In the Main Gallery:

Rock Solid
The sixth annual stone show at SPA,
which includes stone sculptures and other works that pay tribute to stone

Exhibit Dates: October 3 - November 4, 2006

Opening Reception:
Friday, October 6, 5:30-7:30 PM and
Sunday Tea: October 8, 2-4 PM

Special Event: Art Stroll on October 13, 5-8 PM

Exhibiting Artists: Mary Alcantara, Sophie Bettman-Kerson, Mark Bradley, Paul Calter, Giuliano Cechinelli, Chris Curtis, Patricia De Gogorza, Alicia Deya, Carol Driscoll, Alan Frascoia, Kerry O. Furlani, John Hanna, Paul Hilliard, Katherine Johnson, George Kurjanowicz, Chris Leary, Tinka Martell, Ryan Mays, Heather Ritchie, Jim Santos, Nick Santoro, Rene Schall, Ronnie Solbert, Harrison Terrell, Jean Williams

Sponsors:
KeyBank Foundation
Rock of Ages
Trow & Holden

Supporter:
Barre Granite Association

 

In the Second Floor Gallery:

Across Generations:
The Barre Portrait & Oral History Project

Participating Students : Amanda Anderson, Rebeca Beall, Renee Demers, Danielle Demers, Felicia Fowler, Tanika Kawecki, Jennifer Martel, Bridget Montour, Chelsea Paulin, Abby Prevost, Jessica Salameh, Tiffany Santorello, Corrina Thurston, Jaylann Hardaker

Exhibit Dates: October 3 - November 4, 2006

 

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Paintings by Paula Wolcott

Exhibit Dates: October 3 - November 4, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery:

Hair
Art made from or inspired by hair

Exhibit Dates: August 22 - September 23, 2006

Opening Reception: Friday, September 1, 5:30-7:30 PM

Exhibiting Artists: B. Alvarez, Jude Bond, Maea Brandt, H. Curtis, Alice Dodge, Wylie Sofia Garcia, Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, Dee Kalea, Gary Lindgren, Sylvia Maratova, Maggie Neale, W. David Powell, Colleen Toledano, Janet Van Fleet, Dok Wright

Support by: Capitol Copy, The Drawing Board

 

In the Second Floor Gallery:

T-Shirt:
Different takes on an American icon

Exhibiting Artists: Gabrielle Dietzel, Ritula Fraenkel, Nicholas Hecht, Sue Higby, Wendy James, Robin LaHue, Viiu Niiler & Chet Cole, Delia Robinson, Barbara Scotch, Axel Stohlberg, Janet Van Fleet, Suzanne Rexford-Winston

Exhibit Dates: August 22 - September 23, 2006

 

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Small Point Artists

Exhibiting Artists: Candy Barr, Karen Becker, Alexandra Bottinelli, Ayn Baldwin Riehle, Gail Salzman & Janet Van Fleet

Exhibit Dates: August 22 - September 23, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery:

Fire Up
An outstanding show of contemporary fine ceramics by Vermont artists

Exhibit Dates: July 11 - August 12, 2006

Opening Reception: Friday, July 14, 5:30-7:30 PM
Afternoon Tea Reception: Sunday, July 16, 2-4 PM

Exhibiting Artists: Natalie Blake; Stephen Carter; Laura Ceraso; Nancy & Hoyt Barringer; John Brickels; Robert Compton; Nina Gaby; Georgia Landau; Christine Merriman; Melissa Muller-Moore; Aysha Peltz; Ken Pick; Elizabeth Roman; Romulus Craft; Elaine Rossi; George Scatchard; Miranda Thomas; Todd Wohlstrom; Malcolm Wright

Sponsored by:
Vermont Clay Studio
Annie Christopher and Peter Backman Foundation

 

In the Second Floor Gallery:

SPA Student Show

Exhibiting Artists: Leland Alper; Claudia Bagiackas; Anne K. Batten; Thomas C. Ferguson; Alison Selle; and Caroline Tavelli-Abar

Exhibit Dates: July 11 - August 12, 2006

 

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Covering the News

Cully Renwick

Exhibit Dates: July 11 - August 12, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery:

Families
An exhibit of varied conceptions of families

Exhibit Dates: June 6 - July 1, 2006

Exhibiting Artists: B. Amore, Marc Awodey, Lilian Aye, Jude Bond, Robert W. Brunelle, Jr., Deena des Rioux, Sandra Ershow, Lynn Imperatore, Robin LaHue, Maggie Neale, Jane Pincus, Barbara E. M. Scotch, Carolyn Ann Steward, Susan Templeton, Barclay Tucker, Janet Van Fleet, Miles van Yperen, Susan Winslow, Ann Young, Terry Zigmund

Opening Reception: Friday, June 9, 5:30-7:30 PM, in connection with ART STROLL in Barre, 5:30-7:30 PM.

