American Craft Week starts tomorrow, and Vermont is a big participant. From the Vermont Crafts Council open studio directory for Windsor and Orange counties, I found silk painting in Hartland and studios that include fiber crafts in Woodstock and Randolph. That's separate from the Vermont North By Hand open studio tour, which includes three weavers and a coatmaker.
On top of that, Vermont Sheep and Wool is this weekend at the Tunbridge fairgrounds. There will be demonstrations and classes about all things wool-related, from raising wool-bearing animals to shearing to spinning to knitting, weaving, and felting.
There don't seem to be any Craft Week events in the eastern half of the Upper Valley, but the next League of New Hampshire Craftsmen exhibit in Hanover includes art embroidery.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Thursday, December 5, 2013
First Friday in White River Junction
Tomorrow is the first Friday in December, which means it is time for what has typically been the largest First Friday event of the year in White River Junction. Just about every art gallery and studio in town is open, and several places you might not expect - the full list is on the Facebook event page. There's a limited amount of fibery action, but taking in work done in different media can be inspiring and educational. Many artists are on hand to chat, there's a lot of free refreshments, and at every turn you'll find a different live musical performer.
One of the organizers is Kim Souza, owner of one of the fiber-related locations, the clothing store Revolution on the corner of Currier and Main. There will be live music in the store, despite the apparent lack of space for it:
Since I have the picture, here's Revolution's wall of indie designers, most of whom are local:
You'll see more of them another time.
The block outlined by Currier, Main, and Gates Streets has many open studios. If you proceed north on Bridge Street you'll reach the Main Street Museum, collection of oddments, for an open house and Victrola music. If instead you go west on Main Street you'll reach the Tip Tip building, of which this is one of the many hallways:
Lots of exhibits, lots of studios. Continuing on will take you to the Upper Valley Food Co-op, which is having an open house with a shopping discount, and around the back of the building is the door that leads to the upstairs. There you'll find the raucous Vital Communities annual open house. Down the hall will be the substantially quieter Sew-op open house, the other main fiber-related location, where at least one of your two bloggers will be most of the time between 4 and 7. Hope to see you!
One of the organizers is Kim Souza, owner of one of the fiber-related locations, the clothing store Revolution on the corner of Currier and Main. There will be live music in the store, despite the apparent lack of space for it:
Since I have the picture, here's Revolution's wall of indie designers, most of whom are local:
You'll see more of them another time.
The block outlined by Currier, Main, and Gates Streets has many open studios. If you proceed north on Bridge Street you'll reach the Main Street Museum, collection of oddments, for an open house and Victrola music. If instead you go west on Main Street you'll reach the Tip Tip building, of which this is one of the many hallways:
Lots of exhibits, lots of studios. Continuing on will take you to the Upper Valley Food Co-op, which is having an open house with a shopping discount, and around the back of the building is the door that leads to the upstairs. There you'll find the raucous Vital Communities annual open house. Down the hall will be the substantially quieter Sew-op open house, the other main fiber-related location, where at least one of your two bloggers will be most of the time between 4 and 7. Hope to see you!
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