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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Feb 20, 2013
The day that it snows, I can only write about snow. The
day they hung Paedra Bramhall's work in the Killington Arts
Upstairs Gallery was, like the snow, the only thing on my mind. I
was there for the hanging, but was w ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Jan 24, 2013
Anna Caleb and I joined other members of the Killington Arts
Guild last July to visit Paedra Bramhall's galleries in
Bridgewater, Vt. and see work in progress in the mountains. Anna
and I rode in her car, bumping along the r ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Jan 10, 2013
This week wherever you went it was snowing and those who were
not skiing were entertaining themselves with books, drinks, food
and sleep. The Lucky Duck Lake Club from Pennsylvania took time
after skiing at Pico to build a g ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Dec 27, 2012
Many of us may be invited to holiday parties with people we
don't know, a big something that is drinking and singing with
strangers but the beauty of Vermont is that there are still places
where people come together who have ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Dec 13, 2012
Beverly Anderson is one of the charter members of the Killington
Arts Guild. For 12 years she has been pastor of the Sherburne
United Church of Christ, which has been her home church for 45
years. She attended Bangor Theolog ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Nov 21, 2012
It was a day with blue ski and white clouds at the Killington
Base Lodge. You could see skiers carefully moving across the thin
snow on Double Dipper. There was a lift on the left of the ski
slope that took them back up the ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Nov 12, 2012
Photo by Yvonne Feaster
Katie Reimer, Music before the Storm at the Gables and
Meadows.
Katie Reimer, pianist, curated and performed in a concert in Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in April 2011, as a celebration for ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Oct 25, 2012
Photo by Patsy Zedar
Book cover for "As We Were" by watercolorist Maurie
Harrington.
Verdant Books of Rutland has published "As We Were." A collection
written by the Gables and Friends Memoir Group. These are stories
...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Oct 10, 2012
Ann Marie Wallen
Dec. 25, 1919 - Sept. 30, 2012
For many years the Killington Arts Guild and the Killington
Recreation Department held Potluck Holiday luncheons open to
everyone. "Annie" and I shopped together for festive d ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
Sep 5, 2012
Barbara McKenna is on the Killington Arts Guild's Board of
Directors and works on publicity. For a KAG Gallery reception a
couple years ago she made table centerpieces-little wooden
birdhouses with artificial flowers around ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
Aug 30, 2012
Warmer, sunny days in the Northeast encourage outdoor painting.
Plein Air Painting contributes significantly to capturing and
documenting the beauty and history of this area. Plein Air first
became popular in the early ninet ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
Aug 23, 2012
Susan Wacker-Donle is Killington Arts Guild's Webmaster. She
continues to develop the website originated by Sally Curtis, KAG
president, and her son Jon Curtis. The Website demonstrates how
committed KAG and its membership a ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
Aug 1, 2012
Robin Gordon Taft restores furniture and calls it "Furniture in
Recovery." A chest of drawers is in the Killington Arts Guild
Gallery at Cabin Fever Gifts (Route 4), pictured on the KAG website
and in the KAG brochure design ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
Jun 13, 2012
The iris in my garden are finished for the season but those in
the Killington Arts Guild Gallery show "Spring into Summer"
continue to bloom brightly. Sally Curtis's Iris (photo on canvas)
in blue and yellow is a fine exampl ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little
posted
Jun 8, 2012
The new Killington Arts Guild Show, "Spring into Summer" at
Cabin Fever Gifts is full of beautiful flowers-iris, sunflowers,
petunias, and lilacs. One can almost smell them they are so lovely.
But what caught my eye were two ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little
posted
May 30, 2012
Killington Arts Guild is a creative community for the arts. Our
Gallery, website, programs and workshops are open to everyone. The
best way to get to know us is to visit our Gallery at Cabin Fever
Gifts where a new show, "Sp ...
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> Opinion By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
May 2, 2012 07:55 AM
Many of us first met Annette Compton about ten years ago as an
impersonator of Edna St. Vincent Millay in a Vermont Humanities
Program sponsored by the Killington Arts Guild and the Friends of
the Sherburne Library. Here we ...
