The Front is please to announced the gallery’s six new artist members. You will be able to see their work, alongside the rest of the gallery members’ works, at the upcoming exhibition, Show 26, running June 22 to August 4, with an opening reception on Friday, June 22, from 5 to 8 p.m., at 6 Barre Street in Montpelier, Vt.

We warmly welcome the following artists to The Front:

Jason Galligan-Baldwin​ / Jason, from Montpelier, bases his work on childhood stories, combining materials from his youth into his printmaking, painting and collage. Learn more about Jason here.
Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Exit on Order. Acrylic, collage, serigraph and graphite on panel, 20 x 16 in. 2017​.

Kate Burnim / Kate, also based in Montpelier, is primarily a painter whose work spans a wide range of subject matter, but of late, has focused on internal and external landscapes. Learn more about Kate here.

Kate Burnim, Track 11. Oil and acrylic on gesso board, 18 x 14 in. 2018.

Sam Colt / Sam, another Montpelier-based artist, is an abstract minimalist who uses paint, plaster, ink, gold-leaf, and other materials to create large and small scale works. Learn more about Sam here.

Sam Colt, Cassini’s Dive. Grassello, tinted shellac, gold-leaf on masonite, 24 x 42 in. 2017.

Mark Lorah / Mark, based in Brookfield, is both a painter and sculptor who creates works that explore frameworks and systems and mutations therein. Learn more about Mark here.

Mark Lorah, Untitled. Ink on paper, 50 x 50 in. 2016.

Ned Richardson / Ned, hailing from Moretown, uses a range of techniques and media including digital, watercolor, egg tempera, and oil to observe and explore the relationship between forest networks and human/nonhuman/digital networks. Learn more about Ned here.
Ned Richardson, Untitled. Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 9 x 8 in. 2017.

Michelle Saffran / Michelle, another Moretown-based artist, uses a photo-based practice to explore the influences of autobiographical memory on identity. Learn more about Michelle here.
Michelle Saffran, Majesty of Despair. Photograph, 13 x 38 in. 2018.

Upcoming Exhibition:

Show 26 / June 22 to August 4, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 22, 5 to 8 p.m.

 

Stop by Thursday, December 7 and Friday, December 8 and check out our holiday pop-up store! From 9 am – 7 pm (8 pm on Friday) we’ll feature ornaments, prints, cards, and other holiday goodies. Pick up something unique to give this season!

Starting  Wednesday, August 2, from 7-8pm, we will be running a series of artist talks this Fall at the Front. Each event will take place the Wednesday following our Friday openings, and will feature two member-artists. Come learn about what motivates them, how they do their work, how they started making art, and how their work has changed. We hope to see you there!

Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 7 – 8pm: Glen Coburn Hutcheson / Daryl Burtnett

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 7 – 8pm: Lydia Gatzow / James Secor

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 7- 8 pm: Alice Dodge / Sabrina Fadial

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 7 – 8 pm: Melora Kennedy / Hannah Morris

 

The Front is pleased to welcome three new members – Daryl Burtnett, Sabrina Fadial, and Lydia Gatzow! Their work will be included in Show 14, which opens Dec. 2nd, 4-8 pm. Join us for light refreshments, live music by Bob Hannan, and thought-provoking artwork.

In other news, it is with bittersweet notes of orange zest and blackberries that we announce Tremolo’s departure from the Front – we wish them well and hope to see them pop-up elsewhere soon! This also means our hours are changing back to Friday evenings (5-8pm) and Saturdays (11am-8pm).

 

Lydia Gatzow

 

Sabrina Fadial

 

Daryl Burtnett