Afternoon Tea Reception: Sunday, June 11 , 2-4 PM

 

In the Second and Third Floor Galleries:

Reclaiming Midwives:
All My Babies
Photographs by Robert Galbraith from the 1953 film, All My Babies by George C. Stoney. This national, traveling exhibit was curated by Linda Holmes and funded by the Ford Foundation.

Exhibit Dates: May 18 - July 1, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery:

Fine Art of Craft
A spectacular array of crafts using fiber, glass, wood, paper, metal, clay, stone and more

Exhibit Dates: April 25 - May 28, 2006

Exhibiting Artists: Kathie Alyce, Sunnie Andress, Cindy Blakeslee, William B. Cathey, Laura Ceraso, Mark Dabelstein, Cathy Dellinger, Debra Diender, Lucy Ferrada & Mary Hill, Gary Godbersen, Nancy Hanson, Jenny Hermenze, Sandy Jefferis, Chris Jeffrey, Georgia Landau, Ruby Leslie, Jill Listzwon, Sylvia Maratova, Robin Mix, Lynn Ocone, Jennifer Skinder, Elinor Steele, Piper Strong, Conrad Szymkowicz, Matthew Tell, Tamara Wight

Opening Reception: Friday, April 28, 5:30 - 7 PM

Afternoon Tea Reception: Sunday, April 30, 2-4 PM with Dick Shadroui on the keyboards

 

Sponsor:
Citizens Bank
Supporter:
Northfield Savings Bank

 

In the Second Floor Gallery:

Mail Art!
Exhibit Dates: April 18 - May 14, 2006

 

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Abstract Works

Linda Maney, Erica (Sears) Partington & Axel Stohlberg

Exhibit Dates: April 18 - May 14, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery:

Arts-R-Us
Art influenced by advertising, commericalism, and market forces

Exhibit Dates: March 14 - April 15, 2006

Exhibiting Artists: Lilian Aye, Robert Brunelle, Jr., Chris Esten, C.M. Frederick, Carly Glovinski, Phillip Godenschwager, Heather Gray, Phil Hagopian, Valerie Johnston, Jamey May, Minda Novek, Mick Petrie, David Powell, Nick Santoro, Alysson Shotz, Martin Smith, Michael Smith, Deb Fleck-Stabley, Barclay Tucker, Janet Van Fleet, Judith Rey Versweyveld

Opening Reception: Friday, March 17, 5:30 - 7 PM

Afternoon Tea Reception: Sunday, March 19, 2-4 PM

 

Sponsor:
National Life Group

Supporters:
Vermont State Employees Credit Union, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

In the Second Floor Gallery:

Center for Cartoon Studies
Student Show
Exhibit Dates: March 14 - April 15, 2006

Exhibiting students: Andrew Arnold, Elizabeth Chasalow, Colleen Frakes, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Jon-Mikel Gates, Sam Gaskin, Jacob F. Jarvela, Sean Morgan,  Bob Oxman, Adam David Staffaroni, Ross Wood Studlar, Emily Wieja

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Circular Statements

Janet Van Fleet

Exhibit Dates: March 14 - April 15, 2006

 

In the Main Gallery and SPA Classroom:

Give Us a Hand
We're celebrating our fifth year with a multi-media show that includes paintings, sculpture, and installation works featuring hands

Exhibit Dates: January 31 - March 4, 2006

Exhibiting Artists: Miriam Adams, Cindy Blakeslee, Jude Bond, Bill Bonner, John Brickels, Lorraine Capparell, Alice Dodge, Rosalyn Driscoll, Juliana Cassino Fechter, Jessica Frey, Diane Gabriel, Constantine Glinka, Wendy James, Lisa Lillibridge, Jamey May, Rob Millard-Mendez, Jeffrey Randolph Richter, Eva Schectman, Maggie, Sherman, Gail Marlene Schwartz, Barbara E.M. Scotch, Kwabena Slaughter, Ellen Urman, Frank Woods, Dok Wright

Opening Reception: Annual Gala & Birthday Bash
Annual Gala & Birthday Bash
Saturday, February 11th, 7:30-10 PM

Sponsor:
Community National Bank

Supporters:
Washington Electric Co-op and Vermont Mutual Insurance

 

In the Second Floor Gallery:

Painting from the Source Within
Process painters from the Creative Source Painting Studio in Marshfield present their work

Exhibit Dates: January 31 - March 4, 2006

Leader Susan Green with Barbara Bragg, Alexandra Thayer, and Valerie Thompson

 

In the Third Floor Gallery:

Cabinet of Curiosities

Exhibit Dates: January 31 - March 4, 2006

Ginny Joyner

 

In the Main Gallery and SPA Classroom:

Fifty!
A special, 3-day art sale of works spanning 50 years of Pria Cambio’s art career, including oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, acrylics, collage, weaving, appliqué, linoleum block prints, and more. There were more than 200 pieces exhibited. Pria generously donated 100% of all sales to Studio Place Arts programs.

