Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

'Hooked in the Mountains XVI'

The hookers are back. Each year, the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild fills the Round Barn at Shelburne Museum with some of the coolest, most intricate rugs and fiber-art pieces around. This year, more than 500 works are on display, including Mariah Krauss’ brooding, photorealistic portrait of a young woman, whose fiery locks look more like ram horns than hair; Ann-Marie Littenberg’s surprisingly masculine “Toolbox” (pictured), which depicts a plaid-clad person opening a box of tools, all rendered beautifully in fiber; and featured artist Liz Guth’s colorful interpretation of a computer chip. November 10 through 17.