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SUMMARY:Lunch is Served!
DESCRIPTION:Vizavi\nVermont’s first Solar Powered Food Truck\nComes to Bennington Museum\nStop by any of the following Sundays for a delicious crepes prepared by Julia Rhode and served from Vizavi. \nJuly 7 (Independence wk)\nAugust 4 (Bennington Arts Weekend)\nAugust 18 (Battle Day Week)\nSeptember 1 (Labor Day Weekend)\nOctober 13 (Columbus Day Weekend)\n11 am to 2:30 pm\n\nVIZAVI is Vermont’s first solar-powered food cart\, established in Shaftsbury in the summer of 2018. On weekends\, the cart often parks at the edge of the Shaftsbury fairgrounds\, where the covered pavilion draws a mixed crowd — families\, hikers stopping through\, and regulars from the nearby entertainment hall whose sweepstakes slots terminals pull a steady stream of afternoon visitors looking for somewhere to eat before heading back inside. That foot traffic has become a quiet engine for the business\, funneling hungry guests directly to the cart’s window. VIZAVI proudly features many fresh\, local\, organic ingredients\, often prepared with an international flair — Savory and Sweet crepes. Their mission is to nourish you deliciously and sustainably. Owned and operated by Julia Rhode\, Vizavi is a fully licensed and insured LLC. \nGet your lunch and enjoy it on the Museum’s patio or in the pavilion.  Then take a relaxing walk along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail.  See the wonderful things happening there.  Children will enjoy the newest Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/lunch-is-served/2019-10-13/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T170000
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SUMMARY:Fall Social and Awards Presentation for Members and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Join with members of the museum\, friends\, and invited guests to honor Greg Van Houten\, recipient of this year’s Walloomsac Society Award\, and the of the General Stark Society Award recipients\, Volunteers of the George Aiken Wildflower Trail*.  After socializing\, celebrate with the award winners\, and hear a brief presentation about the 2020 major exhibition titled Robert Frost\, “At Present in Vermont.”   There will be food and drink and plenty of time to enjoy the evening.   \n*Jackie Marro\, Tony Marro\, Ray Bolton\, Jon Goodrich\, Heather Hamilton\, Liz Luca\, Edd Lyon\, Doug Mears\, Don Miller\, Jane Moriarty\, Carolyn Plage\, Mary Rogers\, Don Trachte\, and Consie West. \nRSVP – September 27 to 802-447-1571 ext. 200 or online at store.benningtonmuseum.org\nMembers: $20.  Not-yet-Members: $30.\nMonument Society Members – This event is Free!\nBecome a member the night of this event (in person only) and save 10% on the\nfirst year of any membership.\nWe look forward to seeing you then.\n \n  \nRead More
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/fall-social-and-awards-presentation-for-members-and-friends/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
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SUMMARY:Community Day at Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Bennington Museum – Free Admission for Everyone!\n\nOn Saturday\, September 28 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is FREE for all visitors and the lineup for engagement is outstanding.   The day’s events  focus on issues of Civil Rights and Diversity in Vermont in connection with Fields of Change: 1960s Vermont\, Visible in Vermont: Our Stories\, Our Voices\, and Bennington Museum’s participation in the 2019 Vermont Reads Program.  Visible in Vermont: Our Stories Our Voices is presented by The Root Social Justice Center’s project “I Am Vermont Too” and the Vermont Council on the Humanities. \n10:00 – 11:30 Reception and Panel Discussion for Visible in Vermont: Our Stories\, Our Voices\nView the exhibit from 10:00 – 10:30\, then proceed to the Ada Paresky Education Center where Sha’an Mouliert\, co-coordinator of the project and exhibition\, will monitor a panel discussion with some of the participants whose work is in the exhibition. \n2:00 – 4:00 Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity presents Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future. Participants discuss building inclusive and equitable communities. Teaching awareness of Vermont’s economic\, education\, health\, and social welfare sheds light on underrepresented residents and the challenges that communities face when attempting to advocate for all. Appropriate for high school and adult audiences. \nVisible in Vermont: Our Stories\, Our Voices is supported by a grant from     \n  \nVermont Art Exchange Art Bus will be on site offering art-making activities. \nAND THERE IS MORE! \nIn the Regional Artists Gallery is the meticulous work of print maker Asa Cheffetz. His wood engravings served as printing plates and from those came beautiful prints\, many of them on view in Asa Cheffetz: Vermont Wood Engravings\, September 21 through December 30. Born in Buffalo\, NY in 1896\, he lived most of his life in Massachusetts\, and produced most of his highly detailed wood engravings in the 1930’s and 40’s. Inspired by the Vermont countryside\, his landscapes portray his strong affection for the land and his simple yet detailed blends of the hills\, sky and water. Expressed in rich blacks and stark whites\, negative and positive spaces\, he blended the strength\, and starkness\, of Vermont’s countryside with his own affection for the land. \nIn the Works on Paper Gallery from September 14 through December 30\, we are pleased to present Visible in Vermont: Our Stories\, Our Voices.  This multi-generational photo and story exhibit highlights the experiences of people of color living and going to school in Vermont. The project is a medium for People of Color (POC) to tell our own stories and convey the impact of racism on our lives.  