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SUMMARY:The Moses Mission: Join in the fun!
DESCRIPTION:Join in the Fun!  A selfie scavenger hunt\, investigating the Grandma Moses story.\nIt’s time. The Moses Mission\, if you choose to accept it\, will bring you and your teammates to a total of 7 regional sites\, significant to the life story of the artist\, Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses. You’ll need a car and your cell phone. Friends might make it more fun\, but you can go solo if your friends just don’t appreciate a good scavenger hunt. See the Rules on our facebook page or at #Mission  You have until October 31 to complete your mission and win!  Find more details at https://www.facebook.com/benningtonmuseum \nGrandma Moses: American Modern is supported by \nBennington Potters and The Bank of Bennington\n  \nMedia Sponsor
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/the-moses-mission-join-in-the-funodern-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T170000
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SUMMARY:First Friday and You Pay What You Wish
DESCRIPTION:On First Fridays\, we stay open late and between 5 pm and 8 pm\, you pay what you want to visit the Bennington Museum. Special activities are planned as well. October 6 we’re digging into the toy box to share our “Amazing Toys of Long Ago.” Children and adults can have fun exploring\, learning about\, and playing with the kinds of toys children played with in the 1850s to 1920s. We’ll meet you in the Schoolhouse to play! \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/first-friday-and-you-pay-what-you-wish-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171007T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171007T163000
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SUMMARY:Photographs by Laura Gilpin and Her Circle
DESCRIPTION:When Laura Gilpin passed away in 1979 most of her negatives\, photographs\, and letters went to the permanent archive at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth\, Texas. Three portfolios of photographs however were kept by her family. The Bennington Museum is fortunate to have this opportunity to share with the public a selection from these portfolios which include photographs by Gilpin herself as well as photographs given to Gilpin over her long career by friends and mentors\, including Clarence H. White and Gertrude Käsebier. This exhibition of remarkable photographs will be on view in the Works on Paper Gallery of Bennington Museum from October 7 to December 30. \nFrom 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on October 7\, join curator Jamie Franklin and Bennington College instructor Jonathan Kline for an opening reception of this remarkable exhibition. This event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/photographs-by-laura-gilpin-and-her-circle-trail-tale-3-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T133000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Trail Tale
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art.  This month we are joined by special guest presenter Michael Clough from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum.  Michael will introduce us to some of the Museum’s owls\, and we’ll share some fun owl facts and stories. We’ll finish with a walk on the George Aiken Wildflower Trail\, where we’ll read “Good-Night\, Owl\,” by Pat Hutchins. \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-trail-tale-3-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T133000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Cupcake Collection
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. This month is going to be sweet as we talk about some of the objects needed to create cupcakes.  What do you collect? We’ll look at one collection of items used to make cupcakes. Then everyone will get a cupcake to decorate and devour! \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-cupcake-collection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T220000
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SUMMARY:The Festival - Time for the Holidays GALA
DESCRIPTION:Bennington Museum hosts the premiere event of the season and the Museum’s biggest annual fundraiser\, the Gala. Put on your most festive attire and join us to enjoy delectable “bites”\, cash bar\, easy listening jazz and seasonal favorites from Jay Sager\, Matt Edwards\, Mowgli Giannitti\, and Krista Speroni\, and spirited bidding on unique and diverse items in the silent auction\, open for viewing and bidding November 24 through the Gala on December 1. \nGreat holiday gifts are available for you to win. During the evening of December 1\, enjoy the wonderful exhibition of original artwork by regional artists and place your best bid in the closed-bid auction. Reservations may be made by calling the museum at 802-447-1571 ext. 204.  Join in the fun while supporting the region’s foremost museum of art\, history and innovation. \n  \nThe Festival – Time for the Holidays\nCelebrating Friends\, Family and Special Places\n \nFriday\, December 1\, 2017\nGala 7 – 10 pm\n$85 per person for reservations paid by November 17\n$100 per person\n$200 per person Gala Benefactor\n“Plus One Package” – Get 8 reservations for the price of 7\nPaid by November 17 – $595\nPaid after November 17 – $700 \nDelicious Traditional Holiday Offerings with a Modern Twist\nFull Cash Bar\nEasy Listening Jazz and Seasonal Favorites performed by\nJay Sager\, Matt Edwards\, Mowgli Giannitti\, and Krista Speroni\nWonderful Silent Auction\nClosed-Bid Auction of Original Artwork by Regional Artists*\n(50% of the proceeds goes to the artist.  50% to the Bennington Museum) \n*Closed-bid auction closes December 28 at 4 pm\nFestive Attire\n Free Babysitting on site Reservations Required in Advance\n \nBennington Museum\n75 Main Street\nBennington\, VT 05201\nPlease RSVP by November 27\n802.447.1571 x 204\nwww.benningtonmuseum.org \n The Festival is supported by: \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/festival-time-for-the-holidays-gala-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T170000
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SUMMARY:The Festival - Time for the Holidays FAMILY DAY
