Arts

Negina, right, and another member of ArtLords put the finishing touches on a mural in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Negina

ArtLord refugees decorate Brattleboro

BRATTLEBORO - When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of the first things they did was whitewash the powerful murals that had been painted on bomb-blasted walls in the capital city of Kabul. Soon after, the artists who had created those murals were targeted for arrest...

“Title to Come” by Rose Klebes

Plein air artist showcases work

ARLINGTON - Local plein air artist Rose Klebes will present an exhibiton of her newest works at Canfield Gallery through Monday, August 29.
A resident of Cambridge, NY, Klebes is a remarkably prolific artist, painting scenes throughout the region on a daily basis. She works outdoors as...

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group. Photo by Andrew Hinderaker

Guerrilla Girls: art meets activism

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present famed pseudonymous art activist “Frida Kahlo” of the Guerrilla Girls on Saturday, August 27, at 7 pm in person at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street, and livestreamed via Zoom.
The Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous...

Wagner in Vermont festival

BRATTLEBORO - As part of Tundi’s Wagner in Vermont Festival, which runs at the Latchis Theatre until Saturday, August 27, there will be performances of “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walkure,” as well as midday concerts, lectures, symposiums, workshops, and other activities.
“Das Rheingold” will...

Emily Noelle Lambert at her studio.

Tour of studio, garden

PETERBOROUGH, NH - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a tour of Emily Noelle Lambert’s art studio and gardens on Sunday, August 21, at 3 pm as part of the museum’s Hidden in the Hills series. Light refreshments will be served.
Lambert’s work has been shown in solo...

Branch Pond chicks. Nicki Steel

Loon presentation, showcase at library

WARDSBORO - Wilmington photographer Nicki Steel will be highlighting loon photographs at the Wardsboro Public Library for the month of August. She will also give a presentation, “Loons of Southern Vermont,” at the library on Thursday, August 4, at 6 pm. The presentation will be followed by a Q...

Mie Yim poses with pieces from her exhibit.

Exhibit walkthrough

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present two events with New York-based artist Mie Yim in connection with the exhibit “Fluid Boundaries”: a walkthrough of the exhibit on Thursday, August 4, and a chalk art activity during Gallery Walk on Friday, August 5.
Yim...

Frank Jackson

Create transfer prints with local artist

BRATTLEBORO - “There/There” is an exhibit of abstract landscape paintings by Frank Jackson, made on burlap using the quick-drying medium of fresco. The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a transfer prints workshop with Jackson. The workshop will take place at River Gallery School on...

John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin

Glam rock at MASSMoCA

NORTH ADAMS, MA- John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin will perform at MASSMoCA on Saturday, July 16, at 8 pm.
Forever known for his punk goddess alter ego, Hedwig—the subject of his cult classic glam-rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”— Mitchell teams up with cabaret star Martin...

Exhibits include large, touchable felt sculptures by Metz.

The possibilities of felt

BRATTLEBORO- A new group exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center explores the diverse possibilities of the medium of felt, from felted family portraits to surreal felt furniture to giant, touchable felt sculptures. On view in the museum’s Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery, “Felt...