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	ArtBits News of the Arts for the week of April 30-May 6, 2026 Today is ... *Search the All Arts Council site* VERMONT WEEK Vermont Week at the Vermont Studio Center welcomes Franklin County Visual Arts Fellows Sah Frechette, Todd Kosharek, and Katharine Whitcomb. Read more... BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, and MORE The Vermont Spring Book, Postcard, and Ephemera Fair comes to St Albans City Hall with rare, antiquarian, and used books, maps, postcards, prints, posters and paper of all kinds. There will be a book binding demonstration, free book appraisals, and a local author open house with over 33Vermont writers. Read more... ART ON THE WALLS The MVU Youth Art Show & Community Art Making Project fills MVU. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Shanna Ratner. Read more... ART FOR SALE The MVU National Arts Honor Society holds the Spring Artist Market and the Missisquoi Mud Season Handmade Market in the MVU Gym. The Snow Farm Vineyard Artisan Market offers a day of shopping, sipping, and celebrating spring. Read more... ART YOU CREATE 14th Star hosts a Pet Portraits Paint n Sip with Linda Oakes Carvalho.. The Dick Wright Pub offers two sessions of a Paint-Your-Own-Pottery Glazing Workshop with Stephania Fregeau. The Swanton Free Public Library hosts Diamond Art Bookmarks with Mel. River Arts continues the Creative Circle Cafe. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Public Library. The Milton Artists' Guild hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more... CALL FOR SINGERS The Franklin Community Chorus rehearses at Dick Wright Pub for Memorial Day. The St. Albans All Male a Capella Group practices at the Masonic Lodge. Read more... DANCE Between the Lines Line Dancing at the American Legion Landon Post and Michelle Nordberg at the Highgate Manor each offers Beginner Line Dancing. Read more... FESTIVALS AND SHOWS MVU hosts the All State Music Festival with public concerts. Franklin County Field Days has become a traveling fair. Read more... FILM Grand Isle County Mentoring presents the film Gone Guys at the North Hero Community Hall. The film will be followed by a community discussion. Read more... GATHERINGS The Dick Wright Pub holds a Quiz for a Cause, a Haston Library Benefit with host Wes Kempton. Muffin Monday continues. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets. Read more... HUMANITIES The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute season concludes with Savanna Crossman to discuss Flower Farming and Growing a Business in Northern Vermont. Vermont Humanities presents Ethan Tapper to discuss How to Love a Forest at the Grand Isle Free Library. Read more... WORKSHOPS & CLASSES River Arts has Chiara No to lead the free Creative Art Series for 60+ Ceramic Bell and Wind Chimes, Kristen Murphy begins a four-session Barn Quilt Workshop, and Mary Reilly explores Drawing with Tone: Advanced Graphite Techniques, in a four-week course. 60 Main Arts (SMArts) hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model and Creativi-Tea Tuesdays with Karen Winslow. Milton Artists' Guild has Becky Chappell to lead Canvas Conversations, Social Sunday continues, and Fiadhnait Moser offers the Acrylic Creatures on Wood workshop. Read more... IN THE SAC The Swanton Arts Council artist of the week is Stephanie Archer. Read more... ON STAGE LIVE Doug's Open Mic Night, George Murtie, Second Hand Blue, Matt Hagen, the Stragglers, Justice 3, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Sticks and Stones, Lady Livy, Lil' Deb, Ben Farney, the Jeff Salisbury Band, Unruly Allies, Team Jarvis, Tim Brick & the Enablers, Dan Parks, Adlai Waxman all appear live in a venue near you. Read more... FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF It's a busy week at the Eloquent Page. Jason Barney's newest book, Grand Hotels & Resorts of Northern Vermont, is in stock now with a photo of the Highgate Manor on the cover. Robin Boyle-Laisure and Tamara Mathieu will discuss cults. The Vermont Spring Book, Postcard, and Ephemera Fair will fill St Albans City Hall. True Crime Book Club meets for Cults by Parcast founder Max Cutler. Read more... Click on www.AllArtsCouncil.org/art-bits ... FROM THE ARTBITS DESK ... E-Mail Delivery Sign up to receive a free weekly ArtBits newsletter by e-mail or by RSS feed



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