Mad River Valley Arts

Opening May 29: Earthen. An interactive show about the material of clay, form and culture. Clay is sustainable, natural and useful. Its potential purpose in domestic interior design, medicine, architecture and as a construction material is astounding. It’s integral technologically to our present and future lives. In this show, artists push their practices into experimentation and conceptual expansion with clay as material, inspired by a deep dive into its origins. Reception: Thursday, June 5, 5–7 p.m.

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Burlington City Arts

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 May 24: Bunny Harvey: Worlds Within Worlds, featuring the landscape paintings of Vermont-based artist Bunny Harvey, with several new works created by the artist over the last year. Stéphanie Morissette: Speculative Future, a selection of works on paper and mixed-media bird-drone sculptures, exploring the conflicting relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Free and open to the public. 

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The Current

Opening January 16: Timothy Curtis: Two Hundred Years of Painting. Curtis will explore the relationships between Pennsylvania Dutch Stoneware of the 1860s in Philadelphia, 1960s graffiti writing in the same area, and his own artwork, highlighting the thread of influence in one region over 200 years. View original stoneware and new paintings by Curtis, along with a special area dedicated to celebrating the lives and work of 1960s African American Philadelphia graffiti writers.

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Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts

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.

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Hall Art Foundation

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.

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