great river arts institute - press release
August 11, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tonia Fleming
SECOND DAN SNOW STONE WORKS TOUR TO BENEFIT GREAT RIVER ARTS
-- Benefit Tour Will Explore Five Area Sites Featuring Work of Dry Stone Waller Dan Snow --
Bellows Falls, Vt, August, 2006 -.Great River Arts Institute (GRAI), a non-profit arts agency, is hosting a tour of the works of noted dry stone waller Dan Snow. The five sites open to the public for this tour range from a contemplative Japanese inspired dry-garden to a practical barn foundation and steps to a whimsical stone sphere. The self-guided tour will take place (rain or shine) from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2006 in and around Dummerston, Vermont. Tickets are $15.
Snow has been hand building one-of-a-kind dry stone constructions for clients in New England since 1976. His works have been featured in numerous publications, including This Old House and Garden Design. In 2001 he authored In the Company of Stone, a book of his work with photographs by Peter Mauss. He was also featured in the 2005 film, Stone Rising, the Work of Dan Snow, recently aired on both Vermont and New Hampshire Public Television. He is one of only a handful of Americans certified by the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
Tour participants will be able to travel the route at their own pace and picnicking is available at one site. Books and DVDs will be available for sale and Dan will be available to sign them. Note that dogs will not be permitted in the gardens and children should be supervised at all times.
Advance tickets will be available in September at:
- Great River Arts, 33 Bridge Street, Bellows Falls, VT
- Toadstool Bookshop, Colony Mill Marketplace, Keene and Depot Square Peterborough, NH
- Verde, 133 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT
- Village Square Booksellers, 32 The Square, Bellows Falls, VT
and the day of the tour at a site that is still to be determined. Tickets can also be purchased using VISA or MasterCard by calling GRAI at 802.463.3330.
The Great River Arts Institute is a non-profit, New-England-based arts center dedicated to supporting and nurturing the visual and literary arts and providing regional youth programs. Proceeds from the tour will benefit GRAI’s visual arts programs. More information about GRAI is available at www.greatriverarts.org.
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