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CRITICAL STATE – A Multimedia Performance Installation - July 21, 2010
Village Harmony at River Arts! - July 6, 2010
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival performance – Wednesday, July 14th at 7pm
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CRITICAL STATE – A Multimedia Performance Installation
Posted August 16, 2010Thursday, September 2 and Friday, September 3, at the River Arts Center 5:30PM- 8:30PM each evening
$20 or donation
Critical State is an animated installation, an environment of dance, sound, video and lighting that continually shifts over a 3-hour period. It is a laboratory in which we experiment with how in-the- moment compositions of movement, sound, video, [...]
Village Harmony at River Arts!
Posted July 21, 2010
Led by Suzannah Park, Nathan Morrison and Evgeny Efremov, join us as we enjoy the varied sounds and special harmonies of Village Harmony on Sunday, July 25th at 7:30 pm. The concert will be in River Art’s Folley Hall, a dynamic and interactive space for this type of performance. Suggested admission is $10.
For more information please [...]
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival performance – Wednesday, July 14th at 7pm
Posted July 6, 2010
WiREless is an initiative supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, preparing young musicians on the verge of professional careers to become advocates for classical chamber music. Participants will present string quartets of American composers Amy Beach, William Grant Still and William Bolcom.
For more information, visit the Green Mountain chamber Music [...]
T’ai Chi Ch’uan- The Summer Sessions with Alan Erdossy –
Posted June 29, 2010Wednesday evenings 7-8pm, June 23-July 28th. Drop-in, no registration required! $10.00 drop in, or $40 for a 5 session card.
Open Studio Weekend at River Arts – May 29th and 30th from 10:00 – 5:00pm!
Posted May 25, 2010Local Fine Art, Craft and Design Artists will gather at The River Arts Center for our Second Annual Open Studio Weekend Event, Saturday and Sunday, May 29th and 30th from 10:00 – 5:00pm. Participating Artists will include Bunny Merrill, Roxanne Martin, Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Lauren Smith, Dominique Gustin, Sarah Schummer, Laurel Fulton, Nicole Carey and others.
Open [...]
GALLERY AT RIVER ARTS: EIGHT REGIONAL ARTISTS:
Posted May 20, 2010BETHANY BOND, JANET FREDERICKS, MARIE LAPRE GRABON, KEN LESLIE, JOHN MILLER, VICTORIA PATRICK, GEORGE PEARLMAN, and LAUREN STAGNITTI
JUNE 3 – AUGUST 21, 2010, weekdays 9AM – 5PM or by appointment
“8 Regional Artists,” an exhibit of photography, painting, artist books, and charcoal drawings celebrates a diverse group of artists in the region and kicks-off the newly [...]
NORTHEAST HERITAGE MUSIC FEST
Posted May 17, 2010 Saturday Evening, June 19, 2010 - 7:00PM, at the Hyde Park Opera House
10 musicians, 10 different ensembles – the faculty of the Northeast Heritage Music Camp at JSC come to the Hyde Park Opera House for a wonderful mix of solo and ensemble perfomance. One of the most entertaining and varied concerts of the year [...]
Taste of Thai
Posted May 17, 2010Experience a taste of Thailand with a 20 minute Thai massage from a qualified massage therapist, and a Thai cookery demonstration from Susanna’s Catering.
Demonstration Menu:
Pork, Shrimp & Mushroom Spring Rolls
Crispy Fried Beef w’ Cashews
Thai Sweet & Sour Vegetables
Red Pork Curry
Coconut Mango Bread
Presenters/Instructors: Susanna Keefer and Gail Le Baron
When: Thursday, 5:00 – 8:30pm, [...]
New Children’s Summer Camps
Posted May 13, 2010 This Summer River Arts is offering a brand new camp for young children called My First Camp. Run by Kati Furs, who runs our winter Open Gym program, My First Camp offers creative art projects, nature walks, creative movement and dance, games and activities specifically for children ages 3-5.
For more information and to register [...]
Book Reading with Peggy Sapphire
Posted April 27, 2010Craftsbury poet Peggy Sapphire will read from her latest book of poems In the End a Circle, published by Antrim House, at the River Arts Center Saturday, May 8th at 6:00pm…click here for more details!
Whitetop Mountaineers
Posted April 8, 2010The Whitetop Mountaineers – Saturday, May 1, 2010 – 7:00PM, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College
Ticket Prices Adults $15, Families $35, Kids $5, JSC Students free
This is an Event’s for Tom concert, supporting the Tom Sustic Scholoarship Fund. Presented by River Arts with Johnson State College
Sponsored by: [...]
New Summer Workshops for teens and adults have arrived! Register soon…and bring a friend!
Posted April 1, 2010Find out more HERE….we’re putting up new classes and events all of the time! A sample of workshops coming soon:
The Bones of Prose: Remembering how to write the elegant sentence -Monday evenings, 6-8pm, August 16th and 23rd
Open Gym Finale Next Wednesday
Posted March 31, 2010Open Gym, the infant and toddler drop in program that meets Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the winter from 10-11:30, will have it’s last session next Wednesday, April 7th.
