Vermont Exhibition

Fine art and contemporary American craft. March 1–April 3: Oil paintings of landscapes around Northern New England by Stefan Pastuhov and Gary Shepard. April 5–May 2: Paintings in oil and pastel of New England by Kate Beetle and abstract paintings by colorist E. Joseph McCarthy.

Through April 11: In the Garden, a platform for artists, poets, and performers. Within the walls of The Current, artists present a disparate array of topics through work that uses the garden as a motif, setting the stage for connection and cultivation. Artists in this exhibition use the metaphor of a garden to address climate change, decolonization, feminism, societal tensions, and our endangered environment. Artists include: Carlos Amorales, Cameron Davis, Wylie Garcia, Valerie Hammond, Mary Mattingly, Ebony G. Patterson, Paul Anthony Smith.

March 7–April 26: RISE: Trees; Our Botanical Giants features twenty artists paying homage to the “tree” in the creative process. Artists salute to their relationship with wood materials reclaimed or formally crafted and in doing so push the conversation between man-made and nature into one of collaborative celebration. Discussion: Thursday, April 18, 5 p.m. with Shelby Perry, Wildlands Ecologist with Northeast Wilderness Trust. Free and open to the public.

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. Opening February 9: Here Now: Art and Migration, international and regional artists whose work explores concepts of borders, movement, and migration across local urban centers and global geographies; Margaret Jacobs: Kinship, steel sculptures and finely crafted jewelry, exploring the tensions and harmonies between the man-made and natural worlds. Free and open to the public.

Nestled in the heart of White River Junction, Long River Gallery features the art and craft of over eighty local artists from Vermont and New Hampshire. Through May 1: Artist Prue Merton displays her work from a selection of collages of decorated papers that suggest surprising perspectives using color and pattern. Opening reception: Friday, March 1, 5–7 p.m.