Editor’s note: Please send visual art listings to jim.lowe@timesargus.com or jim.lowe@rutlandherald.com.
Barre
ARTE at 159 North Main: “Autumn Pond Abstract,” through Dec. 30, paintings by Ann Young, 159 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com
Espresso Bueno: Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr., through Dec. 28, paintings by Vermont illustrator, cartoonist, author, historian and educator, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-0896, espressobueno.com
Art at Morse Block: “Old Houses,” through Jan. 19, paintings by Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr., Morse Block, 260 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com
Studio Place Arts: “Celebrate!” through Dec. 28, Celebrate the season with more than 80 local artists, SPA, 201 N. Main St., Barre, 802-479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com
Bennington
Bennington Museum: “Haunted Vermont,” through Dec. 31, “A Brief History of Bennington,” through Dec. 31, 75 Main St., Bennington, 802-447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org
Monument Arts: “Vermont Landscapes,” through Dec. 31, featuring more than 100 paintings by regional artists; “The Norman Rockwell Mystery,” ongoing, Don Trachte Sr. replicas found behind a secret wall, Corey Pitkin, through Dec. 31, paintings and drawings by renowned pastel artist, Monument Arts and Cultural Center, 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington, 802-318-4444, www.monumentcentervt.org
Berlin
First Congregational Church: “Strands — Stories, Music and Meditations,” Dec. 2-31, paintings by Cabot concert pianist Diane Huling, 1808 Scott Hill Road, Berlin, 802-522-7649, email vermontartmusic@gmail.com. Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday. Opening reception, 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday Dec. 2.
Brandon
Brandon Artists Guild: “Merry and Bright,” through Jan. 28, annual holiday gift show; New members, through Jan. 28, jewelry by Joy Oxley, woodcraft by David Munyak, and paintings, sculpture by Peter Root, 7 Center St., Brandon, 802-247-4956, brandonartistsguild.org
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: Through March 9: “Home Bodies,” collaboration between ceramic artist Fawn Krieger and textile artist David B. Smith; “And to This World,” printmaker Michael Smoot; “Sounds Deep,” sculptor Art Costa; “Paper Made” (closes Feb. 11), a group show by nine artists working in fiber and paper, BMAC, Union Station, Main Street (Route 5) and Routes 119 and 142, Brattleboro, 802-257-0124, www.brattleboromuseum.org
Mitchell-Giddings: “Dan Welden: Solo 100,” through Jan. 14, printmaker, painter, author, educator and inventor of the solarplate etching process celebrates his 82nd birthday with 100th exhibition, 183 Main St., Brattleboro, 802-251-8290, www.mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com
Vermont Center for Photography: “Wish You Were Here,” through Dec. 31, work by South Dakota artist Epiphany Knedler, Brattleboro, 802-251-6051, www.vcphoto.org
Burlington
BCA Center: “Texture & Response,” through Jan. 26, exploring visual texture with New England artists Karen Cygnarowicz, Gracia Nash, and Ann Wessmann; “Terry Ekasala: Layers of Time,” through Jan. 27, East Burke artist’s improvisational paintings explore the threshold between abstraction and representation, Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington, 802-865-7551, www.burlingtoncityarts.com
UVM Fleming Museum: “PRAXIS,” through Dec. 8, recent work by studio art faculty at UVM; “Art and the Matter of Place,” through Dec. 8, works from the collection contemplate time and place; “Land Marks,” through Dec. 8, paintings of human-altered landscapes; Collections Gallery, ongoing, evolving museum practice and experience, UVM campus, 61 Colchester Ave., Burlington, 802-656-0750, www.flemingmuseum.org
Glens Falls, N.Y.
The Hyde Collection: “Edward Degas, the Private Impressionist,” through Dec. 31, works on paper by the artist and his circle; “Ron Jude: 12 Hz,” through Dec. 31; “Degas at the Hyde: A Master of Form,” through Dec. 31; “Illustrations,” through Dec. 31, Honoré Daumier, Winslow Homer and Anthony Saris; “Hyde House and the Permanent Collection,” through June 1, 2050, 161 Warren St., Glens Falls, New York, 518-792-1761, hydecollection.org
Hanover, N.H.
