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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
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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
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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:20260407T114247
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180716T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180720T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20180619T192340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180619T193704Z
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SUMMARY:Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE) comes to Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Vermont Arts Exchange Camps at Bennington Museum\nVermont Arts Exchange (VAE) and Bennington Museum have combined forces to bring\ntwo VAE camps to the beautiful Hadwen Woods and George Aiken Wildflower Trail of\nthe Museum. While much of the time will be spent outdoors\, each camp is set to integrate\nMuseum exhibitions and artists such as Edward Koren and Bill Botzow. For information contact\ninfovae@comcast.net or 802-442-5549. Register for these camps online at vtartxchange.org \n  \nMonday\, July 16 VAE Camp OUTDOOR SCULPTURE is instructed by Matthew Perry. Artists who work\nwith natural materials such as Bill Botzow serve as the inspiration as participants create small models and large-scale works of their own. Be prepared to think outside the box\, get messy\, and have fun! 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each dayAges 8+. $225 Fee.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/vermont-arts-exchange-vae-comes-to-bennington-museumuilt-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180730T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180803T160000
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SUMMARY:Gimme Shelter VAE Camp at Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Vermont Arts Exchange Camps at Bennington Museum\nVermont Arts Exchange (VAE) and Bennington Museum have combined forces to bring\ntwo VAE camps to the beautiful Hadwen Woods and George Aiken Wildflower Trail of\nthe Museum. While much of the time will be spent outdoors\, each camp is set to integrate\nMuseum exhibitions and artists such as Edward Koren and Bill Botzow. For information contact\ninfovae@comcast.net or 802-442-5549. Register for these camps online at vtartxchange.org \n  \nMonday\, July 30 through Friday\, August 3 –  VAE Camp GIMME SHELTER is instructed by Gabi Rynes. Campers utilize the beautiful  Hadwen Woods to explore\, design\, and create dwellings and shelters. Rain or shine\, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prepare for adventures with mud\, sticks\, vines\, and Museum exploration. Ages 8+. $225 Fee.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/vermont-arts-exchange-vae-comes-to-bennington-museumuilt-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180805T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180805T153000
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SUMMARY:Digging Deep into the New Deal in Vermont
DESCRIPTION:Join Curator of\nBennington Museum\nJamie Franklin\nfor a Gallery Talk on\nCrash to Creativity:\nThe New Deal In Vermont\nSunday\, August 5\, 2018\n2:00 to 3:30 PM\n$5/Bennington Museum Members    $10/Not-Yet-Members\nFee does not include admission to other galleries. \nThe days were dark as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 took its toll on the country in the early 1930s. It has often been said that the Depression didn’t have much impact in Vermont. “Depression\, what Depression?” was the quip. Vermont had always been a hard-scrabble place and the Depression just forced farmers and shop-keepers into a local barter-based economy. But the state of Vermont was not spared. Many of those in the towns\, as well as those living by the land\, saw their lives crumble before them. \nHowever\, 1934-1944 was also a time of immense creativity and innovation in the Green Mountain State. Artists\, architects\, writers\, construction workers\, and civil employees\, whose work was funded through Federal New Deal programs\, helped to document the state’s history\, record the conditions of contemporary life during the Depression and recovery\, and build infrastructure that continues to benefit us today. In a recent lecture on the economic innovations of the time\, a guest speaker highlighted parallels to modern developments in the digital age\, such as the rise of casinos without KYC\, which prioritize user accessibility and privacy. These examples show how advancements in different eras\, whether through public works or digital platforms\, can leave a lasting impact on society. \nOn view at the Bennington Museum from June 30 through November 4\, Crash to Creativity: The New Deal in Vermont sheds light on the important\, under-studied aspect of Vermont’s history\, focusing on the role these many government sponsored New Deal projects.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/digging-deep-into-the-new-deal-in-vermont/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180908T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180908T160000
