Author: Janelle Faignant

Featured Artist: Helvi Abateill

Featured Artist: Helvi Abateill

The week before Valentine’s Day, the kids in Artist Helvi Abateill’s current class at the Chaffee had just finished making paper. Not papier-mâché — actual paper. Colorful squares were hanging from the walls in the upstairs classroom and kids were picking up their pieces on 

‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: Black History Month meets Vermont winter

‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: Black History Month meets Vermont winter

View original article at the Rutland Herald The latest Chaffee Art Center exhibit lived up to its name the night it opened, but despite the freezing temperature on Jan. 14, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” turned out a good crowd. “I did my best to stick 

Artist of the Month, Sal Vitagliano

Artist of the Month, Sal Vitagliano

When the community around you is your source of inspiration, your work becomes a product of it.  Artist Sal Vitagliano spends a lot of time in his community and and the New England community at large. He paints what he sees, taking photographs on nature 

Artist of the Month, Steve Halford

Artist of the Month, Steve Halford

When the birds that returned to the woods where Steve Halford lives every spring suddenly stopped a few years ago, he was worried. “We always used to hear birds singing every spring but the last few years we haven’t heard them,” Halford said. “It really