Exhibit Dates: Friday, January 13 to Sunday, January 15, 2006

Opening Reception: Friday, January 13, 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Enjoy music spanning one-half of a century at the opening reception provided by Tom McLeod of WSKI, with an emphasis on the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

Afternoon Tea at SPA: Sunday, Noon-4 PM
With Richard Shadroui on the keyboard from 2-4 PM.

 

In the Main Gallery:

Annual SPA Members Show
The SPA Annual Members Show provides a spectacular art shopping experience on all 3 floors of the SPA building. There is an outstanding variety of work - ceramics, paintings, photography, textiles, glass, woodworking and more - offered by more than 100 artists and craftspersons.

Exhibit Dates:November 10 - December 31, 2005
Reception: Saturday, November 19, 6-8 PM
We will be honoring SPA's 5th birthday at the reception. Join us for birthday cake, fabulous art by more than 100 local artists and craft persons, friendship, and live music. Mary Fifield and Jose Ritter will sing Ritter originals and select covers from 6-7 PM. Happy Birthday, SPA!

Sponsor: Kimbell & Storrow

Exhibiting Artists: Gladys Agell, Joseph Bedard, Cindy Blakeslee, Alexandra Bottinelli, Steven Bronstein, Cora Brooks, Paul Calter, Pria Cambio, Elissa Campbell, Sharon Carcoba, Rhoda Carroll, Cindy Catto, Laura Ceraso, Church & Maple Glass, Sue Clayton, Scott Crocker, JoanMarie Davidson, Anne Davis, Cathy Dellinger, Mark Dellorusso, Peggy Dupont, John Elwell, Christine Esten, Sarah Farwell, Katie Flindall, Diane Gabriel, Nina Gaby, Mollie German, Paul Gruhler, Barbara Gutheil, Lin Haley, Nancy Hanson, Bruce Hathaway, Christina Hayward, Susan Cady Hayward, Don Heuerman, Deborah Hillman, Robert Hooker, Joy Huckins-Noss, Jennifer Jacques, Wendy James, Chris Jeffrey, Emily Johansen, Cyndi Johnson, Kyle Jones, Deborah Kirchwey, David Klein, Alexis Kyriak, Ruth Lacey, Robin LaHue, Georgia Landau, Peter Langrock, Marie LaPre Grabon, Meryl Leibowitz, Amy LePage, Julie Longstreth, Wilma Lovely, Janet MacLeod, Linda Berg Maney, Michele Markinson-Lepp, Irina Markova, Tinka Theresa Martell, Jamey May, Ryan Mays, Pat Meriam, Phebe Mott, Joelen Mulvaney, Robert Murphy, Maggie Neale, James Nickels, Almuth Palinkas-Jungkunst, Kendra Parkington, John B. Paterson, Lucy Petrie, Mick Petrie, Melanie Phelps, Jane Pincus, Ruth Pope, Kathy Ravenhorst-Adams, Suzanne Rexford-Winston, Michael Ridge, Jake Rifken, Heather Ritchie, Phillip Robertson, Elizabeth Roman, Sarah Russell, Susan M. Russell, Nick Santoro, James Santos, Ginny Sassaman, Eva Schectman, Barbara Scotch, Bonnie Seideman, Jayne Shoup, David Smith, Joan T. Smith, R.G. Solbert, Missy Storrow, Altoon Sultan, Annie Tiberio, Mark Tucker, Ellen Urman, Janet Van Fleet, Janice Walrafen, Ann Wilson, Paula Wolcott, Ann Young.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Saturday, December 10
10AM-4PM in the SPA Classroom
One-Day-Only Seconds Sale
Bake Sale! - too scrumptious to miss!

11AM - 2PM
Book Signing
Authors Ric Kadour and Christopher Byrne will be at SPA to sign copies of their new book
Vermont Art Guide

December 17-24
Wrap-A-Thon
An artful gift-wrapping fundraiser for SPA
We'll give you a hand with your holiday gift-wrapping at SPA.
On Sat., Dec. 17, there will be a special gift-wrapping "workshop" for children.

Celebrate More!
Studio Place Arts is sharing a selection of paintings and photographs by 11 artists involved in the Annual Members Show in the lobby of the Barre Opera House (BOH) from November 10-December 31, 2005.

 

Members Show in the Second Floor Gallery

 

Members Show in the Third Floor Gallery