The photos in this exhibit represent self-identified individuals of color living and going to school in Vermont. They highlight the intersectionality of the communities of color and their many stories. The quotes in the pictures are terms that have been conveyed since living in Vermont or are responses to terms\, questions or statements made towards People of Color that undermine them as a people and perpetuate racial stereotypes. The project was unveiled at the Vermont State House on Black Lives Matter Day February 9th\, 2017\, and exhibited during the month of February. \nIn the Early Vermont Gallery explore the installation of Miniatures and Small Portraits from the Museum’s collection dating back to the American Revolution. Featured in this display is a framed tintype of a painting of Lt. Jonathan Holton\, a soldier in the Battle of Bennington. A Lieutenant of the Nichols Regiment\, Holton was wounded at Bennington on August 16\, 1777. His wound is visible in the portrait also on view. \nStepping into the Museum\, art and history are all around\, and “creative collisions” can be found around almost every corner. Explore the permanent exhibitions such as Grandma Moses\, now featuring paintings never before on view\, Gilded Age Vermont\, the Battle of Bennington Gallery\, Bennington Modernism\, and one of the newer galleries Early Vermont. This gallery showcases over 85 major pieces and smaller items from the Museum’s extensive historical collection of over 30\,000 objects. \nAnd finally\, don’t forget to get your deep discounts in the Museum Store. Museum members receive 25% discount and Not-Yet-Members\, a 15% discount on their entire purchase. So much to do. Plan to spend the day with a picnic lunch on the hillside. \nBennington Museum is a member of ArtCountry\, a consortium of notable art and performance destinations in the scenic northern Berkshires of Massachusetts and southern Green Mountains of Vermont\, including The Clark Art Institute\, Williams College Museum of Art \, Williamstown Theatre Festival (20 minutes away); and MASS MoCA (25minutes away). Visit ArtCountry.org for more information on these five great cultural centers. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/community-day-at-bennington-museum-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T153000
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SUMMARY:Natural History
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 22\, 2:00 pm\nFree and Open to the Public\nGreat Music by Natural History\, a dynamic trio who embodies the improvisational essence of the 1960s. \n \nNATURAL HISTORY is a one of a kind ensemble. With a world of sound at their fingertips\, this trio of eclectic multi-instrumentalists has been breaking sound barriers since 1973\, weaving rhythms\, instruments\, and styles from every corner of the globe\, and every period of human evolution\, into an intricate and spontaneous musical tapestry. Jared Shapiro\, Derrik Jordan\, and Barry Hyman were all students of legendary percussionist Milford Graves in the 1970s\, where they learned the therapeutic power of improvisational music. They are able to mix the inspiration of the moment with their decades of experience playing music from all over the world to create a totally new blend of world fusion\, a “musical melting pot.” Featuring electric violin\, kalimba\, cello\, ngoni\, pedal steel guitar\, alto recorder\, banjo\, percussion\, surbahar\, balophone\, gourd trumpet\, voice\, and more\, NATURAL HISTORY is remarkable in that the musicians improvise vocally and instrumentally at the same time\, creating the illusion of more than three performers. Their music is wild\, unpredictable\, playful\, fearless and always resplendent with humor and joy. \nIt is appropriate that these three pioneers of world fusion are part of the Bennington Museum’s Fields of Change: 1960s Vermont exhibit because they embody the improvisational essence of the 1960s in Vermont\, and they have been using harmony to spread peace and love ever since. \nHeld in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum\, this concert is free and open to the public thanks to the support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Reservations are not required for this performance\, and it is accessible to those with disabilities. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/natural-hisory/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Fall Colors
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. \nSeptember 19\, 2019 Fall Colors\nHelp us welcome in Fall as we search for the colors of Autumn in the galleries. Hear some of our favorite stories about the season\, and make some Autumnal artwork to bring home. \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/fall-colors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190801T171509Z
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SUMMARY:BHS Presentation - Just Who was Natty Bumppo?
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 15\, 2019\n2:00 pm\nFree and open to the public\nBennington Historical Society presents Just Who was Natty Bumppo?  \nFrom Wallomsac\, New York\, Nathaniel Shipman\, AKA Natty Bumppo\, was James Fenimoor Cooper’s prototype of the ideal frontiersman for his series of novels “The Leatherstockings Tales.” Introduced in Cooper’s “The Deerslayer” he was the steely eyed marksman\, one with nature\, who did what was needed to survive.  Hear more about the real Bumppo and the struggle the Hoosick Falls Historical Society went through to finally get a historical marker erected near his grave. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs-presentation-just-who-was-natty-bumppo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190901T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190901T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190701T144620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T224816Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch is Served!
DESCRIPTION:Vizavi\nVermont’s first Solar Powered Food Truck\nComes to Bennington Museum\nStop by any of the following Sundays for a delicious crepes prepared by Julia Rhode and served from Vizavi. \nJuly 7 (Independence wk)\nAugust 4 (Bennington Arts Weekend)\nAugust 18 (Battle Day Week)\nSeptember 1 (Labor Day Weekend)\nOctober 13 (Columbus Day Weekend)\n11 am to 2:30 pm\n\nVIZAVI is Vermont’s first solar-powered food cart\, established in Shaftsbury in the summer of 2018. On weekends\, the cart often parks at the edge of the Shaftsbury fairgrounds\, where the covered pavilion draws a mixed crowd — families\, hikers stopping through\, and regulars from the nearby entertainment hall whose sweepstakes slots terminals pull a steady stream of afternoon visitors looking for somewhere to eat before heading back inside. That foot traffic has become a quiet engine for the business\, funneling hungry guests directly to the cart’s window. VIZAVI proudly features many fresh\, local\, organic ingredients\, often prepared with an international flair — Savory and Sweet crepes. Their mission is to nourish you deliciously and sustainably. Owned and operated by Julia Rhode\, Vizavi is a fully licensed and insured LLC. \nGet your lunch and enjoy it on the Museum’s patio or in the pavilion.  Then take a relaxing walk along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail.  See the wonderful things happening there.  Children will enjoy the newest Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/lunch-is-served/2019-09-01/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190818T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190818T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190701T144620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T224816Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch is Served!