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the season with $3 admission to the museum for everyone! \nAny child that brings new school supplies or a non-perishable school snack for children in the Seedlings Program is admitted free. Due to the generous support of local businesses and friends of the Museum\, all crafts and visits with Santa are FREE! Every child can create a wonderful craft and get to tell Santa and Mrs. Claus what is on their list.  Craft activities are available all day while visits with Santa are from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The Children’s Shopping Boutique from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm\, offers a wide range of gifts ranging from $1 to $10. Shoppers’ Helpers are on hand to help children ages 4 – 12 select presents for their friends and family members.   Free gift-wrapping and gift tags are included. \nAlso on view are Classroom Creations!  Students from the region have worked hard to create an object inspired by the Musical Tall Case Clock and these area all available for you to win. Place your bid for any that inspire you. The highest bidder will win that Classroom Creation!   Visit their display and enjoy their contribution. \nAdults Can Go Shopping Too!  The Museum Store is offering an expanded selection of artisan products just in time for the holidays.  On November 24 – 26 and again on December 9\, the Museum Store is offering museum members a 25% discount while not-yet-members receive 15% off their entire purchase. \n  \nFamily Day\nSaturday\, December 9 – 10 am to 5 pm\n$3 Admission – Children who bring new school supplies or non-perishable school snacks for the Seedlings Program are admitted free. \nChildren’s Shopping Boutique – 10:30 am to 3:30 pm\nShoppers’ helpers and free gift wrapping for children ages 4 -12\nPhotos with Santa – 1:00 to 3:00 pm FREE!\nChildren’s crafts  FREE!  All day\nBake Sale  All day while “goodies” last\nBidding on Original Artwork closes December 28 at 4 pm \nAll proceeds from the Festival benefit Education Programs at the Museum \n The Festival is supported by: \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \nFamily Day is supported by:\nBennington Subaru\nHawkins House\nAdams Lock and Security\nKnapp’s – Music\, Toys\, Hobbies\nFriends of Bennington Museum
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/festival-time-for-the-holidays-family-day-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T143000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Tick Tock Tall Clocks
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art.  This month we will take a look at the museum’s tall case clocks. Learn about the days of the week\, and become familiar with the parts of a clock and what they tell us. \n  \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-tick-tock-tall-clocks/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T160000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum - Taconic Chamber Players
DESCRIPTION:Musical Interlude – Free Concert at Bennington Museum\nJoin us on Saturday\, December 16 at 2:00 p.m. for a FREE concert at Bennington Museum’s Paresky Wing. Escape the hectic pace often found this time of year as you sit back and enjoy A Musical Interlude performed by the Taconic Chamber Players featuring Joana Genova on violin\, Deanna Baasch on violin\, Ariel Rudiakov on the viola\, and Nathaniel Parke on the cello. This varied program includes music by Vivaldi and Bach as well as Duke Ellington\, and many others. The free concert is part of the Music at the Museum series that is sponsored by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Admission to the museum galleries is not included. \nBulgarian violinist Joana Genova\, Artist Associate at Williams College and Co-Artistic Director of newly founded Taconic Music\, Inc.\, has an active career as a chamber musician\, orchestral player\, teacher and soloist. Genova received her Bachelor of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and her Master’s degree in chamber music at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands. Since 2000\, she has lived in the U.S.\, where she balances rigorous performances with personal downtime\, often exploring regional entertainment during tours\, like scouting the best online casino California options to relax after shows in the Golden State’s vibrant arts scenes. She is the principal second violin of the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra\, former concertmaster of the Manchester Festival Orchestra and a member of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She has taught at Smith College and the Bennington Chamber Music Conference. From 2011 to 2016 she served as MMF’s Education Director organizing numerous outreach programs and family concerts. Ms. Genova is a member of the Williams Chamber Players\, Taconic Chamber Players\, is a frequent guest at various festivals and concert series performing extensively on the East Coast as well as Wyoming\, Colorado and Arizona. She resides in Manchester\, Vermont with her husband\, violist Ariel Rudiakov\, and their two children. \nA native of Vermont\, violinist Deanna Baasch began studying the violin at the age of eight. By the time she was 17\, Deanna had performed both violin and flute in more than 30 countries including China\, Zimbabwe\, South Africa\, Brazil\, Argentina\, and throughout Europe as a member of the New England Youth Ensemble\, the Southern Maine Ensemble\, and the Baasch Family Ensemble. She also toured extensively with the New England Symphonic Ensemble under the direction of John Rutter\, both at Carnegie Hall and internationally. During this time she was a student of Joana Genova. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance and a Master’s in Social Work from Southern Adventist University in Tennessee. Since moving back to Vermont\, Deanna has been freelancing as a violinist\, performing regularly with the Manchester Festival Orchestra\, the Berkshire Symphony Orchestras and the Taconic Chamber Players. Since 2013\, Deanna has taught violin and viola in Manchester\, VT. In addition to her musical career\, Deanna is also a mental health therapist and restorative yoga teacher. \nNathaniel Parke is a freelance cellist in the area and is principal cello of the Berkshire Symphony. He has also been a member of the Boston Composers String Quartet\, with whom he can be heard on the MMC label\, performing new works by Boston composers. He is currently artist associate in cello at Williams College and instructor of cello at Bennington and Skidmore colleges\, in addition to maintaining a studio of private students. He has served as a faculty member and chamber music coach at the Longy School of Music\, SUNY Albany\, the Manchester Music Festival and is currently on the faculty of the Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the East. Mr. Parke performs on an instrument made in 1721 by C.G. Testore. \nConductor and violist Ariel Rudiakov received his early musical training from his parents before attending pre-college at Manhattan School of Music. Rudiakov holds viola performance degrees from SUNY Purchase (BM) and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (MM)\, and was a scholarship student at Yale University’s masters program where he studied privately with Jessie Levine and chamber music with members of the Tokyo String Quartet. He is Music Director and conductor of the Danbury Symphony Orchestra (CT) and Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Taconic Music\, Inc. Mr. Rudiakov was Artistic Director of the Manchester Music Festival (VT) from 2000 to 2016. He is a former member of the New York Piano Quartet and Equinox String Quartet and was a founding member and president of SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City). Recent and upcoming activities include recording sessions with Dance Theater of Harlem for their World Premiere production of Alexander Glazunov’s ballet Raymonda\, guest conducting Vermont’s Sage City Symphony and performing as a visiting artist at University of Indianapolis. Mr. Rudiakov resides in Manchester\, VT and Yonkers\, NY with his wife\, violinist Joana Genova\, and their two children. He plays a viola made by Geoffrey Ovington in 2000.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music-museum-taconic-chamber-players/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180203T170000
