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The Gallery: Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

MCL is proud to offer The Gallery, a space for the exhibition of original works by local and regional artists. The Gallery has the same operating hours as the Library as a whole, and hosts openings when new artists take up residence on our walls.

Current Gallery Exhibition

“More Than a Feeling” by Jacqueline Evans will be on Display January 17th – March 16th, 2025.

Growing up near Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jacqueline Evans earned a BFA in Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in Lancaster. A painter, photographer, and web designer, Evans is owner and Principle designer at Art Street Design Studio. She has exhibited her work widely throughout Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont, including at the Southern Vermont Arts Center and Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls. She lives with her wife Anita Reber in Bennington, Vermont.

Abstract art can take on other-worldly characteristics and while it is true that many painters see abstract expression as spiritual or transcendent; Jacqueline Evans views the physical world as a place of belongings left behind. In an era given to redefining belonging and cultural contexts in broader, inclusive terms, abstraction in any format is a reliable avenue of exchange and fluency across the quotidian. The eye does not require symbols or portrayals to feel drawn in and connected. Portal to the mind, the eye is capable of unfathomable understanding.

Upcoming Exhibition

March 28 – May 6, 2025 “Manchester Voices” by Long Trail School. More details TBA.

Youth Gallery

MCL is proud to offer the Youth Gallery space on the walls of the Children’s Library. The Youth Gallery features the work of local young artists and hosts a gallery opening for each exhibit.

Current Exhibition

After spending some time drawing the landscape and gardens around our school, 1st and 2nd graders created their own imaginary gardens using drawing and painting materials. For inspiration we read and analyzed the artwork in these children’s books:

Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl

My Garden by Kevin Henkes

The Night Gardener by the Terry & Eric Fan

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner & Christopher Silas Neal.

Lastly, students focused on bringing back little details in their artwork that might have been lost a bit from the watercolor paint. Materials used include pencil, watercolor pencils, crayons, markers, and watercolor paint.

Maple Street School’s “Imaginary Gardens” will be on display in the MCL Youth Gallery from December 13th through February 1st, 2025.

Upcoming Exhibition

February 7th – Burr & Burton Academy Art Department. Details TBA.

Contact

To get information about The Gallery or pitch an exhibition, contact Paige Vignola at pvignola@mclvt.org or (802) 549-4574.