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Jim is out and about…
…well, kind of! He is using an old fashioned walker that he bumps along in front of him — then follows with a big HOP!!! He can move around – but no one better be chasing him as he will lose everytime.
Today he made his first excursion to the gallery. He is perched on the front porch waiting for folks to come by. It is a strangely quiet Saturday!
I bet if you came by the gallery, he’d let you sign his cast!!!
Happy Summer!
The birds are singing, the grass is growing, the flowers are blooming — AND the gallery is open 7 days a week 10-4:00 pm! Join our resident “hooker” Lynn on Mondays and Tuesdays. She will amaze you with her hooking skills! Really. Patrick Leahy was truly amazed!
Come visit with me – Ellen on the other days. I am filling in for Jim as he heals from his recent foot surgery. I am ever-so-hopeful that I will be able to prop him up in the gallery soon! Just sitting is getting pretty old for Jim!
We’d love to show you around the gallery.
Where’s Jim? (and what’s with the crazy hours…)
On June 12th, Jim had some much needed surgery on his foot. The surgery went well and we are all hoping it will help him walk better in the future. But, for now — he can put no weight on his foot for 6 weeks. Currently he is at home propped up in an oversize recliner which is doubling as his bed. Actually it is not a bad life – he is getting waited on hand and foot. Even Elvis, our yellow lab is being ultra considerate to dear Jim.
So, that leaves me – Ellen – to deal with all things home, farm, work, and gallery. Yikes! So, if I am a bit late to open the gallery, it means I am chasing goats, chickens, and alpacas at home. If I have to close early, it means a doctors appointment for Jim.
I will try to anticipate any nudges in the gallery schedule. I will post to both facebook, twitter, and our website. Hopefully once he gets a more substantial cast on his foot, I can park Jim at the gallery and still tend the animals at home!
Whooeee…what a ride!
Watch art being created
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.
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.
Welcome Blanket ~ Craftivism at its best!
Are you game? Grand Isle Art Works will offer a weekly knitting location for folks to create a Welcome Blanket. The Welcome Blanket Project aims to connect people already living in the United States residents with our country’s new immigrants through stories and handmade blankets, providing both symbolic and literal comfort and warmth. At the same time, the project offers a positive, hands-on way to understand the scope of a 2000-mile border wall and to subvert it from an idea of exclusion to one of inclusion.
We offer all Yellow Dog Farm yarns at 10% off to anyone making a blanket. We can commune on the gallery deck to sip and knit. The cafe has a variety of soft drinks as well as beers and wines for sale.
Our weekly Welcome Blanket gathering with take place at:
Grand Isle Art Works and Cafe
259 US Route 2
Grand Isle, VT 05458
802.378.4591
When: Tuesdays beginning June 27 through August 29, excluding July 4
Hours: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Yarn discount at gallery: 10% off Yellow Dog Farm yarns being used for a Welcome Blanket
Read on for more details…
A welcome blanket is traditionally created to lovingly mark the arrival of a new person into the world. In the Welcome Blanket Project, each handmade blanket is a physical manifestation of this celebration of new refugees and other immigrants: “Welcome to the United States and your new life here! We are so glad you have arrived.”
The blankets will be displayed together at the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago between July 18 and December 17. We are starting with an empty gallery space and displaying the blanket packages as they arrive. Final due date to send for the the exhibition is September 5. This is an incredible opportunity to have your work in a museum show. Admission to the museum is always free and open to all.