DESCRIPTION:Vizavi\nVermont’s first Solar Powered Food Truck\nComes to Bennington Museum\nStop by any of the following Sundays for a delicious crepes prepared by Julia Rhode and served from Vizavi. \nJuly 7 (Independence wk)\nAugust 4 (Bennington Arts Weekend)\nAugust 18 (Battle Day Week)\nSeptember 1 (Labor Day Weekend)\nOctober 13 (Columbus Day Weekend)\n11 am to 2:30 pm\n\nVIZAVI is Vermont’s first solar-powered food cart\, established in Shaftsbury in the summer of 2018. On weekends\, the cart often parks at the edge of the Shaftsbury fairgrounds\, where the covered pavilion draws a mixed crowd — families\, hikers stopping through\, and regulars from the nearby entertainment hall whose sweepstakes slots terminals pull a steady stream of afternoon visitors looking for somewhere to eat before heading back inside. That foot traffic has become a quiet engine for the business\, funneling hungry guests directly to the cart’s window. VIZAVI proudly features many fresh\, local\, organic ingredients\, often prepared with an international flair — Savory and Sweet crepes. Their mission is to nourish you deliciously and sustainably. Owned and operated by Julia Rhode\, Vizavi is a fully licensed and insured LLC. \nGet your lunch and enjoy it on the Museum’s patio or in the pavilion.  Then take a relaxing walk along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail.  See the wonderful things happening there.  Children will enjoy the newest Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/lunch-is-served/2019-08-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190804T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190804T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190701T144620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T224816Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch is Served!
DESCRIPTION:Vizavi\nVermont’s first Solar Powered Food Truck\nComes to Bennington Museum\nStop by any of the following Sundays for a delicious crepes prepared by Julia Rhode and served from Vizavi. \nJuly 7 (Independence wk)\nAugust 4 (Bennington Arts Weekend)\nAugust 18 (Battle Day Week)\nSeptember 1 (Labor Day Weekend)\nOctober 13 (Columbus Day Weekend)\n11 am to 2:30 pm\n\nVIZAVI is Vermont’s first solar-powered food cart\, established in Shaftsbury in the summer of 2018. On weekends\, the cart often parks at the edge of the Shaftsbury fairgrounds\, where the covered pavilion draws a mixed crowd — families\, hikers stopping through\, and regulars from the nearby entertainment hall whose sweepstakes slots terminals pull a steady stream of afternoon visitors looking for somewhere to eat before heading back inside. That foot traffic has become a quiet engine for the business\, funneling hungry guests directly to the cart’s window. VIZAVI proudly features many fresh\, local\, organic ingredients\, often prepared with an international flair — Savory and Sweet crepes. Their mission is to nourish you deliciously and sustainably. Owned and operated by Julia Rhode\, Vizavi is a fully licensed and insured LLC. \nGet your lunch and enjoy it on the Museum’s patio or in the pavilion.  Then take a relaxing walk along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail.  See the wonderful things happening there.  Children will enjoy the newest Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/lunch-is-served/2019-08-04/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190721T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190721T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190506T202719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T161911Z
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SUMMARY:Authors' Event for 1960s Vermont
DESCRIPTION:Sunday July 21\, 2019\n2:00 pm\nFree and open to the public\nThree authors who have written extensively about the communes and counter-culture movement of the 1960s will read from their work and engage in a discussion with audience members about their experiences and their writing. Books by each author will be available for purchase in the Museum Store before\, during and after the event. \nTom Fels\, who has written about his experiences on communes in Farm Friends\, Buying the Farm \nYvonne Daley\, author of Going Up the Country: When Hippies\, Dreamers\, Freaks\, and Radicals Moved to Vermont \nVerandah Porche\, is a poet who has written about the Packer’s Corners commune and is a contributor to Home Comfort: Stories and Scenes of Life on Total Loss Farm \nDetails here \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/authors-event-for-1960s-vermont/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190707T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190707T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190701T144620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T224816Z
UID:10001177-1562497200-1562509800@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Lunch is Served!
DESCRIPTION:Vizavi\nVermont’s first Solar Powered Food Truck\nComes to Bennington Museum\nStop by any of the following Sundays for a delicious crepes prepared by Julia Rhode and served from Vizavi. \nJuly 7 (Independence wk)\nAugust 4 (Bennington Arts Weekend)\nAugust 18 (Battle Day Week)\nSeptember 1 (Labor Day Weekend)\nOctober 13 (Columbus Day Weekend)\n11 am to 2:30 pm\n\nVIZAVI is Vermont’s first solar-powered food cart\, established in Shaftsbury in the summer of 2018. On weekends\, the cart often parks at the edge of the Shaftsbury fairgrounds\, where the covered pavilion draws a mixed crowd — families\, hikers stopping through\, and regulars from the nearby entertainment hall whose sweepstakes slots terminals pull a steady stream of afternoon visitors looking for somewhere to eat before heading back inside. That foot traffic has become a quiet engine for the business\, funneling hungry guests directly to the cart’s window. VIZAVI proudly features many fresh\, local\, organic ingredients\, often prepared with an international flair — Savory and Sweet crepes. Their mission is to nourish you deliciously and sustainably. Owned and operated by Julia Rhode\, Vizavi is a fully licensed and insured LLC. \nGet your lunch and enjoy it on the Museum’s patio or in the pavilion.  Then take a relaxing walk along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail.  See the wonderful things happening there.  Children will enjoy the newest Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/lunch-is-served/2019-07-07/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190630
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190614T201112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T201514Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington's First Pride Celebration
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday June 29\, 2019\, Bennington will have its first ever Pride celebration. The Bennington Museum is involved in a number of ways.\n\n\n10:00 – 1:00 (approximately)\nThe Vermont Arts Exchange Art Bus\nStationed in the Museum’s parking lot\, anyone interested can participate in providing art activities. The bus is being driven here by Donald Campbell and  staffed by Cara DeAngelo (who teaches art at Monument and Bennington Elementary Schools).\n\n11:00 am – 12 noon\nBennington Pride Story Slam!\n\nCome out! Come out!\nIn conjunction with the Bennington’s first Pride Parade\, Bennington storyteller\, Jenn Jasper hosts the first Annual Pride Story Slam! Weaving their own coming out stories into the fabric of Vermont\, people share their experiences.  Participants and attendees are to be admitted at no charge and will receive a discounted pass for a return visit.  Held at the Ada Paresky Education Center\, Bennington Museum.\n12:00 – 1:00\nDrum Circle\nBrian DeAngelo will facilitate a drum circle outdoors\, near or in the Hadwen Woods. \n12:15 – 12:45\nGallery Tour of 60s Vermont\nBennington Musuem curator Jamie Franklin leads a short tour of the Fields of Change: 1960s Vermont for interested attendees of the story-telling event. