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com
Studio Place Arts: “Celebrate!” through Dec. 29, wide variety of art and craft created by 80 SPA member artists, on all three floors, SPA, 201 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. public hours, 2:30 to 4 p.m. private visits, Tuesday-Friday; noon to 2 p.m. public hours 2:30 to 4 p.m. private visits, Saturday; call to schedule 30 minute private visit.
Bellows Falls
Canal Street Gallery: “Art for All,” through Jan. 23, Seasonal group show features 154 original artworks from 25 local artists in 19 mediums, many $2-$100, 23 Canal St., Bellows Falls, 802-289-0104, canalstreetartgallery.com Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
Bennington
Bennington Museum: “Vermont Utopias: Imagining the Future,” through Dec. 28, 25 regional contemporary artists respond to: “What is your vision for the future of Vermont?”; “Our Voices, Our Streets: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski,” through Dec. 31, chronicling events in Bennington 2001-04; Scot Borofsky, through Dec. 31, “Gritty Streets to Green Mountains,” paintings by Brattleboro artist; “(re)Sounding,” through Dec. 31, bringing new life to old instruments; Grandma Moses, ongoing; “Bennington Modernism,” ongoing; “Gilded Age Vermont,” ongoing, wealth and prosperity come to Bennington, 75 Main St., Bennington, 802-447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org Hours: 1 to 8 p.m. Friday; 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday-Monday; $12, $10 for students and seniors, under 18 free.
Brandon
Brandon Artists Guild: Holiday Gift Show, through Jan. 24, 7 Center St., Brandon, 802-247-4956, www.brandonartistsguild.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday-Sunday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: “Figuration Never Died: New York Painterly Painting, 1950-1970,” through Feb. 14, New York artists who absorbed the lessons of Abstract Expressionism yet remained dedicated to figurative painting; “Andy Yoder: Overboard,” through March 6, inspired by “The Great Shoe Spill of 1990”; “Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits,” through Feb. 14, tintype photographs of women; “Ice Shanties: Fishing, People & Culture” through March 6, work of Colombian-born photographer and part-time Vermont resident Federico Pardo; “Erik Hoffner: Ice Visions” through March 6, photographs of ice patterns from holes bored by ice fishermen; “Our Storied Landscape: Revealing the Brattleboro Words Trail,” through Feb. 14, drawings for a map by Cynthia Parker-Houghton, Union Station, Main Street (Route 5) and Routes 119 and 142, Brattleboro, 802-257-0124, www.brattleboromuseum.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; admission is “pay as you wish.”
Vermont Center for Photography: 2020 Annual Members Exhibition, through Dec. 20, 49 Flat St., Brattleboro, 802-251-6051, www.vcphoto.org Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday.
Burlington
BCA Center: “Unprecedented?” through Jan. 30, explores the cultural impact of 2029 since the pandemic; “Clay Mohrman: Radiant Thought,” through Jan. 30, Vermont artist creates an installation in response to emotional processing and anxiety, Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington, 802-865-7551, www.burlingtoncityarts.com Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
UVM Fleming Museum: “Reckonings: Fleming,” through May 8, staff reflect on the collection and our current moment, 61 Colchester Ave., Burlington, 802-656-0750 (info: 656-2090), www.flemingmuseum.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; admission free through Nov. 21.
Glens Falls, N.Y.
The Hyde Collection: “Images of the People: Russian Lacquer Paintings,” through Jan. 3; “J.S. Wooley: Adirondack Photographer,” through Jan. 3, 161 Warren St., Glens Falls, N.Y., 518-792-1761, hydecollection.org Hours (by appointment only): 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (10 a.m. to noon for seniors and high risk only) Tuesday- Sunday; admission is $12, $10 for seniors; free for children, students and active military.
Greensboro
Highland Center: “A Critical Balance,” through Dec. 13, eight New England artists exhibit paintings of species that are listed as endangered, Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick St., Greensboro, 802-533-9075, highlandartsvt.org Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Reservations are required.
