In West Rutland, a Pnina Tornai Dress Is Sculpted in Marble

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on September 19, 2014 at 12:41PM

For the past two months in West Rutland, the Carving Studio & Sculpure Center's artist-in-residence Alasdair Thomson has been at work on a stunning series of marble sculptures: dresses. The Scottish-born, Italian-trained master sculptor says he's "exploring the way fabric hangs and folds," and is attempting "to capture that lightness and gracefulness in stone."

Vermont Artist Drops 'Con Ed' Ball on Broadway

by Kevin J. Kelley Posted on September 18, 2014 at 9:51PM

Fisk has been creating spherical art objects for the past two decades, but it's unlikely any of them have a cuteness quotient greater than that of “Con Ed Ball.” It's fitted on a small pedestal at a tilt, like that of the head of an inquisitive puppy. The piece also resembles a space capsule of the sort ET might have used on his visit to the kiddies of Earth.

Stephen Huneck's Dog Mountain Stars in National Geographic Book

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 18, 2014 at 4:22PM

The staff is particularly excited about The Dog Lover's Guide to Travel because Dog Mountain rates a whole chapter of its own. "The other chapters cover entire cities," reads a press release.

'NC Dances VT' Takes to Three Stages This Week

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on September 18, 2014 at 12:40PM

"NC Dances VT" marks a first for Besaw and Brown, too. "It's really exciting to be sharing a program with someone who laid the foundation for my career as a dancer," says Brown of Van Dyke.

The Vermont Historical Society Gets 'Lost in Space'

by Ethan de Seife Posted on September 18, 2014 at 8:25AM

Vermont Artist Alison Bechdel Receives a MacArthur Fellowship

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 17, 2014 at 10:03AM

A glance at the foundation's website suggests there aren't many other drawbacks. The enormous 400-year-old castle is nestled among lush, green hills and, it appears, a nearby vineyard.

A Ciclovía Aims to Open Burlington Streets

by Ethan de Seife Posted on September 16, 2014 at 9:15PM

will help people see is that streets can have a lot of different roles for a community," says Van Driesche. "Carrying cars is one of them, but there are a lot of other things that streets can do, as well.

Four Young Lads From Liverpool Visit Burlington

by Ethan de Seife Posted on September 15, 2014 at 8:58AM

Self-Published Book of the Week: Encounter With Japan: An Adventure in Love

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 14, 2014 at 10:11AM

So in case you didn't already know, it is now relatively cheap and simple to publish your own book. Here at Seven Days, we receive the fruits of that tech shift: self-published books from fellow Vermonters.

Public Art, a Quad and an Endowment Honor David Finney

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 13, 2014 at 4:30PM

The 10-foot-tall sculpture consists of two similar but not identical abstract shapes — Curtis calls them "sort of distorted rhomboid prisms, twisted around a center point between them." Swooping upward from a granite base, they spiral slightly toward each other.