BWA's Group Events
Nine BWA members' work at Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe
Exhibit updated for spring and summer at 113 Main St.
BRATTLEBORO: On view at Amy’s Bakery Arts Cafe at 113 Main St., through late summer is a group exhibit of artworks by members of Brattleboro-West Arts. Included are paintings, encaustics, pastels and textile works by Beth Aten, Kay Curtis, Cyndi Ferrante, Lesley Heathcote, Stephen Lloyd, Heidi Mario, Walter Slowinski, Carol Violanda and Jen Wiechers.
Latest exhibit at Brooks House Atrium Hallway Gallery
New Passage show continues
BRATTLEBORO: The Atrium Hallway Gallery in the Brooks House has a fresh new look for summer, with an exhibit spotlighting the artwork of eight members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
Titled New Passage, the ongoing show’s latest offerings demonstrate the diverse talents of BWA members: Kay Curtis’s bright and active series of drypoint monoprints, Jen Wiechers's encaustics, Cyndi Ferrante’s oil and watercolor paintings, Lesley Heathcote’s closely observed and beautifully rendered animal and bird pastels, Maise Crowther’s watercolors, Naomi Lindenfeld’s tea art created with tea bags and mixed media, Stephen Lloyd’s paintings and Carol Violanda’s paintings,
Treat yourself to a visit to the Atrium Hallway Gallery at 130 Main St., and spread the word!
The exhibit is at the invitation of fellow Brattleboro-West Arts members Petria Mitchell and Jim Giddings, owners of the Mitchell ● Giddings Fine Arts gallery. Its Annex exhibit space occupies the main part of the Atrium. They collaborated with the Brooks House management to create a venue in the hallway to showcase local artists.
Art Connects US: BWA flag finds long-term home
Tapestry created in 2017 hangs in BMH's Richards Building
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.: In 2017, 14 Brattleboro-West Arts members created an 8-by-5-foot tapestry titled Art Connects US to share a positive message about the current political climate with the community.
Now, thanks to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, the flag-inspired tapestry has found a new long-term venue in which to display it, in the hallway to the right of the entrance to the hospital's Richards Building.
Based on the American flag, the mixed-media piece comprises 13 stripes and one rectangular field, each its own work of textile art by a BWA artist that gives voice to issues ranging from immigration to the environment to women’s rights. More about the flag's journey.
Individual Members' Events
Lesley Heathcote, Chris Lann at Heritage Festival
Oct. 11-12 in Newfane
NEWFANE, Vt,: Pastel artist Lesley Heathcote and jeweler Chris Lann will participate in the Newfane Heritage Festival, a juried craft show that has featured the work of local and regional artists since 1970. Located on the Common along Route 30 in Newfane, Vt., the show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 11 and 12 (Indigenous People's Weekend) Details here.
Greg Moschetti's Tonalist Landscape on view in Exeter, N.H.
Through October at Seacoast Artists Association gallery
EXETER, N.H.: Painter Greg Moschetti has an exhibit titled The Tonalist Landscape hanging during the month of October at the Seacoast Artists Association gallery at 130 Water St. in downtown Exeter. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Glasstastic: Josh and Marta Bernbaum at BMAC
20 glass artists bring children's imaginary creatures to life through Nov. 1
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.: The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center is teeming with fantastic creatures conjured up for the museum’s biennial GLASSTASTIC exhibition. Last fall, the museum asked kids in grades kindergarten through sixth grade to submit drawings and descriptions of imaginary creatures and received over 1,000 submissions — from as far away as Alaska.
A talented and generous group of 20 glass artists, including BWA members Josh and Marta Bernbaum, pored over all the drawings and descriptions, mesmerized and entertained. Each one faced the difficult task of selecting a single creature to transform into glass sculpture. The resulting exhibition celebrates the imagination of the kids who participated and the care and ingenuity of the artists who faithfully rendered each creature’s distinguishing features in glass.
The museum is at 10 Vernon St. in downtown Brattleboro. The museum is generally open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, except during holidays and special closures.
Journeys: The Life and Work of Jackie Abrams
New book chronicles the legacy of her creative and social justice work
The much-awaited Journeys: The Life and Work of Jackie Abrams, edited by artist and friend Beth Hester, is now available! This 52-page, image-rich book brings awareness of the fiber artist's remarkable voice through the forms and artwork she created over the past four-and-a-half decades. Through text and photos, the book documents the innovative basketry, open-handed teaching approach, social justice work, and Jackie Abrams's wide-ranging influence on the world of contemporary art in her personal, artistic, and professional journeys.
Readers can also flip through it electronically here.
Find out more about current and ongoing exhibits featuring Jackie's works.