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SUMMARY:Woody Guthrie: “Dustbowl Balladeer” a presentation by Mark Greenberg
DESCRIPTION:In his music and his writing\, Woody Guthrie chronicled the devastation of the 1930s dust storms and the Great Depression\, championing the dispossessed as well as economic and social injustice.  Many of his songs such as “This Land is Your Land” have become American classics\, and he has influenced subsequent songwriters\, among them Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.  This presentation by Greenberg explores Guthrie’s always-rambling life and legacy through readings from his prolific prose writings\, recorded and live examples of his music\, and slides of Guthrie’s own art and photographs documenting his complex life and times. \nMark Greenberg is an educator\, writer\, musician\, producer\, and proprietor of Upstreet Productions\, specializing in radio\, video\, and audio projects involving traditional folk music and oral history. He has been involved with folk and traditional music since the 1960s.  Greenberg taught American Studies and Humanities at Goddard College from 1991-2003 and courses in American vernacular music at the University of Vermont from 2006-2015\, including the travel-study course Chasing the Blues. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Chicago. \nGreenberg has produced audio documentaries for National Public Radio\, and his work has received a Grammy Nomination (Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers)\, NAIRD Award\, awards from Parents’ Choice and the American Library Association\, and a Peabody Award Nomination (Spotlight: Radio Visits with Vermont Artists).  His musical groups have included The Lake Country String Band\, Coco & the Lonesome Road Band\, Licks & Notions\, Bob Yellin & the Joint Chiefs of Bluegrass\, and Dave Van Ronk’s Kazoo-o-phonic Jug Band.  He currently plays with the duos Good Old Wagon and Anything Goes.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/woody-guthrie-dustbowl-balladeer-a-presentation-by-mark-greenbergrformance-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180915T153000
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SUMMARY:Working Out\, A conversation with the Artist and the Curator
DESCRIPTION:Saturday September 15\, 2018 2:00 PM\nArtist Bill Botzow and Curator Jamie Franklin\nWorking Out\, A Conversation with the Artist and the Curator\nFree! Includes admission to the Regional Artists Gallery where works by\nBotzow are on view \nAda Paresky Education Center. \nIn conjunction with his current exhibition CAMBIUM (Into the Woods): Works by Bill Botzow\, artist and sculptor Bill Botzow and Bennington Museum’s curator Jamie Franklin present Working Out\, a conversation about Botzow’s outdoor sculptural installations\, his traveling drawing projects\, and his way of working. Audience participation in the conversation is encouraged. This program is on Saturday\, September 15 at 2 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum. It is free and includes admission to the Regional Artists Gallery where many of Botzow’s works are on view. \nRead More \nBill Botzow (b. 1945)\, Cube\, 2018 (detail)\, Maple\, metal screws. Courtesy of the artist \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/working-out-a-conversation-with-the-artist-and-the-curator2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:“What We Could Build: Bennington Architecture as Technology”\nPresented by Jane Radocchia\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public \nPractical Geometry.  What’s that? “Knowledge your ancestors used in construction that was lost during the Industrial Revolution.”  Radocchia explains how House-wrights\, joiners\, and masons used geometry for layout and design in the Western World until the late 19th century.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20180709T184802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T134809Z
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SUMMARY:Community Day  - Art\, History\, Nature\, and More
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for Community Day – Admission FREE!\nOn Saturday\, September 22 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is free for all visitors.  Join us for a day of Celebrating our new fall exhibitions including the 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt\, Where did You Come From Anyway?: Works by Pat Musick\, and the opening of WWI – Bennington and The First Great War.  If you want to get outdoors\, take a walk on the George Aiken Wildflower Trail where a new Trail Tale was installed or visit the upper end of the Pine Loop to see Joe Chirchirillo’s sculpture “Crow.”   Walk the trail and enjoy stopping at each post for another bit from this wonderful book.  And don’t miss the Children’s Sculpture Garden in the Hadwen Woods.  The Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE) Bus will be on property for your to explore your artistic side. \n  \nRead More
