![\"Amy-Tarrant-gallery\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amy-Tarrant-gallery.jpg\")
\nExhibitions of work by regional artists related to Flynn programming during the same time period.<\/p>\n
\nExhibitions of work by regional artists related to Flynn programming during the same time period.<\/p>\n
Open Saturday, 11AM-4PM and by appointment<\/p>\n
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
\n153 Main Street
\n(802) 652-4505<\/p>\n
MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n Art Map Burlington #2<\/strong><\/p>\n Opening reception: Saturday, December 8, 2-4PM<\/p>\n In 1984, Jackson J. Clemmons, a pathologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, was invited to work with a research team studying the HIV virus at the Mount Kilimanjaro Hospital in Tanzania. He agreed to go as long as his wife Lydia Clemmons, a nurse anesthetist in the Degosbriand Unit of the University of Vermont Hospital, could accompany him. Lydia jumped at the chance and made arrangements with the Anesthesiology Department to accompany Jack.<\/p>\n In the evenings and weekends, Jack and Lydia enjoyed walking through the neighborhoods of Moshi. The couple, who were in their 60’s at the time, delighted in exploring the outdoor markets and their wide assortment of local foods, clothing, fabrics, perfumes and incense, charcoal and kerosene, fine handcrafted furniture, and art. Much of their time was spent getting to know the vendors and artists they met along the way.<\/p>\n Tanzania was the first of more than 30 African countries where the couple lived, worked and traveled for short periods over the next 20 years, all while maintaining their family life, community ties and farm in their beloved state of Vermont.<\/p>\n This multimedia exhibit, curated by the Clemmons Family Farm, shares some of the stories and adventurous spirits of an intrepid couple who loved to travel to out-of-the-way places. Defying social expectations tied to their race, social backgrounds, and age, Jack and Lydia Clemmons moved from Cleveland, Ohio to Vermont in 1962 and raised their children in the small rural town of Charlotte.<\/p>\n There they operated a 148-acre family farm during a time when farming was highly stigmatized in the African-American community and when Black and White society alike expected a professional couple to embrace an urban lifestyle. In 1983, Lydia launched Authentica African Arts, the first African art import mail order business in the US, from one of the historic buildings on their farm: an 18th-century blacksmith shop that Jack renovated on his own. Lydia operated the business for nearly 25 years before closing it in 2012.<\/p>\n A selection of the Authentica collection, along with photos and listening stations featuring Jack and Lydia\u2019s storytelling about the art they lovingly collected during two decades of work and travels throughout the African continent, is on special exhibition. Now 95 years old, the couple are working on a new family venture: the Clemmons Family Farm, whose mission is to preserve the 148-acre farm and its legacy as an African-American Heritage, Art and Multicultural Center for the community.<\/p>\n image: mask, Fang Tribe, Southern Cameroon, c. 1800s<\/p>\n For one of his last curated exhibitions at the Flynn, Executive Director John Killacky invited 17 artists from around Vermont to exhibit on the wide-open theme of \u201chorizons\u201d. Included are paintings, drawings, prints, stained glass, and photography by Corliss Blakely, Stephen Mease, Katharine Montstream, Dana Heffern, Eloise Beal, Tina Mauss, Jean Cross, Mickey Myers, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Silberman, Heidi Swevens,Sidney Eley, Janet Fredericks, Claire Van Vliet, James Buck, Keith Wagner, Bob Linder, and Holly Rae Taylor.<\/p>\n (image: Herring Cove #16<\/em> by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Silberman)<\/p>\n “Constructed Gestures” features collages, montages, and digitally manipulated photography by Wendy James, Greg Merhar, Sandy Milens, Bruce Pendleton, Paul Reynolds, and Derrick Senior.