Vermont Exhibition

Fine art & contemporary American craft. November 1–December 5: Oil paintings of New England by Jacqueline Jones, Don Demers and Beth Bathe. Opening reception: Friday, November 1. Peter Skolnick on piano. December 6–January 2: Oil paintings by Gary Shepard; paintings of farm animals and others by Caryn King. Opening reception: Friday, December 6. Peter Skolnick on piano.

Ongoing: Decade: 2014–2024, commemorating Mitchell • Giddings’ 10th anniversary with an exploration of printmaking by Matt Brown, Liz Chalfin, Elaine de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Stephen Hannock, Emily Mason, Jules Olitski, James Stroud, Dan Welden, and others. Opening a fine art gallery in 2014 provided owners Petria Mitchell and Jim Giddings an ideal opportunity to share conversation among artists, collectors and lovers of the visible creative act.

The Hall Art Foundation is a museum of contemporary art with a sculpture park and café. Exhibitions are held seasonally, from May through November. On view this year: Barbara Kruger; Ed Ruscha; Sherrie Levine; Doomscrolling by Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston and Icarus Rising by Robert Longo. Advance reservations recommended, yet not required. General admission: $15 adults; $5 children 12 and under.

November 7–December 19: Elemental, a group show about water and its soulful impact on our daily lives. Artists in Elemental share the ethereal beauty of water and ask us to reflect upon our deep connection to this element of nature. Unusual materials and whimsical forms in their varying creative practices force the viewer to contemplate colors, textures, and emotions of imaginal landscapes, and to evoke the connection between them through the balance of harmony and disharmony, structure and chaos and the dance between light and shadow.

A contemporary art gallery with up to three floors of exhibition space, hosting new exhibitions every fall, winter/spring, and summer, on Burlington’s iconic Church Street Marketplace. Through February 1, 2025: Passages: Identity, Memory, and Transformation, a group of contemporary artists who embrace themes of journey and transformation in their art. Through January 18, 2025: Between the Covers: Works by Jane Kent, artist books, broadsheets, and working drawings created by the artist in collaboration with eight authors over the past 25 years. Free and open to the public.

Ongoing: Desire Lines featuring the artwork of Alex Callender, Nandini Chirimar, Tara Geer, Maggie Nowinski, Dana Piazza, James Siena; Susan Mikula: Island; Adrienne Elise Tarver: Roots, Water, Air; The Noise of Us, featuring the artwork of Felipe Baeza, Ori Gersht, Simonette Quamina, and Maika’i Tubbs, and Vanessa Compton: A Night at the Garden. November 7–11: The 17th Annual LEGO Contest & Exhibit. Details at brattleboromuseum.org. Admission is pay-as-you-wish.