The Current

UNDER A WEEK LEFT! Thank you to everyone who has already submitted to our 2024 Members’ Art Show + Sale. We can’t wait to see our gallery walls full of your work. The submissions portal closes October 14, so visit https://lnkd.in/d3K-Tf8T to be included in this annual celebration of our Members. Not a member of The Current yet? Join today to be included in this special exhibition and? receive other benefits including an annual $25 discount on a class or workshop, priority early registration for all classes, invitations to members-only previews and events, and more!? . . . ?#artexhibition #artgallery #vermontgallery #vermontartist #stowearts #vermontarts #create #makeart #stowe #2024membersartshow #stoweartsandculture #supportthearts ???: Ted Ceraldi? “Hollyhocks”, 2023

See Chakaia Booker Thursday, 10/17 at 5pm in our galleries.

October 26, 5pm The Comfort Farm Join us for our first-ever community Barn Dance to benefit The Current. Slip into your favorite fall sweater and your dancing boots for a uniquely Vermont evening of BBQ, live music by The Legendary House Band and Model Agency, and dancing with friends at The Comfort Farm Barn & Gallery. Together we will celebrate the changing season and our local art community, including a printmaking exhibition of all the works created by SES students with renowned artists-in-residency Chakaia Booker and Justin Sanz. ?Ticket includes: BBQ dinner buffet All non-alcoholic beverages Two drink tickets for beer & wine (Cash bar will be available) Complimentary transportation shuttle to and from Stowe Village ? 100% of admissions proceeds benefit The Current. Guests must be 21+

Join us for our OPENING FESTIVAL June 22 from 4-7pm to celebrate our new indoor and outdoor exhibitions. This special event includes an artist walkabout through town, live music, complimentary refreshments, and a food truck. Exhibitions are on view June 22 –October 19, 2024. RSVP welcomed at https://lnkd.in/d8d4M7ay TAKING TIME: A Solo Exhibition by Chakaia Booker Curated by Rachel Moore Chakaia Booker chooses discarded tires to create beauty from detritus, and elegance from industry in a way that both simply is, and yet has strong underpinnings of social and environmental justice. EXPOSED 2024 Annual Sculpture Exhibition Curated by Rachel Moore. Featuring work by Chakaia Booker, Christopher Curtis, Clark Derbes, Woody De Othello, Justin A. Kenney,? John Matusz, Oren Pinhassi, Don Porcaro, Jonathan Prince,? Jackson Tupper, and Hank Willis Thomas. CLIMATE IMPRINTS: Printmaking Exhibition Curated by Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. Featuring work by John Andrews, Chakaia Booker, Edward Fausty, Anna Fiacco, Rie Hasegawa, Shervone Neckles, Mohammad Khalil, Essye Klempner, Tara Sabharwal, Justin Sanz, Sarah Sears,? Yasuyo Tanaka, and Ethan Tate. . . . [???: 1. Chakaia Booker, “Midtown South,” Courtesy of the Artist. 2. Hank Willis Thomas, “Ernest and Ruth,” ?Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. 3. Chakaia Booker, “Untitled (cb.09.14),” Courtesy of the Artist.]

The Current is your membership-based organization. Our members provide the reason, the resources, and the inspiration for year-round, admission-free exhibitions and art education for all. Help us get 100 new or renewing memberships by the end of June by becoming a member today at https://lnkd.in/gPMPk5eP

Thank you to all who came out to celebrate the fantastic talent and work of local students at our opening reception for the 2024 Student Art Show. If you weren’t able to make it, this special annual showcase is on view in our galleries through June 1. We can’t wait to see you! The Student Art Show was made possible with the support of our members and these sponsors: The Barr Law Group The Bagel Black Cap Coffee & Bakery Commodities Natural Market National Endowment for the Arts Red Barn Ice Cream Stowe Reporter/Stowetoday.com Vermont Arts Council

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Mary Mattingly Mary Mattingly is an artist who makes sculptures and photographs about imagined futures. She builds sculptural ecosystems that prioritize access to food, shelter, and clean water, resulting in large-scale participatory projects around the world. These underwater gardens are collages made with a fish tank, mirrors, digital collage, and physically cutting and pasting images together to imagine plant evolution in the riparian zone. These watery landscapes allow Mattingly to dream as she imagines assisted plant migration and plant adaptation in the near future. When the collages are completed, they are rephotographed. This series of work is reflective of the “power of water, time, and the life force of the riparian edge.” Mattingly explains such work as “a reminder that it is a right and responsibility to care for these cycles.” Visit our current exhibition “In the Garden” before it closes on April 11 to view these works in person. If you are interested in collecting these works, contact our curatorial team at [email protected]. ??: “Lotic Shoal,” Mary Mattingly, 2023 “Riparian Edge,” Mary Mattingly, 2023 “Moon Field,” Mary Mattingly, 2023 “Night Garden,” Mary Mattingly, 2023

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??Calling all Bruins Fans: We’re thrilled to share a sneak peek of exclusive items signed by the legendary Bobby Orr up for auction only at The Gala on April 13. If you haven’t grabbed your tickets yet, visit?https://lnkd.in/emzNGD_V?to secure yours before we sell out. .