<\/p>\n John Killacky, executive director of the Flynn, curated the exhibition, \u201cI loved putting together this show of these compelling photographers. Wendy James\u2019 surreal montages, Greg Merhar\u2019s frozen abstracts, Sandy Milens’ commemorations of the World Trade Center, Bruce Pendelton\u2019s color-saturated montages, Paul Reynolds’ imaginary landscape, and Derrick Senior’s explosive high-speed movement captures invite the viewer into glorious subliminal terrains of exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n Wendy James long exhibited at Frog Hollow before moving to Lowell, Massachusetts in 2017. Sandy Milens worked extensively with the Preservation Trust of Vermont. Paul Reynolds is best known as a wedding photographer. Bruce Pendleton has shown in galleries throughout Vermont and Greg Merhar\u2019s work has recently been seen at the South End Art Hop. This exhibition marks Derrick Senior\u2019s gallery debut.<\/p>\n Gallery Talk: Saturday, November 4, 1-3PM with Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro, free Ben & Jerry\u2019s Phish Food ice cream, and a limited edition Jim Pollock poster to benefit WaterWheel Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Phish in the North Country” celebrates the 20th anniversary of the WaterWheel Foundation, the charitable partnership between Phish and their fan community. “Phish in The North Country” is an intimate exhibition of three dozen posters and flyers celebrating the band\u2019s local and regional roots.<\/p>\n The exhibition looks at the Vermont band\u2019s 30-plus year history, starting in bars and nightclubs within blocks of the exhibit and growing through Nectar\u2019s, Hunt\u2019s, the Front, the Flynn, Boston, Albany, Saratoga Springs, and throughout the world.<\/p>\n It focuses on \u201clocal\u201d shows\u2014-those within striking distance for Vermonters\u2014-spanning the band\u2019s career. In honor of #WaterWheel20, “Phish in The North Country” includes special edition posters that have accompanied the band\u2019s various charitable events. Many of the band\u2019s signature and lesser known artists will be featured on works as varied as Xerox flyers for telephone poles to highly collectible fine art pieces.<\/p>\n Artist reception: Saturday, June 24, 2PM<\/p>\n “Through my paintings I am able to journey back to that slower country rhythm of the past, away from this hurry up world and into those open spaces that are so quickly disappearing.\u201d –Anne Cady<\/p>\n Anne Cady’s color-saturated paintings are inspired by and pay homage to the pastoral beauty of the Vermont landscape that surrounds her. Her paintings are playful and bold, full of vibrant color and spirit as she abstracts \u201cthe harmonious patterns of fields, forests, and mountains that repeat themselves again and again within the landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n Anne’s home and studio are located in New Haven. She exhibits extensively throughout New England and her work is in over 800 private collections throughout the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Europe. Before embracing a career as a full-time painter, Anne was an art educator who founded and directed “The Children’s Art School” for twenty-five years.<\/p>\n Image: The Lake, A Gift from the Sky<\/em> by Anne Cady<\/p>\n Opening talk with co-curators Eloise Beil and Vera Longtoe Sheehan: Saturday, April 8, 2PM.<\/p>\n What does it mean to be Indian in Vermont? What does it mean to be an Indigenous artist? Native identity finds expression in different ways with each generation. Since the State of Vermont recognized four Abenaki Tribes in 2011-2012, Vermont\u2019s Indigenous artists have embraced the right to identify their work as Indian art. The inspiration for “Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage” emerged from a decade-long collaboration between the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) and Vermont’s Abenaki artists, community members, and tribal leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cIdentity is a negotiation between what others expect of you and what you expect of yourself,\u201d says Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph. D., Abenaki scholar and activist, who has spent several decades gathering, interpreting, and reconstructing artwork, artifacts, images and traditions of the Abenaki throughout the Northeast. An essay by Dr. Wiseman provides historical and interpretive context for the exhibition. In the quest to interpret Native art and culture from an Indigenous perspective, Vera Longtoe Sheehan has made the transition from community member and tradition-bearer to contemporary artist, curator, and founder of the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. \u201cIndigenous artists no longer need to choose between traditional and contemporary art forms,\u201d she says. \u201cMany of us practice both, and our contemporary art is informed by tradition.