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SUMMARY:Kicking off the Year Has Never Been Better and it’s FREE
DESCRIPTION:Kicking off the Year Has Never Been Better and it’s FREE!\n\nThe Bennington Museum invites everyone to Community Day on February 3 when admission is FREE and the “Creative Collisions” among the galleries are explosive. Explore the newly installed Grandma Moses Gallery with paintings like Thunderstorm\, 1948\, which has not been at the Museum in over two decades. On loan from a private collector\, this iconic painting enhances the walls of the gallery along with Old Oaken Bucket\, 1946\, which has never been installed at Bennington Museum. “We are thrilled to have such iconic works here at the Museum\,” states Jamie Franklin\, curator at the Museum. “These are joined by other masterworks from the Museum’s collection as well as Deep Snow\, 1959\, and A Christmas Gift\, 1946\, both from the private collection of the Zarnegin family\, Beverly Hills\, California. Any person who admires Moses’ work and wants to get another perspective on what she created\, must be sure to visit in 2018.”\nIn the Regional Artists Gallery located next to the Moses Gallery\, the Museum presents Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park. This exhibition is on view through May 28 and focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Park’s work\, featuring work created during the first decade of her career as well as more recent paintings from the last decade which were created at the artist’s own initiative for herself or as gifts for family and friends. Park is best known for her depictions of architecture\, though early in her career she often painted whimsical images of electronic gadgets\, signs\, logos\, and characters from popular culture\, all of which still deeply fascinate the artist to this day. These works reflect Park’s personal interests\, or “enthusiasms” as she calls them\, in popular culture\, astronomical phenomenon\, and prismatic lights and color\, natural or man-made\, often configured in tightly controlled grid-like structures. Park’s images depict everyday objects with precise attention paid to the most mundane of details\, along with scientifically accurate illustrations of rare and unusual astronomical phenomenon\, seamlessly brought together into fantastical combinations. This is all done in a brilliant\, carefully calculated color palette and intricate patterning that seems to almost vibrate with energy. \nPark’s work can be found in the Regional Artists Gallery while paintings by Gayleen Aiken are on view in the John T. Harrison\, Jr. Orientation Hall where they are juxtaposed with photographs by Duane Michals in an installation entitled Magic and Mystery. \nOpening the year in the Museum’s Works on Paper Gallery is A Century of Caring on view through May 6. In celebration of the Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s centennial\, this exhibition begins one hundred years ago when Putnam Memorial Hospital opened its doors in Bennington. It features images and objects from the early days of the Hospital up through its most current story. \nExplore the permanent exhibitions including one of the newest galleries Early Vermont. Opened in the fall 2017\, Early Vermont is a permanent installation with rotating textiles\, and presents life in Vermont from the time when the earliest European settlers arrived in 1761 with only the bare necessities to the early 1800s when Vermont craftsmen achieved a level of sophistication rivaling Boston and New York. This gallery showcases over 85 major pieces and smaller items from the Museum’s extensive historical collection of over 30\,000 objects. \nIn the adjacent galleries through March 13 is the Annual Student Art Show bringing artwork of the region’s elementary\, middle and high school students to the Museum in a display ranging from whimsical projects by the young students to more advanced work of older students. Visitors can explore the artistic development of children as they address a particular topic or by age grouping. Ceramic work\, paper sculptures\, and more complement collage\, pastels\, and pen and ink drawings. \nThe changing exhibitions are varied\, very exciting\, and showcase art\, history\, and innovation. Be sure to visit often to see what else the Museum has planned. Watch too for great events such as presentations by the Bennington Historical Society\, Music at the Museum on March 11\, and other great events like the Museum’s Spring Party on April 13 and its Tattoo event on April 28. Mark your calendars now so you don’t miss out.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/kicking-off-the-year-has-never-been-better-and-its-free/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180203T163000
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SUMMARY:Artist's Reception with Jessica Park
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Jessica Park on Saturday\, February 3 from 2:30 to 4:30 in the Regional Artists Gallery for a reception celebrating her exhibition Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park. This reception is free and open to the public. \nIn the Regional Artists Gallery located next to the Moses Gallery\, the Museum presents Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park. This exhibition is on view through May 28 and focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Park’s work\, featuring work created during the first decade of her career as well as more recent paintings from the last decade which were created at the artist’s own initiative for herself or as gifts for family and friends. Park is best known for her depictions of architecture\, though early in her career she often painted whimsical images of electronic gadgets\, signs\, logos\, and characters from popular culture\, all of which still deeply fascinate the artist to this day. These works reflect Park’s personal interests\, or “enthusiasms” as she calls them\, in popular