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/community-day-art-history-nature-and-morema-moses-american-modern-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180922T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:Meet Vermont Artist Pat Musick
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, September 22\n3:00 pm to 4:30 pm\nMeet and speak with\nArtist\nPat Musick\nas we celebrate\nWhere Did You Come From Anyway?\nWorks by Pat Musick\non view September 15 through December 30\n \nMeet Pat Musick at an opening reception in the Works on Paper Gallery of the Museum on September 22 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. This reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition\, Where Did You Come From Anyway? is a retrospective of work from Musick’s entire career spanning 55 years.  It will be on view in the Works on Paper Gallery at Bennington Museum from September 15 through December 30.  Pat is an American artist who lives in Manchester Center\, Vermont. \n  \nArtists Statement: \nMusick’s painted wall sculpture of the same name is the signature artwork of this exhibition. Musick says about this sculpture\, “I looked up from addressing museum announcements to see my mother looking at me quizzically. Then she asked\, ‘Where did you come from anyway?’ These were almost the last words she spoke to me before she died. They burned into my psyche\, and I knew I would someday paint an answer to her question.” This work is a statement about Musick’s roots. “My family came from Iowa farmland\, were conservative and typical\, but I was always different. I stand alone on an island beside a blue cornstalk. Although my feet are firmly rooted in the land\, my head is in a pink cloud. The world\, both vibrant and dark\, swirls around me.” she states.  \n  \n \nPat Musick (b. 1926)\nWhere Did You Come From Anyway? 1985\nOil\, paper and wood\, 62 x 36 x 4 inches\nCourtesy of the Artist
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/meet-vermont-artist-pat-musick/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:What's New About Jane Stickle and Her Quilt
DESCRIPTION:Saturday September 29\, 2018 2:00 PM\nPamela Weeks: What’s New About Jane Stickle and Her Quilt?\nFee: $7/Bennington Museum Member $10/non-member\nFee does not include general admission to the galleries. Participants will have an opportunity to see the quilt\, following the presentation. \nBuy your ticket through the online store here\nPamela Weeks\, Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum\, shares information about the famous 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt and its maker. Weeks physically examined and conducted extensive research on the quilt in 2013\, on the 150th anniversary of its making. With contributions from Bennington Museum staff and Stickle family members\, Weeks was able to shed new light on the life of the Vermont farm wife who made an incredible quilt. \nJane Stickle’s hugely ambitious quilt is unique among mid-nineteenth- century American quilts. The small size and sheer quantity of the uniquely patterned blocks in Stickle’s quilt is especially notable. The average size of a quilt block during this period was 8 to 12 inches square\, while the 169 blocks in the Stickle quilt measure 4 to 5 inches square\, or one quarter the typical scale. Many of the blocks are intricately pieced\, the individual pieces ranging in size from less than a quarter of an inch to 2 inches on a side and some of the blocks having as many as thirty-five to forty pieces. The quilt contains a remarkable 5\,602 pieces surrounded by a unique scalloped border. Amazingly\, none of the printed fabrics are used in more than one block. \n  \n1863 Jane Stickle Quilt \n  \nSampler Quilt\, 1863\nJane A. Stickle (1817-1896)\nPieced cotton with linen backing Sampler Quilt\, 1863
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/whats-new-about-jane-stickle-and-her-quilt/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181007T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181007T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:Art and Architecture of the New Deal in Vermont