Open Gym will take a break during the summer and will start again once the weather turns cold in the Fall. Thank you to all the families and kids who [...]
Children’s April Break Camp
Posted March 31, 2010Theater: It’s not just for actors…..
April 19th to 23rd
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Children explore the craft of theater through a mini production during April Vacation. They have an opportunity to practice lines, stage blocking and theater games. If they are not interested in acting, children can help create costumes, props, lighting and work behind the [...]
ART OF ACTION
Posted March 9, 2010From March 16 through March 29 at 74 Pleasant Street, in the Village of Morrisiville at the River Arts Center (note the venue change: no longer at the Maynard’s Building)
Get a sneak peek at the exhibit and learn more about the artists by visiting the Art of Action Website.
A touring exhibit from the Vermont Arts [...]
Poetry Open Mic with host Peggy Sapphire, March 27th, 6-8pm
Posted March 3, 2010Open to all! Come share your work in the presence of enthusiastic peers, sign-up begins at 6pm for a five minute (ish) performance slot. Accomplished poet Peggy Sapphire, whose second poetry collection,In The End A Circle, was recently published by Antrim House, will host the evening. Join us to listen or share your work, and participate in a live poetry experience [...]
Trip to the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. Saturday, March 20
Posted March 2, 2010A visit to the Currier’s new exhibit of American Watercolor Masters.
Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, Childe Hassam, Rockwell Kent, Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, John Marin, Charles Sheeler, Stuart Davis, and Andrew Wyeth.
175 years of fragile and rarely seen paintings, with a strong representation of New Hampshire Artists.
This trip is a collaboration with the Art House of [...]
New Spring Children’s Classes
Posted February 23, 2010Starting in March, River Arts is offering 3 more children’s classes for elementary and middle school age children. Classes will start the week of March 15th and run for 8 weeks.
Vocal Arts with Lynda Schiller on Thursdays- canceled, Video Animation with Meredith Holch on Thursdays- canceled and Rock Drumming with Dov Schiller on Fridays.
Check out [...]
“Performing Live” Workshop with Rusty Dewees, 3 Thursdays in March!
Posted February 9, 2010River Arts is pleased to offer a “Performing Live” Workshop with Rusty Dewees!
Rusty will teach techniques for performing in front of an audience, and guide students through a selected piece of work. Participants will bring a 2-3 minute piece of material, preferably an original, to work on each session: a monologue, song, poem, set of comedy, or speech are [...]
Vacation Art Camp, Poetry Clinic
Posted February 9, 2010February 9, 2010
POETRY CLINIC TONIGHT!
Keep your mind in motion! Join Julia Shipley tonight for the third of four Poetry Clinics here at the building from 6PM till 8PM $5 donation… First hour: generative poetry writing exercises, second hour, respectful critiques of what you bring or create in class. Final meeting is in two [...]
Story Night with Marcel Freda & Julia Shipley
Posted February 2, 2010A night of community storytelling for all ages: share your funniest moments, your brushes with fame, your goofiest joke, a whoppin’ lie, your greatest adventure, a love story, your recipe for success, a glimpse of the way things used to be, or the weird thing that happened just the other day. Bring a story you [...]
ZUMBA – 2 nights a week!
Posted January 25, 2010Mondays from 5:15 till 6:15 (Canceled Labor Day, September 6th!) : Karen Machia leads this energetic workout. Classes are $10, or five sessions for $40, drop in… 888-1261 for more info.
Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 (Moved to the Senior Center beside the Cumberland Farms on Main Street 5:30-6:30 pm Thursday, September 2): Certified trainer, Sharlene Seymour
Pilates [...]
World AIDS Day
Posted November 30, 2009Tuesday, December 1 is Worlds AIDS Day. Join us from 5:30-7:30 in a collaborative program about this pandemic. Peoples Academy students have joined us and created their own Peace Tiles, along with reflections of their experiences. A Closer Walk, directed by Robert Bilheimer, talks about the AIDS in the world. Johnathan Hines, from the VT Coalition [...]
River Arts invites your feedback
Posted November 18, 2009Here, at River Arts we are always looking to improve our programs. We would like your input on our children’s programs. Whether your children have participated in the past, are currently in a class or have not yet participated in our programs we would like to hear from you about your availability and your child’s interests.
Please [...]
Figure Drawing Marathon
Posted November 11, 2009Saturday, from 9:30 until 5PM at the River Arts Center.
$25, 6 places left (maximum 20 people) Call us to hold your spot: 888-1261
Quick Synopsis from Marie (Note: River Arts has enough easels)
On Saturday, November 14 River Arts in Morrisville, Vermont will host a “Figure Drawing Marathon”. The event is open to the public and participants [...]