The first fall exhibitions at the AVA Gallery and Art Center open Friday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
In the downstairs galleries, China Marks, a New York artist who makes “drawings” using thread and a sewing machine, rather than pencil or charcoal, will exhibit her work in “Gods and Men.” Janet Hulings Bleicken, of Hancock, N.H. will show tapestries in the exhibition “When I Grow Up I’ll Be a Painter, Too.” Leah Woods, a designer and maker of wooden furniture and art objects, and an associate professor of art at the University of New Hampshire, shows recent work.
The gallery talks are, in order: China Marks this Friday at 4 p.m.; Woods, Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m.; and Bleicken, Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. All four exhibitions run through Oct. 6.
Stephanie Gordon, an art teacher at Hanover High School, will show encaustic paintings in “Close to Home” in the Johnson Sisters Library on the second floor.
Meanwhile, a show of work by AVA artists continues at Pompanoosuc Mills showrooms in East Thetford. The exhibit includes work by Joe Carton, Penny Koburger, Judy Laliberte, Elizabeth Mayor, Rosamond Orford, and Sue Schiller. Through Sept. 23.
An exhibition of “Landscapes from Around New England” by artist Pat Little opens today at the Tunbridge Public Library. Little used to work as a nurse at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and now lives in Massachusetts. There will be a public reception on Sept. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibition continues through Oct. 20.
Art Classes
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction is offering four fall classes in a variety of techniques. Rachel Gross will lead a workshop on copper plate etching on Friday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Mary Mead will demonstrate the how-tos of pronto plate lithography on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sheri Hancock-Tomek will teach printing with solar plates on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 6 and 7, from 9 a.m. to noon.
In addition, printmaker Brian Cohen will offer a three-part history of printmaking, as well as the opportunity to learn some essential techniques. The first and last sessions will be held at Two Rivers on Saturday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 28; and the second, on Friday, Oct. 20 will include a field trip to Smith College’s Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
For a complete schedule and fees, go to tworiversprintmaking.org or call 802-295-5901.
Ongoing
Aidron Duckworth Art Museum, Meriden. “Pride of Plainfield,” a community exhibition celebrating the town’s agricultural richness through photographs, articles and audio, is up through Oct. 29. Featured businesses include Edgewater Farm, Garfield’s Smokehouse, Hall Apiaries, McNamara Dairy, Noda Farm, Riverview Farm and Taylor Brothers Farm. “Bartelli Murals Remembered,” a 1990 mural by Aidron Duckworth, runs through Sunday. The sculpture of Claremont artist Ernest Montenegro is on view through Oct. 29.
BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vt,. “Land, Sea and Sky,” paintings by Peter Brooke, ends Sunday. More of Brooke’s paintings, including works on panel, are on view at BigTown’s outpost in the Champlain Valley, at 245 Main St., Vergennes, Vt. 802-349-0979.
Also at BigTown in Rochester are prints and sculpture by the late Hugh Townley, and “Commune,” an exhibition of photographs of buildings by Boston- and Vermont-based photographer Erik Baier. Both shows end Sunday.
Center for the Arts, New London. Three exhibitions are on view in micro-galleries throughout town: “Kearsarge and Beyond,” a collection of photographs by New London resident Larry Harper, are on view at Lake Sunapee Bank in New London. Enfield artist Amy Fortier exhibits “Faux-Zaic Designs” in the micro-gallery at Whipple Hall. Maria Blanck, a part-time resident of New London, and Yvonne Shukovsky, of Springfield, N.H., show their work in the exhibition “Potpourri” in the lobby of the New London Inn. All through Oct. 28.
Chelsea Public Library. “In the Garden,” a show of watercolor and mixed-media paintings by part-time Corinth resident Megan Murphy, runs through October.
Converse Free Library, Lyme. Members of the artists’ group Odanaksis show their work in the exhibition “Summer Time in Lyme.” Through Sept. 30.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. The hospital’s summer art exhibitions include the work of seven New England artists: Mark Bolton, Carol Keiser, Alison Palizzolo, Richard Perry, Sheryl Trainor and Robin Weisburger. It also features masks created by patients in the psychiatric unit as part of the project “The Faces of Mental Illness and Healing.” Through September.
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vt. There are three shows currently on view: “Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros,” a show of more than 80 paintings on the subject of romantic and sexual love; “Ready. Fire! Aim,” a collaboration between the foundation and Burlington City Arts; and a solo show by David Shrigley. Through Nov. 26.
Howe Library, Hanover. On display in Ledyard Gallery is an exhibition of photographs by Max Fehr, of Berlin, Vt. Each photo is paired with one of Fehr’s poems. The show runs through Oct. 4.
Library Arts Center, Newport. The annual Juried Regional Exhibition continues through Sept. 29.
Kilton Public Library, West Lebanon. Susan Pearson, a pastel artist from Canaan, exhibits her work during regular library hours through Sept. 30.
Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock. An exhibit featuring diverse work from the craft group Women of Wonder (WOW) is on view through Sept. 30.
Philip Read Memorial Library, Plainfield. “A World of Color,” a multimedia exhibit featuring 12 artists from Plainfield, Cornish and Windsor, is up through Oct. 14.
Royalton Memorial Library, South Royalton. Lindsey Cole, a seventh-generation Vermonter and South Royalton native with a master’s degree in environmental law from Vermont Law School, shows paintings, drawings and photographs through Sept. 29.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish. Nancy Azara’s exhibition, “Passage of the Ghost Ship: Trees and Vines,” ends Sunday.
Scavenger Gallery, White River Junction. Stacy Hopkins shows her jewelry, including her collection of cast animal and bird skulls provided from the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences in Quechee.
SculptureFest, Woodstock. An extension of SculptureFest, curated by Jay Mead and Meg Brazill, features work by Mary Admasian, Ethan Ames, Barbara Bartlett, Brenna Colt, Charlet Davenport, Nera Granott Fox, Susie Gray, Rachel Gross, Margaret Jacobs, Marek Jacism, Jay Mead, Mary Mead, Murray Ngoima, Tracy Penfield, Otto Pierce, Cristina Salusti and Jeffrey Simpson.
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. The prints of Nori Pepe are on view through September.
White River Gallery at BALE, Royalton. “Patrick Dunfey: Large Works on Paper” is up through Sept. 30. As part of First Friday in White River Junction, Dunfey will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Studio 225 in the Tip Top Building.
Nicola Smith can be reached at nsmith@vnews.com.