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, October 7\, 2018\n2:00 – 3:30 PM (followed with Q&A)\nDevin Colman\, State Architectural Historian at the\nVermont Division of Historic Preservation in Montpelier\npresents\nArt & Architecture of the New Deal in Vermont.\nJoin Devin Colman\, State Architectural Historian at the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation in Montpelier as he presents Art & Architecture of the New Deal in Vermont. His illustrated talk explores the New Deal art and building programs of the 1930s\, with an emphasis on projects undertaken in Vermont. A graduate of Colby College\, Colman earned his MS in Historic Preservation at the University of Vermont. This presentation is free and includes admission to the Museum’s summer exhibition Crash to Creativity: The New Deal in Vermont. \nThis presentation is free and includes admission to the Museum’s summer exhibition Crash to Creativity: The New Deal in Vermont. \nStudy for Maple Sugar Industry\, Vermont\, 1939 Peppino Gino Mangravite (1896-1978) Oil on canvas\, 33 x 37 inches “Lost Vermont Images” collection of Lyman Orton at The Vermont Country Store \nThe days were dark as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 took its toll on the country in the early 1930s. It has often been said that the Depression didn’t have much impact in Vermont. “Depression\, what Depression?” was the quip. Vermont had always been a hard-scrabble place and the Depression just forced farmers and shop-keepers into a local barter-based economy. But the state of Vermont was not spared. Many of those in the towns\, as well as those living by the land\, saw their lives crumble before them. \nHowever\, 1934-1944 was also a time of immense creativity and innovation in the Green Mountain State. Artists\, architects\, writers\, construction workers\, and civil employees\, whose work was funded through Federal New Deal programs\, helped to document the state’s history\, record the conditions of contemporary life during the Depression and recovery\, and build infrastructure that continues to benefit us today. \nOn view at the Bennington Museum from June 30 through November 4\, Crash to Creativity: The New Deal in Vermont sheds light on the important\, under-studied aspect of Vermont’s history\, focusing on the role these many government sponsored New Deal projects. \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/art-and-architecture-of-the-new-deal-in-vermont/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:Adventures on the Prowl for Early Vermont Furniture
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 13 at 2:00 p.m. William Hosley\, historian\, writer\, photographer\, and more\, presents Adventures on the Prowl for Early Vermont Furniture.\nSaturday\, October 13\, 2018\n2:00 – 3:30 PM\nWilliam Hosley\, historian\, writer\, photographer\, and more\npresents\nAdventures on the Prowl for Early Vermont Furniture\nPicture Show and Lecture\n\nIn this program\, Hosley shares discoveries he attained from 40 years of sleuthing around small museums\, private estates and estate auctions in search of Vermont-made furniture treasures. Beginning in the 1970s\, curator and author Bill Hosley\, conducted the first statewide survey of Vermont furniture and has been turning over stones in search ever since. $7 for members and $10 for not-yet-members includes Hosley’s talk and admission to the Early Vermont Gallery at Bennington Museum. \n  \n \nVermont is a place where “Locally Grown” is alive and doing very well\, and has been since the late 1700s.  Vermont cabinetmakers\, operating amidst abundant raw materials and liberated from the shadow of major cities\, continue to provide convincing evidence of an emerging American artistic culture. Vermont supplied its own needs for furnishings and housing from the time of first settlement well into the 19th century when railroads brought imported goods from distant markets. Using local materials and design to satisfy local tastes\, Vermont cabinetmakers\, chair makers and joiners produced furniture of distinctive quality. \nThis important chapter in the art history of early Vermont is the focal point of Early Vermont\, Bennington Museum’s most recent permanent gallery installation.  The Early Vermont Gallery 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. (1760s to early-1800s) Explored through stories and vignettes\, this gallery showcases over 85 major pieces and smaller items from the Museum’s extensive historical collection of over 30\,000 objects. 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.  In addition\, this important chapter in the art history of early Vermont and Vermont-made is kept alive today by the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers and several prominent Vermont-based furniture manufacturers. \nWilliam Hosley \nHosley discovered his passion for art\, architecture and local history prowling around Vermont during his years as a student at Vermont Academy and Middlebury College. By the age of 25\, he’d visited – camera in hand – all 251 towns in Vermont. He was formerly Director of the New Haven Museum and Connecticut Landmarks\, where he cared for a chain of historic attractions. Prior to that\, as a curator and exhibition developer at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford\, Hosley organized major exhibitions including The Great River: Art & Society of the Connecticut Valley (1985)\, The Japan Idea: Art and Life in Victorian America (1990)\, and Sam & Elizabeth: Legend and Legacy of Colt’s Empire (1996)\, that spawned the Coltsville National Park. As an expert in heritage tourism\, he has studied\, lectured and advised museums and heritage destinations around the country. Hosley has also served as a content specialist for PBS\, BBC and CPTV film documentaries. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/adventures-on-the-prowl-for-early-vermont-furniture/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T143000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Sound in Nature
