Spotlight Gallery

The Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery features exhibits from visual artists in Vermont that generally run for a two month period.

The gallery consists of two spaces in our offices where work is displayed and open to the public: the conference room and the corridor of our office in Montpelier. Please note that the gallery exists in our work space and there are times when the conference room is not available due to meetings in progress. However, the corridor is always open during regular business hours.

Current Exhibit: Cully Renwick

Montpelier artist, Cully Renwick exhibits two series of paintings in the Spotlight Gallery during November and December.

Sweet Northern Songs: This is a collection of pieces that I feel show the cultural influences of growing up in the American Midwest in a first generation Irish and Norwegian family. Several of the paintings were begun in the late sixties when I lived in Toronto. I kept a small studio in Markham Village, and was represented by Gallery Moos on Yorkville Avenue. When my husband and I left for UCLA, I took a roll of unfinished canvases with me, knowing that I'd complete them when life got back to normal. My husband's PhD, three children, and a long, interesting working life in environmental assessment allowed only sporadic attempts at painting, and I didn't really get my chance until the hot Texas summer of 2000. This collection includes those completed canvases, some contemporary work, and a few from the years between.

Finland in the Forties: In the summer of 2006 Renwick was in residence at Saskala ArtRadius in Finland.  She says of this work and her time there, “I'm bringing a couple of old books of photographs from the 40s and 50s. One is entirely of the Karelians.  Saksala must be in the heart of that region. For me the book is mysterious because it's entirely in Finnish. I would love to match up any of the places in that book with real places, if they're still recognizable. I hope to make drawings and photographs to work from when I get back to Vermont.  I've been reading about Finland old and new, and yearn to see it. There seems to be a lot about Finland for Vermonters to admire”. 

For more information about Cully Renwick you can visit her blog.

Past Exhibits

	Margaret L. Kannenstine
Pieces of Vermont	Frank Woods	Peter Arthur
Arthur Williams	Jean Cannon	Susan Abbott
Paul Gruhler	Maggie Neale	Lynn Rupe
Candy Barr	Waldo Brunelle	Lyna Lou Nordstrom

Gallery Hours & Directions

Gallery Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am. - 4:30 pm.

DIRECTIONS TO THE VERMONT ARTS COUNCIL:
136 State Street, Montpelier VT 05633-6001
(802) 828-3291

From the North or South:

• Take I-89 to exit 8 (Montpelier)
• Turn LEFT onto US-2 / BAILEY AVE EXT
• Turn RIGHT onto STATE ST
• The Council offices are located at 136 State Street, on your right next to the Visitor's Center

More Information

If you are interested in showing your work in the Spotlight Gallery, send us a packet of information for consideration including a sample of your work on slides or digital images, some background information on the proposed exhibit, and an artist’s statement/resume or biography. Send the information via email to Lindsey Harty, or you may send via postal mail to:

Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery
Attn: Lindsey Harty Carlson
136 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633-6001

If you are chosen for exhibition you will receive a detailed floor plan, and special instructions for hanging your work to be fully accessible. This information will allow you to plan accordingly prior to your installation. 

The gallery consists of two spaces in our offices where work is displayed and open to the public: the conference room and the corridor of our office in Montpelier. The work hangs off a picture rail and we can display around 20 average size paintings (or other two-dimensional media) for a solo or collaborative exhibit. We want the exhibits to fill both spaces, and to be accessible to people in wheelchairs.