The Soo Nipi Quilters Guild has been doing its thing for decades now. It currently has 71 members, holds monthly meetings in Newport and offers regular workshops on quilting techniques.
Every other year, the Guild shows its work at the Library Arts Center, and the latest installment opens with a reception from 5 to 7 Friday evening.
The show features around 70 quilts, including three by the late Marie Bugbee, the Guild’s featured artist. Bugbee died in August.
A trio of Chelsea venues will hold an art walk from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. North Common Arts opens “Hanging Around,” a show of figures made of found materials by Barre, Vt., artist Janet Van Fleet. Chelsea Public Library hosts “Cats, Landscapes and Figures,” mixed media prints by Deborah Sacks. And SafeArt will show materials and photographs from a mural project the organization is facilitating at Montpelier’s Basement Teen Center.
“Breathe the Wind,” paintings by Kate Emlen, is on view now and opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday at White River Gallery in South Royalton. Emlen will give a gallery talk at 6 p.m., and the show is on view through Dec. 20.
Tunbridge Public Library. “Colors in Life,” paintings by members of the Connecticut River Chapter of the Vermont Watercolor Society. A reception is planned for 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Through Nov. 10.
ArtisTree Gallery, South Pomfret. “Faces and Places,” recent digital paintings by Samuel Neustadt, of Pomfret. Through Saturday.
Betty Grant Gallery, Converse Free Library, Lyme. “How’s it gonna end?” drawing and paintings by Lyme artist Carl Mehrbach. Through Saturday.
BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vt. “East to West: A Ceramic Dialogue,” ceramics by Mark Pharis, Liz Quackenbush, and Cappy Thompson. Through Saturday.
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 Monday.
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 Monday.
Ledyard Gallery, Howe Library, Hanover. Recent work by members of the Cardigan Mountain Art Association. Through Wednesday.
AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon. “Marked” and “Rough/Polished,” by Montpelier sculptors Mary Admasian and Robert Hitzig, respectively. The two will hold a discussion in the galleries at 6 p.m. on Thursday. “Love at First Sight” paintings by Rosemary Conroy, of Weare, N.H., and “What Is on Your Balcony?” paintings by Concord artist Pamela R. Tarbell. Through Oct. 3. Also at AVA: “Body of Work: An Exhibition to Benefit AVA,” which features work by West Lebanon artist Laura Boyajian. Through Oct. 13.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish. “On View in Cornish: American Art at the Picture Gallery, 1948–2019” looks back at all of the exhibitions sponsored by the Saint-Gaudens Memorial and features work by Maxfield Parrish, Marguerite Zorach, Paul Sample, Varujan Boghosian, Ben Frank Moss and Shona Macdonald, among others. A reception is planned for 4:30 to 6 on Sept. 28, starting with a curator’s talk. Through Oct. 31.
Aidron Duckworth Art Museum, Meriden. “Guest Artist Grand Salon,” featuring works by the nearly 60 guest artists who have shown work at the museum over the years, and “Exhibition XXXIV – The Multitudes Contained,” the museum’s final exhibition of Aidron Duckworth paintings and drawings, are on view through Oct. 27, when the museum is slated to close for good.
Center for Art + Design, Colby-Sawyer College, New London. “Coming Home: The Ceramics of Vivika and Otto Heino.” Through Oct. 15.
Center for the Arts, New London. Paintings by Penny Koburger, Ludmila Gayvoronsky and Marianne Stillwagon hang at Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, New London Inn and Blue Loon Bakery, respectively. Through October.
Chandler Gallery, Randolph. “An Archive of Feeling,” a group show curated by J. Turk. Through Nov. 3.
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.
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.
The Great Hall, Springfield, Vt. “Alchemy: Metal, Mystery & Magic,” features work by Jeanne Carbonetti, Sabrina Fadial, Alexandra Heller, Peter Heller, Pat Musick, Dan O’Donnell, Gerald Stoner and Johnny Swing. and is on view into February.
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.
Long River Gallery, White River Junction. Tattooed guitars by Weathersfield artist Jenna Rice, and “Birches,” paintings by Amy Hook-Therrien.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock. “Creating an American Landscape,” a show of eight of Carleton Watkins’ Yosemite photographs, reproduced from originals in the Billings Family Archives. The show is on view in the park’s Carriage Barn visitors center through Oct. 31 and is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Matt Brown Fine Art, Lyme. Paintings by Marcie Maynard and handmade furniture by Peter Maynard, a husband and wife duo from South Acworth, N.H. Through Oct. 12.
North Common Arts, Chelsea. Abstract encaustic collages by mixed-media artist Athena Petra Tasiopoulos, of Barre, Vt.
Scavenger Gallery, White River Junction. “Skywriting,” recent mixed media works by Luciana Frigerio.
Sculpture Fest, Woodstock. Contemporary sculpture in outdoor settings at the Prosper Road home of Charlet and Peter Davenport, at the nearby King Farm, and at the Woodstock History Center, which hosts “Vermont Carvers & Sculptors Exhibition,” work by 15 Vermont sculptors. Both the King Farm and History Center shows are open through the end of October. The work at the Davenports’ is on view year-round.
The Square Rabbit, New London. “Places We Call Home,” paintings by Marilyn Farnsworth Wendling. Through Oct. 5.
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.
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. “Through the Curve,” recent prints by Hartland artist Rachel Gross. Through Oct. 28.
Alex Hanson can be reached at ahanson@vnews.com or 603-727-3207.