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/benningtons-first-pride-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190322T202807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T203014Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Party and Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 28\n5:30 – 8:00 pm\nVermont in the 60’s\nSummer Party and Opening of Summer Exhibitions\nPaul Feeley (1910-1966) Untitled (Green Eye)\, 1962 Oil-based enamel on canvas\, 48 x 60 inches Private Collection \nBe among the first to see the museum’s two major summer exhibitions Fields of Change: 1960s Vermont and\nColor Fields: 1960s Bennington Modernism. \nExplore the exhibitions with\nMuseum Curator JAMIE FRANKLIN and Special Guests\nGREG GUMA\, Journalist\, Editor\, and Activist\nDAVID WASCO\, MAUHS Class of ’71 and Academy Award Winning Production Designer \nFestive Summer Fare provided by\nTHYME TABLES CATERING\, SHAFTSBURY \nWine\, Beer\, and Summer Refreshments for Purchase \n  \n  \nEarly Bird Reservations by June 7\n$30 members $40 not-yet-members\nReservations after June 7\n$40 members $50 not-yet-members \nPlease RSVP before June 21\n802-447-1571 ext 200\nor at the online store at benningtonmuseum.org \nBring the Kids! (Under 12 – FREE)
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/summer-party-and-exhibition-opening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190614T195114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T201611Z
UID:10001175-1561298400-1561305600@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:BHS Presents David Redding\, Hanged in Bennington
DESCRIPTION:Sunday June 23\, 2019\n2:00 pm\nFree and open to the public\n \nOn Sunday\, June 23 at 2:00 pm\, Bennington Historical Society presents David Redding\, Hanged in Bennington. This talk is given by historian Phil Holland and held in the Ada Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum. It is free and open to the public. \nBackground \nOn June 11\, 1778\, Loyalist David Redding was hanged on the Bennington town green for “inimical conduct.” Ethan Allen\, having been recently released from a British prison\, served as State’s prosecutor. It became Vermont’s first hanging. Holland tells the story of Redding’s trial and execution which was only the beginning of his odyssey through history. Denied burial in 1778\, Redding’s bones were not interred until 1981. In the meantime\, his case had caught the attention of the founding Director of the Bennington Museum\, John Spargo. Spargo published a small book on the subject in which he accused the Vermont authorities of a miscarriage of justice. With the help of unpublished material prepared by Bennington historian Joe Parks\, this talk sorts through the evidence and reflects on the passions aroused by the case. \nPhil Holland has written about the Battle of Bennington\, Robert Frost\, and other subjects of historical and literary interest. He is currently touring the state lecturing about “The Black Presence at the Battle of Bennington” through the Vermont Council on the Humanities Speakers Bureau. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs-presents-david-redding-hanged-in-bennington/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190509T172243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190511T183531Z
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SUMMARY:Honoring Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 26\, 2019\n2:00 pm\nFree and open to the public\n \n \n  \n\n\n\n  \nElizabeth Wright\, pianist \nwith\nJoana Genova\, violinist and Nathaniel Parke\, cellist \nAnother wonderful concert in the Music at the Museum series. Among the pieces performed will be Piano Sonata #31 in A-flat major\, Opus 110\, Trio for piano\, violin and cello nº 7 in B flat major\, op.97\, “Archduke”. \nHeld in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum\, this concert is free and open to the public thanks to the support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Reservations are not required for this performance\, and it is accessible to those with disabilities. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/honoring-beethoven/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190506T192222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T192805Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society - William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)
DESCRIPTION:Ada Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum \nAbolitionist William Lloyd Garrison 1805-1879\, author of the fiery anti-slavery journal The Liberator\, learned the printer’s trade in Bennington\, where he published a newspaper in 1828 and 1829. A program on Garrison’s life and his weekly Journal of the Times will be presented on Sunday\, May 19\, at 2 p.m. at the Bennington Museum by Tyler Resch\, the museum’s librarian. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/william-lloyd-garrison-1805-1879/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T201046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T201046Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Playing with Paint
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. \n  \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/playing-playing-with-paint/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190419T154408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T182457Z
UID:10001171-1557568800-1557594000@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Community Day at Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Bennington Museum – Free Admission for Everyone!\n\nOn Saturday\, May 11 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is FREE for all visitors and the lineup for engagement is outstanding. At 11:00 am\, join senior photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, NYC Eileen Travell and Bennington Museum’s curator Jamie Franklin for an up close gallery exploration of Up Home: Hand-Colored Photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport.  Then from 1:00 to 4:30 pm\, try your skill at hand-coloring works in the Paresky Wing. Minnie Griswold died in 1952\, at which time her sons locked up their mother’s house in Pawlet\, Vermont and left all her belongings in place\, untouched\, unaltered. Thirty years later\, Pawlet documentarians Susanne and Neil Rappaport were invited by Charlie\, one of Minnie’s sons\, now 85 years old\, into the home\, and went on to produce a collection of hand-colored photographs of Minnie’s home. This exhibition brings together the best in documentary work and artistic expression. \nAt 3:00 pm\, join us as we open Color | Gesture: Early Works by Emily Mason on view in the Works on Paper Gallery. Her exhibition is on view May 11 through September 8. For more than sixty years Emily Mason has been creating lyrical abstractions on canvas and paper\, where strong gestural marks contrast with delicate washes of color and spontaneous splashes and drips.This exhibition traces the development of the artist’s distinctive style of abstraction through paintings on paper created in the 1950s and 1960s. \nAND THERE IS MORE!