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Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Artist Ann McFarren The first thing you see when you walk in Ann McFarren’s living room is a giant, stunning painting of an idyllic Vermont winter scene. Every inch is covered in snow, but it radiates warmth. “I’m an oil painter first and foremost,” she 

Chaffee Art Center presents 58th Annual Art in the Park Fall Foliage Festival

Chaffee Art Center presents 58th Annual Art in the Park Fall Foliage Festival

Rutland, Vermont—All are invited to attend the Chaffee Art Center’s 58th Annual Art in the Park Fall Festival to be held on October 12 & 13 in Main Street Park at the Junction of Routes 4 & 7 in Rutland, Vermont.  The show features juried fine artists, craftspeople, 

Going Up the Country

Going Up the Country

The Chaffee Art Center in collaboration with author Yvonne Daley invites the community to celebrate the art, craft, music, film, food and activism of the 1960s with a new exhibit, “Going Up the Country.” The opening reception will be held on the Chaffee’s main floor 

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

Chaffee’s Artist of the Month

It’s not unusual to find Jack Metzger in unusual places. Warehouses and jam-packed barns; attics, cellars, and salvage yards – like the old saying one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, Jack’s unique artwork embraces the discarded, the uncommon, the random. “Items, broken, lost and