Jeffersonville
Bryan Memorial Gallery: “Gems and Giants 2020,” through Dec. 20, paintings small and large; “Legacy 2020,” through Dec. 20, new work by popular 2019 artists, 180 Main St., Jeffersonville, 802-644-5100, www.bryangallery.org Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
Lebanon, N.H.
AVA Gallery: Annual Holiday Exhibition & Sale, through Dec. 31; “All Shall Be Well Again,” Dec. 5-31, artwork from The Christmas Revels film, 1 Bank St., Lebanon, N.H., 603-448-3117, www.avagallery.org Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; free.
Manchester
Southern Vermont Arts Center: “Out of the Vault,” through Feb. 21, selections from SVAC’s permanent collection; 2020 All Member Exhibition, through Jan. 3, “Yester House Study: Works by Marion Huse,” and “The Women of SVAC,” Yester House, 930 SVAC Drive, Manchester, 802-362-1405, www.svac.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; admission: $10, $5 for students and seniors, free for 10 and younger.
Middlebury
Henry Sheldon Museum: “Sculpture Haven,” ongoing, new sculpture by Vermont artists Kat Clear, John Matuzs and Kate Pond, and more, Sheldon Museum Garden, 1 Park St., Middlebury, 802 388-2117, www.henrysheldonmuseum.org Hours: daylight.
Montpelier
Kellogg-Hubbard Library: “The Preparatory Sketches of Thomas Waterman Wood,” through Dec. 24, some of the finest oil studies in the T.W. Wood Gallery’s collection, 35 Main St., Montpelier, 802-223-3338, www.kellogghubbard.org Call for viewing information.
Montpelier City Hall: “Thomas Waterman Wood: A Master Printmaker,” through Dec. 24, etchings from the T.W. Wood Gallery, City Hall Showcases, 39 Main St., Montpelier, 802-223-9502, www.montpelier-vt.org
Vermont History Museum: “WPA Prints from the T.W. Wood Gallery,” through Jan. 9, 37 prints by early and mid-20th century artists including Hazel Jackson, Vermont artist Ronald Slayton, and Raphael Soyer, Vermont Historical Society, 109 State St., Montpelier, 802-828-2291, vermonthistory.org
T.W. Wood Gallery: 125th Anniversary Celebration, through Dec. 24, “Thomas Waterman Wood and the Landscape,” Nuquist Gallery; “Realism and Narrative: The Paintings of Thomas Waterman Wood,” Wood Room; “Social Realism to Abstraction: Paintings of the WPA Collection,” 46 Barre St., Montpelier, 802-262-6035, www.twwoodgallery.org Hours: free but by appointment only.
Morrisville
River Arts: “Screentime,” through Jan. 15, group exhibition, part of the “2020 Vision: Seeing the World through Technology,” Folley Hall Gallery, 74 Pleasant St., Morrisville, 802-888-1261, www.riverartsvt.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Rutland
Chaffee Art Center: Annual Holiday Exhibit and Gingerbread Contest, through Jan. 8, at 16 S. Main St. in Rutland, 802-775-0356, www.chaffeeartcenter.org Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 pm. Saturday; and by appointment. To vote in the Gingerbread Contest visit the Chaffee’s Facebook page.
St. Johnsbury
Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild: Annual Holiday Show, through Jan, 6, guest artisans and members show handmade wares, Back Room Gallery, 430 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, 802-748-0158, www.nekartisansguild.com Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
Stowe
Helen Day Art Center: “Donna Ann McAdams: Performative Acts,” through Dec. 31, 45 photographs over the last 40 years documenting the avant-garde performance and queer liberation scenes in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s, 90 Pond St., Stowe, 802-253-8358, www.helenday.com Hours: by appointment only.
Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center: “Looking Outward,” through Feb. 28, includes outdoor sculpture and banners as well as two video installations and poetry viewable from the outdoors, Altered Spaces Gallery, 122 Hourglass Drive, Stowe, 802-760-4634, www.sprucepeakarts.org Indoor hours: by appointment.
White River Junction
Two Rivers: “Pause,” beginning Dec. 1, artists reflect on this time of COVID-19 shutdown, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, 85 N. Main St., Suite 160, White River Junction, 802-295-5901, www.tworiversprintmaking.org