\nEnjoy the opening of the Museum’s spring Trail Tale titled Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez. This tale will be up through July. You are welcome to visit the trail between dawn and dusk. Feeling creative? Try your hand at creating tissue paper flowers in the Grandma Moses Schoolhouse. Want to add even more history to your visit? Stop in the Museum’s Research Library and explore the volumes of interesting books and articles that reach back in time. And finally\, don’t forget to get your deep discounts in the Museum Store. Museum members receive 25% discount and Not-Yet-Members\, a 15% discount on their entire purchase. So much to do. Plan to spend the day with a picnic lunch on the hillside. \nIn the Regional Artists Gallery\, is The Mind’s Eye: Paintings\, Sculpture\, and Books by Paul Katz. Closing on May 27\, this exhibition features a variety of works\, including paintings\, sculpture and drawing books\, mainly from Katz’s Prelude and Interlock series. The Preludes include paintings and everyday found objects with words painted on them as if on intertwined ribbons. The words are all taken from William Wordsworth’s poem “Prelude.” The look of the work was inspired in part by a photograph Katz saw in The New York Times™ in the days following 9/11. The image was of an office in which everything was covered by grey ash so that ordinary things like desks and computers took on the aspect of an ancient site exhumed. \nClosing on May 26 is the small but intriguing installation titled Vermont Folk Sculpture: A Recent Acquisition. Unique works in this exhibition feature a carved fence post created in 1900 by Russel Risley (1842-1927) of Kirby\, Vermont. Risley spent his entire life on his family’s farm where he went about painting on the walls of the house – inside and outside – as well as the out buildings such as the barn. He also carved fence posts\, rock\, and blocks of wood. The Carved Corner Post is one of the Museum’s newest acquisitions which was purchased with the assistance of Lyman Orton. This work is accompanied by other iconic examples of sculpture created by individuals from Vermont who worked in popular vernacular traditions. \nIn the Early Vermont Gallery explore the installation of Miniatures and Small Portraits from the Museum’s collection dating back to the American Revolution. Featured in this display is a framed tintype of a painting of Lt. Jonathan Holton\, a soldier in the Battle of Bennington. A Lieutenant of the Nichols Regiment\, Holton was wounded at Bennington on August 16\, 1777. His wound is visible in the portrait also on view. \nStepping into the Museum\, art and history are all around\, and “creative collisions” can be found around almost every corner. Explore the permanent exhibitions such as Grandma Moses\, now featuring paintings never before on view\, Gilded Age Vermont\, the Battle of Bennington Gallery\, Bennington Modernism\, and one of the newer galleries Early Vermont. This gallery showcases over 85 major pieces and smaller items from the Museum’s extensive historical collection of over 30\,000 objects. \nBennington Museum is a member of ArtCountry\, a consortium of notable art and performance destinations in the scenic northern Berkshires of Massachusetts and southern Green Mountains of Vermont\, including The Clark Art Institute\, Williams College Museum of Art \, Williamstown Theatre Festival (20 minutes away); and MASS MoCA (25minutes away). Visit ArtCountry.org for more information on these five great cultural centers. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/community-day-at-bennington-museum-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190124T200034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T190403Z
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SUMMARY:Stoneware Collectors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Stoneware Collectors Meeting\nFriday\, May 3\nTour: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm\nPresentation: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm\nAda Paresky Education Center \nTour places in Bennington related to the pottery industry 12:30 to 2:00 pm. Return to the Museum and enjoy a presentation by Cathie Zusy and Warren Broderick from 3:00 to 4:30 pm on new developments in Bennington stoneware research\, highlighting five different areas where research into the historic Bennington potteries of the 19th Century continues. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/stoneware-collectors-meeting-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190418T181445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T191448Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society - Colorizing Historic Photographs
DESCRIPTION:Ada Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum \nTim Wager’s series of books of colorized historic photographs have been taking Bennington by storm. How does he do it? How long do they take? How accurate are they really? \nCallie Raspuzzi\, Collections Manager of the Bennington Museum has been working with the Museum’s photograph collection for nearly 15 years\, cataloging and digitizing the vast collection\, one of her major accomplishments during that time. For the past year\, she has been working closely with Wager to provide high quality images which he has then colorized.  This has spurred new research into and surprising information about Bennington’s history. \nRaspuzzi’s presentation describes the step-by-step process that begins with glass plate negatives and ends up in a fantastical riot of color. Colorizing black and white images is not a new art\, but one that brings new life and meaning to the photographs. Her presentation also includes examples of contemporary hand colored images and compares them to Wager’s digital work. We will also look at some historic pieces from the Bennington Museum’s collection that illustrate the actual colors found on the streets of Bennington in the early 1900s. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/colorizing-historic-photographs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T200623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T200623Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  "Click" - Creating with Photos
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art. \n  \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-click-creating-with-photos/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190124T193934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T150518Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Social and Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:Paresky Wing and Parmelee and Limric Galleries\nView Up Home: Hand-Colored Photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport \nwhile enjoying discussions with \nBennington Museum Curator\, Jamie Franklin\nVermont Folklife Center Associate Director and Archivist\, Andy Kolovos\nMetropolitan Museum of Art Senior Photographer\, Eileen Travell\nand special guest\, \nAlan David Griswold\, great grandson of Minnie Griswold whose home is the focus of the exhibition. Enjoy the discussion which ties together the documentary work and artistic expression found in this unique exhibition. \nWine\, beer\, and soft drinks available for purchase.\nFREE Event!  To assist in planning\, RSVP requested by March 29.  802-447-1571 ext. 200 or dmallory@benningtonmuseum.org \nAbout the Exhibition: \nHairnet Drawer Hand-Colored Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 inches Photographed by Neil Rappaport (1942- 1998) Colored by Susanne Rappaport (1944-2015) \nMinnie Griswold died in 1952\, at which time her sons locked up their mother’s house in Pawlet\, Vermont and left all her belongings in place\, untouched\, unaltered. Thirty years later\, Pawlet documentarians Susanne and Neil Rappaport were invited by Charlie\, one of Minnie’s sons\, now 85 years old\, into the home\, and went on to produce a collection of hand-colored photographs of Minnie’s home. This exhibition brings together the best in documentary work and artistic expression. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/spring-social-and-exhibition-opening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190321T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190321T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T200248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T200751Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Spring Green
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art.  Join us as we look for Spring Green throughout the galleries. \n  \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-spring-green/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190317T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190317T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T190920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190219T174608Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society- "Where was the Bennington Storehouse Located?"
