Shedding Light on a Working Forest
Jun
26
7:00 PM19:00

Shedding Light on a Working Forest

THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY DUE TO COVID 19

Join painter Kathleen Kolb and poet Verandah Porche for an evening of art and poetry. “Shedding Light on a Working Forest” is a traveling exhibition of paintings and narrative verse that celebrates the forested landscape and those who have honed their skills to make a living there. The artists will discuss their creative process, share stories and answer questions from the audience.

Select pieces from the exhibition will be on display through Local Wood Month, June 3-30.

Books will be available for sale. To RSVP call (413) 625-9151 or email info@franklinlandtrust.org

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Northern Woodlands
Oct
15
to Jul 15

Northern Woodlands

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After an engaging presentation by Kathleen and Verandah at the Northern Woodlands Annual Conference in Fairlee, VT, a few remaining available works from this exhibition have gone to be displayed in the Northern Woodlands office in Lyme, NH. If you are in that area and interested in seeing the works in person please give them a call at (603) 795-0660 and stop by!

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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Apr
7
to Jul 5

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Arts will host the final display of Shedding Light on the Working Forest.  We will present 16 visual works with accompanying texts in gallery space on the level four from April 7 through the month of June. Their mission is to offer artwork on display for patients, visitors, staff, students and volunteers as a very important aspect of the healing environment of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. We are glad to support this mission, which in turn offers our work a 24/7 audience in New Hampshire, for the duration of the exhibition.  We were thrilled with the reception this show received at Central Vermont Medical Center, where we witnessed staff and visitors enthusiastic delight in the exhibition. This convinced us of the value of this type of exhibition venue.

Please come to the opening reception for the exhibition at Dartmouth Hitchcock, on Thursday, April 27 from 5:00 - 6:30 PM.  Verandah and I would be very happy to see you!

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Holden Arboretum
Apr
4
to Jun 5

Holden Arboretum

Holden Arboretum pursued hosting this project because they believe it is a perfect complement to their programs, which support a vision "to ensure that vibrant green communities and diverse native forests of the Great lakes region will flourish and sustain life." We are honored to work with them towards that vision!

We are ending this exhibition tour with two concurrent venues: 13 visual works with accompanying texts will be on display at Holden Arboretum, outside Cleveland, Ohio for the months of April and May.

In addition, an opening reception and artists' talk is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 from 7:00 - 8:30 in the evening.  Verandah and I look forward to sharing the story of our collaboration with visitors there!

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Exhibition: Paul Smith's College, New York
Feb
3
to Mar 30

Exhibition: Paul Smith's College, New York

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This is the seventh venue for the full exhibition of SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST.  Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks will host the project in the HERON MARSH GALLERY at the Visitor Information Center (VIC).  Professors and students at the college will be able to take advantage of the exhibit.  Visitors may also want to take advantage of the wonderful trail system at the VIC!

The gallery at the Visitor Information Center is open 9-5, Wednesday through Sunday.

Heron Marsh Gallery is a beautiful space, made of stone and glass with plenty of natural light. February 3 we had a wonderful presentation for faculty and students at Paul Smith's College.

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Exhibition: Berlin, Vermont
Jan
5
to Jan 29

Exhibition: Berlin, Vermont

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST will be on display in the gallery at the main entrance of the Central Vermont Medical Center for the month of January 2017.  The space is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Concurrently, six pieces from the show will be on view at the Vermont Statehouse cafeteria gallery.

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Vermont State House
Jan
3
to Jan 27

Vermont State House

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In January 2017 the Vermont State House is hosting a selection of six paintings and texts from SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST in the cafeteria gallery on the second floor.

The State House is open 8:00 - 4:30 Monday and Friday, and 8:00AM -8:00 PM Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday now, during the legislative session.  It is closed on weekends.

The remaining 23 works in the exhibition are on view at the Central Vermont Medical Center, nearby. They are open 24/7!

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Exhibition: Montpelier, Vermont
Oct
5
to Dec 30

Exhibition: Montpelier, Vermont

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The Vermont Supreme Court Gallery is the fifth major venue for SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 2, from 4-7 please come for the Montpelier art walk!  As Verandah says, "light refreshments and heavy equipment"!

Stay tuned for additional details at this venue.

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"Forty Years and a Saw" Storyteller Bill Torrey
Sep
4
5:00 PM17:00

"Forty Years and a Saw" Storyteller Bill Torrey

Storyteller Bill Torrey appears in three of the painting in the traveling exhibit "Shedding Light on the Working Forest".  Go see the paintings at the Battell Stoeckel Gallery (open 12-4) in the Yale art barn, where the works that include Bill are hung. Then hear Bill tell hilarious stories about his life in the woods!  His storytelling will be at the Norfolk Library, across the road from the Battell Stoeckel estate.

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Exhibition: Norfolk, Connecticut
Aug
6
to Sep 28

Exhibition: Norfolk, Connecticut

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This is the fourth venue for SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST.  It is being co-hosted by the Norfolk Library and the Great Mountain Forest.  You are invited to an opening reception on Sunday afternoon, August 7 from 4-6 PM at the Norfolk Library.

The exhibition is hung both at the Norfolk Library and at the Battell Stoeckel Gallery across the road. The library is open every day.  Hours vary, check the library website for times. http://norfolklibrary.org/library-hours/

The Battell Stoeckel Gallery has weekend viewing hours, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY from 12 to 4. The Battell Stoeckel Gallery is the large room in the Yale Art Barn, formerly the carriage barn on the Stoeckel Estate in Norfolk.  It sits down the drive behind the large house on the estate, known locally as "the White House".

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Exhibition: Bangor Public Library
Jun
29
to Aug 1

Exhibition: Bangor Public Library

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This is the third full scale venue for Shedding Light on the Working Forest.  The exhibit is in the library's Lecture Hall and newly renovated Cyr Gallery, in Bangor, Maine.

Kathleen and Verandah will give an artists' talk about the exhibition project and their collaboration to close the exhibition on Monday, August 1 from 5:30-6:30 PM.

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Barrette Center for the Arts
May
13
to Jun 24

Barrette Center for the Arts

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Poet Verandah Porche and painter Kathleen Kolb talk about their new exhibit, “Shedding Light on The Working Forest”: Kathleen’s luminous paintings of logging operations are paired with Verandah’s “Told Poems” by forest workers.  The two artists will talk about their unusual collaboration and individual visions.  A selection of the paintings and accompanying narrative will be on display through most of June.  Image: still from the documentary film CHESTER GRIMES, which will be shown 5/13.

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Bill Torrey, Storytelling Logger
Apr
2
5:00 PM17:00

Bill Torrey, Storytelling Logger

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LIVE STORYTELLING: Forty Years and a Saw. Storyteller and Logger, Bill Torrey, presents a program of logging and other Vermont stories starting at 6 PM at the Marquis Theater.

The exhibition SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST will stay open for viewing from 5-6, with a "meet and greet", preceding the storytelling.  Come see the show!

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