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2020 is the 125th anniversary of the TW Wood Gallery!
The Gallery has an exciting lineup of exhibits to share with you.
The Gallery has selected Vermont Curators to orchestrate a series of very special shows for the gallery this year.
Each exhibition is designed to represent the history of the gallery and / or the history of artists in Vermont over the past one hundred and twenty-five years. We are celebrating artists who have been connected to the art scene in Vermont and are a vital part of its history and contemporary culture.
We look forward a vibrant year!
The Gallery has an exciting lineup of exhibits to share with you.
The Gallery has selected Vermont Curators to orchestrate a series of very special shows for the gallery this year.
Each exhibition is designed to represent the history of the gallery and / or the history of artists in Vermont over the past one hundred and twenty-five years. We are celebrating artists who have been connected to the art scene in Vermont and are a vital part of its history and contemporary culture.
We look forward a vibrant year!
Upcoming Exhibit: The Bad Bedsheet Existibility Show Part 1
Bread and Puppet Theater
January 25 - February 20th., 2020
Reception: February 7th - 4:00-8:00pm
5:00pm - performance
The new exhibit features hundreds of new works, big and small, by Peter Schumann and his Bread and Puppet Theater. The exhibit will run from January 25th to February 20th, 2020. All shows are free and open to the public.
Bread and Puppet Theater, Untitled, 48" x 96"
Reception: February 7th, 4:00 – 8:00pm - In Conjunction with Art Walk
5:00pm - Bread and Puppet Performance: The Bad Bedsheet Existibility Show Part 2
Peter Schumann will perform a Fiddle Rant and along with Bread and Puppet members and volunteers a Contastoria Performance for “The Bad Bedsheet Existibility Show Part 1” at the reception. There will be live music and singing and bread and aoli will be served at the end of the performance as is tradition. Items from the Bread and Puppet Press will be available for perusal and purchase.
5:00pm - Bread and Puppet Performance: The Bad Bedsheet Existibility Show Part 2
Peter Schumann will perform a Fiddle Rant and along with Bread and Puppet members and volunteers a Contastoria Performance for “The Bad Bedsheet Existibility Show Part 1” at the reception. There will be live music and singing and bread and aoli will be served at the end of the performance as is tradition. Items from the Bread and Puppet Press will be available for perusal and purchase.
Docent Training
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
1- 3PM
Calling all Volunteers, Interested Artists and History Buffs!
Come enjoy our free docent training in January with our curator, Phillip Robertson. Phillip is a wonderful and generous teacher who is incredibly knowledgeable about Thomas Waterman Wood and our WPA collections. His enthusiasm is contagious! It will be a fun day to learn a lot and ask many questions. Please let us know if you can attend. We will serve lunch to all who RVSP .
All volunteers receive punch cards for volunteer hours that can be redeemed for classes at the gallery.
Call the Gallery at 802-262-6035 to RSVP
Come enjoy our free docent training in January with our curator, Phillip Robertson. Phillip is a wonderful and generous teacher who is incredibly knowledgeable about Thomas Waterman Wood and our WPA collections. His enthusiasm is contagious! It will be a fun day to learn a lot and ask many questions. Please let us know if you can attend. We will serve lunch to all who RVSP .
All volunteers receive punch cards for volunteer hours that can be redeemed for classes at the gallery.
Call the Gallery at 802-262-6035 to RSVP
Title Credits: Worthington Whittredge, Old Home By the Sea , Oil on Canvas - Painting before and after restoration.
The painting has been unveiled!
Stop by the gallery to see it in person!
This project is generously supported by the Margaret J. George Fund for Art, Judy King,
and the Board of Trustees of the Wood Gallery.
Stop by the gallery to see it in person!
This project is generously supported by the Margaret J. George Fund for Art, Judy King,
and the Board of Trustees of the Wood Gallery.
The Gallery's Permanent Collection
Who Was T. W. Wood?
Montpelier's native son, Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) was a highly acclaimed artist who headed both the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society. He was best known for his many portraits and genre paintings. He was one of the first artists to paint African Americans, before and just after the emancipation, not as objects but as people with ordinary lives.
In his later years Wood wanted the people of Montpelier to have its own art gallery. He donated a number of his works and those of his contemporaries along with numerous copies he created of the European masters during his many trips to Europe’s great museums. |
What is the WPA?The Federal Art Project (1935-1943) was a New Deal program to fund America’s arts projects under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It sustained some 10,000 artists during the Great Depression.
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