DESCRIPTION:Ada Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum\nHistorians know the contents of the store house which the British headed to Bennington to capture\, but where was it located?  This is the question that Bob Hoar has been struggling with for a couple of years.  Using maps and written descriptions\, Hoar presents his conclusion and how he reached it.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2-4-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190214T182545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T190114Z
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SUMMARY:Collage #3571 ½: A Schonbeck Experience
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to build your own instrument and then join in the concert? Join us on Saturday\, March 9 at 2:00 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum\, when Nick Brooke (faculty\, Bennington College) Webb Crawford (Bennington College graduate) and Mark Stewart (founding member of Bang on a Can All Stars) present an instrument building workshop where you\, the audience members\, build the instruments\, then use those instruments to participate in an improvisational performance conducted by Mark Stewart.  All in the spirit of Gunnar Schonbeck’s collages. \nMaverick composer Gunnar Schonbeck (1919-2005) built 10-foot banjos\, drums made out of airplane fuselages\, and hundreds of triangular cellos\, bell sets and oversized xylophones—now displayed in Mass MoCA’s No Experience Required exhibition. For over 25 years\, Schonbeck taught at Bennington College\, and over that time\, he amassed the oversized instrumentarium in the attic of the College’s Commons.   It was here that he also conducted giant “collages”—spectacles that involved dance\, song\, and audience participation on his home built creations. He died in 2005\, and over the next decade his instruments made their way to Mass MoCA\, where they are regularly played during the Bang on a Can Festival\, by Glenn Kotche\, as well as any visitor to the museum. \nThis Music at the Museum experience combines the spirit of Gunnar Schonbeck’s original collaborative productions with fun\, hands-on instrument building. An instrument-building workshop at 2:00 pm is led by Webb Crawford and Nick Brooke.  Both musicians will help audience members create the arsenal of wind\, string\, and mallet instruments. At 3:00 pm\, join in the concert as Mark Stewart amasses these new instruments (plus a few others\, borrowed from the Schonbeck Instrumentarium)\, in a communal jamboree\, Collage #3571 ½: A Schonbeck Experience\, reminiscent of Schonbeck’s collages. Any and all ages can participate\, and are encouraged to do so—in this celebration of Schonbeck’s festive legacy! This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Reservations are not required for this performance\, and it is accessible to those with disabilities. \nAbout the Musicians\n \nNick Brooke is a composer for multimedia\, dance\, and theater. He teaches at Bennington College\, where he originally met Gunnar Schonbeck in the late 1980s. His works often involve building new acoustic or electronic instruments\, such as a battery of hubcaps and gongs for NY Philharmonic percussionist Dan Druckman\, or an entire miniaturized gamelan in a suitcase for percussion sextet Talujon. Brooke’s instrumental works have been performed by Bang on a Can All Stars\, the Paul Dresher Ensemble\, the Nash Ensemble of London\, Orchestra 2001\, Speculum Musicae\, Sekar Anu\, and New York’s Gamelan Son of Lion\, among others\, and across the United States and in Europe. They have been featured at the Lincoln Center Festival\, the Ecstatic Music Festival\, the Spoleto Festival\, and the MATA Series. His work\, Tone Test\, received its premiere at Lincoln Center Festival in 2004. He is the recipient of Guggenheim Rockefeller Fellowship\, and holds degrees from Oberlin and Princeton. \nWebb Crawford is a guitarist with sixteen years’ experience. She has worked for three guitar techs/luthiers as a repair tech\, and at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art with exhibit curator Mark Stewart\, where she helped restore a collection of composer\, professor\, and instrument-builder Gunnar Schonbeck’s creations. Crawford received her BA in Composition from Bennington College in June\, 2018\, and studied with composers Kitty Brazelton\, Nick Brooke\, and Allen Shawn. She has taught both very small children\, as well as slightly larger children through the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls NYC’s Girls Rock! program for ages 8-18\, as well as their Jumpstart program for children ages 5-7. Crawford currently works as a counselor at the Brooklyn Music School\, and kicks in every so often with environmentally conscious instrument-building aficionados Bash the Trash! \nMulti-instrumentalist\, singer\, song leader\, composer and instrument designer Mark Stewart has been heard around the world performing old and new music. Since 1998 he has recorded\, toured and been Musical Director with Paul Simon. A founding member of the Bang on a Can All Stars\, the comic duo Polygraph Lounge with keyboard and theremin wizard Rob Schwimmer\, Mark has also worked with Steve Reich\, Sting\, Anthony Braxton\, Bob Dylan\, Wynton Marsalis\, Meredith Monk\, Stevie Wonder\, Phillip Glass\, Iva Bittova\, Bruce Springsteen\, Terry Riley\, Ornette Coleman\, Don Byron\, Joan Baez\, Hugh Masakela\, Paul McCartney\, Cecil Taylor\, Bill Frisell\, Jimmy Cliff\, the Everly Brothers\, Steve Gadd\, Fred Frith\, Alison Krauss\, David Krakauer\, Bobby McFerrin\, David Byrne\, James Taylor\, The Roches\, Aaron Neville\, Bette Midler\, and Marc Ribot. He has worked extensively with composer Elliot Goldenthal on music for the films Midsummer Night’s Dream\, The Tempest\, Across the Universe\, Titus\, The Butcher Boy\, The Good Thief\, In Dreams and Heat\, often playing instruments of his own design and construction. Stewart has designed instruments for Julie Taymor’s Midsummer Nights Dream & Theater For A New Audience’s production of King Lear and is the inventor of the WhirlyCopter\, a bicycle-powered Pythagorean choir of singing tubes and the Big Boing\, a 24 ft. sonic banquet table Mbira that seats 30 children playing 490 found objects. He is the Artistic Director of Rebecca Weller’s hootenanny/happening project Guitar Mash/Urban Campfire and is a Visiting Lecturer in musical instrument design at MIT. Mark is the curator at MASS MoCA of the immersive Gunnar Schonbeck exhibit of musical instruments. He lives in New York City making his living playing and writing popular music\, semi-popular music and unpopular music\, and designing instruments that everyone can play. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/collage-3571-1-2-a-schonbeck-experience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190302T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190302T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190124T222111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T210624Z
