Museums

"Beginning of February" by Kathleen Kolb

At Bennington Museum, Artworks That Envision the Future Could Be Yours

by Amy Lilly on December 11, 2020 at 2:58PM

Curator Jamie Franklin and director of advancement Alexina Jones created a virtual gallery that's packed with information. Clicking on each work reveals an informative artist bio, an artist’s statement about the work, audio clips of the artist describing his or her creative process, and more.

Rokeby Museum Hires New Director

by Margaret Grayson on October 2, 2020 at 8:56AM

Today, there’s a Black Lives Matter sign out at the road again, and Houpt-Varner said they haven’t had a problem with theft. She said the Rokeby’s approach to discussing racism impressed her from the start.

Arts and Culture Nonprofits to Receive $5 Million in State Relief Grants

by Margaret Grayson on July 7, 2020 at 1:00PM

for how long.” The organizations estimated that losses for 2020 across the creative sector, including both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, would surpass $50 million.

'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the Weston Playhouse in 2019

Vermont Arts and Culture Organizations Awarded $600,000 in Relief Funding

by Margaret Grayson on July 3, 2020 at 3:26PM

The Weston Playhouse, Vermont’s longest-running professional theater, has lost all of its earned income since canceling its summer theater season, said executive artistic director Susanna Gellert. While the theater has been able to reduce its operating budget from $2.3 million annually to about $1 million, the grant support is still vital.

FourScienceVT Provides Educational Support for Vermont Students

by Jordan Adams on May 1, 2020 at 3:21PM

With a goal of providing a variety of resources for at-home learning while Vermont's schools are shuttered, the consortium has rolled out various online offerings, such as live broadcasts via services including Zoom and Facebook Live, virtual museum tours, and downloadable materials. Eager learners can obtain instructions on how to build a volcano, get tips on constructing a marble run from cardboard, and download a slew of coloring pages, among a vast assortment of other assets.

Silhouettes of Sylvia Drake and Charity Bryant, circa 1805–15

Historic Vermont Silhouette Travels to Washington, D.C.

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones on June 22, 2018 at 12:07PM

, which I remember residing in a folder just about to fall apart," she said. "It really gives me a good feeling.”

This tree came down, luckily not on the covered bridge

A Fourth of Nature for Shelburne, With Muppets

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones on May 8, 2018 at 4:57PM

, it’s a big deal." Sisson did concede that this particular weather event was "on the stronger side of any of the storms we’ve had."

Museum of Everyday Life Announces New Season

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones on February 16, 2018 at 3:02PM

Artists and creative community members alike are invited to submit completed artworks and installation ideas. The museum is also accepting theoretical musings, which may be as expansive or as literal as their authors would like.

Catherine Brooks (at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan)

Catherine Brooks Takes the Reins at Rokeby Museum

by Pamela Polston on December 12, 2017 at 3:43PM

, but this year staff mentioned a noticeable increase of in-state. Regarding out-of-state visitors and those who learn about Rokeby from the African American Heritage Trail — we’ve seen people spend hours on the site, and linger beneath the towering butternut trees, as if it is hard for them to leave.

"Liz (F. & S.7)," lithograph by Andy Warhol

Hyde Collection Receives $11M Gift

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones on August 2, 2016 at 4:59PM

Feibes came to the U.S. in 1938 at the age of 9, when his family fled Nazi Germany to New York City. He studied architecture at the University of Cincinnati, where he first met Schmitt. After Feibes' travels and Schmitt's military service, the pair reunited in Schenectady in 1956, where they would run their own architecture firm for 55 years.

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