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 welcome Michael Clough\, Educator from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum for stories\, activities\, and more. \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-sound-in-nature/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181009T132609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181009T132609Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Social and Meeting for Members and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Join with members of the museum\, friends\, and invited guests to honor Elizabeth Coleman and Susan Sgorbati\, recipients of this year’s Walloomsac Society Award\, and Frances Holbrook\, General Stark Society Award winner.  Hear some exciting news regarding the Museum\, the town and region presented by Board Chair Edie Sawitsky and Executive Director Robert Wolterstorff.  Look what’s coming in 2019 is presented by Curator Jamie Franklin including a look at the 2019 major exhibition Fields of Change: Vermont in the 60s\,  opening on June 29\, 2019.  There will be food and drink and plenty of time to socialize.  RSVP – October 12 to Deana Mallory at 802-447-1571 ext. 203 or rsvp@benningtonmuseum.org.  To help minimize our expenses\, a suggested donation of $20/per person is requested.  We look forward to seeing you then.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/annual-social-and-meeting-for-members-and-friends/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20180124T174049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180820T194052Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:“From the Village Nook to the Paradise: Bennington’s Eateries of the Past”\nPresented by Ted Bird\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public \n  \nTake a journey down memory lane and revisit many of the places to eat in Bennington.  With his usual flair\, Ted\, using his vast photo collection\, takes us from place to place adding bits of information about each stop.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181015T151242Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  He Came with the Couch
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 Fun with Furniture. \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-he-came-with-the-couch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20180508T195212Z
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SUMMARY:Bennington Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:Cindy Butler Presents\n“A Sense of Place: The James C. Colgate Family”\nAda Paresky Education Center of the Bennington Museum.\nFree and Open to the Public \nJames Colby Colgate was one of Bennington’s most distinguished part time residence. He was a lawyer and stockbroker with a home on Park Avenue. Bennington\, Vermont held a special draw for James C. Colgate and he\, and his family\, spent extensive time in their “cottage”\, Ben Venue on Mount Anthony Road. He also owned and operated Fillmore Farm\, a 3\,000 acre farm in Old Bennington where he raised milk cows and prize winning horned Dorset Sheep. He was very generous to the village of Old Bennington\, paving a stretch of road which is now part of Route 9 and giving money for the purchase of the old Saint Francis de Sales Church to create the Bennington Museum. \nCindy Butler has spent the last few years researching the J.C. Colgate Family and the time they spent in Bennington.  She is in the process of writing a biography of the Colgate family. She will share some of her research about the immigration of Colgate’s parents\, his marriage to Hope Conkling and the choices their four daughters made in their lives\, but most of all their impact on Bennington.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bennington-historical-society-4-2-2-2-2-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181102T145747Z
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SUMMARY:The Festival - Peace\, Love\, Harmony: 1960s Vermont FAMILY DAY
