Studio Place Arts

live art
resident artists & studio space

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 will be observing its 20th year of community enrichment. We appreciate your participation and support.

In the Galleries:

Studio Place Arts re-opened on June 16th and we look forward to seeing you!

We have some new approaches in place to protect the health and safety of our visitors:

Face masks or coverings are required.
There will be daily public hours and daily opportunities for scheduling private visits. SPA will be observing the occupancy limits established by the state of Vermont.
We want to accommodate your interests and needs, so we offer both daily private hours and opportunities to schedule private visits at SPA. (All visits at SPA are free of charge.)

Tues-Fri: 11AM-2PM public hours;
2:30-4PM private visits.
Sat: Noon-2PM public hours;
2:30-4PM private visits.
Schedule your private, 30 minute visit: 479-7069
(Please speak with a staff member and avoid leaving a message.)

Keep in touch with SPA via this website, Facebook page, and Instagram.

Exhibit Dates:
September 15 - October 30, 2020

Main Gallery:
Rock Solid XX - This annual stone sculpture exhibit, since 2000, showcases stone sculptures and assemblages by area artists and other work that depicts the beautiful qualities of stone. Additionally, take the Art Stroll around downtown, historic Barre and view a variety of sculptures created from granite. For info: studioplacearts.com and click on “Art Stroll.”

Featured Artists: Mary Alcantara, Susan Aranoff, Benjamin G. Badeau, Deborah Barnwell, Paul Calter, Jeanne Cariati, Giuliano Cecchinelli, Robert Chapla, Christopher Curtis, Nancy Diefenbach, Linda Di Sante, Mark Dixon, George Kurjanowicz, John Matusz, Heather Milne Ritchie, Nick Santoro, Anne Sarcka, Peggy Schuning, Gampo Wickenheiser, Jerry Williams, Sean Williams

Second Floor Gallery:
RAVEL: Patterns of Thought and Connection by Autumn Tomlinson, recipient of the 2019-20 SPA Studio Residency.

Third Floor Gallery:
Faltering Towards Nirvana by Larry Bowling -- An exploration in oil and wax.

In the Quick Change Gallery:

Data, Landscape, Network, Process
by Ned Richardson
Exhibit Dates: August 17 – October 10, 2020
(Until Sept. 7, visits by appointment.)

The Quick Change gallery is a mini art venue created from an up-cycled phone booth located on the second floor of Studio Place Arts.

On display at Morse Block Deli:
Peanut Butter Garlic Toast:
Paintings by James Secor
(260 N. Main St., Barre)

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In the Media:

'A Regal Couplet': Ritchie and Cambio honor SPA's 20th
The Times Argus, Sept 19, 2020

Letter from Senator Sanders, July 16, 2020

Studio Place Arts:
'Sheltered in Place, Artists Reveal'
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, July 4, 2020
Staff Report

Studio Place Arts reopens: Barre's art and community center
The Times Argus, June 13 -14, 2020
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

Vermonting in Barre, a Day Trip Close to Home
Seven Days, June 10, 2020
by Pamela Polston

The Lowe Down: Where are our arts?
The Times Argus, June 6, 2020
by Jim Lowe, Staff Writer

The Mask Is the Message on a Barre Sculpture
Seven Days, May 8, 2020
by Pamela Polston

A Roundup of Virtual Ventures from Vermont's Creative Sector
Seven Days, April 22, 2020
by Pamela Polston

'Futures':
Art and science fiction meet at SPA
The Time Argus, March 28, 2020
by Mary Gow

'2020 Vision': Technology abounds in Vermont art institutions
The Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Feb. 29, 2020
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

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

20 Years of Barre's Studio Place Arts
Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Jan. 25, 2020
by Mary Gow

SPA's 'Botanical Blitz' offers winter refuge
Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Jan. 25, 2020
by Mary Gow

Talk of the Town: 20 in 2020!
Times Argus, Jan. 23, 2020

Autumn Tomlinson Earns SPA Studio Residency
Times Argus / Rutland Herald, Nov. 23-24, 2019
Staff Report

Seven Days, November 20, 2019

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

‘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...