Matt Neckers with his Vermont Studio Center installation
1. Piece by Piece Sculpture, photography, painting and installation are all in Northern Vermont artist Matt Neckers wheelhouse. For his current exhibition at the Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Neckers mounted hundreds of pieces of moveable, magnetic art on sheets of painted steel. Cataclysm: Familiar Robots & Their Animal Kindred also features a variety of mixed-media sculptures and is on view through February 25. Email galleries@vermontstudiocenter.org to schedule a visit.
2. Girl Growing Up click to enlarge Courtesy of Holiday House Readers both young and young at heart join debut author Crystal Maldonado for a virtual conversation and celebration of her book
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Burlington, Vermont voters will choose a mayor on Town Meeting Day March 2nd. Several of the candidates gathered recently for another forum.
Late last week the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement, the Association of Africans Living in Vermont and the Caroline Fund hosted a forum with four of the five candidates seeking the Burlington mayoral seat. Participating in the virtual forum were third-term Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger, Progressive City Council President Max Tracy, Independent City Councilor Ali Dieng and independent Patrick White. The sponsors noted that they had learned just before the debate there is a fifth candidate – Will Emmons – but they were unable to include him in the forum.