Our Community's Health

To ensure the health and safety of our community, our gallery is currently closed until the end of March. To get in touch, email us or call (802) 262-6035. 

Nuquist Gallery 

Art and Social Justice
​Curator - Jen Berger  
February 29 - April 3, 2020

Reception on hold until further notice.
Michael Kuk - Bullsye - Mixed Media

Contemporary Hall

Recollection
The Art Resource Association Group Exhibition 
 February 29  -  March 26, 2020

Reception on hold until further notice.
Maggie Neal - Remember that Early Morning Glow - Oil on Linen 
Painted with her mother in mind as she was passing on to the next plane. 

2020: The 125th anniversary of the T.W. Wood Gallery

The Gallery has an exciting line up of exhibits to share with you. We have 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.

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.