Visual Arts

Joy Spontak: Art Answers Our Need for Self-Expression

June 4, 2026

MARSHFIELD — Creating art and helping others to do the same are parallel threads that have dominated Montpelier resident Joy Spontak’s long career as an artist and art teacher. “We’re yearning to…

Paul Markowitz Does Not Live by Bread Alone; Montpelier Artist Balances Art, Bread, and Retirement

June 1, 2026

by Chris Therrien

MONTPELIER — After retiring in 2019, Montpelier resident Paul Markowitz has kept himself busy; as a bread baker, puppeteer, magician and storyteller (much to…

Elliot Burg’s Heart and Eye Grace the Supreme Court Gallery

May 21, 2026

by Tom McKone

MONTPELIER — “Heart & Eye: World Photography by Elliot Burg” is an apt title for the Middlesex artist’s retrospective exhibit now showing at the…

Building a Roof Over the World: The Montpelier-Roxbury-Ukraine Art Exchange

March 5, 2026

by Mary Cole Mello

Kharkiv, Ukraine, is approximately 4,500 miles from Montpelier, but in terms of daily life, Kharkiv might well be on another planet. It’s the second…

‘Change: An Exploration Through Collage’ Brightens the CVMC Art Gallery

February 25, 2026

by Tom McKone

Over her decades-long career, artist Suzanne Rexford-Winston has exhibited her work in more group shows than she can count. “Change: An Exploration Through Collage,”…

Cooperation and Collaboration: The Front Gallery Brings Art and Artists Together

January 29, 2026

by sarah

By Cynthia Ross The Front, an artist-run co-operative gallery at the corner of Main and Barre streets invites passersby to enter and contemplate creative…

Rob Hitzig: Creating Confusion Inspires Conversation

January 20, 2026

by Tom McKone

One of our biggest challenges these days is that so many people are locked into their opinions and world views. Particularly troubling to Montpelier…

Color Reigns at Maggie Neale’s CVMC Exhibit

December 23, 2025

by Tom McKone

Abstract artist Maggie Neale’s lifelong fascination with color began long before she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University…

Artist Liz Le Serviget’s Love Note to Montpelier

December 13, 2025

by Chris Therrien

A painting hung near the entrance to the Vermont Statehouse cafeteria titled “Love Note to Montpelier.” Recently moved to the Vermont State Archives, this whimsical…

‘Heart of Barre’ Exhibit at the Statehouse Celebrates Community, Resilience, and Caring

December 8, 2025

by Tom McKone

Twenty 16-by-20-inch portraits superimposed over a large heart with a watery background is one of the first things to catch the eye at “Heart…

Recently Discovered Civil War Painting Unveiled at the Statehouse

November 6, 2025

by Tom McKone

While doing research for his newly released book, “If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in…

T. W. Wood Gallery (and Museum) Celebrates 130 Years of Bringing Art to the the Community

October 6, 2025

by sarah

By Cynthia Ross In celebration of its 130th year and in recognition of its actual function, the T.W. Wood Gallery on Barre Street in…

Framing Wonder: Maureen O’Connor Burgess Transforms Spaces into Stories

September 25, 2025

by sarah

By Cynthia Ross The Highland Center for the Arts, rising out of the landscape in Greensboro, is a surprise and delight, hosting an array…

Kent Exhibit Illuminates Mementos, Memories, and Our Shared Humanity

September 17, 2025

by Tom McKone

Almost two dozen terra cotta and stoneware clay faces emerge from the surface, top to bottom, starting small and gradually increasing to full heads,…

Sue Higby Honored for Her Work at Studio Place Arts

September 16, 2025

by Mary Cole Mello

As part of her role as the executive director of Studio Place Arts (SPA) in Barre, Sue Higby organizes more than 24 exhibitions a…

“Spaces & Places” Opens in the Supreme Court Gallery

July 6, 2025

by Tom McKone

Standing in the main room of the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery, the first morning a new exhibit was up, I had the two rooms…

A painting of a man playing the banjo next to an old car and picnic table

Pulling Out the Light: Ed Epstein’s Retrospective

June 16, 2025

by sarah

By Cynthia Ross Throughout his 80-plus years, Ed Epstein, long-time Vermont resident, has pursued a path of art. He has observed and brought into…

‘Be Well, Have Courage’: Montpelier Artist Joyce Kahn’s Democracy Heroes

May 9, 2025

by Linda Radtke

Every March, the Central Vermont Refugee Action Network hosts a fundraiser, inviting artists to create a daily post to send to sponsors for the…

Delia Robinson’s Tarot Parade: An Exploration in Paint and Clay

May 7, 2025

by sarah

By Cynthia Ross At the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro is a magical mystery tour of the Major Arcana of the tarot…

Moments in Time; a View into Alzheimer’s at the Statehouse

April 28, 2025

by Fiona Sullivan

Local residents at the Gary Residence and Westview Meadows have contributed to an art exhibit on display at the Statehouse cafeteria through the end…

Work of Incarcerated Artists Travels Through Vermont in ‘Finding Hope Within’ Exhibit

April 2, 2025

by Community News Service

by Alex McPhedran, via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship. On a wall at Montpelier’s Center for Arts and Learning hangs…

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