culture\, astronomical phenomenon\, and prismatic lights and color\, natural or man-made\, often configured in tightly controlled grid-like structures. \nJessica Park (b. 1958) sees the world through high definition rainbow-colored glasses. A native of Williamstown\, Massachusetts\, she is an internationally-acclaimed artist on the autism spectrum. One of the few things that Park connected with during her early childhood was art\, and she has been a professional artist since the mid-1980s. Her paintings combine extreme technical proficiency with a transcendent\, visionary imagination. Park’s images depict everyday objects with precise attention paid to the most mundane of details\, along with scientifically accurate illustrations of rare and unusual astronomical phenomenon\, seamlessly brought together into fantastical combinations. This is all done in a brilliant\, carefully calculated color palette and intricate patterning that seems to almost vibrate with energy. \nPark’s work can be found in the Regional Artists Gallery while paintings by Gayleen Aiken are on view in the John T. Harrison\, Jr. Orientation Hall where they are juxtaposed with photographs by Duane Michals in an installation entitled Magic and Mystery. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/artists-reception-with-jessica-park/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: The Artist in You
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. Explore your inner artist as we take inspiration from the Student Art Show.  What will the artist in your create? \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-the-artist-in-you/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180124T172937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T172937Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:“Whose house this is\, I do not know”\nPresented by Robert Tegart\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180311T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180311T160000
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SUMMARY:Music through the Centuries for Flute and Harp
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date because this is one performance you will not want to miss.  Music at the Museum is pleased to present Sue Ann Kahn performing on the flute\, and Susan Jolles on the harp.  This engaging program has performances that range in style from a sonata by J.S. Bach to the premiere of a new Sonatina by Bennington composer Allen Shawn\, plus a flute solo composed by Lionel Nowak. Additional music by Henry Cowell\, Toru Takemitsu\, and Jean Francaix. The free concert is made possible by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Admission to the museum galleries is not included. \n  \nSusan Jolles\n \nSusan Jolles\, harpist\, has enjoyed a long and varied career as a soloist\, chamber musician\, orchestral player\, teacher and arranger. A founding member of the Naumburg Award winning Jubal Trio\, she also appears with daughter\, Renee\, violinist\, as the Jolles Duo. Ms. Jolles is a member of the American Composers Orchestra\, Musica Viva\, Queens Symphony Orchestra and The Little Orchestra Society\, and is associate harpist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Past affiliations include the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble\, The Group for Contemporary Music\, The New York Chamber Symphony\, and The Juilliard Ensemble. She also appears regularly with the Encores Orchestra. Ms. Jolles has been associated with contemporary music since receiving a Fromm Fellowship in contemporary music performance in 1963. She has premiered and recorded the works of such composers as Luciano Berio\, Hans Werner Henze\, George Crumb\, Charles Wuorinen and Philip Glass. She has also commissioned many composers for the Jubal Trio and Jolles Duo. Susan Jolles has an extensive discography that encompasses a full range of musical genres including classical\, klezmer\, jazz\, cabaret and Broadway\, recording with such diverse artists as Giora Feidman\, Kenny Garrett\, James Galway and Barbara Cook. She has recently recorded five albums of original flute and harp music with flutist Laurel Zucker. Ms. Jolles is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music where she teaches harp as well as orchestral repertory and chamber music.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music-through-the-centuries-for-flute-and-harp/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180123T203353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T203353Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Enthused About Color and Pattern
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. During this visit\, we will look at Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park and enjoy the colors and patterns that the artist loves. \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-enthused-about-color-and-pattern/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180318T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180318T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180124T173219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T173219Z
UID:10001102-1521381600-1521388800@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:“History of the Bennington Volunteer Fire Departments”\nPresented by Beverley Petrelis and Jackie Marro\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180413T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180320T180903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180406T203729Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin Us as we Celebrate the Opening of\nBennington Collects \nFriday\, April 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm\nAda and Paul Paresky Wing of the Bennington Museum\nRESERVATIONS REQUIRED \n\nCash Bar including a collection of Vermont beers\nA selection of savories and sweets created to celebrate Spring\nBehind-the-Scenes tour of Bennington Museum.  Get a glimpse of what the Museum collects*\nSee what is involved in conserving and maintaining a collection\nTalk with the collectors ans see what inspired them\n\n$25 members/$35 not-yet-members\nRSVP by April 6. 802-447-1571 ext. 200\nRESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED \n* Pay for your reservation by March 30 and you could be among those taking a behind-the-scenes tour of the Bennington Museum. \nCALL 802-447-1571 ext. 200 to make your reservation. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/spring-opening-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180426T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180426T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180123T210630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T211707Z
UID:10001098-1524749400-1524753000@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Healthy Me
