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Press:

'You're Absolutely Spineless' at Studio Place Arts Celebrates Invertebrates 
Seven Days, July 19, 2023
by Pamela Polston

'Deep Impressions': Elinor Randall, master printmaker
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, July 15, 2023
by Mary Gow, Arts Correspondent 

'You're Absolutely Spineless': No backbone  for 27 of region's artists
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, July 15, 2023
by Mary Gow, Arts Correspondent 

In 'One + One Is Greater Than Two' at Studio Place Arts, Artists Find Strength in Numbers
Seven Days, May 24, 2023
by Pamela Polston

'One + One  Is More than Two': Vermont artists think in multiples
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, May 20, 2023
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

In 'Queer Visions,' LGBTQ+ Artists Explore Contours of Identity
Seven Days, April 19, 2023
by Pamela Polston

​Art Review:
'Beacon of Light' at Studio Place Arts Chronicles the American Experience
Seven Days, March 29, 2023
By Pamela Polston

​Visual Art Review
Beacon of Light: 20 SPA artists explore today's issues
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, March 25, 2023
By Mary Gow

Barre Honors Sue Higby for 20 Years of Leadership at Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, February 8, 2023
by Pamela Polston

'Whir, Clank, Beep': SPA artists move in unimaginable ways
Times Argus/Rutland Herald, January 28, 2023
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

Sue Higby's 20 years...
Times Argus/Rutland Herald
January 29, 2023
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Leslie Roth's Companion Animals are Knit with Wit
Seven Days, December 14, 2022
by Pamela Polston

Studio Place Arts Celebrates the Season With a Ginormous Show
Seven Days, December 7, 2022
by Pamela Polston

Barre Becomes a Ray Brown Town in a Huge Retrospective Exhibit
Seven Days, October 12, 2022
by Pamela Polston

'Transformative Moves: Ray Brown': Celebrating the life and work of esteemed Montpelier artist
The Times Argus, Rutland Herald, October 1, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Studio Place Arts: Rock Solid XXII brings stone to life
The Times Argus, September 24, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

'That Cat' at SPA: Artists reflect their passions, serious and silly
The Times Argus, July 23, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Mount Mansfield Sketchbook by Paul A. Calter
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, July 9/10, 2022

'Now You See it': Illusions explore perceptions at SPA
Times Argus/Rutland Herald, June 4, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

What You See Isn't Necessarily What You Get in This Studio Place Arts Exhibit
Seven Days, May 25, 2022
​by Pamela Polston

US!: Forward-looking exhibit at Chambers
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, May 7/8, 2022

'Drip!' at SPA: Celebrating our need for water
Times Argus/Rutland Herald, April 2-3, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

​Athena Petra Tasiopoulos Inventively Manipulates Space in Encaustic Collages
Seven Days, March 30, 2022
by Pamela Polston

'Face It' at Studio Place Arts Promotes the Portrait
Seven Days, February 23, 2022
by Pamela Polston

SPA's 'Face It!': Artists take off our masks -- for a moment
Times Argus/Rutland Herald, Feb. 5, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

The Art of Trash
Times Argus/Rutland Herald, Feb. 5, 2022
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Rock Solid XXI: SPA celebrates Vermont's art of stone
Times Argus/Rutland Herald
September 18-19, 2021
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent ​

SPA Expands Studio Residency Program 
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald,
​September 11-12, 2021
Staff Report

‘The Parade is Coming!’: SPA artists celebrate celebrating
The Times Argus, August 5, 2021
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Preview: Vermont
Cranbrook Connections
​Art New England, May/June 2021
by B. Amore

SPA celebrates ‘Cranbrook Connections’: Honoring art critic Marc Awodey (1970-2012)
The Times Argus, May 15, 2021
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Studio Place Arts: Artists and Community Rally for Art Center
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, May 1, 2021

'Getting There from Here': ARTE at AR by SPA
The Times Argus, Saturday, April 3, 2021

Embodying the Art Spirit: Mark Waskow as Collector
​The Times Argus/Rutland Herald, March 20, 2021
by B. Amore Arts Correspondent

Review: Vermont
Getting There from Here: Paintings by Ann Young and James Vogler
Art New England, March/April 2021
by Dian Parker

SPA's 'Up & Away': Everything that flies but Superman
The Times Argus / Rutland Herald, March 27, 2021
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

'Rolling On at SPA: Art that keeps the world moving
The Times Argus, Jan. 30, 2021
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Studio Place Arts’ ‘Celebrate!’; Top artists offer their best for the holidays The Times Argus, Dec. 5, 2020
by Mary Gow Arts Correspondent 

