What's ahead...
By the end of May, the Gallery will have a new show up. This will be the first of the 2021 series Transition, Transmigration, Transmission, and Transcendence. The first Gallery show opens May 28 and runs through July 4th and features Susan Smereka's new work Far from Black and White along with Endangered Beauty, fire work, by Sabrina Fadial. Hours for all shows will be during Kraemer & Kin's normal hours of operation (F, S, S 12noon to 6pm; please verify days & times with them) or contact me for private appointments.
Also not to be missed: Susan Smereka is offering an Upcycle Journal Workshop at the Gallery on Sunday, June 6th. Please sign up online or by sending me an email. Details: 10am to 3pm, with 1 hour for lunch on your own. $35, incl. materials. 8 persons max.
new work by Susan Smereka
Spring Cometh
As the ice goes out and the mountains snows flow into Lake Champlain, our thoughts turn to warmer seasons and planning for summer fun in our active watershed. We also know that the cyanobacteria blooms in & around North Hero were bad last year and so appreciate the work LLC has done to educate us on this condition. This lake that joins us holds both our past and our future. How we cherish this place and build healing strategies will take all of us, working together, at multiple levels.
Nebi: Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water
We have added this 10min. film (below) thanks to the chiefs and members of the Nulhegan, Missisquoi, and Elnu Bands of the Abenaki Nation, and Peregrine Productions, Lake Champlain Committee (LLC), Lake Champlain Sea Grant and UVM Extension.
Great Ice - North Hero
Great Ice days are here finally as a “mini-fest” for locals — this means skating and skiing with Covid-safety rules , i.e., no big group activities like bonfire, fireworks, or vendors. Some of us have been to Knights Island twice already to check out the ice and snow conditions. There is a small oval and a hockey rink. And it looks like the Over & Back ski to Knights Island will Sunday for some of us — it will be the sunnier day of another cold weekend. Added fun is the First-year Anniversary of Kraemer & Kin, brewery and tasting room at GreenTARA.
Winter Light
We are held in time and place, not only by winter and the beauty that surrounds us, but by the transitions in our political and social environments. We are well aware of new hopes in our government and rising trust of vaccines, but still it will take all of us to believe in our better selves to have these scattered seeds sprout into solidly rooted plants.
Transition: Turning the Wheel thru Time and Place
Turning the wheel, we rotate, change view, transform from chrysalis to butterfly, we transition from formation, from immanent being into active flying beauty. Turning the wheel, we rotate, change direction, transform from enclosed to free, transition from afraid into wing-spread strength, rising into air, layer upon layer, for the long-journey ahead.
Starting a new year - 2021
As we start this new year, I suspect we are all full of expectations for 2021. Full of hopes for our friends and family, of resolutions to help make this a better, more just, world, but also maybe a little bit tired of hiding behind a mask!
Given that the political and Covid-19 pandemics are not exactly over, this new year will need our collective vision and hard work to bring it forward. We cannot come out of a global pandemic and economic shut-down without thinking that hard work is ahead of us, for all of us. The virus has shown us how intricately involved our (political, environmental, social, and economical) lives are here and across the globe. We will need to rebuild community networks—they are the basis for trust across boundaries, as well as, economic integration. This will not happen by chance or by luck, but by plowing ahead with grit and heart. It will be a year full of resolution, compassion, and endurance.
To this end, the Gallery plans for art and environment exhibitions with associated workshops (via Zoom) are underway and the co-location of local-brewery Kraemer & Kin (with great food) at GreenTARA will continue.
I send heartfelt thanks to all of you and much joy as we begin to care for all sentient beings, as well as ourselves, in this new year.
Mandala by Melissa Forbes - please check for future workshops. http://www.forbesyantra.com
Giving thanks, November.
I love November — it is a time of early dark, wild sunsets, twinkly lights, and sitting by the fire… it is a time of quieting down the busy harvest spirit and yet not quite the dream time of deep winter.
Going forward please be aware of two things: 1) due to rise in Covid-19 illness numbers, Kraemer & Kin are no longer serving locally-crafted brews, but they are still open for retails sales, and 2) Migrations Sarah Ashe’s work in mixed-media and acrylic comes down in another week, i.e., Sunday Nov 22 is the last day to visit her work. Hours per K &K : F, S, S 12 - 6pm.
Our changing season: November's here!
October full moon and Halloween lead to November snows, but this year the Gallery is still OPEN… with Kraemer & Kin hosting. Such a pleasure to know that in uncertain times (Covid-19, national elections, hurricanes, closed-down borders…) community connections can still be vibrant. And Sarah Ashe’s work Migrations is in the Gallery thru Sunday Nov 22 — such a special voice. Best to everyone, miss you!
