Burlington, VT Holiday Reception at The BCA Center

The BCA Center, 135 Church St, Burlington, VT
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Vermont Academy alumni and friends are invited to join Head of School Dr. Jennifer L. Zaccara for a special holiday reception The BCA Center (135 Church St, Burlington, VT) on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and a beer and wine bar, and get to know fellow members of the Vermont Academy community in the Burlington area! At 6:30 p.m., join VA Visual Art Department Chair Lisa Eckhardt McNealus '79 for a short tour of Between the Covers: Works by Jane Kent as Lisa shares the methodology she utilizes when approaching gallery shows with students in her art classes.

The Downtown Garage (60 College Street) is located two blocks from The BCA Center and offers 2 hours of parking for free. It is a paid garage after that time. 

Guests should enter The BCA Center through the side door. 

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See Who's Attending...
  • Fred Abraham '52
  • Morrie Austin '83
  • Robert Austin '85
  • Travis Beebe-Woodard '01
  • Robert '53 & Marion Burton
  • Rick Farnham '65
  • David Holton '68
  • Karen Lougee P '25 & John Martin
  • Lisa McNealus '79
  • Rick Moulton '67
  • Roberta O'Donnell P '04, '07
  • Jane Ogden '79 & Bill Emerson
  • Angele Paul '90 & Annie Williams
  • Peter Riegelman '75
  • Adam Rumsey '96
  • Jess Shapiro '23

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About Jane Kent...
 The BCA Center shares the following information about Jane Kent and her work:

Artist and educator Jane Kent is best known for drawings, prints, and artists’ books. She often begins with an object and utilizes drawing to discover the oddness and unexpected qualities of everyday things. Working through numerous and varied iterations, Kent explores how the elements of form, texture, and fields of color convey complex, nuanced observations of our everyday world.

Between the Covers: Works by Jane Kent features artist books, broadsheets, and working drawings created by the artist in collaboration with eight authors over the past 25 years. The exhibit includes six artist books with selections of text by a distinguished poet or writer including The Orchid Thief Re-imagined, 2003 (Susan Orlean); Skating, 2011 (Richard Ford); and Little Albert, 2023 (Joyce Carol Oates).
 
Between the Covers also debuts several of Kent’s working drawings for her newest collaborative project with Major Jackson, Why I Write Poetry, a forthcoming artist book to be published The Grenfell Press in 2025. Jane Kent is Professor of Studio Art at the University of Vermont and divides her time between Vermont and New York.

About Burlington City Arts...
For over 30 years, Burlington City Arts (BCA) has helped cement Burlington, Vermont’s reputation as one of America’s most livable cities for the arts. Our physical locations include the BCA Center, a three-level, year-round exhibition space, as well as BCA Studios, which hosts art classes, camps, and open studio hours in our state-of-the-art facilities. BCA also produces city-wide festivals, events, concerts, films, artist markets, and more. Funded by a unique public/private partnership in which private charitable contributions leverage City funding, BCA is dedicated to supporting artists while expanding access to arts-based education and experiences. BCA provides a national model for centering the arts in community impact, on sectors as varied as education, the environment, civic dialogue, and the economy.

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