BenchART, A Community Art Project

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Title: “Angels from God”
Artist: Linda Arsenault
Sponsor: Omya
Location: Rutland Intermediate School

Title: “Stop & Smell the Roses”
Artist: Sally Hogan
Sponsor: MKF Properties; Mark and Kelly Foley
Location: Center Street Market Park

Going to Rutland front

Title: “Going to Rutland”
Artist: Ann McFarren
Sponsor: Hull Maynard Hersey Insurance
Location: Hull Maynard Hersey Insurance

Title: “Happy Hippos”
Artist: Kathryn Wiegers
Sponsor: Voity Electrical 
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “We All Scream for Ice Cream”
Artist: Karen Seward
Sponsor: Diamonds and More
Location: Center Street, South Main Street

Title: “Love Autumn in Vermont”
Artist: Louise Kenney
Sponsor: Grace Congregational UCC
Location: Grace Congregational UCC

Family Cruise front

Title: “Family Cruise”
Artist: Sal Vitagliano
Sponsor: Joseph & Barbara Giancola
Location: Rutland City Hall, Washington Street

Title: Water is Life
Artist: Heather Wilson
Sponsor: Vermont Tree Spirits
Location: Lincoln Ave.

Title: “Sunrise in Rutland”                                                                  
Artist: Glenn C. Scott
Sponsor: Rutland Regional Medical Center
Location: RRMC Entrance to Outpatient Rehab on Allen St.

Title: “FRIENDSHIP”
Artist: Christine Townsend
Sponsor: Community Health 
Location: Community Health Castleton, 275 VT-30 N

Title: “Sunflowers”
Artist: Helvi Abatiell
Sponsor: Community Health
Location: Community Health, 215 Stratton Rd.

Title: “The Future”
Artist: Kids from Chaffee’s Art in the Park August 2021
Sponsor: Community Health
Location: Community Health Pediatrics, 1 General Wing Rd.

Title: Wisteria
Artist: Julia Quimby-Cohen
Sponsor: aboutFACE Orthodontics, Mark A. Price, DDS, MSD, PC
Location: aboutFACE Orthodontics, 58 N. Main Street

Title: “Head or Tails”
Artist: Lynn D. Pratt
Sponsor: Central Vermont Eye Care
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Vermont View”
Artist: Betsy W. Moakley
Sponsor: Stewart’s Shops
Location: Center Street

Title: “Rutland Reveille”
Artist: Bill Ramage
Sponsor: Heritage Family Credit Union
Location: Hallway at the Opera House on Merchant’s Row

Title: “Heart of Vermont”
Artist: Jason C. Bemis
Sponsor: Downtown Rutland Partnership
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Doggone Dogs”
Artist: Marcia Shipman
Sponsor: Community Bank   
Location: Center Street

Title: “Rebirth”
Artist: Jen Rondinone
Sponsor: Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Who Cooks for You? Who Cooks for You-All?”
Artist: Amy Carr
Sponsor: Local Venture Legal, PLLC
Location: Rutland City Hall, Washington Street

Title: “Together We Persevere”
Artist: Kristen Partesi
Sponsor: Housing Trust of Rutland County
Location: Lincoln Place, Lincoln Ave.

Title: “Rainbow Connection”
Artist: Kathy Juckett
Sponsor: Housing Trust of Rutland County
Location: Lincoln Place, Lincoln Ave.

Title: “Sunflowers and Butterflies”
Artist: Edith Hiller
Sponsor: Vermont Farmers Food Center
Location: West Street

Title: “No Place to Sit”
Artist: A. Tedesco Masonry
Sponsor: A. Tedesco Masonry
Location: Corner of Center and Wales Streets

Title: “In Bloom”
Artist: Nicole Bills-Maniery
Sponsor: Rutland South Rotary Club
Location: Main Street Park

Title: “Carly’s Angels”
Artist: Debra Dauphinais & Sarah Bloch
Sponsor: Purple Angel Foundation
Location: Center Street in front of the “pit”

Title: “Electric Cow”
Artist: Heather Wilson
Sponsor: Reed Wilcox/Edward Jones and friends of the artist
Location: Rutland City Hall, Washington Street

Title: “Intuitive Inspiration”
Artist: Dale Schelling Bills
Sponsor: In Memory of Yvonne Daley with love from Friends and Family
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Piggy’s Pals”
Artist: Rebecca Langer
Sponsor: With love, Rebecca’s Friends
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Rutland’s Rockin’ Ribbons”
Artist: Mary Fran Lloyd
Sponsor: In Memory of Julie Herlihy
Location: Rutland Free Library, Center Street

Title: “The Freeing of the Carousel Tiger”
Artist: Peter Wallis
Sponsor: Phoenix Books
Location: Center Street

Title: “Catamount”
Artist: Carolyn Shattuck
Sponsor: With thanks to Joe & Barb Giancola, strong supporters of Chaffee
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Respite”
Artist: Christine Holzschuh
Sponsor: Killington Resort & Pico Mountain
Location: Inside Pico Fitness Center, Alpine Drive, Mendon

Title: “Streaming Consciousness”
Artist: Caber Wilson
Sponsor: Mac Equipment – Steel
Location: Main Street Park

Title: “Pansies – A Sign of Spring”
Artist: Mary Crowley
Sponsor: The Castleton University Art Department
Location: To be placed at Castleton University

Title: “Hang Loose with the Moose”
Artist: Christine Foster
Sponsor: Rutland Moose Lodge 1122
Location: Rutland City Fire Department, Center Street

Title: “Scenes from Vermont”
Artist: Kelly Gearwar
Sponsor: Killington Resort & Pico Mountain
Location: KPAA Welcome Center, US-4, Killington

Title: “Organics”
Artist: Rachel Spitzer-Firliet
Sponsor: Anonymous
Location: Main Street Park

Title: “Freedom & Unity”
Artist: Oliver Schemm
Sponsor: The Castleton University Art Department
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Sit with Me”
Artist: Piper Strong
Sponsor: In Memory of Susan Farrow with love from Friends and Family
Location: Chaffee Art Center, South Main Street

Title: “Rest Here
Artist: Kim Williamson
Sponsor: Killington Resort & Pico Mountain.
Location: Killington, placement to be announced

Title: “Bull Garden”
Artist: Ethan B. Nelson
Sponsor: PEGTV
Location: Justin Thomas Memorial Park