\u201d Vera brings these multiple perspectives to the selection of works and images and to the exhibit text and proposed print-on-demand catalog.<\/p>\n “Wearing Our Heritage” brings before audiences in New England a group of objects and images that document the way in which garments and accessories that reflect Abenaki heritage have been and still are made and used to express Native identity. These objects are made and worn for self-affirmation, to affirm connections with family, clan, band and tribe, and to express identity within the geographical locale co-occupied with mainstream culture. We hope that this exhibition will encourage public engagement and understanding of some of the issues associated with Native identity and recognition, and evolving creative expression by members of a traditional culture.<\/p>\n The importance of clothing, accessories and regalia to Vermont\u2019s Native people as an expression of personal and community identity is eloquently expressed by Francine Poitras-Jones, a Member of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation. On joining the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association in 2014, she wrote, \u201cI have drawn and painted almost as long as I can remember…In addition to painting and making leather pouches, I make regalia. In 2014, I made my mother\u2019s first regalia from her head (headband) to her toes (beaded moccasins), including her dance fan, dress, and shawl. She was 86 years old at the time and had never danced in the circle because she had never been allowed to speak of her heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n There is a special sense of urgency in presenting this exhibit to audiences in Vermont, while it can be shared with members of the oldest generation of tradition bearers, as well as opening new creative horizons to the younger generations who can now express their heritage with a freedom undreamed of until now.<\/p>\n Image: Contemporary toddler vest by Takara Mathews<\/p>\n Artist Reception and interview with the artist by Diane Gayer: Saturday, December 3, 2PM.<\/p>\n Burlington artist Sally Linder has spent years visiting the Arctic, sketching polar bears threatened with extinction. Linder\u2019s exquisitely wrought paintings and drawings encourage conversation about what is happening because of oil, gas, and coal extraction, as well as global warming in this region at the top of the world.<\/p>\n Inspired by Earth\u2019s beauty and the social and political issues that confront humankind, Linder\u2019s artistic endeavors spring from a deep commitment to Earth and all living beings. This love of life, with its contrast and balance of agonies and ecstasies, prompts both activism and playfulness in her work; her paintings chronicle a quest for a better and more conscience-driven world.<\/p>\n Linder has exhibited worldwide in Bangalore, India, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jakarta, Indonesia, throughout the United States, Yaounde, Cameron, and Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the recipient of national and international awards including from the International Music and Art Foundation in Liechtenstein, the National Endowment for the Arts\/Vermont Arts Council, the Philanthropic Collaborative in New York, and the Board of Governors\u2019 Medal from Concordia University, Montreal. Her work has appeared in Orion<\/em> Magazine, Yes!<\/em>, National Geographic<\/em>, and Art New England<\/em>. Speaking engagements have included the United Nations, the Earth Charter\u2019s venues at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa, Brown University, the International Women\u2019s Conference in Bangalore, India, Middlebury College, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.<\/p>\n Image: Bestowed Upon<\/em> by Sally Linder<\/p>\n Artist Reception and Talk: Saturday, September 10, 2PM. AD + ASL available for opening reception. To request, call (802) 652-4504 by August 26.<\/p>\n Two of Burlington\u2019s great arts leaders, Janie Cohen, director of UVM’s Fleming Museum of Art, and Sara Katz, assistant director of Burlington City Arts, also have their own art practices. Cohen\u2019s intermixes collecting, curating, and collage within the context of her lifelong passion for cloth, and Katz\u2019s abstract paintings are influenced by her agricultural background and the landscape\u2019s biology, human interaction, and evolution.