BWA's Group Events
Spring! blooms in May at Newfane's Crowell Gallery
16 members take part in exhibit May 2-30 at Moore Free Library
NEWFANE: In a celebration of new beginnings, the Crowell Art Gallery at the Moore Free Library will be flush next month with a bloom of artwork by members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
The group exhibit, appropriately titled “Spring!,” will run from May 2 through 30 and features many media, such as paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor (including on tea bags) encaustic, alcohol ink and pastel, as well as ceramics, fiber art, collage, printmaking and more.
“Spring!” will include two- and three-dimensional works by 16 members of BWA: Beth Aten, Maisie Crowther, Kay Curtis, John Dorsey, Cyndi Ferrante, Lesley Heathcote, Naomi Lindenfeld, Steve Lloyd, Heidi Mario, Kris McDermet, Greg Moschetti, Sharon Myers, Gene Parulis, Jack Pombriant, Carol Violanda and Jen Wiechers.
Come and shake off the chill at a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. May 16, where you will have the chance to meet the artists and share some refreshments.
Crowell Art Gallery is located at 23 West St. in Newfane. The gallery is open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 1 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Read more.
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, K. 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: K. 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
K. Curtis explores White Space - An Inquiry into Nothingness
March 6 through April 28 at Harmony Collective
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.: Painter and gallery founder K. Curtis presents a new collection of works in an exhibit called White Space - An Inquiry into Nothingness. The show kicks off with an opening at 6 p.m. March 6 at Harmony Collective: Artist Gallery, 49 Elliot St., and continues through April 28.
These 13 new works examine the questions why do we have to have more, do more, be more? When is it ever enough? And even more importantly who do we not get to be if this is the design of our lives?
She wanted to understand why it is so difficult for her to invite the WHITE SPACE. Playing with her well-established whimsical style and researching the art heroes from the past she found that this inquiry has been examined by many notable musicians, artists and great thinkers.
She observed that “White space, or negative space as it is often called, provides balance and clarity. It takes away the what is not needed in order to make room for what is essential. All that clutter obscures what is actually important. White space is the white canvas, so anything is possible, allowing us to focus on what really matters.” Read more here
The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For more information, email curtisk@together.net
Naomi Lindenfeld opens Dialogue with her mother's work
Through May 9 at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
ASHEVILLE, N.C.: Naomi Lindenfeld has opened a new exhibition of her work alongside works by her late mother at the Black Mountain Museum + Arts Center.
Dialogue: Lindenfeld / Lindenfeld presents Naomi's clay and mixed-media work as she responded to a selection of innovative textiles by Lore Kadden Lindenfeld, a weaver, fiber collage artist and college-level weaving and art history teacher. The opportunity allowed her to grow creatively and to honor her mother and her life’s work. The pieces created by mother and daughter function independently as well as in dynamic conversation with each other. More about the show and her mother's story here.
The exhibition opened Jan. 30 with a reception, and it will be on view from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays through May 9 at the center, 120 College St, in Asheville, N.C.
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.