For Immediate Release: November 13, 2018
Contact: Susan Strano, Marketing Director
802-447-1571 ext. 204
sstrano@benningtonmuseum.org
Images: Visit with Santa
Festive Affair at Bennington Museum
The Festival – Peace, Love, Harmony: 1960s Vermont
New this year – Millennial and Gen Z pricing
It is that time of year. Bennington Museum’s Festival is soon here and this year it celebrates the creativity of a wide range of work created by thirty-eight regional artists responding to the theme, Peace, Love, Harmony: 1960s Vermont. In 2019, the Museum 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. This lends itself to wonderful interpretations such as collage art, paintings, woodwork, textiles, sculpture, and more.
Surprises will delight visitors in the galleries, as well as those who join us at the Gala on December 7 and on Family Day on December 1. The exhibition is open November 23 through December 28. The original artwork created by the regional artists is available to own through a closed-bid auction taking place November 23 through December 28, 4 pm. Stop in early and often at no charge to bid on that special gift while supporting the museum’s largest annual fundraiser.
Participating Artists: Willard Boepple, Bill Botzow, Paedra (Peter) Bramhall, Jonathan Brand, Kevin Bubriski, Bruce Campbell, Misa Chapell, Katie Cleaver, Susan Crile, T.W. Collins, Vanessa Compton, Jim Dodds, Patrick Dunfrey, Alisa Dworsky, Tom Fels, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, David Holzapfel, Laurence Hyman, Jon Isherwood, Jeanne Joudry, Hugh Joudry, Constance Kheel, Lodiza LePore, Mary Muncil, Sara Farrell Okamura, Lauren Olitski, Leslie Parke, Aysha Peltz, Matthew Perry, Rhonda Ratray, Danny Sagan, MaryJane Sarvis, Peter Schumann, Teru Simon, Barbara Takenaga, G. Winterhalter, Donna Wynbrandt, and Jules Zanes.
Family Day and Children’s Shopping Day – Saturday, December 1st, 10 am to 5:00 pm
Adults Can Go Shopping Too! The Museum Store is offering an expanded selection of artisan products just in time for the holidays. On November 23, 24 and 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.
The Gala, Friday, December 7th, 7 pm to 10 pm
The Museum thanks their lead lead media sponsors the Bennington Banner and Manchester Newspapers. Invitation packages designed by Maru León Design and printed by Express Copy Inc, Manchester, VT. Thanks also to the businesses, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and individuals that have supported this year’s Festival. The museum is located at 75 Main Street (VT Rt. 9), Bennington in the Shires of Vermont. Visit www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 802-447-1571