Commentary: 20 Years of Community Enrichment
The Times Argus, Nov. 11, 2020

Artist Austin Furtak-Cole: 2020-21 SPA Studio Resident
The Times Argus, October 24, 2020

Wanna see America's largest zipper? Of course you do. It's in Vermont
Burlington Free Press, September 29, 2020
By Brent Hallenbeck

Art speaks to our times: 'Rock Solid' XX', 'Ravel', and 'Nirvana': 
The Times Argus, September 26, 2020
By Mary Gow Arts Correspondent

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

The Quick Change Gallery: Mark Heitzman
Seven Days, November 20, 2019

New Sculpture by Sean Williams Honors Stone-Cutting Community
Seven Days, October 30, 2019
By Susan Larson

'Culmination' joins growing list of public sculptures in Barre
The Times Argus, September 24, 2019
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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

"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

Art Review: Teresa Celemin's 'Works on Paper,' Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, April 24, 2019
by Meg Brazill
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Talk of the Town: SPArty Time!
Times Argus, April 11, 2019

'Deep Blue' at SPA: Artists are Inspired by Oceanic Life Forms
Times Argus, April 6, 2019
by Mary Gow

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 
Time Argus, October 13, 2018

Rock Solid XVIII 
Times Argus, September 29, 2018
by Mary Gow

By a Thread: 'Tension' Envelopes SPA's Third Floor
​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

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

Talk of the Town - 'Arty Party'
The Times Argus, April 11, 2018
by David Delcore

'Pleased to Meet You' SPA Creates a World of Fantasy
Times Argus, April 7, 2018
by Mary Gow

​'Golden' at SPA: Are They Really Golden Years?
Times Argus, February 3, 2018
by Mary Gow

​Art Review: 'Painting as Language' by Matthew Monk 
Seven Days, Jan. 10, 2018
by Amy Lilly
*Matthew Monk is a resident studio artist at SPA

'Celebrate' Community Arts at Studio Place Arts
Times Argus, November 16, 2017
by Jim Lowe
photos by Stefan Hard

Art Review: Molly Bosley & Athena Petra Tasiopoulos at SPA
Seven Days, Oct. 18, 2017
​by Meg Brazill

Pretty in Pink
The Times Argus, Oct. 5, 2017 
by David Delcore Pretty

Rock Solid XVII: Unique expressiveness from stone to paper
Times Argus, Sept. 21, 2017
by Mary Gow

‘One, two, buckle my shoe’
​The Times Argus,  July 20, 2017
by Mary Gow

Grace Amber's Artwork is Literally Trash
Seven Days, July 19, 2017
by Rachel Jones
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Art Works: SPA Exhibit Requires You
Times Argus, June 15, 2017
by Mary Gow

Review: Art Works, Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, June 14, 2017
by Meg Brazill
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The Forest, Nontraditionally, at SPA
Times Argus, May 11, 2017
by Mary Gow

'Under Construction': 1 + 1 = 3?
Times Argus, March 23, 2017
by Mary Gow
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Art Review: James Secor, Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, March 22, 2017
by Meg Brazill

Three Unexpected Shows at SPA
Times Argus, March 16, 2017

Round & Around
Times Argus, February 2, 2017
by Mary Gow
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Plastic Flora Display Promotes Ecosystem
Times Argus, November 22, 2016
by David Delcore

Visual Art Review: Genius in Granite: Giuliano Cecchinelli
Times Argus, September 22, 2016
by Mary Gow

Gallery 1 + Gallery 2 + Gallery 3: Art's Additive at Studio Place Arts
Times Argus, June 9, 2016

Encountering Yellow: SPA celebrates spring's optimism
Times Argus, April 18, 2016
by Mary Gow

Artists - international and local - explore 'Them, Us & You'
Times Argus, March 10, 2016
by Mary Gow

Barre Exhibit Asks Artists to Interpret 'Them, Us & You'
Vermont Public Radio, March 4, 2016
by Mary Williams

Citywide Art Project Will Be Timed to Heritage Festival
Times Argus, February 24, 2016
by David Delcore

Art Review: 'From the Center for Cartoon Studies Archive,' SPA
Seven Days, February 10, 2016
by Rachel Elizabeth Jones

Celebrating the Center for Cartoon Studies 10th
The Times Argus, January 21, 2016
by Mary Gow