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the season with $3 admission to the museum for everyone! \nAny child that brings new school supplies or a personal care item for Sunrise Family Resource Center is admitted free. Due to the generous support of local businesses and friends of the Museum\, all crafts and visits with Santa are FREE. One of the newer donors runs comparison sites for the best online casinos\, but their contribution came in the form of prepaid gift cards for the boutique. 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 5–12 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 theme – Peace\, Love\, Harmony\, 1960s Vermont and these area all available for you to win. Purchase your tickets and place them in the box that corresponds to the item you would like to win.  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 23 – 25 and again on December 1\, the Museum Store is offering museum members a 25% discount while not-yet-members receive 15% off their entire purchase. \nFamily Day\nSaturday\, December 1 – 10 am to 5 pm\n$3 Admission – Any child that brings new school supplies or personal care item for Sunrise Family Resource Center is admitted free. \nChildren’s Shopping Boutique – 10:30 am to 3:30 pm\nShoppers’ helpers and free gift wrapping for children ages 5 -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\nBennington College\nCindy Thomson\nExpress Copy\, Inc.\nGVH Studio\nHanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home\nManchester Newspapers – Media Sponsor\nRaymond Bolton Law Office\nTom Lyons & Family\nBennington Subaru – Family Day Sponsor\nBennington Express Lube AND Car Wash\nD.B. McKenna & Co\, Inc.\nHawkins House – Family Day Sponsor\nHoisington Realty\nSalem Dentistry
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/festival-peace-love-harmony-1960s-vermont-family-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181102T133341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T201630Z
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SUMMARY:Peace\, Love\, Harmony - 1960s Vermont - FESTIVAL GALA
DESCRIPTION:Time to get decked out in your best threads and join the Party!  Its gonna be a blast!  Where did you put those bell bottoms? That tie-dyed shirt? Paisley and Flower prints?  Dig out your best attire from the 1960s and 1970s. \nDelicious Holiday Offerings and “Goodies” of the 60s with a Modern Twist \nFull Cash Bar with themed cocktails\, brews\, and more \nDJ Jim Woodward will blow your mind with the\ngreatest sounds of the 60s and 70s mixed with seasonal favorites \nGroovy Silent Auction \nAwesome Closed-Bid Auction of Original Unreal Artwork.  Take a look. \nDuring the evening of December 7\, enjoy the wonderful exhibition of awesome original artwork by regional artists and place your best bid in the closed-bid auction.  (50% of the proceeds goes to the artist.  50% to the Bennington Museum) *Closed-bid auction closes December 28 at 4 pm\nSEE THE WORKS HERE! \nThe Gala\nFriday\, December 7\, 2018\n7 to 10 pm\nMAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!!\nCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE \nMillennial and Gen Z reservation $1 per year of age\, 10 through 35* \n$85 per person early bird paid by November 16\n$100 per person paid after November 16 \n“Plus One” Package – Pay for 5\, Get 6\n$425 paid by November 16\n$510 paid after November 16\n*Young people under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. \nAda and Paul Pareksy Wing\nBennington Museum\n75 Main Street\nBennington\, VT 05201 \nSo that we can plan in advance\nPlease RSVP by November 23\n802.447.1571 x 200\nby mail or\nthrough the online store at\nbenningtonmuseum.org \nBennington Museum hosts the premiere event of the season and the Museum’s biggest annual fundraiser\, the Gala. In 2019 we will be looking back 50 years to the end of the 1960s with a cluster of exhibitions\, celebrations\, and events. This year’s Festival gets it started by looking at the lasting impact of the art and spirit of the 60s on today’s artists\, and serves as a prelude to next summer’s major exhibition Fields of Change: 1960s Vermont. \n  \n The Festival is supported by:\n  \n \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nBennington College\nCindy Thomson\nExpress Copy\, Inc.\nGVH Studio\nHanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home\nManchester Newspapers – Media Sponsor\nRaymond Bolton Law Office\nTom Lyons & Family\nBennington Subaru – Family Day Sponsor\nBennington Express Lube AND Car Wash\nD.B. McKenna & Co\, Inc.\nHawkins House – Family Day Sponsor\nHoisington Realty\nSalem Dentistry
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/peace-love-harmony-1960s-vermont-festival-gala/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181213T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181213T143000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181015T151520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T152752Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs:  Peace\, Love\, Harmony
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 explorethe Festival theme of Peace\, Love\, Harmony. \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-peace-love-harmony/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181215T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181206T172933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174648Z
