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CRITICAL STATE – A Multimedia Performance Installation

Steve Ames — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:35:42 +0000

Thursday, 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, lighting and audience effect each other.

Inside the River Arts Center you will find:

• 6 dancers simultaneously composing movement in spaces throughout the building. The dances vary in length. Versions of each will sometimes occur in a different place in the building.

• 1 musician composing and mixing sound that varies from day to day

• 3 video artists : 2 recording events that are displayed on monitors; 1 video

artist mixing images that are being recorded live and are projected onto the south wall downstairs.

• 1 lighting designer actively shifting the lighting

• 4 digital cameras to use and pass around

• An Ipod station for a one-on-one dance; Instructions at Ipod station

• 3 docents wearing River Arts nametags who can help you through the building and with the computers

You are invited to:

• Move through the space at your leisure

• Watch from as close as you’d like

• Take pictures; Download them downstairs

• Lie down in the spaces marked with chalk and let the changing environment move around you

• Have an IPOD dance: pick a dancer, sync your ipod, have a dance

• Use the computers to write comments, questions and download images

• Join us for a Question and Answer session at 8:30 each evening

Village Harmony at River Arts!

Steve Ames — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:39 +0000

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 call River Arts at 888-1261.

To find out more about Village Harmony and their Summer Camps and Workshops visit their website here.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival performance – Wednesday, July 14th at 7pm

Steve Ames — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:52:40 +0000

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 Festival website!

T’ai Chi Ch’uan- The Summer Sessions with Alan Erdossy –

Steve Ames — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:19:19 +0000

Wednesday 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!

Steve Ames — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:02:51 +0000

Local 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 Studio Weekend is a statewide celebration of the visual arts and the creative process held in more than 265 Vermont studio and gallery locations during Memorial Day Weekend. Providing a unique opportunity to speak with artists directly, or see them at work, “The Open Studio Weekend was named one of the Top Ten Summer Events in a competition sponsored by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce in 1997” – The Vermont Arts Council. Visitors can plan their tour using the Vermont Studio Tour Map available from the Vermont Crafts Council atwww.vermontcrafts.com.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet local artists, enjoy refreshments, browse and stroll.. join us!

GALLERY AT RIVER ARTS: EIGHT REGIONAL ARTISTS:

Steve Ames — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:22:26 +0000

BETHANY 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 created Gallery at River Arts. These works will be on display June 3-August 21

Brief descriptions of featured artists’ work: Bethany Bond is a photographer and web-designer, who contrasts visual imagery to create visual poetry. Janet Fredericks uses paint as a vehicle for exploring water, the landscape, and text. Marie LaPré Grabon develops deep illusionistic space from which charcoal images emerge. Ken Leslie observes environmental change and personal transformation through Arctic landscapes and artist books. John Miller explores our Vermont countryside through digital photography weaving views of land and Lake Memphremagog in this body of work. Victoria Patrick uses Victorian-era antiques and alternative developing methods to transcend black and white photography toward a sense of timeless beauty. George Pearlman paints color squares in relationship to each other to create illusionist space, spacial plasticity, and tension. Lauren Stagnitti uses photo-journalism and traditional fine art influences in her approach to her work.

NORTHEAST HERITAGE MUSIC FEST

Steve Ames — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:25:38 +0000

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 in the Lamoille Valley!

Here they are:

Seamus Connolly (ten time Irish Fiddle champion), Kimberley Fraser (Cape Breton Fiddle, piano), Sarah Hotchkiss (Montpelier Fiddle), Alan Jabbour (Appalachian Fiddle), Grey Larsen (Flute, Whistle), David Surette (Guitar, Mandolin), Cindy Kallet (Fingerstyle Guitar, New England Folksongs), David Kaynor (Contra-dance Caller, Swedish fiddle), Ken Perlman (Clawhammer Banjo), Peter Langston (Flatpick Guitar, Western Swing Band)

Door, 6:30PM general admission

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 students and seniors, Kids 10 and under… free.

To reserve a ticket, call River Arts at 802 888-1261 or email us at Info@RiverArtsVT.org

Taste of Thai

Steve Ames — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:10:42 +0000

Experience 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, May 20th

Cost: $50 if pre-registered (Elder sliding fee scholarship available), $60 on night of event.

Mothers Day Gift Certificates available!

Please wear loose clothing for this massage.

New Children’s Summer Camps

Steve Ames — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:06:53 +0000

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 visit our Summer Camp Page

All the old favorite camps are back, too! Including Skate the Arts Camp, On the Rise Fine and Performing Arts Camp and Asian Culture Camp, among others. These Camps will fill up quickly so register today! Scholarships are available for all our summer camps.

Book Reading with Peggy Sapphire

Steve Ames — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:12:14 +0000

Craftsbury 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!