Celebrate! local art with SPA
Times Argus, November 13, 2015
by Mary Gow

Trees Next in Barre's Sculptural Landscape
Time Argus, November 3, 2015
by David Delcore

Art Review: "Rock Solid for Fifteen Years" at Studio Place Arts
Seven Days, October 21, 2015
by Meg Brazill

'Rock Solid for Fifteen Years': SPA Celebrates Its Neighborhood
The Times Argus, September 17, 2015
by Mary Gow

Editorial: Source of Pride
The Times Argus, September 11, 2015

Strength: New SPA show examines power and potency
The Times Argus July 23, 2015

Addicts explore themselves through writing
The Times Argus June 20, 2015
by Gina Conn

Frank C. Gaylord: SPA's tribute to our 'national treasure'
The Times Argus May 21, 2015
by Steve Pappas

Visual Art Review: Gone fishing at SPA
The Times Argus April 16, 2015
by Mary Gow

Barre benefactor's sculpture legacy grows
The Times Argus April 11, 2015
by David Delcore

Barre's 'Zipper Park' and 'Big Dig' to be honored
The Times Argus March 17, 2015
by David Delcore

Triple threat: 3 Vt. cities make national list for arts vibrancy
The Times Argus March 8, 2015
by Patricia Minichiello

It's "Amore!" 
Love adorns SPA walls
The Times Argus January 22, 2015
by Mary Gow

Vera Van Stone Fogg Retrospective
The Times Argus January 1, 2015
by Mary Gow

"Celebrate!" local art with SPA
The Times Argus November 13, 2014
by Mary Gow

SPA sets campaign for promising future
The Times Argus October 5, 2014
by David Delcore

Art Review: 'Rock Solid In & Out,' Studio Place Arts
Seven Days September 24, 2014
by Amy Lilly

Rock solid - in and out of SPA
The Times Argus September 18, 2014
by Mary Gow

The Lowe Down: Are visual arts saving Rutland and Barre?
The Times Argus/Rutland Herald July 27, 2014

Local sculptor delivers Sir Barre
The Times Argus July 24, 2014
by David Delcore

What is your state of being? Really
The Times Argus July 24, 2014

Take a Trip to SPA
The Bridge, June 26, 2014

Business & Nonprofit Collaboration
The World, June 25, 2014

Masterly Graphics at SPA
The Times Argu,s June 12, 2014
by Mary Gow

Dialing for Dollars
The Times Argus, May 1, 2014

Black and White at Studio Place Arts
The Times Argus, April 24, 2014
by Mary Gow

The Nitty Gritty: Exposing the other Vermont
The Times Argus, March 6, 2014
by Mary Gow

SPA descending into 'Chaos'
The Times Argus, January 23, 2014
by Mary Gow

Under Wraps
The Times Argus, January 23, 2014

Celebrate creativity at Studio Place Arts
The Times Argus, November 14, 2013

Barre's Newest Public Artwork Is an Enormous Granite Zipper
Seven Days, October 30, 2013
by Megan James

A Chicken Plop Fundraiser in Barre
Seven Days, September 25, 13
by Pamela Polston

‘Rock Solid’: The personal side of Barre’s granite world
The Times Argus, September 19, 2013
by Mary Gow

Artists take different paths to the 'American Dream'
The Times Argus, July 18, 2013
by Mary Gow

Go Ahead, tell us a tale!
The Times Argus, June 6, 2913

A fairy tale ending in Barre
The Times Argus, May 31, 2013
by David Delcore

Creative Communities - Barre's art scene built upon its unique history
Burlington Free Press,  May 17, 2013
by Brent Hallenbeck

In Barre, Native Son Charles Semprebon Leaves a Stone Sculpture Legacy
Seven Days, May 1, 2013
by Megan James

State of the Arts: 
Barre’s arts are solid – like its granite 
The Times Argus, April 21, 2013
by Jim Lowe

Studio Place Arts: ‘Two by Two’ more than the sum of its parts
The Times Argus, April 18, 2013
by Mary Gow

Mold Makers: SPA explores art from the mold
The Times Argus, March 7, 2013
by Mary Gow

Pretty Random
The Times Argus, January 31, 2013
by David Delcore

Thinking Out of the Box: Cardboard or Art?
The Times Argus, January 24, 2013
by Mary Gow

Editorial by Steve Pappas
The Times Argus, October 26, 2012

Rock solid filled with 'Gems'
Vermont Today
The Times Argus, September 27, 2012
by Mary Gow

Downtown Barre Sculpture Garden is Vandalized
The Times Argus, September 25, 2012
by David Delcore