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SUMMARY:American Eccentricities-An Artist's Talk with Sculptor Sarah Peters
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, March 2 at 2:00 p.m. in the Paresky Wing of the Bennington Museum\, sculptor Sarah Peters discusses her studio practice in relationship to the history of American sculpture and representative objects in Bennington Museum’s vast collection. Join us to see what objects Peters has been researching in the Museum’s collection as the basis for her talk and for a small\, special installation inside the museum. Deeply engaged in traditional sculptural techniques\, the artist has spent over a decade working in wax\, clay\, and bronze. Forming figurative objects\, often near life-size heads and busts\, Peters merges ancient\, modern and contemporary references with respect and irreverence\, both honoring and questioning conventions of the past. \nPeters’ research at the Museum extends from the Usdan Gallery exhibition The Body Stops Here: Keiko Narahashi and Sarah Peters on view in the Usdan Gallery February 26 through March 30. \nAbout the Artist \nSarah Peters (b. 1973) lives and works in Queens\, NY. She was educated at Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA)\, The University of Pennsylvania (BFA)\, and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate). The artist is a recipient of awards and residencies from John Michael Kohler\, WI and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)\, NY (2011); The Fine Arts Work Center\, Provincetown\, MA (2010); and The Sharpe-Wallentas Studio Program\, Brooklyn\, NY (2008). Solo and two-person exhibitions include Van Doren Waxter Gallery (2018)\, Bennington College\, Bennington\, VT (2019); Howards Gallery\, Athens\, GA (2019); Halsey McKay Gallery\, South Hampton\, NY (2017); Eleven Rivington\, New York (2015); 4 AM\, New York (2015); Asya Geisberg\, NY (2014); Edward Winkleman Gallery\, NY (2007\,2010); and John Davis Gallery\, Hudson\, NY (2013). Group exhibitions include Objects Like Us\, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum\, Ridgefield\, CT\, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and David Adamo (2018); Galerie Eva Presenhuber\, New York\, NY (2019); Perrotin Gallery\, Seoul\, South Korea (2019) and Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition\, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park\, Grand Rapids\, MI (2017)\, among others. Her work has been reviewed and featured in publications such as The New York Times\, Art in America\, Artforum\, and The Brooklyn Rail. \nArtist’s Statement \nMy interest in American art began while attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, America’s first art museum and school. I was drawn to the Museum’s early American sculpture collection\, especially the work of William Rush\, who was designated the first European-American sculptor. Rush was a carver of ships’ figureheads before he fashioned himself into a classical (ish) sculptor. He borrows the tropes of classical art—the drapery and the serious subject matter—but his work is a departure from his inspiration: proportions are miscalculated\, alignments are incorrect\, the drapery does not follow the laws of gravity. Yet all these oddities add up to something more special and beautiful than his original intention\, something characteristically American. \nThe American ingenuity and irrepressible imagination found in Rush’s sculpture is also on display in the Bennington Museum collection. There is a hastily assembled scrap metal ship by “The Captain\,” made to trade for alcohol; a slate fan with meticulous lacy detail; miniature carved baskets\, tiny wood pliers and handmade dolls and doll furniture. There is also a scrimshaw drawing of a young girl and boy\, possibly the children of the carver\, and tree fungus carvings made with a penknife of idyllic country landscapes. Alongside these vernacular objects are gorgeous examples of American neo-classical sculpture\, as well as narrative genre sculptures depicting\, for example\, a nervous couple with a dog soliciting their Parson (who has a cat). \nAll these marvelous objects reflect the human desire to depict the world and the people around us. Some are made out of personal necessity\, and have an urgent quality\, while others are meticulously planned\, formally rigorous\, and meant for contemplation. The results are specific and individual\, and are the tangible evidence of an intention to create something special – the wish to get it “right.” \nMore on Sarah Peters \nMore events with Sarah Peters \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/american-eccentricities-an-artists-talk-with-sculptor-sarah-peters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190218T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190123T175327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T203554Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Vacation Week Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Winter Vacation Week Workshops\nFebruary 18 through 22 (not February 20)\n1:00 – 4:00 pm\, Monday\, Tuesday\, Thursday and Friday\nGrades K through 4\n$10/member   $15/non-member each workshop\nIncludes snack and all materials\nRegistration is required.