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. Southern Vermont Medical Center is celebrating 100 years of keeping our community healthy.  We’ll peek inside the doctor’s bag and learn about how staying healthy has changed during the last 100 years. \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-healthy-me/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180428T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180123T193618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180402T173653Z
UID:10001095-1524936600-1524945600@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Tattoo 3
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\, it’s Bennington Museum’s one-night-only\, living exhibition of tattoo body art entitled Tattoo 3.  See some of the area’s best tattoo art and meet some of the artists who create it.  This exhibition features live models showing their art and sharing their stories. Become inspired to take your new ideas to your favorite tattoo artist to be inked\, or just enjoy the exhibition. Join us and share your body art (and story if you wish).  Vote for your favorite single tattoo and your favorite overall model.  Spill Your Ink: share your own tattoo story \nCash bar (beer and wine) by Madison’s Brewing and music selected by the models will accompany this live exhibition.  Contact Deana Mallory at the museum at 802.447.1571\, ext. 203 if you would like to share your ink. \n5:30 – 8:00 PM\nPay What You Will\nA contribution of $5 or more gets you a Bennington Museum temporary tattoo \n6:30 – 7:30 Psychic Sideshow\, sponsored in part by Body Blend and Raz-A-Tat\, with strolling magic\, mind readings\, and character readings \nSponsored by: \n                                \nRaz-A-Tat\, Bennington             Body Blend Studio\, Shaftsbury
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/tattoo-three-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180505T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180420T211946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T211946Z
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SUMMARY:Rage for Order Screens at Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Park – Her Story Told\nOliver Sacks\, M.D. (1933-2015) was a physician\, best-selling author\, and a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine. He has been referred to as the “poet laureate of medicine” by the New York Times. In his film\, “Rage for Oder\,” Sacks meets and tells the story of Jessica Park – an artist who lives with autism. It explores his encounter with her which offers profound insights into the nature of autism. On Saturday\, May 5 at 2:00 pm\, his movie “Rage for Order” screens at the Bennington Museum in the Ada Paresky Education Center. Join us in welcoming Tony Gengarelly\, presenter\, who for the past ten years has been the director of the Jessica Park Project\, an educational and professional program at MCLA. This event is free\, but does not include admission to the galleries. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/rage-for-order-screens-at-bennington-museumodern-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180420T193559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T203319Z
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SUMMARY:Community Day Celebrating Bennington Collects
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for Community Day – Admission FREE!\nOn Saturday\, May 12 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is free for all visitors.  Join us for a day of Celebrating Bennington Collects.  Among the activities planned for you is a visit by the Vermont Arts Exchange Art Bus where you can become creative with arts and crafts. Stepping into the Museum\, art and history are all around\, and “creative collisions” can be found around almost every corner. \nOn view through June 13\, Bennington Collects makes its return visit to Bennington Museum.  Collectors are as diverse as the objects they collect. While some people began collecting when they were very young\, others took an interest in a particular collection upon retirement. There are so many reasons for collecting and they range from vocational interest to associations with objects that evoke memories of a particular person\, place\, or event. Oftentimes\, it is the sheer interest of the objects themselves and the various “stories” they have to tell\, that provide a glimpse into the life and personality of the collector while also telling us about the time\, place\, and even the people who made the objects. From comic books\, matchbox cars\, and video games to items one might not think of as a collection\, such as antique and vintage outboard motors\, microphones\, model ocean liners\, and Titanic memorabilia\, people are constantly gathering objects and classifying them with their own personal system. Bennington Collects brings together an eclectic selection of over a dozen collections that have been compiled by residents of the greater Bennington area. \nExplore the newly installed Grandma Moses Gallery with paintings like Thunderstorm\, 1948\, which has not been at the Museum in over two decades. On loan from a private collector\, this iconic painting enhances the walls of the gallery along with Old Oaken Bucket\, 1946\, which has never been installed at Bennington Museum. “We are thrilled to have such iconic works here at the Museum\,” states Jamie Franklin\, curator at the Museum. “These are joined by other masterworks from the Museum’s collection as well as Deep Snow\, 1959\, and A Christmas Gift\, 1946\, both from the private collection of the Zarnegin family\, Beverly Hills\, California. Any person who admires Moses’ work and wants to get another perspective on what she created\, must be sure to visit in 2018.” \nIn the Regional Artists Gallery located next to the Moses Gallery\, the Museum presents Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park. This exhibition is on view through May 28 and focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Park’s work\, featuring work created during the first decade of her career as well as more recent paintings from the last decade which were created at the artist’s own initiative for herself or as gifts for family and friends. Park is best known for her depictions of architecture\, though early in her career she often painted whimsical images of electronic gadgets\, signs\, logos\, and characters from popular culture\, all of which still deeply fascinate the artist to this day. These works reflect Park’s personal interests\, or “enthusiasms” as she calls them\, in popular culture\, astronomical phenomenon\, and prismatic lights and color\, natural or man-made\, often configured in tightly controlled grid-like structures. \nJessica Park (b. 1958) sees the world through high definition rainbow-colored glasses. A native of Williamstown\, Massachusetts\, she is an internationally-acclaimed artist on the autism spectrum.  