Sneak Peak
The Times Argus, September 20, 2012
by David Delcore

Rebecca Merrilees: Four-day retrospective honors Northfield artist
The Times Argus, September 13, 2012
by Mary Gow

Article in Image Magazine
August 27, 2012

Drawing on the Other Side
Seven Days, August 15, 2012
by Megan James

Rock Talk
The Times Argus, August 9, 2012
by David Delcore

Seeing 'Youth Triumphant Again for the First Time
The Times Argus, July 2, 2012
by Sue Higby, SPA

Barre Rocks: Studio Place Arts exhibit features art derived from Vermont's granite and marble
Burlington Free Press, October 17, 2011
by Glenn Russell

New Sculpture Garden Evokes Barre’s Rock-Solid Past
Seven Days, September 28, 2011
By Kevin Kelley

Heavy Lifting
Seven Days October 20, 2010
By Marc Awodey

A 3-Part International Sculpture Exhibit Champions Biodiversity
Seven Days September 8, 2010
by Kevin J. Kelley

Fighting Spirit
Seven Days July 7, 2010
by Kevin J. Kelley

Falling in Line 
Seven Days, May 19, 2010
by Marc Awodey

Between the rocks and an artistic place
The Boston Globe, March 31, 2010 

True Blue
Seven Days, March 25, 2010

In Balance:  Works by Beth Kendrick
Art New England, December/January 2010
by Amy Rahn

Vermont Artists Join Japanese in an International Eco-Conscious Exhibit
Seven Days, September 30, 2009
by Pamela Polston

Woman’s Work?
Seven Days, September 9, 2009
(Nelda Haley’s Retrospective)
by Anne Galloway

Ring Mastery
Seven Days, July 1, 2009
(Circus Show)
by Marc Awodey

Free family fun
Letter to the Editor by Sue Higby, The Times Argus, May 20, 2009

Anne Burke knows just where her next meal’s coming from
The Times Argus, May 11, 2009
(Vermont Farm Women photograph exhibit by Peter Miller)
by Susan Allen

Green Scene
Seven Days, May 6, 2009
by Anne Galloway

Be a good sport!
The Times Argus, March 26, 2009
by David Delcore

Talking Pictures
Seven Days, January 28, 2009
by Marc Awodey

And the Winner is ...
The Times Argus, February 5, 2009
(Snow Sculpture Competition)
by David Delcore

Snow is Pretty, But Is It Art? Barre Says Yes
Seven Days, January 28, 2009
by Pamela Polston

Rock Solid Annual Stone Sculpture Show better than ever
Vermont Today
(published in The Times Argus, Oct. 10, 2008)
By Anne Galloway

Stone Carvers Inspire “Rock Solid” Exhibit
WCAX.com
October 9, 2007
By Jack Thurston

Press Release:  Holiday Art Show at SPA in Barre
Vermont Art Zine, December 4, 2009

Studio Place Arts
Vermont Art Zine, Posted December 4, 2009

Press Release:  Rock Solid Stone Exhibit at Studio Place Arts in Barre
Vermont Art Zine, Posted October 8, 2009

Nagoya/Vermont
Janet Van Fleet, Vermont Art Zine, Posted September 17, 2009

REVIEW: Coffee Trees by Cully Renwick at Studio Place Arts
Delia Robinson, Vermont Art Zine, Posted September 8, 2009

REVIEW: Working It Out at Studio Place Arts in Barre
Cully Renwick, Vermont Art Zine, Posted August 29, 2009

REVIEW: Nelda S Haley Retrospective at SPA in Barre
Cully Renwick, Vermont Art Zine, Posted August 30, 2009

REVIEW: Working It Out at Studio Place Arts in Barre
Cully Renwick, Vermont Art Zine, Posted August 29, 2009

REPRINT: Picture That Poem at SPA
Marc Awodey for Seven Days, Vermont Art Zine, Posted January 30, 2009

Make More Art Newsletters
Spring/Summer 2011 (pdf)
Winter 2011 (pdf)
Fall 2010 (pdf)
Spring/Summer 2010 (pdf)
Winter 2010 (pdf)
Fall 2009 (pdf)
Spring/Summer 2009 (pdf)
Winter 2009 (pdf)

Studio Place Arts was the subject of a fantastic article in Image Magazine
August, 2012:
Our friends at ORCA Media have produced a number of gorgeous videos featuring Studio Place Arts:
Studio Place Arts was the subject of a fantastic article in Image Magazine
August, 2012:
Videos:
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.
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