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Events, Updates

Happy New Year ~ 2019!!

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It has happened – another new year has arrived!  welcome 2019!  Jim and I have BIG plans for this NEW year!

Happy New Year, 2019

We start it off with our annual Groundhog Day Gala – Meet the artist night on February 2 at 5:30 pm. 

Take a tour of Grand Isle Art Works, an affiliated gallery with Vermont Hand Crafters, nosh on hors d’oeuvres, and meet many of the artists whose work is displayed and is for sale in the gallery. Let us know if you think the groundhog will see his shadow when you arrive for this yummy event! Guess correctly and your name will be added to the drawing for a grand gallery gift! Names will be drawn on Groundhog’s Day, February 2.

Experience a different food in every room in the gallery! You will not go home hungry! Vermont beers, soda and wine will be on sale. This is a ticketed event: $25 per person.Sign up at: http://grandisleartworks.com/meet-the-artist-night/  We are located at: Grand Isle Art Works and Cafe 259 US rte 2, Grand Isle 802-378-4591

And watch as unveil our latest art promotion…details coming soon!

Events, Updates

Watch art being created

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Grand Isle Art Works is hosting a Plein Air Paint Out – dubbed Isle Paint on July 8th. Painters will be located a several Champlain Island locations to include: Snow Farm Winery in South Hero, Grand Isle Art Works gallery in Grand Isle, North Hero House in North Hero, Hall Home Place orchard in Isle La Motte and the Fisk Farm/Goodsell Ridge also in Isle La Motte. There will be several artists at the locations who will share their techniques and be able to describe their artwork.

Plein Air Paint Out artist at Snow Farm Winery

Artists will be gathering their brushes and paints and setting up between 9:00 and 10:00 on Saturday, July 8th and will be creating their masterpieces between 10:00 and 3:00. Visit one or more of the painting locations and watch artists at work.  All artwork created on Saturday (as well as several previously created pieces) will be on display on Sunday, July 9th at the Grand Isle Art Works gallery.  The gallery will host a “Palette to Palate Celebration” and art sale on Sunday from 1:00 to 3:00 where local wine/beer, local cheeses and veggies will be available.  Come on out, visit with the artists, have some munchies and take home a masterpiece.

Gallery Goats

We have kids at the gallery!

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Satchmo and Sappy, May 2016
Bixdriving
Bix, my wing man!
Luigi's Locks
Luigi’s Locks!

Yes, it is true!  Young Satchmo, Ella’s twin is living at the gallery with his mom Sappy.  He is a healthy 3+ months old – getting bigger by the day.  Yesterday our dear bottle baby Bix and his mom, Rain spent their first night at the gallery.  You know Bix – the LOUD one – who thinks there is food whenever he sees a human walk by!  Bix is now 2 months old and sweet as a button.  Dear, OLD uncle Luigi rounds out this group.  Luigi was our first born, 10 years ago and has a boucle yarn named after him!  He is still quite the character and very friendly!

Events

Island Harvest Days/Foliage Open Studio Weekend

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Open Studio Weekend takes place Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend in October. Authenticity and quality are at the heart of the event.

Vermont Crafts Council members who are Vermont visual artists and craftspeople, galleries, educational sites, may participate.

Participants agree to open their studios to the public for the weekend, create an educational element to their event, and distribute promotional materials of their own and the Vermont Studio Tour Guide.

Most Vermont craftspeople work in studios located in or close to their residences. These are places of production and inspiration located in downtowns as well as at the ends of dirt roads. Wherever their locations, they are exciting places to visit because they reflect the dynamic yet organized process that is used to produce the finished work of art.

The studio itself is enormously informative because you can see at a glance how the artist works. You see the swatches that have not been chosen for the quilt or the work that is experimental or not serious enough for the gallery. Buying or ordering work during an Open Studio sale is a unique experience because you have the opportunity to speak to the artist directly.

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Discover the Heart of the Islands: Open Farm and Studio

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Grand Isle County, Vermont, (July 14th & 15th, 2012) – Come to Grand Isle County, Vermont, located at the northern end of Lake Champlain, and discover the heart of the islands. Join us for the sixth annual Discover the Heart of the Islands: Open Farm and Studio Tour and visit vineyards, farms, art studios, galleries, and markets. Meet the artists, agricultural producers and their animals living and working at the edge of magnificent Lake Champlain.

The tour has become one of the premier summer events in the islands, with over fifty artists, artisans, and small farms opening their studio doors and swinging back the barnyard gates to showcase the variety, creativity and hospitality of Vermont’s archipelago—Grand Isle County.

This is a great way to get off the main road and truly “Discover” the heart of the islands. Watch demonstrations by potters, jewelers, painters, wood turners and paper makers. Sample savory delights from island producers and chefs at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday and at the Taste of the Islands food celebration on Sunday. Visit island farms and chat with the folks who provide the fresh meats, cheeses, and produce for our local markets. See angora goats, alpacas, llamas and sheep and get a chance to see how yarn is hand spun from these fiber animals.

The Discover the Heart of the Islands: Open Farm and Studio Tour is a great opportunity to buy items directly from the hands of the artists in their studios. You can visit fine art and craft galleries where work from island artists is featured. For those who are more adventurous plan to get your shoes dirty and learn how real farming happens. For more information visit the the website: www.openfarmandstudio.com