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HOLIDAY HOURS:  
​Sunday through Saturday ​​11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR DECEMBER 2024:   
Janice DeCooman, Dorothy Goulet, Sarah McGarghan, Sally Tarr
Gallery reception to be held Thursday, December 5, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR November 2024:   
Donna Blatchly, Gillian Ireland, Cherie Marshall, Shanna Ratner
Gallery reception to be held Thursday, November 7, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Artist Donna Blatchly makes one-of-a-kind knit and felted hand bags and has expanded her techniques to include such items as bowls, bangle bracelets and most recently Emotional Support Chickens. In addition to fiber arts, Donna creates unique imagery using pebbles and other found objects. ​
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​Donna is one of November's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Artist Cherie Marshall is an artist from Burlington, Vermont working primarily in kiln-formed glass. She designs and makes glass art pieces, bowls, platters, and ornaments. Cherie also creates patterned bars of glass and uses those and bits of murrini and frit (crushed pieces of glass) to make thin, lightweight, and colorful earrings and necklaces.
Cherie is one of November's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Artist Gillian Ireland is Psychotherapist by day and a potter by night.
Gillian throws stoneware pottery on the wheel and generally makes functional pieces. In recent years she has experimented with different
glaze techniques but has found some tried and true combinations and
​tends to stick with them. 
Gillian is one of November's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Artist Shanna Ratner - I make art because I it changes the way I experience living. I am always looking for things that inspire and fascinate me and that challenge me to see the world in new ways. I believe that there is nothing an artist can produce that does not already exist someplace in nature. Our job isn’t to invent things, it is to witness them, make a record, and present them for contemplation. 
Shanna is one of November's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR OCTOBER 2024:   
Wendy Everhart, Barry Genzlinger, Maureen Genzlinger, Deborah Travis
Gallery reception to be held Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
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Wendy Everhart 
"I have worked in clay throughout my life, and enjoy both throwing on the wheel and hand building techniques.  My work leans towards functional pieces, but I find great joy in making nonfunctional Raku pieces.  Having recently established my own small studio, I am exploring new glaze combinations and techniques which lend another avenue of exploration to this art form. “
​Wendy is one of October’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
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Barry Genzlinger  
"I love to turn things from wood.  Wood always surprises me with colors and patterns that I was not expecting.  What looks
like a piece of a log that should go into the wood stove comes to life with twisted grains and splashes of color that otherwise
​would have been missed.”
Barry is one of October’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Maureen Genzlinger  
​"After many years of making string ornaments, I have come to enjoy and appreciate the calm and tranquil environment in my studio.  The ability to put together many different colors and textures into a final product always brings a smile to my face.  I hope my works do the same for others as well.”
Maureen is one of October’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.

​Deborah Travis 
"I am a watercolor and fiber artist who is inspired by the natural environment.  My works utilize painting, indigo shibori, eco printing, batik and dye techniques on paper, silk, and other fibers to convey my love for the beauty of the outside world!”
Deb is one of October’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​FEATURED ARTISTS FOR AUGUST 2024:   Chris Bessette, Kristina Bolduc, Lindsay DiDio, Anne Standish
Gallery reception to be held Thursday, August 1st, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Chris Bessette "I am a possibilist.  I see a direction or new purpose in most things, and like to use the familiar medium of textiles to learn a new technique or explore both my limits and that of the items with which I am working."
I have been learning to sew and create for 50 years.  I phrase it that way that because I believe that creativity is a habit of cultivating curiosity, and I want that to be a habit of a lifetime.

Chris is one of August’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Kristina Bolduc is a life-long artist who received a BA in fine arts with a focus on printmaking and painting. She approaches each piece in a spirit of freedom, allowing the work to evolve as the process inspires her to research and develop a deeper viewpoint.

​Kristina is one of August's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Lindsay Didio "As an art educator
​I have interest and experience using a lot of processes and materials, but over the past few years I have grown to really love stained glass. I love creating something beautiful that is transformed by the sunlight."

​ Lindsay is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Anne Standish is an art quilter.  
​Her work utilizes fabric, thread, paint, photos printed onto fabric, beads, and other embellishments to capture the beauty of the Vermont and New England landscape.  A technique called raw edge collage enables her to make complex details of birds, flowers, and animals, both fanciful and realistic. Dense thread work brings those images alive.  She lives in Cambridge and her quilts can be viewed at annestandish.com.

Anne is one of August’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR JULY 2024: 
Jennifer Buckner, Terry Buehner, Tess Follensbee, Wayne Tarr
Gallery reception to be held Wednesday, July 10th, 2024, 4:30 PM
​Jennifer Buckner  began studying stained and fused glass work thirty years ago and has explored many techniques.  She portrays the flora and fauna of the natural world with skill, imagination, and humor.  

​Jennifer is one of September’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.   ​
Terry Buehner  has created jewelry for over 20 years. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and is based on a unique story.   Terry's media include polymer clay, wire, wet-and-needle-felting, driftwood, stones, and repurposed items such as fabric, bicycle parts, and vintage beads. 