Her images depict everyday objects with precise attention paid to the most mundane of details\, along with scientifically accurate illustrations of rare and unusual astronomical phenomenon\, seamlessly brought together into fantastical combinations. This is all done in a brilliant\, carefully calculated color palette and intricate patterning that seems to almost vibrate with energy. \nIn the John T. Harrison\, Jr. Orientation Hall paintings by Gayleen Aiken are on view where they are juxtaposed with photographs by Duane Michals in an installation titled Magic and Mystery. \nAnd only steps away in the Museum’s Works on Paper Gallery is A Century of Caring on view through May 6. In celebration of the Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s centennial\, this exhibition begins one hundred years ago when Putnam Memorial Hospital opened its doors in Bennington. It features images and objects from the early days of the Hospital up through its most current story. While the facility\, practices\, and technology have changed dramatically throughout the century\, the commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare to the community has remained constant. This retrospective exhibition offers a glimpse of the evolution of care alongside a history of the hospital. It showcases the advancements in care practices that have elevated a humble hospital on the hill to an award-winning healthcare system operating in partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock and serving 75\,000 residents in the surrounding communities of Vermont\, New York\, and Massachusetts. \nExplore the permanent exhibitions including one of the newest galleries Early Vermont. Opened in the fall 2017\, Early Vermont is a permanent installation with rotating textiles\, and presents life in Vermont from the time when the earliest European settlers arrived in 1761 with only the bare necessities to the early 1800s when Vermont craftsmen achieved a level of sophistication rivaling Boston and New York. This gallery showcases over 85 major pieces and smaller items from the Museum’s extensive historical collection of over 30\,000 objects. “We hope that these objects will serve two distinct purposes. First\, to share with the public the deep\, rich collection we maintain here at the Museum; Second\, to tell fascinating stories of the early life in Vermont.” states Robert Wolterstorff\, Executive Director of the Bennington Museum. Housed in the former Decorative Arts Gallery\, this 866 square foot space includes beautiful pieces representing the sophistication achieved not long after Vermont was first settled. Visitors are also encouraged to explore Gilded Age Vermont\, Bennington Modernism\, Battle of Bennington along with the Church Gallery\, the original Museum dating to 1855. \nWatch for great events such as presentations by the Bennington Historical Society\, Music at the Museum and the Living Exhibition of Tattoo Body Art on April 28 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. (It’s FREE!)   Mark your calendars now so you don’t miss out. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/community-day-with-grandma-moses-american-modern-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180504T154322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180504T172951Z
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SUMMARY:Meet Artist Edward Koren
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, May 12\n3:00 pm to 4:30 pm\nMeet and speak with\nArtist Edward Koren\nas we open\nThinking About Extinction and Other Droll Things:\nRecent Prints and  Drawings by Edward Koren\non view May 12 through September 9 \nJoin us at 3:00 pm to welcome Vermont artist Edward Koren as he opens his exhibition Thinking About Extinction and Other Droll Things: Recent Prints and Drawings by Edward Koren. This exhibition features recent etchings and lithographs by Edward Koren\, who is best known for his iconic cartoons of furry humans published in The New Yorker magazine. This summer’s show features a largely unknown body of prints\, some fresh off the press and never before exhibited. Included in the selection of works are those featuring curious skeletal creatures in a landscape of ruined Gothic and Classical architecture inspired by Koren’s reading of The Sixth Extinction by Berkshire County resident Elizabeth Kolbert. This reception is free and open to the public. \nKoren has long been associated with The New Yorker magazine\, in which he has published over 1000 cartoons in addition to many covers and illustrations. He has been a contributor to The New York Times\, Newsweek\, Time\, Esquire\, Fortune\, Sports Illustrated\, and The Boston Globe among others. He has also published six collections of cartoons which first appeared in The New Yorker\, the most recent being “The Hard Work of Simple Living”. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/meet-artist-edward-koren/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180517T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180517T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180123T212217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T212217Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Trail Tale with Anne Hunter
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. Local author and illustrator\, Anne Hunter\, has just published a new book featuring our favorite furry friend\, Possum.  Walk the George Aiken Wildflower Trail while Anne reads us the story. \nMuseum ABCs is free\, thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. No reservations required. Museum ABCs is a joint program of Bennington Museum and The Bennington Free Library.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/museum-abcs-trail-tale-with-anne-hunter/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180520T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180520T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180124T173436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180504T135329Z
UID:10001103-1526824800-1526824800@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:“God’s Acre: Bennington’s Other Cemeteries”\nA Bus Tour with Bill Morgan and Anne Bugbee \nTour of Bennington’s Other Cemeteries.  Meet at 2:00 PM in front of the Bennington Museum. The cost is $15.  This tour is re-scheduled from April 15.  Please call Bill Morgan at 802-440-8075 to make your reservation or confirm one you have already made.  There are still a few seats available.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180603
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180523T190926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180523T191303Z
UID:10001122-1527897600-1527983999@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:National Trail Days - Take a Hike in The Shires!