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> OpinionBy Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Apr 25, 2012
The art of scherenschnitte (German for scissor cuttings) is more
unique than most art techniques, perhaps, but it is no less
impressive. Edith Johnstone, known by most as "Edie," has been
practicing this art for the past 27 ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Apr 18, 2012 02:15 PM
Gardening was one of the original 'arts' included in the
Killington Arts Guild. I remember visiting Louise Hansson's house
to see how to grow gardens in a limited space and to George Lyons
place where he had a nursery of pla ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Apr 11, 2012
People asked me after the SafeArt performance at the Killington
Arts Guild Annual meeting, "What was it like meeting the Teen
Ensemble face to face?" These were young people who had been
abused, criticized for being differen ...
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> Opinion By Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Apr 4, 2012 09:19 AM
In the 2012 Annual Meeting Report Sally Curtis, KAG
president, quotes Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate (late 1990s)
"There's a whole range of behaviors that were highly functional in
the hierarchical organization th ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little
updated
Mar 28, 2012 02:52 PM
In today's world if you or your business are not on the web then
you don't exist.
But learning about the web or a computer procedure is hard work. I
am trying to use Evernote to write on my computers. With it I could
write ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Mar 21, 2012 10:22 AM
"…wait on the wind, catch a scent of salt, call it our
life."
Excerpt from Our Valley by Philip Levine, U.S. Poet Laureate,
National Poetry Month poster, April 2012.
In Dana Gioia's famous essay, "Does Poetry Matter?"  ...
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Mar 19, 2012 02:46 PM
Killington Arts Guild painting/acrylics workshop meets every
Tuesday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., at Sherburne Library in Killington. Free.
For reservations call 422-3824.
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> OpinionBy Betty Little
updated
Mar 14, 2012 11:21 AM
Many people in the Killington Arts Guild are discovering Susan
Wacker-Donle, a woman of many talents. She says about art, "I am
constantly stopped by the beauty around me. The way the morning sun
lights up the sky, the color ...
- Local News By Betty Little
updated
Feb 22, 2012 09:25 AM
The Rotary Painting Event at the Killington Arts Guild Gallery
was scheduled for one day, Sunday Feb. 12. We didn't think it could
be done in such a short time but here is what happened as reported
by Sally Curtis:
Five Ro ...
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> Opinion By Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM
For the first time since the Killington Arts Guild moved into
The Upstairs Gallery at Cabin Fever Gifts, The Gallery will be
totally closed. From Feb. 9-18, The Gallery will undergo major
renovations/painting. It is also the ...
- Local NewsBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Feb 1, 2012 08:01 AM
Peter Huntoon has been a watercolor painter since 1994 and is
known for his colorful pictures of Rutland. He creates
representational works of art inspired by the New England landscape
and its people and regularly exhibits t ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM
Sounds of violins, flutes and trumpets tuning up, people settle
in their chairs, lights go down, the conductor raises his hands,
silence-then the music begins. This is the Vermont Symphony
Orchestra's Holiday program, "Fun a ...
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> OpinionBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Jan 18, 2012 07:57 AM
For over a decade, Killington Arts Guild has defined ART in the
broadest sense. Painters, sculptures, crafters, photographers,
gardeners, writers, dancers, dramatists and more are all artists.
This is expressed in art shows ...
- Local NewsBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
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Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM
RUTLAND-The meeting room in the Gotnick Center in Rutland is
packed, Howard Coffin, nationally known Civil War historian and a
true Vermonter is here to tell us how the Green Mountain Boys won
the war. His voice booms out ac ...
- Local NewsBy Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Jan 4, 2012 04:21 PM
When I was little we had a game called "Jumping over the
Bar." It wasn't a real competition. You tried to jump over
the bar, and then tried again, until you could jump higher. While
we don't literally play this game af ...
- Local NewsBy Betty Little
updated
Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM
Cathy inherited a love of poetry from her mother Margaret. She
came to love the classics. When she was a legal assistant in New
York City she was invited to a ski club house in Pittsfield. She
tried skiing, loved it, gave up ...
