HOLIDAY HOURS
GALLERY CLOSED WEDS NOV 22th - FRIDAY, NOV 24th
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Will REOPEN SATURDAY - 12-4 (normal hours)
Gallery hours are 12-4, Tuesday-Saturday
Due to COVID-19 we may occasionally need to close temporarily for short amounts of time. Keep an eye on our website and call ahead before your visit.
Masks optional
GALLERY CLOSED WEDS NOV 22th - FRIDAY, NOV 24th
***
Will REOPEN SATURDAY - 12-4 (normal hours)
Gallery hours are 12-4, Tuesday-Saturday
Due to COVID-19 we may occasionally need to close temporarily for short amounts of time. Keep an eye on our website and call ahead before your visit.
Masks optional
T.W. Wood 3rd Annual Youth Scholarship Auction
The Board of Trustees for the Wood Gallery established the T.W. Wood Scholarship Fund to enable every child who wants to attend our after-school or summer art programs a chance to explore their inner artist.
This auction is a show of community support, with the items being donated by local artists, community members, and small businesses, all of whom care passionately about access to art for everyone.
By bidding generously on these auction items, you are directly supporting a child's creative experience.
The Board of Trustees for the Wood Gallery established the T.W. Wood Scholarship Fund to enable every child who wants to attend our after-school or summer art programs a chance to explore their inner artist.
This auction is a show of community support, with the items being donated by local artists, community members, and small businesses, all of whom care passionately about access to art for everyone.
By bidding generously on these auction items, you are directly supporting a child's creative experience.
AUCTION ITEM: Athenswood - Oil Painting by John Weaver
Athenswood was named after TW Wood's wife and was his summer home in Montpelier.
John Weaver owned Athenswood and worked to keep it historically accurate.
Athenswood was named after TW Wood's wife and was his summer home in Montpelier.
John Weaver owned Athenswood and worked to keep it historically accurate.
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Holiday Market
EXHIBITION HALL
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Special Holiday Event Shopping - December 2nd, 4pm -8pm
in association with Montpelier Alive Art Walk
Selections from the Permanant Collection - NUQUIST GALLERY |
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On View in WPA Gallery Shale Cliff by Edwin W. Dickenson (1891-1978) Oil on Canvas 1936 |
T.W. Wood (1823-1903), Lighting the Corncob, Oil on canvas, 1880's, T.W. Wood Collection
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On View in the Wood Room One of our more recent acquisitions: "Lighting the Corncob" by T.W. Wood Gift of Judith and James Pizzagalli |
The Gallery's Permanent Collection
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. |
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.
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