2009

November 17 – December 31, 2009

ON ALL THREE FLOORS AT SPA:
Celebrate! Holiday Art & Crafts Show

This show includes a wide variety of fine art and crafts created by SPA Member Artists. There are hundreds of wonderful gifts made by local artisans at accessible prices.

Reception: Saturday, November 21, 4-6 PM
The reception includes a tasting of Eden Vermont Ice Cider.

Exhibiting Artists: Gladys Agell, Enid Angstreich, Marc Awodey, Claudia Bagiackas, Candy Barr, Lynne Barton, Joe Bedard, Peggy Bingham, Alena Botanica, Lian Brehm, John Brickels, Cora Brooks, Alex Bottinelli, Heidi Broner, Prudence Fisher Burnes, Pria Cambio, Annie Tiberio Cameron, Aaron Codling, Scott Crocker, Aimee Daniel, Anne Davis, Marie Davis, Karen Dawson, Paul Calter, Bill Countryman, Joan Marie Davidson, Juliana Fechter, Claire Fitts, Tossy Garrett, Marie LePre’ Grabon, Phyllis Gosling Greenway, Cindy Griffith, Tally Groves, Barbara Gutheil, Arlene Hanson, Cynthia Day Hanson, Susan C. Hayward, Joy Huckins-Noss, Wendy James, Sandy Jefferis, Chris Jeffrey, Mary E. Johnson, Elizabeth Kendrick, David Klein, Emily Johansen, Hope Kozluca, Robin LaHue, Georgia Landau, James Lockhart, Linda Maney, Holly Milligan, Lucinda Morabito, Kate Mueller, Maggie Neale, Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Almuth Palinkas, Kathrena Ravenhorst-Adams, Michael Ridge, Phillip Robertson, Beth Robinson, Elizabeth Roman, Elaine Rossi, Carrie Rouillard, Susan M. Russell, Anne Sarcka, Susan Sawyer, Kristin Schuyler, Andrew Sinclair, Theresa Sinclair, David Smith, michael smith, R.G. Solbert, Aaron Stein, Missy Storrow, Tausha Sylver, Robert Towne, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Janet Van Fleet, Jennifer Wagner, Tamara Wight, Ann Wilson, Craig Wiltse, Paula Wolcott, Terry Zigmund

September 29 - November 7, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
Rock Solid—Ninth Annual Stone Show

In its ninth year, this show includes figurative carvings, abstract forms, stone assemblages and paintings that show the beautiful qualities of stone.

Exhibit Dates:
Reception: Friday, October 2, 5:30-7:30 PM

Exhibiting Artists: Mary Alcantara, B. Amore, Lynne Barton, Sophie Bettmann-Kerson, Paul Calter, Pria Cambio, Giuliano Cecchinelli, Giuliano Cecchinelli, II, Isabella Cecchinelli, Alan Frascoia, Kerry O. Furlani, Joan A. Gaboriault, Paul Hilliard, George Kujanowicz, Tinka Theresa Martell, John Matusz, Chris Miller, Don Ramey, Heather Ritchie, Nick Santoro, Rene Schall, Robert J. Towne

Sponsor:
Trow & Holden

Supporters:
Barre Granite Association
Rock of Ages

In the Second Floor Gallery:
Paintings and Drawings by Lauren Bulakowski

In the Third Floor Gallery:
Nature Under Construction—Jeanne Bisson

August 11 - September 19, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
Working it Out

A multimedia show depicting a variety of work and the tools we use in our toils.

Reception: Friday, August 14, 5:30-7:30 PM
Dan Haley, solo instrumental music in the Third Floor Gallery 6:00 - 6:45

Exhibiting Artists: Angelo Arnold; Lillian Aye; Tom Batey; John Brickels; Heidi Broner; Robert Brunelle, Jr.; Phillip Godenschwager; Mark Heitzman; Wendy James; Jeneane Lunn; Helen Rabin; Jack Rowell; Michael Smith; R.G. Solbert; Robert J. Towne; and H. Keith Wagner

Supporters:
IBEW Local 300
IBEW Vermont Yankee
The Drawing Board
Working Vermont: The Coalition of Vermont’s Labor Unions

In the Second Floor Gallery:
Coffee Trees by Cully Renwick

In the Third Floor Gallery:
The Late Nelda Haley Retrospective

June 16 - July 25, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
CIRCUS!

Aerialists, sideshows, and three big rings in the middle of the SPA gallery.

Reception: Friday, June 19, 5:30-7:30 PM

Exhibiting Artists: John K Alexander, Lilian Aye, John Brickels, Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr., Pria Cambio, R.L. Croft, Shain Erin, Timothy Fisher, Sande French-Stockwell, Paul Graubard, Ruth Hamilton, Nicholas Hecht, David Klein, Georgia Landau, Chelsea Martin, Mr. Masterpiece, Rob Millard-Mendez, Charles Papillo, Beth Robinson, Delia Robinson, Toni-Lee Sangastiano, michael smith, Jody Stahlman, Aaron Stein, Ann Young

Supporters:
Community National Bank
Vermont State Employees Credit Union
Cumberland Farms

In the Second Floor Gallery:
12 x 12

Fun art on perfect squares.