DESCRIPTION:June 2\, 2018\nNational Trails Day\nBald Mountain Trail – Bennington\, Woodford (moderate/hard)\nJoin the Green Mountain Club for some healthy hiking and light trail work hiking from Trailhead-to-Trailhead**\, or take a self-guided hike to White Rocks at your own pace for great views. Leaders will be available before 9:30 for questions for those doing self-guided hike. Cars will be shuttled for Trailhead-to-Trailhead hike.\nWhen: 9:30 AM-2:30PM\, June 2\, 2018\nWhere: 449 N.Branch Street trailhead\nLength: 6 miles total from Woodford to N.Branch St\n5.6 miles roundtrip\, N. Branch St to White Rocks.\nDifficulty: Moderate pace; moderate/steep terrain. Moderate length.\nLeaders: Silvia Cassano and Tim Marr\, Green Mountain Club – Bennington Section\n*RSVP Required as group size limited. Call 802-673-6990 or email SoVTOutdoors@gmail.com.\n**GMC provides tools\, but bring loppers if you have some. Bring plenty of water\, bag lunch\, and wear appropriate shoes/layers. \nBennington Museum – Bennington (easy\, family/stroller friendly)\nTake a break anytime from dawn to dusk and enjoy the George Aiken Wildflower Trail at the Bennington Museum. The trail showcases the native wildflowers and ferns that George Aiken loved\, propagated\, and wrote about in his book\, Pioneering with Wildflowers.\nWhen: Dawn to dusk\, June 2\, 2018. Tours available before 1pm.\nWhere: Bennington Museum\, 75 Main St. Bennington\nLength: 1/3 mile\nDifficulty: Easy. Children and strollers welcome.\nLeaders: Jackie Marro\, jcminvt@hotmail.com; Sara Bonthius\, sarabonthuis@gmail.com \nRobert Frost Trail – North Bennington (moderate)\nHike two miles from Lake Paran to the Robert Frost Stone House Museum and back\, through woods where Frost lived and wrote ” Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”\nWhen: 10AM\, June 2\, 2018\nWhere: Lake Paran\, Lake Paran Entrance Rd off Paran Rd in North Bennington\nLength: 2 miles out and back. 4 mikes total. You can hike one way by arranging your own transportation or pickup from the trail parking lot off route 7A near the Robert Frost Stone House Museum\, 121 Route 7A\nDifficulty: Leisurely pace; easy to moderate terrain; easy to moderate length\nLeader: Rob Woolmington\, Fund for North Bennington\nthefund@northbennington.org \nFamily Friendly Farm & Forest Adventure (easy)\nWhen: 1pm\, June 2\, 2018\nWhere: Merck Forest & Farmland Welcome Center\, 3270 Route 315\, Rupert\, VT\nLength: 1 – 1.5 miles\nDifficulty: Leisurely pace\, easy terrain (moderate with an all-terain stroller)\, easy length.\nLeader: Chris Hubbard\, Education Director\, 802.394.7836 \nShaftsbury SP – Shaftsbury (moderate)\nShaftsbury Tree Warden Jim White will lead a mile long interpretive hike around the lake\, including history of the park and tree identification.\nWhen: 10am\, June 2\, 2018\nWhere: Shaftsbury State Park\, 6605 Route 7A\nLength: 0.8 mile\nDifficutly: Leisurely pace; easy to moderate terrain (careful stepping over the tree roots); easy length\nLeader: Tim Scoggins\, sbtim@jacksonresources.com\nFree park entry to first 25 participants (courtesy Tim Scoggins\, Shaftsbury Selectboard) then $4 Adults\, $2 Children \nNinja Path – Bennington (easy)\nDiscover the Ninja Path. Created and maintained by the Ninja Trail Builders\, a group of volunteers who couldn’t wait for government to build the trail they wanted\, so they did it themselves.\n9:30AM\, June 2\, 2018 – Hampton Inn (67A) parking lot.\nLeaders: Zirwat Chowdhury\, zchowdhury@benningtonvt.org; Mark Anders\, manders@bcrcvt.org.\n1 mile (round trip 2 miles).\nDifficulty: Leisurely pace; easy terrain\, pavement and soft ground \nand because one Trails day is not enough:\nBATS – Bennington (mountain biking)\nTrail Work – Bennington Area Trail System\nSunday\, June 3rd\n9:30 AM-12:30 PM\nMeeting location TBD. Check BATS Facebook.com/batsvt or batsvt.org/events for final meeting location.\nRSVP suggested: BATSVT@gmail.com\nDigging tools will be provided\, but you may wish to bring your shovel\, loppers or small hand saw.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/national-trail-days-take-a-hike-in-the-shires2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180609T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180609T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180309T144519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180320T003008Z
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SUMMARY:Old Vermont Sheet Music: A Parlor Song Performance
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Glenn Moody Studios\nFrom the earliest published song\, ‘Green Mountain Farmer” (1798)\, though 1850 temperance ballads\, Civil War era songs to those about Vermonters Calvin Coolidge\, Thomas Dewey\, and Jim Fiske\, singer and researcher Linda Radtke joined by pianist Arthur Zorn bring Vermont history to life. She presents engaging commentary about the songs found in the Vermont Historical Society’s collection of sheet music\, including folk songs collected by Helen Hartness Flanders. Dressed in period costume\, Radtke takes listeners through state history\, using the songs Vermonters published in their communities.  This performance being held in conjunction with the current exhibition Bennington Collects\, is free and open to the public due to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.  