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SUMMARY:Take a Break from the Holiday Bustle with VC3
DESCRIPTION:Take a break from the holiday bustle and relax as Bennington Museum presents VC3\, a new trio whose three distinguished cellists – Elizabeth Anderson\, Käthe Jarka\, and Robert La Rue — are bringing the multi-cello ensemble into the world of serious chamber music. Held on Saturday\, December 15 at 2:00 pm 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. \nFor this concert\, VC3 will perform Three Fantasias for Three Viols\, Z. 732-4 (1680) Henry Purcell (arr. Moore)\, V3 (2016) Inessa Zaretsky\, Sonata in G minor\, BWV 1029 J.S. Bach (arr. La Rue)\, Serenata per tre violoncelli (2007) Krzysztof Penderecki\, and Suite for Three Cellos (1921) Fernand de la Tombelle. \nAbout VC3\n\nIn two seasons\, VC3 has built a rich and eclectic repertoire spanning five centuries which includes original\, historical compositions\, arrangements and transcriptions\, and new works written especially for the group to perform. They have been warmly received in venues throughout the greater New York City area\, including the Arion Chamber Music\, Hudson View Gardens\, and Salon 74 series in Manhattan\, the Friends of the Warner Library series in Tarrytown\, and Bruce Adolphe’s Garden City Chamber Music series on Long Island. \nElizabeth Anderson performs as cellist of the Cassatt String Quartet\, and with VC3. She was formerly cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Meliora Quartet and is Assistant Principal Cellist with the New York City Opera Orchestra. As recitalist she has toured throughout the United States\, Europe and Asia. Elizabeth has recorded for Nonesuch\, Telarc\, (Mendelssohn Octet with the Cleveland Quartet) and RCA. Her newest solo CD\, “Latifa Noor” includes improvisations on Indian Raga for cello and voice. \nKäthe Jarka has performed to critical acclaim in major concert venues across the United States\, Canada\, and in Europe as a recitalist and chamber musician. She has collaborated with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma\, Ruth Laredo\, Grant Johannesen\, Donald Weilerstein\, and the Juilliard Quartet\, and has participated in the Marlboro Music Festival. She has appeared several times as a guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a member of the Shanghai Quartet\, she toured extensively\, appearing at the Tanglewood\, Norfolk\, and Ravinia festivals\, among others. She is also an artist member of the Garden City Chamber Music Society. \nRobert La Rue was First Prize Winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition\, selected by a jury chaired by Mstislav Rostropovitch. Currently the cellist of the Alcott Trio and a member of VC3\, he was also cellist of the New England String Quartet and the Lehner Trio. Summers have taken him to the Bard Festival and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (where he has served as visiting faculty of the Yale Summer School of Music.) Internationally\, he has been heard at the Evian Festival in France\, the Banff Festival in Canada\, on the Listasafns Sigurjons Olafssonar Concerts in Reykjavik\, Iceland and the Frideriksdal Slotskonzerter series in Denmark. He is a member of the New York City Operat Orchestra and has also performed frequently in the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/take-a-break-from-the-holiday-bustle-with-vc3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181231T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181231T123000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20181211T211631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181211T212433Z
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SUMMARY:Kid's New Year's Eve Party
DESCRIPTION:Ringing in the New Year isn’t just for Adults!\nWant to celebrate the arrival of 2019 but bedtime is at 8:00? No problem! Put on your party clothes and join us at the Bennington Museum as we welcome in the “Noon” Year with music\, dancing\, party hats\, noisemakers\, sparkling grape juice\, and the countdown to Noon! And there is so much more. Create your own special hat before moving on to the Silly Photo Station to have your picture taken with friends and family. Get “decked out” in silly moustaches\, boas\, glasses and more. Create a beautiful fireworks print with paint and pipe cleaners. So much fun. \nBennington Museum’s annual Kids’ “Noon” Year’s Eve Celebration is on Monday\, December 31\, 2018 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. Admission is $3/child for Bennington Museum Members and $5/child for Non-Members. Adults are welcome to join the party at no charge\, but to explore the galleries\, regular admission will be charged. Registration is not required. We hope you can join us. \nAbout the Museum\nBennington Museum is located at 75 Main Street (Route 9)\, Bennington\, in The Shires of Vermont. The museum is open Thursday through Tuesday\, 10 am to 5 pm. It is wheelchair accessible. The Museum will be closing at 1:00 pm on December 24 and 31. It will be closed December 25 and January 1. Visit the museum’s website www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 802-447-1571 for more information.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/kids-new-years-eve-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