Exhibiting Artists: Tom Batey, Alena Botanica, Paul Calter, Pria Cambio, Lois Eby, Marjorie Echols, Carol Egbert, Ed Epstein, Lynda Graham-Barber, Robin LaHue, Georgia Landau, Rick Levy, Linda Maney, Rob Millard-Mendez, Barbara Murphy, Faye Murphy, Maggie Neale, Carol Potter, Robert Pritchard, Suzanne Rexford-Winston, Patrick Schlott, Axel Stohlberg, Missy C. Storrow, Lori Stroutsos, Altoon Sultan, Anne Throop

In the Third Floor Gallery:
Works by Briony Morrow-Cribbs and Helen O'Donnell

April 28 - June 6, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
Show Us The Green

The color green takes over the gallery, in all of its fascinating environmental, economic, agricultural and abstract forms.

Reception: Friday, May 1, 5:30-7:30 PM

Exhibiting Artists: Marc Awodey, Susan Batchelder, Tom Batey, Cora Brooks, Marie Davis, Karen Dawson, Juliana Cassino Fechter, Cindy Griffith, Jill Herrick-Lee, Arthur Hynes, Lois Jackson, Elizabeth Kendrick, Robin LaHue, Georgia Landau, Linda Maney, Rob Millard-Mendez, Maggie Neale, Cully Renwick, R.G. Solbert, Axel Stohlberg, Anne Throop, Janet Van Fleet, Ann Wilson, Terry Zigmund

Sponsors:
Washington Electric Co-op
Vermont Mutual Insurance Co.

In the Second Floor Gallery:
Across Generations—The Barre Portrait and Oral History Project

Participating Students Year 2: Emily Sargent, Tamara Sharmon, Kassidy Kent, Jaime Willenburg
Participating Students Year 1: Dannielle Demers, Jaylann Hardaker, Corrina Thurston, Jennifer Martel, Abby Prevost
Project Facilitators: Carley Stevens-McLaughlin, William Steinhurst, Jamie Cope, Pam Boyd

In the Third Floor Gallery:
Vermont Farm Women
Photographs by Peter Miller
Waterbury, Vermont

also Iris Prints by Fletcher Manley
Lancaster, New Hampshire

March 10 - April 18, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
Whole New Ball Game

Explore the motion and emotion of athletic competition in this multi-media exhibit.

Gala: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 7 - 9 PM

Exhibiting Artists: Marc Awodey, Tom Batey, Bryce Berggren, Glenn Callahan, Pria Cambio, Karen Dawson, James Jaxxa, Rob Millard-Mendez, John Parker, Lance Richbourg, Samantha Talbot-Kelly

Sponsors:
National Life Group
Concept 2

In the Second Floor Gallery:
Silent Auction to benefit SPA programs

In the Third Floor Gallery:
Paintings and Drawings by Cameron Schmitz

January 20 - February 28, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
Picture That Poem

This multimedia show examines the relationship between visual imagery and poetry

Reception: Friday, January 23, 5:30-7:30
(Poetry readings upstairs)

Special Event: Sunday January 25, 2-4 PM
Who was Robert Frost and Who are We?
Presented by Geof Hewitt

Exhibiting Artists: Alex Bottinelli, David Budbill, Pria Cambio, Lois Eby, Ruth Hamilton, Elizabeth Kendrick, Sasha Kopelowitz, Suzy Markowitt, Mark Markowitt, Carol Norton, Jane Pincus, Barbara Scotch, RG Solbert, Sam Thurston, Adelaide Tyrol, Jody Gladding, Janet Van Fleet, Susan Walp, Sharon Webster, Marian Willmott, Susan Winslow

Sponsor:
National Life Group

In the Second Floor Gallery:
Publish That Poem

Poetry Reading: Friday, January 23, 6 - 7

Exhibiting Poets: Marc Awodey, Charles Barasch, Cora Brooks, David Budbill, David Cavanagh, Judith Chalmer, Ann B Day, Nadell Fishman, Geof Hewitt, Phyllis Rachel Larrabee, Sandy McKinney, Michiko Oishi, Sherry Olson, Diane Swan, Susan Thomas, VSA Arts of Vermont, Marian Willmott, Baron Wormser

In the Third Floor Gallery:
Works by Kathrena Ravenhorst-Adams and Robin LaHue

January 10 - January 16, 2009

In the Main Gallery:
John Hanna—A Sculptor's Retrospective

Honoring John Hanna, who passed away on Friday, December 12, 2008.
This exhibit was produced in collaboration with the Barre Historical Society and the Aldrich Public Library.

Reception: Saturday, January 10, 2 - 4 PM