BY MAT CLOUSER
BRANDON — This year marked the 30th edition of Vermont Open Studio weekend. The weekend is a celebration of creation and craft that takes place all across the state and features artists both well-known and lesser shown—though no less valid or thought-provoking.
Presented by the Vermont Crafts Council with support from the Vermont Arts Council, the Point, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the event divided Vermont into “loops,” or areas for viewing, as far-flung as Readsboro and Sheldon Springs.
It featured 130 artists from a multitude of disciplines, each of whom opened their studio doors to guests to show their process and engage in conversation about their art (and maybe trigger a few sales, too).
The Brandon-Orwell Loop featured nine separate stops this year across Brandon, Pittsford, and Orwell, including Jill Listzwan’s Dancing Ear Design; Caleb Kenna Photography, the Judith Reilly Studio and Gallery; The Brandon Artist’s Guild Cooperative Gallery; Joan Curtis’ mixed-media sculpture and painting studio; the Vermont Gallery of Folk Art featuring Medana Gabbard, Robin Kent, and Warren Kimble; Muffy K G Art featuring Muffy Kashkin Grollier; Mud Puppy Pottery featuring Andy Snyder; and Twin Elm Studios featuring Hallie Monroe.
