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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 the Galleries:
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Featured Exhibits: ​
November 13 – December 27, 2019
Reception:  Sat., Nov. 16, 4-6PM
 
ALL GALLERIES AT SPA:
CELEBRATE!
Enjoy a 3-floor fine art and craft extravaganza with work created by more than 80 SPA member artists, including decorative and functional items for the household, ornaments, jewelry, cards and more.  Plenty of gift choices for family, friends – and yourself!
  • Find one-of-a-kind handmade gifts;
  • Support local artists and fortify our local economy; and
  • Boost the programs for all ages & abilities at SPA, your nonprofit art center!
On display at the Morse Block Deli
Northward: Paintings by Elizabeth Nelson
October 1 - December 14, 2019

(Morse Block Deli is located at 260 N. Main St., Barre)
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In the Media:
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New Sculpture by Sean Williams Honors Stone-Cutting Community
Seven Days, October 30, 2019
By Susan Larson
Studio Place Arts: Art for the People
A film by The Imagination Company, as part of a larger marketing campaign about the greater Barre area.
'Culmination' joins growing list of public sculptures in Barre
The Times Argus, September 24, 2019
SPA overflows with art: 'Rock Solid XIX' and more
The Times Argus, September 21, 2019
by Mary Gow
SPA’s new Quick Change Gallery
The Times Argus, Aug 31, 2019
SPA Residency Gives Artists a Space to Grow
The Bridge, July 24, 2019
by Sarah Davin
Heritage Festival brings out best of Barre
​Time Argus, August 2, 2019
by David Delcore
‘Eye Spy’ at SPA:
Viewing from both sides of the art
Times Argus, July 20, 2019
By Mary Gow
Studio Place Arts has been awarded the 2019 Times Argus Best of the Best Readers' Choice Award for Best Art School & Best Art Gallery. 
"Fault Lines"
Seven Days, June 20, 2019
Fault Lines’ at SPA:
There are walls … and there are walls 
Times Argus, May 18-19, 2019
by Mary Gow
Fault Lines
Art New England, May / June 2019
by B. Amore
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
​Help clean up Vermont and save our Earth!
Free posters created by Studio Place Arts to download, print, and distribute in your community. Click here...
'Deep Blue' at SPA: Artists are Inspired by Oceanic Life Forms
Times Argus, April 6, 2019
by Mary Gow
Talk of the Town: SPArty Time!
Times Argus, April 11, 2019
Artists Layer it On:
'Strictly Sedimendary' at SPA
Times Argus, January 19, 2019
Vermont Arts Council's Favorite Things
December 20, 2018
SPA Studio Residency
Goes to Tuyen My Nguyen 
Times Argus, October 13, 2018
Rock Solid XVII & By a Thread
Times Argus, September 29, 2018
by Mary Gow
SPA Treatment
Times Argus, September 21, 2018
Photo by Jeb Wallace-Brodeur

Janet Van Fleet Is Fearless About Making Art
Seven Days, September 12, 2018
by Rachel Elizabeth Jones
Cooperating with Chaos: Portraits of Anarchists at Studio Place Arts
The Bridge, July 21, 2018 
by Sarah Davin
'Scorched' at SPA : Art sizzles in summer heat ​
The Times Argus, July 14, 2018
​by Mary Gow
Time Argus Best of the Best Readers' Choice Award winner for 2018 Best Art Gallery and Best Art School
Art Review: 'Jack Rowell, Cultural Documentarian,' Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, June 6, 2018
by Meg Brazill
Celebrating a Vermont legend: "Jack Rowell: Cultural Documentarian" 
The Times Argus, May 26, 2018
by Mary Gow
'Tell Me’: SPA explores the language of art 
The Times Argus, May 26, 2018 
by Mary Gow
‘Stewards of the Land’: Orah Moore reveals the spirit of the American west
The Times Argus, May 12, 2018 
by Mary Gow
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201 NORTH MAIN STREET, BARRE, VT 05641  |  802.479.7069  |  GALLERY HOURS — TUES–FRI: 11AM–5PM, SAT: NOON–4PM