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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.
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In the Galleries:
Fall 2019 Exhibits:
September 17 – November 2, 2019 Reception: Fri., Sept. 20, 5:30-7:30PM (Note: VT Weavers Guild Show on display through Sept 28th) Main floor:
Rock Solid XIX: This annual stone sculpture exhibit, since 2000, showcases stone sculptures and assemblage 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 a map and slide show, visit [studioplacearts.com]). Exhibiting Artists: Mary Alcantara; Benjamin Badeau; Sophie Bettman-Kerson; Paul Calter; Jeanne Cariati; Giuliano Cecchinelli; Robert Chapla; Christopher Curtis; Nancy N. Diefenbach; Mark Dixon; Paul Marr Hilliard; Ray Karpuska; Tim Lehmann; John Matusz; Meg Miller; Torin Porter; Heather Milne Ritchie; Nick Santoro; Anne Sarcka; Rene Schall; Claire Van Vliet; N. Wasko; Sean Williams Classroom: Weaving Community: Recent Work from the Vermont Weavers Guild New work by contemporary Vermont weavers, a "pop-up weaving studio," talks and other educational activities. A schedule will be posted soon. (Works on view Sept. 17 - 28, 2019) Exhibiting Artists: Barbara Bendix; Mary Anne Bennett; Andy Bird; Jane Bird; Pamela Burghardt; Mary Alice Favro; Julie George; Toby Goldsmith; Mary Hays; Annette Higby; Dena Hirchak; Rebecca Jensen; Barbara Levin; Betty Mitchell; Sara Moulton; Trudy McBride Otis; Christine Pratt; Katheryn Price; Susan Rockwell; Mary Schwartz; Pamela Wilson 2nd floor: Perspective by Tuyen My Nguyen - Installations made from tautly strung thread and string that explore scale differences in small and large configurations. Tuyen is the recipient of the 2018-19 SPA Studio Residency Program. 3rd floor: Humanity – No Fear of the Other and the Good Life: Paintings by Damariscotta Rouelle. 
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) Artist Talks at SPA:
Artist Talk: Tuyen My Nguyen
Thurs., Oct. 17 4-5PM Tuyen Nguyen will discuss her Studio Residency Program at SPA during 2018-19 and her installations that coupled beautiful configurations of thread, string and other materials with social justice issues. She will discuss her current SPA exhibit, “Perspective,” share her planning and process, and field questions from attendees. Hot tea served. 
Artist & Curator’s Talk: Rock Solid
Fri., Oct. 18 3:30-4:30PM SPA resident artist Anne Sarcka will discuss her paintings of local quarries in the Rock Solid XIX show and provide further discussion about her process in her studio upstairs. Executive Director Sue Higby will briefly discuss the annual stone show. Hot cider served. 
Artist Talk: Giuliano Cecchinelli
Fri., Oct. 25 3:30-4:30 PM Award-winning sculptor Giuliano Cecchinelli was born in Carrara, Italy in 1943, and at the age of 11, he transferred from graded school to the Instituto professionale per l’industria e l’artigianato del Marmo in Carrara. Cecchinelli will discuss his background, experiences, and his sculptures on display in the Rock Solid XIX show, and field questions from attendees. Hot tea served. 
Artist Talk: Sean Williams
Fri., Nov. 1 4-5 PM Sculptor Sean Williams will discuss “Culmination,” the major new granite sculpture he created via the Stone Sculpture Legacy Program. Just returning from an intensive program in Carrara, Italy, Williams will share his experiences there, and the processes involved in creating “Culmination,” which will be visited at the end of the talk. Hot cider served. Would you like to receive our email updates or do you have questions?
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In the Media:
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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Video Tour: Deep Blue, Silent Auction, Works on Paper by Teresa Celemin, 2019 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour Video Tour: Strictly Sedimentary, Going on Twenty, Interaction, 2019 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour 
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 Video Tour: Rock Solid XVIII, Finding the Quiet, TENSION, 2018 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour 
Video Tour: Scorched 2018 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour Video Tour: Nitya Brighenti 2018 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour Video Tour: Julia Pavone 2018 - Studio Place Arts. Video by Shannon Lee Gilmour 
Cooperating with Chaos: Portraits of Anarchists at Studio Place Arts
The Bridge, July 21, 2018 by Sarah Davin 
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 
‘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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