CREATED:20190118T175740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190122T165958Z
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SUMMARY:Community Day at Bennington Museum
DESCRIPTION:Luigi Lucioni  (1900-1988)\nFall Shadows\, 1947\nWatercolor on Paper\n13.5 x 20.25 inches\nBennington Museum Collection\nGift of Gary and Deborah Lucidon\nBennington Museum – New Look at Art and History\n\nFrom its beginning\, Bennington Museum has collected documents\, objects\, and art that reflect the region’s\, and state’s\, rich history. This continues today. However\, over the past ten years the Museum has taken a new look at more recent works created by regional artists which has allowed the Museum and its visitors to further explore the rich history of Bennington and Vermont. Many of these works have found their way into the Museum’s collection and are included in the opening exhibitions for 2019. \nJoin us on Saturday\, February 2 when admission to Bennington Museum is FREE for everyone from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visit all the new exhibitions and possibly interact with some of the student artists who are invited to come in and pick-up their Certificate of Participation in the 2019 Annual Student Art Exhibition. \nOpening in the Works on Paper Gallery is Works on Paper: A Decade of Collecting\, on view through May 5. Bennington Museum has always collected works on paper\, with a focus on historic materials. Recently\, a greater focus has been placed on 20th-century and contemporary material. Now in the fifth season of our Works on Paper Gallery\, we celebrate with an exhibition that features a disparate body of works\, from historic to contemporary and self-taught works\, to creations by Bennington Modernists. Artists represented include Gayleen Aiken\, Milton Avery\, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley\, Paul Feeley\, Luigi Lucioni\, Duane Michals\, and Norman Rockwell. “It’s really my goal to highlight the diversity of our collections and collecting practices in this show\,” states curator Jamie Franklin. \nA small yet captivating exhibition titled Vermont Folk Sculpture: Recent Acquisition is on view in the John T. Harrison\, Jr. Orientation Gallery. This exhibition highlights the recent acquisition of a Carved Corner Post\, c. 1900 created by Russell 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. \nFeatured in the Regional Artists Gallery through May 27 is The Mind’s Eye: Paintings\, Sculpture\, and Books by Paul Katz. This exhibition features a variety of works\, including paintings\, sculpture and drawing books\, mainly from Katz’s Prelude and Interlock series. The Preludes includes paintings and everyday found objects with words painted on them as if on intertwined ribbons. The words are all taken from Henry 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. “As I have worked on my “Prelude” project\, I have come increasingly able to see it as something as nearly post-apocalyptic as that photograph but with culture\, itself\, in the form of poetry settling like ash over everything. The dense patterns of lines and letters that cover all my surfaces make the actual poem impossible to read but I feel that I honor it\, nevertheless\, through an act of penitential diligence\,” stated the artist. \nOf course the kickoff for 2019 would not be complete without the Annual Student Art Exhibition on view through March 12. Celebrating the art created by students in public and private schools in Bennington and surrounding communities\, this annual exhibition explores the artistic development of students as it presents artwork of the region’s elementary\, middle and high school students. The exhibition displays work ranging from whimsical projects by the young students to more advanced work of older students. Ceramic work\, paper sculptures\, and more complement collage\, pastels\, and pen and ink drawings. \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. \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. \nComing Soon:\nMarch 30-June 11 – Up Home: Hand-Colored Photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport.  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.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/community-day-at-bennington-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T114247
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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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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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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