Great River Arts - Bellows Falls, VT - Supporting the visual and literary artists and provides regional youth programs

The mission of Great River Arts is to create and sustain a New England based arts center that supports and nurtures visual and literary artists and provides regional youth programs. A non-profit organization, Great River Arts brings faculty from the literary and visual arts disciplines to teach in the Connecticut River Valley and other select locations. These areas of study are addressed both independently and in cross-disciplinary explorations.

 

 

Welcome to Great River Arts

 
 
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Great River Arts Institute, a Regional Affiliate of The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

The Great River Arts Institute is proud to be a premier Regional Affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. As an Affiliate for the State of Vermont, our job is to encourage participation in The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards by distributing information about the Awards and by providing support to teachers and young writers and artists throughout the submission process. As an Affiliate, Great River Arts will also organize adjudication of work on a regional level, host an exhibit and Awards ceremony for regional Award recipients and send the top regional winners’ work to compete on the national level.

National Award recipients of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are celebrated at an Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City. An exhibition of select nationally recognized art and writing is showcased in New York during he National Celebration Events in June, 2009.

For more information about participating in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards visit www.artandwriting.org
 
Meet the Faculty Reception on March 20

The Connecticut River Valley is home to many great artists and writers.  Great River Arts is pleased to count many of these artists as our faculty members.

Please join us on the March 20th Third Friday Art Walk to meet our faculty at a wine and cheese reception.  Our artists will be displaying their work and our writers will have copies of their books available.

Please drop by between 6:00 and 8:00 pm for this unique social opportunity.
 

ATTENTION

Great River Arts will not be offering Art Camp this summer. Please check back for our Fall Youth Program schedule.

 
Comments from students...

"Here's a toast to Great River Arts. I am planning to come again next summer."


"The Great River Arts Institute is very special. You take such nice care of the students."
 

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H2O: Film on Water is a contemporary art exhibition mounted by Great River Arts Institute. The exhibition will run from August 6th-November 7th, 2009 and will feature the outstanding submissions from an international juried competition of water-themed art videos.

The juried artists will accompany a selection of curated artists working in diverse media, and all will be shown concurrently at four venues along the Connecticut River Valley and its watershed:

The Newport Mill, Newport, NH

The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
 
Great River Arts in Bellows Falls, VT

Spheris Gallery in Hanover, NH
 
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In an effort to establish ourselves as a premier printmaking destination for professional artists and instructors, we are pleased to announce the acquisition of a large bed press.
The press is a manual, 40 x 72 inch bed press, by Takach, in the 1924 Chrysler green that the owner, Dave Takach, especially likes!
Upon further funding we envision expanding our studios to include space dedicated to large-scale printmaking, available for professional residencies, renting, and instruction. In addition to our current printmaking and painting studios, all available for rent in varying formats, we hope to make our offerings a valuable asset to the local and national artistic community! For more information on the press and our rental policies, please contact, info@greatriverarts.org.

 

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