Adventurous painting in New York during the 1950s was generally seen as synonymous with abstraction, especially with highly charged, gestural Abstract Expressionism and the contingent, wet-into-wet approach of Willem de… read more
I’ve loved snowflakes since the day, as a child, I learned that no two are alike—millions and millions of them in a storm and no twins, every crystalline structure a… read more
The ice shanty towns that spring up on Vermont’s frozen lakes and ponds are markers of the seasonal communities they harbor each winter. Practical and ingenious, shaped by function and… read more
There are scores of solid, practical reasons not to be an artist, but luckily there are also some advantages. Being an artist teaches you to embrace randomness and uncertainty rather… read more
Brattleboro and its environs have a rich and varied history of writing—from the Abenaki, writing to defend their homeland, to Lucy Terry Prince, regarded as the first African American poet,… read more
Since the beginning of human history, hair has held cultural and symbolic meaning. It is a marker of ethnicity, social class, identity, gender, sexuality, age, sickness, and health. Women’s hair… read more
BMAC is proud to serve as the Vermont affiliate for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a prestigious national program that recognizes and nurtures the creative talents of teen artists… read more
A celebration of imagination and ingenuity featuring kids’ drawings turned into glass sculptures.
Something that reflects comes back to you. If you look in a mirror, you see your reflected image. If you reflect on your past experiences, you look at them once… read more
This multimedia installation juxtaposes “The Reds,” wealthy and powerful figures from the 18th century, and “The Grays,” hard-working characters with early 20th-century technology. Through gouache paintings, lino block prints, digitally… read more