Admission to the museum galleries is not included but is always free for Museum members. \nRadtke\, mezzo-soprano\, has served as the principal alto soloist for the Mozart Festival and the Gilbert and Sullivan Players with the Oriana Singers\, and is a founding member of Robert DeCormier’s professional vocal ensemble\, Counterpoint\, who performed here last June. She also sings with a vocal quartet\, Ah!Capella\, sponsored by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra\, which brings music to Vermont schools. She toured the state with a Vermont song recital sponsored by the Vermont Historical Society. After 31 years as a high-school teacher\, Radtke works for \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/old-vermont-sheet-music-a-parlor-song-performance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180616T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180616T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035348
CREATED:20180606T141826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180606T161131Z
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SUMMARY:Meet Vermont Artist Bill Botzow
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, June 16\n3:00 pm to 4:30 pm\nMeet and speak with\nArtist and State Representative\nBill Botzow\nas we open\nCAMBIUM Into the Woods):\nWorks by Bill Botzow\non view June2 through September 16 \nJoin us at 3:00 pm to welcome Vermont artist Bill Botzow as he opens his exhibition CAMBIUM (Into the Woods): Works by Bill Botzow. This exhibition features eight watercolor/mixed media works on paper\, most of them featuring unspoiled landscape imagery\, along with a large scale multi-panel featuring the bug trails the artist mentions in his statement. Also on view\, a selection of Botzow’s wood sculptures\, created from natural branches gathered from nature and combined into wonderful sculpture forms. \nArtists Statement:\n“I’ve come to think about the layer in a tree between the bark and the wood. It’s called the cambium. It is very thin and it is most alive. Somehow its cells know to divide in one direction to make wood and in another direction to make bark. The cells also stretch sideways as the woody center gets bigger and in height as the tree grows taller. Its life supports other life. That’s where the beetles live\, eat\, procreate and die leaving behind their amazing channels that rival exquisite drawings. My path to thinking about the cambium layer comes by noticing\, by paying attention to the growing forms we see all around us. Attention\, noticing\, touching\, gathering\, ordering\, responding has led to sculptures and drawings that I hope in some way honor that liveliest\, hidden place where the creative grows.” \nBill Botzow \n \nBill Botzow (b. 1945)\nCube\, 2018\nMaple\, metal screws\nCourtesy of the artist
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/meet-vermont-artist-bill-botzow/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180617T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035349
CREATED:20180508T194529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T195314Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:Joe Hall presents “Bygone Days: Tales from Bennington’s Past”\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180708T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180831T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035349
CREATED:20180709T203358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180709T204358Z
UID:10001131-1531044000-1535734800@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:The Moses Mission: Join in the fun!
DESCRIPTION:Join in the Fun!\nA selfie scavenger hunt\, Investigate the\nGrandma Moses story.\nIt’s time. The Moses Mission\, if you choose to accept it\, will bring you and your teammates to a total of 7 regional sites\, significant to the life story of the artist\, Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses. You’ll need a car and your cell phone. Friends might make it more fun\, but you can go solo if your friends just don’t appreciate a good scavenger hunt.  You have until August 31 to complete your mission and win!  Find more details here. \n  \nMoses Rules and Missions
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/the-moses-mission-join-in-the-funodern-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180715T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180715T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T035349
CREATED:20180709T182349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180709T204544Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking About Extinction
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, July 15\n2:00 – 3:30 pm\nAda Paresky Center of Bennington Museum\nBerkshire County author Elizabeth Kolbert and\nVermont artist and contributor to\nThe New Yorker\nEdward Koren\nPresent\nThinking About Extinction\nJoin Berkshire County author Elizabeth Kolbert and\nVermont artist Edward Koren as they explore her Pulitzer Prize winning book\nThe Sixth Extinction and its impact on Koren’s work in creating\ncurious skeletal creatures in a landscape of ruined Gothic and Classical architecture. \nThis presentation is free and includes admission to\nWorks on Paper Gallery\, but not admission to the other galleries. \nREAD MORE\nOn view in the Works on Paper Gallery through September 9\nThinking About Extinction and Other Droll Things:\nRecent Prints and Drawings by Edward Koren.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/thinking-about-extinction/
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