BRATTLEBORO — The art and crafts of Brattleboro-West Arts will make their way eastward next month for a downtown exhibit and sale to mark the holiday season.
The show “17 Artists, 3 Days” will offer pieces ranging from paintings, photography, and botanical drawings to pottery, textiles, woven baskets, jewelry, metalwork and glass.
The show will run Friday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec. 6 in the recently opened 118 Elliot Street, a public event space at that address.
“BWA is proud to be the one of the first groups to show art and craft work in this wonderful new space that was designed to feature visual and performing arts,” ceramicist Naomi Lindenfeld said in a a news release.
Brattleboro-West Arts is a group of about three dozen artists who create their art and make their homes within the watershed of the Whetstone Brook in West Brattleboro, Marlboro, and Dummerston.
Since 2009, many BWA members have welcomed the public for open studio tours in the spring and fall. The most recent tour in October was part of the nationwide American Craft Week, which named Brattleboro-West Arts the Best Local Artists' Event.
This December show coincides with Brattleboro's monthly Gallery Walk as well as Holly Days, Holly Nights, the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce's annual weekend holiday shopping event.
Those familiar with the artists of Brattleboro-West Arts will find plenty of fresh work at the show: Jen Wiechers, a new participant in BWA shows, recently added encaustics to her repertoire of acrylic paintings and jewelry. Fiber artist Karen Kamenetzky, a longtime BWA member, will offer smaller, more affordable versions of her textile pieces inspired by cellular imagery.
Silversmith Chris Lann's newest work adds textural elements of woven fine-silver “cloth” to his hand-knit silver chains and nature-inspired castings of recent years. Also, Lindenfeld has been exploring forms and patterns in colored clay that echo her mother's textile work.
The exhibit will also feature the paintings of Maisie Crowther, Ron Karpius, Stephen Lloyd, and Janet Picard; pottery by Walter Slowinski and Matt Tell; textile art by Jackie Abrams and Kris McDermet; Bobbi Angell's botanical drawings; blown glass by Josh Bernbaum; turned bowls and furniture by woodworker Jason Breen; metal sculpture by Karpius; multimedia collages by Sharon Myers; and the photography of Gene Parulis.
The show will begin at 5 p.m. on Dec. 4, with an opening reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 5 and 6.
Profiles of the participating artists, as well as other BWA members, are at www.brattleboro-west-arts.com.