\nStill time to register as all workshops are not yet full.\nby calling 802-447-1571 ext. 203. \nJoin in the exploration of winter for a day or for the week. \nMonday\, February 18\nFor the Birds\nFebruary is National Bird-Feeding Month\, so we’ll spend the afternoon making bird feeders for and learning about our feathered-friends. \nTuesday\, February 19\nSnowflake Bentley\nVermont native\, Wilson Bentley took photographs of snowflakes\, proving that no two are alike.  We’ll celebrate Snowflake Bentley with stories\, snow-crafts\, and\, weather-permitting\, some snowflake investigation of our own. \nThursday\, February 21\nWonderful Winter Art\nGet inspiration from Grandma Moses\, who used glitter to make her snowy scenes sparkle.  We’re all about Winter today as we make all sorts of snowy works. \nFriday\, February 22\nAnimals Everywhere\nIs there a bear lurking in the Museum?  We’ll find out as we search the galleries for animals large and small\, sharing stories and creating art along the way. \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/winter-vacation-week-workshops-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190217T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190217T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T190445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T185856Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society - A Tale of Two Cars
DESCRIPTION:A Tale of Two Cars:  Bennington and\nthe Electric Railroad Interubans\, 1900-1910\nPresented by George Lerrigo\nSunday\, February 17\,  2:00 pm\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public \n  \nIn his presentation\, Lerrigo explores the history of two street railroad cards\, The Bennington and The Berkshire interconnected to the Oneida Railway.  Two thousand miles and over 19 different companies provide this tour and retain the title of the longest trolley ride ending in the Midwest.  Both these cars still exist\, one restored and one in less than prime condition.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190205T194829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T195737Z
UID:10001164-1550151000-1550154600@benningtonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  I Love Museums
DESCRIPTION:Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration\, stories\, and art.  Join us as we explore I Love Museums.  As we travel the galleries we will be looking for hearts and signs of love in the paintings and other objects on view. \n  \n  \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-i-love-museums/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T192109
CREATED:20190118T174326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190125T152038Z
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SUMMARY:New Finds about the Battle of Bennington
DESCRIPTION:Leroy Williams\nPrisoners Taken at the Battle of Bennington (detail)\nAugust 16\, 1777\nOil on canvas\, 72 x 144 inches\nPainted for the Museum in conjunction with the WPA\nCollection of Bennington Museum \nNew Finds about the Battle of Bennington\n\nOn Saturday\, February 2 during FREE Community Day at the Bennington Museum\, join the Curator of the Bennington Museum Jamie Franklin at 2:00 pm when he presents “A Battle of Bennington Veteran’s Portrait Rediscovered – and Acquired.” Learn about the fortunate circumstances that led to Bennington Museum’s acquisition of a tintype and miniature portrait of Lt. Jonathan Holton\, a soldier in the Battle of Bennington. A Lieutenant of the Nichols Regiment\, Holton was wounded at Bennington on August 16\, 1777. His wound is visible in the portrait which is on view Early Vermont Gallery along with the watercolor. \nFranklin’s brief presentation serves as the introduction to “Sipp Ives – a Black Green Mountain Boy Killed at the Battle of Bennington” a talk given by Phil Holland and Lion G. Miles exploring the often overlooked stories of the black soldiers who fought in the American Revolution. \nBackground\nIn 1837\, 90-year-old Daniel Brown made a pension declaration on behalf of a fellow Revolutionary War captain’s widow in which he recalled “a black man on the ground that was mortally wounded” at the Battle of Bennington. Lion Miles has identified that man as Sipp Ives\, from the settlement that later became Cheshire\, Mass. Miles and Holland will speak about what we know – and don’t know – about Ives\, who enlisted in Col. Seth Warner’s regiment\, known as the Green Mountain Boys\, in 1777\, the year of the Battle. The arrival of the Green Mountain Boys on the battlefield turned the fight decisively against a corps of reinforcing German auxiliaries and sealed the American victory. The role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War and of other blacks at the Battle of Bennington will also be addressed. \nBios of Presenters\nFollowing a career as a Navy and commercial airplane pilot\, Lion G. Miles\, MA has devoted himself to the study of the Battle of Bennington and other Revolutionary-Era subjects. He is an expert on the Stockbridge Indians and has published a Mohican dictionary. He has made many presentations on the Battle\, including some to Bennington audiences. He was instrumental in identifying the German prisoners who died in custody in Bennington after the Battle\, and whose names are inscribed on the common grave in the Old Bennington Cemetery. He has lectured on blacks in the Berkshires and contributed research to Gary Nash’s Friends of Liberty (2012). He lives in Stockbridge\, Mass. \nPhil Holland is a writer and voice actor. He is the author of A Guide to the Battle of Bennington and the Bennington Monument\, “Robert Frost in Bennington County\,” and The Dance Must Follow. He has made public presentations on the Battle of Bennington and was Program Coordinator of the 2018 CVHNP Local Heritage grant to the Bennington Museum for a public education project on the Battle. He lives in Shaftsbury\, Vermont.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/new-finds-about-the-battle-of-bennington/
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