<\/p>\n Image: Fields and Water<\/em> by Sara Katz (16″x16″; oil and mixed media)<\/p>\n During the past 40 years, GRACE (Grass Roots Art and Community Effort) has developed and promoted self-taught artists, including elders and other underserved populations, through its workshops at nursing homes, adult day centers, mental health agencies, and its gallery in Hardwick. “Amazing GRACE” celebrates these artists and their voices. Familiar names such as Gayleen Aiken, Curtis Tatro, Larry Bissonnette, Dot Kibbee, Merrilll Densmore, and Roland Rochette are included in this exhibit, as are works by less known artists. (image above: untitled work by an unnamed GRACE artist)<\/p>\n GRACE began in 1975 at the St. Johnsbury Convalescent Center. Don Sunseri, a newly transplanted artist working at the Center, provided art materials, encouragement, and a supportive environment, letting residents explore on their own. As a result, they produced a stream of beautiful, often biographical art works. The art was later organized into slide lectures and publications. Since that time, hundreds of exhibits have traveled to galleries, museums, and art centers, regionally, nationally, and internationally.<\/p>\n Today, GRACE has blossomed into a small, non-profit organization that now has a staff of five and runs more than 500 workshops annually.<\/p>\n “A Body in Fukushima”, featuring photographs of Eiko, documents a visit she and William Johnston, photographer and Wesleyan University Professor of Japanese history, made in 2014 to the irradiated communities evacuated after reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plants suffered massive damage in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami. (image above: Komagamine Winter<\/em>)<\/p>\n Many train stations were destroyed or contaminated by radiation, the buildings crumbled and the tracks overgrown with dried vines and weeds. By walking into each station and placing her body within, Eiko sought to remember the people and day-to-day lives that passed through the stations and towns before the disaster. \u201cBy placing my body in these places,\u201d she says, \u201cI thought of the generations of people who used to live there. I danced so as not to forget.\u201d The profane is made sacred in these quietly alluring photographs.<\/p>\n The exhibition was co-commissioned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Wesleyan University Center for the Arts.\u00a0The 2015-2016 Exhibition Season is generously sponsored by Amy E. Tarrant.<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fang-tribe-mask.jpg\")
<\/p>\nThe Intrepid Couple and the Story of Authentica African Imports<\/h2>\n
12\/8\/18 to 3\/9\/19<\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric-silberman-herring-cove-16-web.jpg\")
<\/p>\nHorizons<\/h2>\n
7\/7 to 9\/1\/2018<\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/French-Curve-web.jpg\")
<\/p>\nConstructed Gestures<\/h2>\n
1\/6 to 3\/31\/2018<\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/phish-poster.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPhish in the North Country<\/h2>\n
10\/8 to 12\/30\/2017<\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/anne-cady-the-lake-a-gift-from-the-sky.jpg\")
<\/h2>\nAnne Cady: Held by the Mountains<\/h2>\n
6\/24 to 9\/30\/2017<\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/takara-mathews-contemporary-toddler-vest.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlnobak: Wearing Our Heritage<\/h2>\n
4\/8\/2017 to 6\/17\/2017<\/h3>\n
\n![\"sally-linder-bestowed-upon\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sally-linder-bestowed-upon.jpg\")
<\/p>\n“White Magnesium”: Sally Linder<\/h2>\n
12\/3\/2016 to 4\/1\/2017<\/h3>\n
\n![\"sara-katz-fields-and-water\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sara-katz-fields-and-water.jpg\")
<\/p>\nDirectors’ Digressions: Janie Cohen and Sara Katz<\/h2>\n
9\/10\/2016 to 11\/26\/2016<\/h3>\n
\n![\"GRACE-artist-untitled\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GRACE-artist-untitled-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAmazing GRACE<\/h2>\n
6\/4\/2016 to 9\/3\/2016<\/h3>\n
\n![\"eiko-Komagamine-Winter\"](\"http:\/\/artmapburlington.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eiko-Komagamine-Winter.jpg\")
<\/p>\nA Body in Fukushima<\/h2>\n
Through 5\/28\/2016<\/h3>\n
Share this:<\/h3>