Hotchkiss School Tremaine Gallery

Through April 6: The Art of Joy Brown, a retrospective tracing Brown’s work, from tiny clay figures to clay-headed puppets, to small statues and wall tiles, to the monumental work found in public spaces. Hear Joy Brown speak, along with documentary filmmaker Eduardo Montes Bradley who is completing a film about Brown, Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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Fuller Craft Museum

Ongoing: Cicely Carew: BeLOVEd. Ongoing: Everybody’s Bolos. Ongoing: Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene. Ongoing: Hand in Hand: Works from the Fleur S. Bresler Collection. Ongoing: Small Wonders: Beauty, Alchemy, and the Art of Enameling. Fuller Craft Museum’s wide-ranging exhibitions and outdoor sculpture showcase the finest contemporary craft in a spectacular organic modernist building and woodland setting. All are welcome, completely free of charge.

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Mad River Valley Arts

Opening April 10: The Thief, The Spinner and The Fabulist. Reception: Thursday, April 10, 5–7 p.m. Story-telling moths: Thursday, April 10, 5–7 p.m. & Saturday, April 26, 5–7 p.m. This exhibition embraces the stories behind material culture and examines the physical object whether as art, gift, “symbolic other” or that which is used by us. The exhibition is a means to understand who we are through what we collect and how “physical things” interact in our lives. Mad Arts will curate inanimate objects that its community has loaned to them and will utilize the composition and symbolism that the still life genre conveys. This installation will be the tool for storytelling about the “physical world” in our community. Accompanying this exhibition are two story-telling moths where creatives from the community can, although not obliged, share stories of how these objects came into their lives.

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ECOCA

March 9–April 20: Tin There, Done That: Adria Arch, Adam Brent, Tamara Dimitri, Madison Donnelly, Terry Feder, Lesley Finn, Elli Fotopoulou, Deborah Greco, Shanti Grumbine, Nate Heiges, Tom Kutz, Hillel O’Leary, Maria Markham, Sok Song, Alixe Turner, Shane Ward, Christina Wood. A Desire Path: Jessica Bottalico, Annie Ewaskio, Jessica Fallis, Sydney Kleinrock. Stone Screen: Anita Maksimiuk. Maidan: Amartya De. Reception: Sunday, March 9, 1–3 p.m.

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The Umbrella Arts Center

Through March 23: Twice the Speed of Bliss: Paintings and drawings by Kat O’Connor. Through March 23: Ways of My Ancestors—
Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness
, photography by Scott Strong Hawk Foster. March 28–April 7: 2025 Artrageous Auction group exhibition. Opening April 14: Weaving an Address, a mixed media and performance group exhibition installed indoors at The Umbrella and outdoors at Brister Hill commemorating colonial and revolutionary Black inhabitants of historic Walden Woods. May 2–4: Umbrella Open Studios and Ceramics Studio Sale.

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the corner gallery

April 4–May 21: Travels, mixed media paintings of Tom Arsenault. Deftly merging paint and historical artifact, Arsenault creates ethereal scenes that evoke curiosity and emotion. Blending objects of art from both Eastern and Western traditions, his work seemingly transcends time and place, instead drawing the viewer into a mysterious dreamscape of rich color and surprising depth. Reception: Friday, April 4, 5:30 p.m.

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ShowUp (formerly Beacon Gallery)

Opening March 7: ShowUp presents A Stone in My Shoe, Caron Tabb’s third solo exhibition, featuring a series of multimedia fiber installations that delve into themes of grief, memory, and resilience. Drawing from the loss of her mother and the rising tide of antisemitism, Tabb weaves personal and collective narratives, visualizing internal struggles to inspire dialogue, reflection, and empathy.

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Newport Mansions

Through January 12: Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age (1865–1914), Americans’ relationship with animals transformed in lasting ways. Wild Imagination explores how this exciting, tumultuous era shaped our modern attitudes towards animals, from pampered pups to wondrous sea creatures. A broad range of artworks, photographs, scientific specimens, and other objects reflect vital period developments including the dawn of the animal rights movement, the surge in pet keeping, the popularization of natural history pursuits like birdwatching, and the golden era of zoos and circuses. They also reveal the stories and experiences of individual creatures who continue to capture our imagination.

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Clark Art Institute

Winter is the ideal time to visit the Clark! A renowned collection of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and decorative arts fills the galleries. Outside, the walking trails wind through a serene wintry landscape. Borrow a free pair of snowshoes to explore the campus. Opening November 23: Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable. Opening December 14: Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris.

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New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill 

November 23, 2024–January 5, 2025, evenings: Experience Night Lights: Color Cascade, a breathtaking light display celebrating the magic and beauty of the winter season. Wander through formal gardens and conservatories illuminated by more than a quarter million artfully arranged lights. With displays showcasing a creative new theme each year, this dazzling, one-of-a-kind spectacle is unmatched in the region. Festive activities such as outdoor skating, s’mores roasting, and holiday shopping promise an unforgettable experience for visitors of all ages.

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SONO Arts at The Norwood Space Center

The Norwood Space Center will celebrate the holidays with vendors, food trucks, and Salvage Angel’s Holiday Stroll. SONO Arts—the resident artists—will open their studios in Building 6 and guest artists from Norwood and surrounding communities will join them for an art exhibition. Free and open to the public. To learn more, visit Norwoodspacecenter.com/events.

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