Less is more at the current show at Burlington’s 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, where printmaker Diane Gabriel and photographer Jordan Douglas present iconographic black-and-white images in their respective media. Gabriel uses lacy, delicate antique dresses as a point of departure, while Douglas finds poetry in various discarded objects found alongside the road, such as an ambrotype, flattened beer cans and a deceased frog.... Read more

Jake Rifkin and Wylie Sofia Garcia each put a distinct spin on “Twisted,” the title of their show currently at Burlington’s Flynndog, with wire sculptures and textile pieces, respectively. Garcia, whose fabric works obliterate the line between fine art and domestic handiwork, also presents 24 ink-on-paper pieces. This shared exhibit is filled with subtleties, surprises and unconventional approaches to making art.... Read more

Exposure: Studio Show II,” now on view at Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery, offers strong collections of new works by 14 artists active in the Burlington City Arts photography, printmaking and ceramic studios — including the studio directors. It’s a juried showcase displaying both the high caliber and the aesthetic diversity of BCA’s studio programs.... Read more

Artistic flights of fancy in the form of paintings grace the walls of Burlington International Airport from now till New Year’s Eve. Burlington City Arts curates the venue’s revolving shows in its exhibition areas — the pre-security waiting area near Gates 1 and 2, the skyway hall and an expansive space over the escalator leading to and from the boarding gates. This round of three exhibits includes abstractions, landscapes and a large-scale piece with a Pop Art sensibility.... Read more

Few epochs in Chinese history have brought changes as dramatic as those in the last half of the 20th century. From the communist victory of 1949 to the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s to Deng Xiaoping’s capitalist reforms of the 1980s, China has reinvented itself from a feudal empire to a modern economic powerhouse in just a few generations. The evolution has taken its toll on China’s citizens, however.... Read more

After eight consecutive years, the “Rock Solid” exhibition can be considered an enduring tradition at Barre’s Studio Place Arts. The show reflects on the wondrous world of stone — a ubiquitous material in Vermont — and pays particular tribute to the town’s history of granite sculpting. Sending stone-themed art to Barre is like bringing the proverbial coals to Newcastle, but the event nonetheless reminds viewers that rock art is alive and well in the Green Mountain State.... Read more

Vermont sculptor B. Amore typically combines ingredients as enduring as bronze and stone, but she also creates installations and assemblages that appear to be meditations on past lives. Amore’s powerful Gallery in-the-Field exhibition “Heads, Hands & Hearts” finds a personal iconography in passport-photo-sized faces, work gloves, silk flowers and embossed sections of antique tin ceiling, all infused with an air of transience.... Read more

The origins of knitting are shrouded by the mists of time, but an old pair of red socks has shed some light on the subject. They were left in an Egyptian tomb — fortunately, not on someone’s feet — about 1500 years ago, which makes them the oldest known example of knitting. The stitch looks surprisingly modern.... Read more

When Montpelier’s native son Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) was born, the rapidly growing village had been Vermont’s state capital for only 18 years. Wood went on to become a successful portrait and genre painter in New York City, yet his ties to Vermont remained strong throughout his life. “Montpelier’s Treasures: The Legacy of Thomas Waterman Wood,” now on view at the gallery that bears his name, offers a fascinating look at the inner workings of Wood’s art.... Read more

Working en plein air — that is, outdoors — has been a favorite approach of landscapists for 150 years. Artists who migrated in the 1840s to the town of Barbizon, east of Paris near the Fontainebleau Forest, were the most prominent early exponents of plein-air painting. They stressed realism over romantic interpretations of idealized natural environs. The exhibition “New England Plein Air Painters,” at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, demonstrates that open-air painting is alive and well in modern times.... Read more