- Local NewsBy Betty Little
updated
Dec 21, 2011 10:20 AM
Recently, the Vermont Festival of trees filled the ballroom of
the Killington Grand Hotel - green trees, twinkling lights and
glittering decorations. Children eagerly dragged parents from tree
to tree. "Look at the train at ...
- Local News By Betty Little, Killington Arts Guild
updated
Dec 14, 2011 10:19 AM
Those who attended the Thanksgiving Reception at the Killington
Arts Guild found how bright and uplifting the gallery is with its
walls filled with the finest efforts of local artists. Many came
for the first time. The PEG T ...
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Nov 18, 2011 10:25 AM
Killington-There will be an New Gallery Show and opening
reception at the Killington Arts Guild gallery from 1- 3:30 p.m.,
located above Cabin Fever Gifts, across from the Killington Access
Rd. on Rt. 4E. The show will featu ...
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Oct 31, 2011 08:02 PM
Killington Arts Guild opens new show at the Gallery above Cabin
Fever Gifts, across from the Killington Access Rd. on Route 4East.
The show will feature art works by artists from all over Vermont
who will be showing their la ...
- Local Newsby Betty Little
updated
Oct 19, 2011 08:01 AM
This time of year art is all around us in spectacular foliage,
blue skies and rolling clouds, at the Farmer's Market, at Art in
the Park, in the Halloween figures, and in the transformed bails of
hay in Killington. Art galle ...
- Local Newsby Betty Little
updated
Oct 12, 2011 01:37 PM
The sun is shining, occasionally, and we hope the weeks ahead
will be full of a glorious fall but whatever the weather Art is
with us, the Guild is active and you are invited to come to these
programs and participate in our ...
- Local Newsby Betty Little
updated
Oct 7, 2011 09:09 AM
Beginning again isn't easy to do, but the Killington Arts Guild
is making a great new start. The third Killington Salon hosted by
Jill Dye and Duane Finger at the Killington Dream Ski Lodge
featured Melissa Marvel (voice and ...
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Aug 18, 2011 11:57 AM
Killington Arts Guild sponsors program with Lauren Wilder,
presenting visual and edible art in the form of garnishes, hors
d'oeuvres, and centerpieces with food sampling sure to be included!
Sherburne Memorial Library, til 8 ...
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Aug 18, 2011 11:55 AM
Killington Arts Guild sponsors 1-day workship with Jill Dye,
presenting style & techniques of using bamboo brushes & ink
blocks for creating subjects in this elemental medium. Beginners to
experienced painters welcom ...
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Jul 25, 2011 08:49 AM
Killington Arts Guild presents Sally Curtis, a skilled teacher
who makes things easy, is giving a Marbleizing and Bookbinding
demonstration on Monday evening 7-9 PM on August 8th
at the Sherburne Memorial Library.
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Jul 22, 2011 12:00 PM
Killington Arts Guild workshop with Don Hofer. 2 days, 9th &
10th, til 4pm each eay. At KAG Gallery above Cabin Fever Gifts.
Make painting an adventure! $130 members, $140 non. 422-3852 or
killingtonartsguild.org to regi ...
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Jul 22, 2011 11:57 AM
Killington Arts Guild program with Sally Curtis. Sally
demonstrates, you try technique. Sherburne Memorial Library,
Killington. Til 9pm. Free, open to public. 422-3852.
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Jul 18, 2011 02:23 PM
Every Fourth Wednesday at Sherburne Library, Killington, til
8pm. A gathering of poets, writers and those who appreciate the
written word. This week, mini workshop on Haiku, individual
readings and group discussion. Ref ...
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Jul 12, 2011 08:37 AM
Killington Arts Guild New Show Opening Reception, 3-6pm, KAG
Gallery, Upstairs at Cabin Fever Gifts, Rte. 4 across from
Killington Access Rd. Open 9am-6pm daily. Show thru Sep. 1.
802-422-3852.
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Jul 3, 2011 07:17 PM
Killington Arts Guild New Show, 3-6pm, KAG Gallery, Upstairs at
Cabin Fever Gifts, Rte. 4 across from Killington Access Rd. We
celebrate Killington's 250th Anniversary. Open 9am-6pm daily. Show
thru Sep. 1. 802-422-3852.