Hood Museum of Art: “Kent Monkman: The Great Mystery,” through Dec. 16, work by the Cree artist; “Gather, Move, Resonate,” through Dec. 21, 2024, textile-based sculptures by Nick Cave and Jeffrey Gibson; “Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art,” through May 25, 2024, featuring over 75 works drawn from the museum’s collection; “Kent Monkman: The Great Mystery,” through Dec. 9, including new commissions responding to works in the collection by the Cree artist, Dartmouth College, 4 E. Wheelock St., Hanover, N.H., 603-646-1110, hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
Jeffersonville
Bryan Memorial Gallery: “Gems,” through Dec. 23, annual exhibition featuring 8-by-10-inch or smaller artworks by gallery members; “Land & Light & Water & Air,” through Dec. 23, showcasing the timeless allure of landscapes; Legacy Collection, through Dec. 23, works of 17 distinguished New England landscape artists plus works by Alden Bryan and Mary Bryan, 180 Main St., Jeffersonville, 802-644-5100, www.bryangallery.org
Johnson
Vermont Studio Center: Margaret Jacobs, through Nov. 29, recent works by Akwesasne Mohawk artist, Red Mill Gallery, 80 Pearl St., Johnson, 802-635-2727, www.vermontstudiocenter.org
Manchester
Southern Vermont Arts Center: Fall/Winter 2023 Member Exhibition, through March 3, Yester House; “Ashley Bryan: The Spirit of Joy” and “The Wee Worlds of Sally Mavor,” through Jan. 7, Wilson Museum; “The Wee Worlds of Sally Mavor,” through Jan. 7, Wilson Museum, Yester House, 930 SVAC Drive, Manchester, 802-362-1405, www.svac.org
Middlebury
Middlebury College Museum of Art: “Tossed: Art from Discarded, Found and Re-purposed Materials,” through Dec. 10; Permanent Collection Galleries, ongoing, Mahaney Center for the Arts, South Street (Route 30), Middlebury, 802-443-5007, museum.middlebury.edu
Town Hall Theater: “Learning Together,” through Dec. 22, student and teacher work from Middlebury Studio School, 68 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, 802-388-1436, townhalltheater.org
Montpelier
The Front Gallery: “Delia Robinson: Then and Now,” through Nov. 26, plus varied work by artist members, 6 Barre St., Montpelier, 802-552-0877, www.thefrontvt.com
North Branch Café: “Beyond the Portrait,” through Dec. 31, paintings and drawings by Middlesex artist August Burns exploring the inner beauty of the human face, 41 State St., Montpelier, 802-229-5676, thenorth-branch.com
North Branch Nature Center: “Fruits of the Forest Floor,” through Dec. 22, mushroom-themed group show in various media from artists across New England, Gallery, 713 Elm St., Montpelier, 802-229-6206, northbranchnaturecenter.org
T.W. Wood Gallery: “Ruins: Poems and Paintings of a Vanishing America,” through Dec. 28, paintings by Anna Held Audette and poetry of Suzanne Nothnagle; “Art of Thomas Waterman Wood,” ongoing; “Works Progress Administration Artwork,” ongoing, 46 Barre St., Montpelier, 802-262-6035, www.twwoodgallery.org 200th Anniversary Gala and Art Opening, 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1.
Poultney
Stone Valley Arts: Artist Members’ Show, through Dec. 10, work by 21 artists from around the state in a variety of media including painting, photography, woodturning, pottery, collage, and mixed media, Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, 145 E. Main St., Poultney, 802-287-8197, stonevalleyarts.org
Putney
NXT Gallery: “Dragon Land,” through Feb. 11, paintings by Putney artist and acupuncturist Sarah H. Paulson, Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, 802-387-0102, nextstagearts.org
Rutland
Chaffee Art Center: Annual Member Holiday Exhibit & Shoppe, through Jan. 12, 16 S. Main St., Rutland, 802-775-0356, www.chaffeeartcenter.org
VTSU Castleton Bank Gallery: “Hand in Glove,” through Dec. 31, photographic portraits by Nick Mango of Tinmouth community members juxtaposed with the gloves they work with, 104 Merchants Row, Rutland, 802-282-2396, www.castleton.edu/arts/art-galleries/
Springfield
The Vault: “Autumn Color / Winter White,” through Dec. 7, latest Open Wall show, Gallery at the Vault, 68 Main St., Springfield, 802-885-7111, www.galleryvault.org
Stowe
The Current: 2023 Members’ Art Show & Sale, through Dec. 16, featuring the work of 76 Vermont artists, 90 Pond Street, Stowe, 802-253-8358, www.thecurrentnow.org
Tunbridge
Tunbridge Public Library: “The Art of Seeing,” through Feb. 3, photographs by Kimberly Hargis of Thetford Center, 289 Route 110, Tunbridge, 802-889-9404.
Waitsfield
Mad River Valley Arts: “Beyond the Curve,” through Jan. 6, Vermont Abenaki Artist Situation presents a special exhibition about the Abenaki COVID experience, The Gallery at Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main St., Waitsfield, 802-496-6682, madrivervalleyarts.org Hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
