This weekend marks the beginning of the end of a long-running art project: The finel exhibition of Aidron Duckworth’s work opens with a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Aidron Duckworth Art Museum in Meriden.
As already documented in this space, the museum is in its final year. Set up by a trust that Duckworth created before his death in 2001, the museum has hosted 33 shows of its namesake artist’s work. “Exhibition XXXIV” is devoted to Duckworth’s images of multi-faceted, multi-dimensional faces.
Also opening at the ADAM on Saturday are “Lush Surface,” new paintings and works on paper by Boston area artist Anne Johnstone and “Sharp Focus,” new sculptures by New York City artist Dan Waller.
Other exhibitions at the Duckworth Museum include: “Tactics/Being Close” a site-specific, interactive sculptural collaboration by Lucy Pullen and Tom Butter; “Tree and Vessel,” an exploration of traditional Bonsai by Norwich native Kyle Morrison; and “Bugs About/Diagonal Science,” recent sculptures in a variety of media by Langdon Graves. Through Sept. 8.
AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon has hired Heidi Reynolds as its new exhibitions manager. Reynolds has been filling the job in an interim capacity since June 14, after the departure of Mila Pinigin, who left to seek a master’s degree in Florence, Italy.
An Upper Valley resident since 2004, Reynolds studied photography at Columbia College in Chicago and has worked for both Northern Stage and the Montshire Museum of Science, AVA’s interim Executive Director Hilde Ojibway said in a news release this week.
AVA is expected to name a new permanent executive director in August.
Three places in Chelsea will hold receptions for current exhibitions from 6 to 8 on Friday.
Chelsea Public Library. “Sadie’s Fancy Work,” embroidery by Sadie Kennedy, of Chelsea. Through August.
SafeArt is raising a Peace Pole, to which participants will be able to affix their own “intentions of peace.
And North Common Arts exhibits abstract encaustic collages by Barre, Vt., resident and mixed-media artist Athena Petra Tasiopoulos.
If you want to get to Chelsea early, there’s an ice cream social at the Orange County Parent Child Center on Route 110 starting at 4:30.
BigTown Gallery in Rochester, Vt., opens in its Project Gallery a show of works on paper by Tunbridge artist Lisa Kippen at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Kippen will give a gallery talk during the reception. Readings by Norwich authors Katherine Forbes Riley and Peter Orner follow the reception at 5:30 as part of BigTown’s Joan Hutton Landis Reading Series.
Library Arts Center, Newport. “ROY G BIV: a community art exhibit,” and “Doll Houses: Obsession on a small scale,” dollhouses collected and created by Newport resident Mindy Thorpe. Through Thursday.
Ledyard Gallery, Howe Library, Hanover. “Art in Wood: the White Mountains, Mt. Monadnock, and Acadia,” marquetry by Peterborough, N.H., woodworker and artist Craig Altobello. Through Wednesday.
Center for the Arts, New London. The New London Inn hosts a group photography show; Blue Loon Bakery shows watercolors by Mary Belecz and Bar Harbor Bank and Trust on Main Street shows work by Kearsarge Middle and High School students. Through Wednesday.
AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon. Summer Juried Exhibition. Through Aug. 21.
Betty Grant Gallery, Converse Free Library, Lyme. “How’s it gonna end?” drawing and paintings by Lyme artist Carl Mehrbach. Through Sept. 28.
BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vt. “The Vermont Paintings,” by part-time Strafford artist Celia Reisman, and “The Geometric Exercises of Helen Matteson,” works by the late Thetford artist, through Aug. 11.
Cider Hill Gardens and Gallery, Windsor. Outdoor sculpture by William Ballantyne and paintings in egg tempera and gold leaf by gallery co-owner Gary Milek.
Collective — the Art of Craft, Woodstock. Ceramics by Andrea Trzaskos, as well as works by jeweler T. Breeze Verdant, glass sculptor Alissa Faber. and fiber artist Jennifer Johnson. Through September.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. The shows feature Elliot Burg, Jane Masters and Mark Washburn, photographs; Bruce Conklin, oil paintings; Sherry Saint-Germaine, botanical drawings; Sara Goodman, textiles; Hartford High School Art Students and the Cardigan Mountain Arts Association.
Hall Art Foundation, in Reading, Vt. Shows include “Made in Vermont,” works by Vermont artists; exhibitions by Richard Artschwager and the super-realist artist Malcolm Morley. On the grounds: “English Sculptors in New England.” Admission is $10, except on the first Friday of the month, when it’s free.
Kilton Public Library, West Lebanon. Lebanon native Sam Wiebkin is the current artist-in-residence at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. An exhibition of her work is on view through September.
Long River Gallery, White River Junction. “Landscape Meditations: Pattern, Texture, and Line,” ceramics by Sheilagh Flynn, through Sept. 2, as well as paintings by Kathy Detzer.
Main Street Museum, White River Junction. “Jack Rowell, Cultural Documentarian: Portraits of Vermont People and Other Wildlife.”
Matt Brown Fine Art, Lyme. “Sculpture and Pottery by Amanda Ann Palmer.” Through Aug. 10.
Norwich Public Library. “Catching the Eye,” photographs by Rosamond Orford. Through August. A reception is planned for 4 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 2.
The Roth Center for Jewish Life at Dartmouth College, Hanover. “Antigua Revisited,” photographs by Mort Wise. Through Sept. 6.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish. Works by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. In the Picture Gallery: “Augusta Homer Saint-Gaudens: Stepping Out of the Shadows,” a show of paintings and personal artifacts that illuminate the life of the woman who created the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, the forerunner of the national park. Through Sept. 2. Admission to the park is $10 per person age 16 and above.
Scavenger Gallery, White River Junction. “Skywriting,” recent work by Norwich artist Luciana Frigerio. Through Sept. 6.
Sculpture Fest, Woodstock. Outdoor sculpture at the Prosper Road home of Charlet and Peter Davenport. Stefania Urist and Roger Goldenberg are this year’s featured artists. This show is open to the public dusk to dawn. “Vermont Carvers & Sculptors Exhibition,” work by 15 Vermont sculptors, at the Woodstock History Center.
Steven Thomas Inc. Fine Arts & Antiques, White River Junction. Work by Upper Valley “vintage” artists, such as Alice Standish Buell, John Semple, Horace Brown, Neil Drevitson and Robert Caulfield.
Tunbridge Public Library. “The Tunbrige Fair,” paintings by Bridgewater Corners artist Rae Newell. Through Sept. 5.
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. “Land on Paper,” landscape prints. A mid-show reception is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 2. Through Aug. 31.
White River Gallery, South Royalton. “Scattered Geometry,” ceramics by Jenny Swanson and Holly Walker. Through Sept. 6.
Alex Hanson can be reached at ahanson@vnews.com or 603-727-3207. Send visual art news to artnotes@vnews.com.
