past exhibits

The artists in Glass in All Senses investigate the ways in which glass can enhance or alter our perceptions. As the exhibition’s title suggests, the focus is not just on…    read more

Most artists make works on paper; Claire Van Vliet makes works with paper. She exploits its soft, supple, yielding qualities as she builds the surfaces and edges of her pulp…    read more

Continued growth is a necessary component in art making, as it is in most endeavors in life. Stretching yourself in order to explore a new idea, in a medium over…    read more

Marlboro Music is more than a school, more than a tourist attraction or a place of entertainment; it is a retreat for personal explo­ration of musical thoughts and the human…    read more

I can’t think of a material used in art making that provides a more immediate response than fabric. The desire to touch textiles, even in a museum setting, is overwhelming…    read more

Judging the work of 270 artists in one day by looking at slides is a daunting task. That was my assignment as the guest juror for the 2011 edition of…    read more

Marco Abarca, of Oaxaca, Mexico, tells a unique tale in each of his lyrical wood constructions. Some, such as The Brave Little Tailor: Seven with One Blow, are accompanied by…    read more

It has been said that opposites attract… and we are certainly opposites, held together like magnetic poles in check. This frisson can produce wonderfully unexpected yet seemingly familiar results when…    read more

Most of us spend some part of our day looking at a computer screen. This now common experience became a key element of our painting project, Wherever You Are is…    read more

Have you ever thought how much fun it would be if, when you reached the end of a picture book, you could turn it upside down and magically read all the way back to the front? Wouldn’t it be amazing if the pictures made sense right side up AND upside down?

A travel memoir can be created in myriad ways. Paper Trails artists, Susan Bonthron, Carol Hendrickson, and Linda Rubinstein invite us to explore the diversity of the world’s landscapes, cultures, and lifestyles. This variety lends itself to the originality and creativity brimming from the pages of these beautifully crafted keepsakes.

In the midst of a discussion about Richard Serra’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, Paul Shore and Nicole Root had an idea: Why not make a Serra sculpture out of candy? Something about the extreme shift in scale and material appealed to both the artist (Shore) and the art historian (Root).

A pack-rat extraordinaire, artist and inventor Steve Gerberich recycles long-overlooked materials to create elaborate clanking, clanging, whirring, buzzing sculptures. His whimsical take on popular culture engages viewers on multiple levels.

As a child, Eric Sealine’s interest in making precise things began with “the usual model airplanes and boats, all of which eventually crashed, sank, or met with ‘accidents,’” as he recalls. In 1976 Sealine built radio-controlled sailing boat models from scratch; then he designed and built two real sailboats.

It all started with a walk in the park… A few years ago, artist Andy Yoder came upon a group of picnic tables in a state park. They were stacked…    read more

This interactive exhibit focuses on possibilities for future development of the stretch of riverfront directly behind the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. This formerly industrial property, site of an old…    read more

Rivers are the veins of the earth. Every river has its own character, imprinted by its natural surroundings and those who occupy it. Sandy Gellis’ installation, River Stories, depicts the…    read more

In 1955, photographer O. Winston Link set out with massive arrays of flashbulbs, specialized reflectors, and an assistant to capture the last days of steam locomotives in the U.S. Viewing…    read more

Curated by Carol Seitchik, Reshaping Reality features the work of 11 artists associated with the Boston Sculptors Gallery. It is about elevating the ordinary to the level of art—recycling and…    read more

Inspired by quilt designs and symmetrical game boards, Vermont artist Ellen Dorn Levitt’s shimmering drawings are variations on simple geometric structures. Levitt begins with points generated by compass and ruler…    read more

Cecily Kahn’s recent paintings are dominated by opposing forces. A sinewy, biomorphic shape courses through a stark, geometric space. Layers of delicate color collide with a passage of saturated hue….    read more

Consisting of archival digital prints, sculpture, and text, Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick’s City of Salt portrays a fictional tale of greed, oil, and spiritual enlightenment unfolding in the vast…    read more

This exhibit showcases the work of some of the leading practitioners of the ancient and exacting technique of egg tempera, which uses egg yolk to bind pigments. Featuring work by…    read more

By skewing the viewer’s relationship with the ground, these artists disrupt visual expectations concerning landscapes and cityscapes, thereby generating physical and psychological effects that range from vertigo to exhilaration. Featuring…    read more

Joseph Fichter’s horse sculptures are more than descriptions of living animals: they are dynamic depictions of energy in motion. In some ways they are bold, three-dimensional drawings, their hard metal…    read more

At the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, we spend a lot of time with children and adults thinking about and discussing what we see. Bill Long’s illustrated book Through the…    read more

The viewer can almost hear the crunch of snow underfoot, the chattering of ice on the branches, and the groans of ice on the river when standing before Eric Aho’s…    read more

One does not become enlightened by drawing figures of light but by making the darkness visible. —Carl Jung Marcy Hermansader’s images create a dark cosmos under close scrutiny. The artist…    read more

What comes to mind when we say “drawing”? A common answer is something done quickly on paper with pencil or charcoal. What else? Sketching from life… doodling… working out a…    read more

The old saying is that “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” but with such a renaissance in children’s picture books in the last twenty-five years, a cover may…    read more

VERMONT COLLECTS: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MASTERS is the first in a series of exhibits showcasing the diverse aesthetic and cultural sensibilities within our community. It provides viewers with an opportunity…    read more

For more than five decades Anne Eaton Parker has created paintings which evoke a sense of human drama. Many of her canvases are relentless in their satiric depictions of social…    read more

In Waterfall, time is metaphorically arrested in space. Reality and dream are in the hands of the viewer, who selects the order of time by facing in one direction or…    read more

It was a tie. On a late November day in 1837, the Vermont Senate voted whether or not to purchase a large oil portrait of George Washington by German-born artist…    read more

Ralph DeAnna is chasing time. Influenced by Marcel Proust and his classic attempts to “see” time and unravel memory, DeAnna plays with time and space in his seemingly representational paintings….    read more

This group show features works that incorporate toys or toy imagery. Like the original tales of the Brothers Grimm, each piece emerges from the complex intersection of reality, memory, and…    read more

Working with the varied characteristics of steel, Fichter imbues his welded metal horses with fluidity, strength, grace, and movement. Bolt is one of three Fichter horses that will stand sentry…    read more

Rainbows are magical. Whenever a rain shower bursts on a beautiful sunny day, I always wheel around frantically to make sure I don’t miss nature’s most ephemeral show. The first…    read more

Lisa Hoke creates rich, large-scale patterns from banal yet gorgeous materials–in this case, paper and plastic cups, some partially filled with paint, each assiduously fixed to the gallery wall. The…    read more

The Activity Gallery is transformed into a studio for visitors to create a self-portrait or a rendering of someone else. Easels, mirrors, paper, oil pastels, and colored pencils are available…    read more