The Gallery is open! Summer hours are Thursday-Saturday from noon-4
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​Join us on August 6th in the Nuquist Gallery from 4:00-8:00 for for the opening of Patty Hudak's show: Botanical Ornaments. 
  

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Millard Sheets (1907-1989), Wild Horses, Lithograph, 1935, WPA Collection

Summer Hours 

As of July 8th the gallery will be open, with no appointment needed, Thursday-Saturday from noon-4.
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To get in touch, email us or call (802) 262-6035. 
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T.W. Wood (1823-1903), The Quack Doctor, Oil on canvas, 1882, T.W. Wood Collection

125th Anniversary Celebration
​of the T.W. Wood Gallery

The T.W. Wood Gallery was founded on August 8, 1895 by Montpelier native Thomas Waterman Wood. The gallery is proud to present the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the gallery in the city of Montpelier. Ongoing through the spring of 2021.

The Gallery's Permanent Collection

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T.W. Wood (1823-1903), Self Portrait, Oil on canvas, 1894, T.W. Wood 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.
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Joseph Stella (1877-1946), Skyscrapers, c. 1937, Oil on canvas, WPA Collection

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.