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Matt Neckers It goes without saying that Johnson, Vt., bears no resemblance to New York City, and its Pearl Street most certainly is not Fifth Avenue. Yet those who pass by
Vermont Studio Center after dark are currently privy to a window display rivaling those of any Big Apple department store. It s a view of
Matt Neckers installation Cataclysm: Familiar Robots & Their Animal Kindred through the street-facing glass wall of
Red Mill Gallery. Visual arts program manager
Kristen Mills keeps the lights on at night all night for the benefit of passersby. From a distance, the riotously colorful exhibition is a visual rejoinder to the deep freeze outside.
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