Past Exhibitions and Events | 2011

Ducktapia Workshop December 11, 2011

Under the direction of MAC artists, participants created up to 4 gifts during the two hour session, like wallets, business card and pencil holders, bracelets, jewelry boxes, coasters and more. All gifts were ready to take home and wrap. Parents and guardians were welcome to join in. This is not your father’s duct tape. It’s purple and polka dot, lime and leopard, strawberry and striped, checkerboard and camouflage.

Under the direction of MAC artists, participants created up to 4 gifts during the two hour session, like wallets, business card and pencil holders, bracelets, jewelry boxes, coasters and more. All gifts were ready to take home and wrap. Parents and guardians were welcome to join in. This is not your father’s duct tape. It’s purple and polka dot, lime and leopard, strawberry and striped, checkerboard and camouflage.

Mask Workshop October 23, 2011

We welcomed 24 students from the Newport City School as part of their after school program. Masks were created after a brief introduction and showing of mask samples from around the world.

One Hundred Thousand Poets for Change September 24, 2011

The MAC participated in the world-wide first annual “100 Thousand Poets for Change” event at their Gallery with an open house reception featuring live music and readings by Vermont poets of note and the community-at-large. The MAC was excited to host what turned out to be a lively, illuminating and impactful day of poetry for all impassioned residents of the planet; poets and non-poets alike.

Photographic Glimpses of Cuba August 14, 2011

President of the Delaware Photographic Society, Karl Leck and Jane Strobach for a free evening of stories and photos from their recent humanitarian aid mission to Cuba. Despite the current US embargo on Cuba which restricts travel, members of this tour were permitted access to the country if they purchased and carried 15 pounds of medical supplies each for donation. Once there, they found plenty of time to wander the very safe streets of Havana and Trinidad de Cuba photographing the people and sights. They had many stops on their tour including the Jose Fuster artist compound. Jose Fuster is called the Picasso of Cuba and has transformed his community with his astounding tile work. They went to the Necropolis Cristobal Colon, a cemetery of marble statues and mausoleums; the church of the Virgin of Regla, a black Madonna venerated by Catholics and associated with Yemaya in the Santeria religion; and the Prado, a street with a wide, tree-lined terrazzo promenade down the center that runs to the harbor. Other subjects included forest reserves, sugar cane fields, samba dancers, 1950’s American cars, women selling flowers, kids at play and many more. Here is your opportunity to get a glimpse into Cuba without leaving Vermont.

PUZZLED! July 9 - Labor Day, 2011

Puzzled! … Putting all the pieces together is a fun-filled, creative program in which all ages participated. It began with community workshops in June of 2011 with the full exhibit beginning July 9th Governor Peter Shumlin kicked-off the project by creating the first piece of the community puzzle. Kids had workshops to create a puzzle piece of themselves’ for the kids of the community wall. Each decorated their own 8 inch jumbo kid, fashioning their pieces any way they want to reflect themselves. All supplies were provided. Throughout the day creating their pieces for the puzzle. During the Arts On Main event, the MAC tent was filled with kids of all ages The pieces will then be pieced together to show how they are all connected and left on display through Labor Day, after which each kid can pick up their creation. Over 300 pieces were assembled in the Art Cellar Gallery for the exhibit.

 

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