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Experience Studio Place Arts (SPA), a vibrant, three-floor, non-profit community visual arts center in historic downtown Barre, Vermont. Our mission is to enrich people around the region by making the visual arts accessible to everyone through education, art exhibitions (free of charge) and contact with working artists. Join us and be part of a dynamic art community.
In November, 2020, SPA observed its 20th year of community enrichment. We appreciate your participation and support.
SPA Studio Residency Program:
SPA is inviting emerging artists from the greater Barre/Montpelier area to apply for an 11-month studio residency program that will take place Nov. 13, 2021 to October 31, 2022. A small private studio on the second floor of the visual arts center will be provided at no charge to an emerging artist who wants to build a new body of work for exhibition. Click here for more details...
SPA is inviting emerging artists from the greater Barre/Montpelier area to apply for an 11-month studio residency program that will take place Nov. 13, 2021 to October 31, 2022. A small private studio on the second floor of the visual arts center will be provided at no charge to an emerging artist who wants to build a new body of work for exhibition. Click here for more details...
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In the Galleries:
Gallery Hours:
Tues – Sat: 11:30AM-3PM Private Viewing Appts: Tues-Sat: Starting at 3:30PM (Call to schedule) Exhibits: 
IN THE MAIN FLOOR GALLERY:
Up & Away March 16 - May 1, 2021 A group exhibit about flight, involving art subjects soaring or hovering from the walls and ceilings and some flights of fancy. Exhibiting Artists: B. Amore; Heidi Broner; Robert Chapla; Teresa Celemin; Christopher Curtis; Mark Dixon; James Frase-White; Joe John; Lynda Knisley; Nikolas Kotovich; Rob Millard-Mendez; Linda Mirabile; Elizabeth Nelson; Tuyen Nguyen; Julia Pavone; Susan Bull Riley; Leslie Roth; Susan Sawyer; James Secor; Emily Sloan; Gabriel Tempesta; Nancy Tomczak; Adelaide Murphy Tyrol; Janet Van Fleet; Carleen Zimbalatti 
IN THE SECOND FLOOR GALLERY:
In Place of Absence March 16 - May 1, 2021 Woven, mixed media works by Gail Skudera 
IN THE THIRD FLOOR GALLERY:
De-Functioning the Functional March 16 - May 1, 2021 Five artists explore waste, grief, desire, narrative, and communication. Featuring works by: Karen Cygnarowicz, Chiyomi McKibbin, Hannah Morris, Angela Paladino, Laura Young 
IN THE QUICK CHANGE GALLERY:
The Quick Change Menagerie April 7 – May 22, 2021 Small paintings by Anne Davis on display in a tiny gallery made from an up-cycled telephone booth. 
ARTE at AR
Presented by SPA Show 2: Getting There from Here Works by Ann Young and James Vogler On View Jan. 30 - May 15, 2021 AR Market, 159 N Main St, Barre Hrs at AR: Wed - Sat: 11am-7pm 
Virtual Exhibit:
Prints and Photomontages by Wendy James on view through July 10, 2021 All work in this virtual exhibit has been donated by the artist to raise funds for Studio Place Arts. 100% of your artwork purchase benefits SPA programs. 
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In the Media:
Studio Place Arts’ ‘Celebrate!’; Top artists offer their best for the holidays The Times Argus, Dec. 5, 2020
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 
Artist Austin Furtak-Cole:
2020-21 SPA Studio Resident The Times Argus, October 24, 2020 
Art speaks to our times: 'Rock Solid' XX', 'Ravel', and 'Nirvana':
The Times Argus, September 26, 2020 By Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 
Studio Place Arts:
'Sheltered in Place, Artists Reveal' The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, July 4, 2020 Staff Report 
'2020 Vision': Technology abounds in Vermont art institutions
The Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Feb. 29, 2020 by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 
We appreciate those who have honored our 20 years of community service with letters to the editor. Thank you! Click here to read 7 letters to the editor published in The Times Argus including: (1) Anne Sarcka, Montpelier, Jan. 31, 2020; (2) Karen Lane, E. Calais, Feb. 6, 2020; (3) Jane Pincus, Roxbury, Feb. 18, 2020; (4) Jeffrey Gilbert, Plainfield, Feb. 20, 2020; (5) Jeneane Lunn, Barre, Feb. 21, 2020; (6) Larry Bowling, Barre, Feb. 25, 2020; and (7) Jody Brown, Montpelier, March 3, 2020.
Autumn Tomlinson talks printmaking and her residency at SPA
Seven Days, February 19, 2020 by Susan Larson 
Art and stone: Rutland and Barre create a living legacy
Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Feb. 15, 2020 by B. Amore 
Autumn Tomlinson Earns SPA Studio Residency
Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Nov. 23-24, 2019 Staff Report 
New Sculpture by Sean Williams Honors Stone-Cutting Community
Seven Days, October 30, 2019 By Susan Larson 
Studio Place Arts has been awarded the 2019 Times Argus Best of the Best Readers' Choice Award for Best Art School & Best Art Gallery.
Diane Sophrin:
Present Continuous: Commentary and Form Seven Days, Arts and Life, May 2019 
Art Review: Janet Van Fleet, 'Vanishment,' Vermont Supreme Court Lobby
Seven Days, May 1, 2019 by Pamela Polston *Van Fleet is one of the founding members of SPA and a resident artist 
Art Review: Teresa Celemin's 'Works on Paper,' Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, April 24, 2019 by Meg Brazill |
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201 NORTH MAIN STREET, BARRE, VT 05641 | 802.479.7069 |HOURS: TUES–SAT: 11:30AM–3PM, PRIVATE VISITS BY APPT. (FREE ADMISSION)
