BRATTLEBORO — Whoever painted this graffiti on a rock in the West River estuary, please desist.
Haven't we already done enough to the Abenaki lands?
Painted rocks on the West River.
Voices
Meg Mott, Ph.D. is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself...
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
It has taken more than 15 years of work to pull it off, but the town will soon have a skatepark. The most tangible sign that the project at Living Memorial Park is nearing completion took place two weeks ago, when concrete started to be poured for the long-awaited 5,000-square-foot skatepark. Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte said at an Aug. 27 meeting of the Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming Committee (BASIC) that work has steadily progressed on the skatepark...
For the past 30 years my wife, Kathy, and I have kayaked on Wilmington's Lake Raponda. It's a quiet lake, and we're grateful that we can experience it with swimmers, anglers, other paddlers, and a variety of wildlife. Last fall, I became aware of the efforts of Responsible Wakes for Vermont's Lakes (RWVL) to have the state establish rules for the operation of wake boats on our lakes and ponds. For more than two years, the group has been working...
Susan Wilson's work is, according to artist and critic Deborah Barlow, all about “emotion and empathy.” “I work in quiet meditation,” says the figurative ceramic artist, whose art is on exhibit at the annual Solo Exhibition show at Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC) in Manchester. “I breathe life into spaces around and within my figures,” Wilson, based in Putney, explains. “I use slabs laid over molds, from broomsticks and dowels to balls and ceramic head molds that I have made.
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