Terry is one of July's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Tess Follensbee  has been creating art ever since she was five years old. Over time, her passion for art making only grew, and she began selling her work at various craft shows alongside her grandparents. Through primarily acrylic paint and mixed media, she explores subjects from portraiture and figures to silly animals. In the fall of 2024, she will be starting her first year of college at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts.

Tess is one of July's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Wayne Tarr is a full-time photographer who enjoys photographing a variety of events, and portraits. His latest photography adventure is photographing dancers and models underwater. Wayne has won numerous awards at the state, regional and national level. The highest awards he won are his 14 selections to the PPA Traveling Loan Collection, and these selections earned Wayne the PPA High Level of Excellence Award in 2015. He became a Certified Professional Photographer and earned his Master of Photography degree in 2006, and became a Photographic Craftsman in 2015.

Wayne is one of July’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR JUNE 2024:   Natalie LaRocque, Martha McGinn, Susannah Sakal, Longina Smolinski 
Gallery reception to be held Thursday, June 6th, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
​Natalie LaRocque has immersed herself in the beauty of nature.  As a Vermont inspired artist she feels compelled to capture the images she sees and share them through her paintings and photography. Natalie's paintings can sometimes be quite large, with hopes of enabling the viewer to experience the same sense of inspiration and gratitude that generated her artistic expression.  

Natalie is one of June's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in ​  St. Albans, Vermont.
Martha McGinn's background in chemistry and medical research informs her approach to the deep colorful glazes of her functional pottery.  Explorations in texture, shape, and color result in an ever-expanding body of work. In addition to her wheel-thrown and slab-built work, Martha sculpts expressive “healing heart angels”.

Martha is one of June's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Susannah Sakal As a lifelong creator and maker, I am constantly inspired to tell a story through various types of artistic expression. I have worked with many mediums over the years, each one resulting in a different expression of the same universal message. I find myself inspired by patterns of the natural world, drawing inspiration from observing the patterns that describe the energy of oceans, rivers, lakes, and forests.  

Susannah is one of June's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in ​St. Albans, Vermont.
​Longina Smolinski holds a Master’s Degree in fine art from her native Poland. She creates hand crafted jewelry, sculpture, and paintings in her studio, and exhibits internationally.
​
Longina is one of June’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.

We currently have 38 members and are actively jurying in new members. 
Welcome to our new members Tess Follensbee and Susannah Sakal

FEATURED ARTISTS FOR MAY 2024:  Courtney Adams, Rebecca Nase Chomyn, ​Toby Fulwiler, Holly Spier
​​Featured Artists Gallery Reception ​​ • ​Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Courtney Adams "I have a passion for finding the beauty in wood and create art in the form of coasters, cutting boards and home decor.  I work with many varieties of wood including maple, birch, walnut, cherry, purple heart, wenge, yellow heart, padauk and zebra wood."

Courtney is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont
Toby Fulwiler Woodturner/artisan, turns bowls and fashions kitchen implements from local hardwoods, including sugar maple, black cherry, butternut, apple, and ash, many found on his farm in Vermont.  He specializes in classic and natural-edge bowls turned for everyday use and aesthetic appeal.
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Toby is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Galleryin St. Albans, Vermont
Holly Spier's jewelry is inspired by her love of nature. The landscape's of Vermont and Arizona are evident in many subtle ways in Holly's body of work.  Each stones individual beauty is showcased in a sleek setting which has been fabricated to enhance natures own creation. 

​Holly is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont
Rebecca Nase Chomyn has studied and worked as a metal sculptor for over 20 years. Her free-flowing, organic pieces demonstrate this artist’s ability to replicate nature, one unique piece at a time. 
​
Rebecca is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont


FEATURED ARTISTS FOR MARCH 2024:
Barbara Colgrove, Barbara Flathers, Dorothy Goulet
​​Featured Artists Gallery Reception ​, Thursday, March 7th, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Barbara Colgrove’s life has always revolved around the visual arts as a path of creative expression and communication. Her pottery emphasizes her interest in decorative patterns and design, and conveys her belief in the magic within the transformation from wet earth to beautiful objects which can be held and used.
Barbara is one of March’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Barbara Flathers, My work aims to be useful, functional and unique. I want it to be enjoyable for someone to use, aesthetically pleasing to touch, hold and to look at.  I don’t strive to replicate, but instead create in a series that helps to inform the subsequent work. My inspirations come from nature: my observations of the world around me, the colors, textures and patterns in the world that I notice. With my clay body, I focus on creating containers. I want my work to be used and handled by others. 
Barbara is one of March’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Dorothy Goulet, I use watercolor, ink, and other media to interpret what beauty I see and feel in the world around me, including landscapes, florals, animals, colors, and movement. In a world with so much non-art, my contribution is to make something that can cause us to see the good side of all of us. Any problem in society that cannot fully be solved by education can be solved by art.
Dorothy is one of March's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, VT. 
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR FEBRUARY 2024:
Marissa McFadden and Sarah Rosedahl
​Featured Artists Gallery Reception ​​Thursday, February 1st, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
​Marissa McFadden The entire making process (from start to finish) takes roughly 2 weeks. I do not have any production employees or assistants. Wheel-throwing is the primary way in which I make pottery, I will occasionally throw a slab to make ornament magnets, or pinch very small pots for pouring wax. But generally, when I am making art, it is on the wheel. 
Marissa is one of February’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans Vermont.
​Sarah Rosedahl is an artist, illustrator, cartoonist and recovering software engineer. After working in the high tech industry for 30 years in California and New Orleans, Sarah now lives in Vermont where she is inspired by the wildlife and agriculture of the Lake Champlain Islands. Sarah works in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media and especially enjoys painting birds, both wild and domestic.  
Sarah is one of February's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR JANUARY 
Rebecca Nase Chomyn and Patrick Murphy
​Featured Artists Gallery Reception ​​Thursday, January 4th, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Patrick Murphy had a traditional art education and became a high school art teacher. In addition to constantly drawing, he prefers to paint in oils. Patrick loves the little towns of Northern Vermont and New York, and his latest paintings feature scenes from these locations. Just as Patrick does, viewers can imagine walking down the streets, and entering the buildings.

Patrick s one of our featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in
​St. Albans, Vermont. ​
Rebecca Nase Chomyn has studied and worked as a metal sculptor for over 20 years. Her free-flowing, organic pieces demonstrate this artist’s ability to replicate nature, one unique piece at a time. 
​
Rebecca is one of our featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont. 
Kristina Bolduc is a life-long multidisciplinary artist who approaches each piece in a spirit of freedom, allowing the work to evolve as the process inspires her. The natural and whimsical images she creates are inspired by experiences, observation, and imagination.
​
Kristina is one of September’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​Kati Christoffel, In her artwork, she explores the intersection of the deep peace and ecstatic joy that she feels while enjoying a beautiful view in nature with a paintbrush in her hand. She thinks that feeling a deep connection to our natural world is a vital part of being human; making art fosters that connection for her, and she loves sharing that connection with others.
​
Kati is one of September's Featured Artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Jennifer Buckner began studying stained and fused glass work thirty years ago and has explored many techniques.  
​ She portrays the flora and fauna of the natural world with skill, imagination, and humor.  

​Jennifer is one of September’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.   ​
Deborah Travis is a watercolor painter and fiber artist whose works on paper, silk and other fibers explore and reflect her response to the elemental beauty and colors of the natural world.  She utilizes painting, shibori techniques, marbling, suminagashi, and resists in her current work.
​
Deborah is one of September’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont. ​
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR AUGUST
Lindsay DiDio, Barbara Flack, Meta Strick, El Towle
Artist In Residence Gallery, August Featured Artists Reception
 Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Lindsay DiDio "As an art educator I have interest and experience using a lot of processes and materials, but over the past few years I have grown to really love stained glass. I love creating something beautiful that is transformed by the sunlight."

Lindsay is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Barbara Flack's latest works uses cell phone photography and a wide format printer,  Barbara works in the digital medium, often enhancing her images with colored pencils and chalk. Her love of technology and digital art in its many forms, including type, motion, interactivity and graphics, propel her to create.  

Barbara is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Meta Strick is a life-long artist who has explored multitudes of materials and processes, in combination with other people’s "junque", to make figurative mixed media art works. For over thirty-five years Meta taught many art courses at Community College of Vermont. After retirement, she continues to offer workshops at her studio.
​
Meta is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​El Towle as a retired Art Teacher I enjoy spending my winters stoking the fires and working on themed painting series.  Having my home and studio on Lake Champlain inspired my latest vibrant series of work.  Misty lake scapes, sunsets, birds on the shore, giant flowers from my garden, are just a few examples of the subjects I explored in preparation for this show. I enjoy working in several mediums and especially enjoy the richness of oil paint or the translucency of acrylic.  

​El is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR JULY
Martha McGinn • Barry Genzlinger • Maureen Genzlinger • Cat McKeen
Featured Artists Gallery Reception, Thursday, July 6th, 2023, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
​Maureen Genzlinger makes decorative fiber ornaments using a variety of materials including silk ribbons, hand spun and hand dyed threads, and textured yarns. Since she began this pursuit in 1979, her process has evolved to include complex wrapping techniques. In addition to single ornaments, multiple forms are combined into mobiles and beautiful display stands are created from reclaimed wood scraps. 
​
Maureen is one of July's featured artists at the Artist in Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​​Barry Genzlinger learned as a child to build things, and was taught by his grandfather to turn wood pieces on a lathe. In recent years he discovered an aptitude for making small things, first spinning tops and then small bowls, using a wide variety of woods, including reclaimed and repurposed wood.  His smallest piece, to date, is a goblet that is only 1/4 inch in diameter. 

​Barry is one of July’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​Martha McGinn is a "hobby potter" working on the potters wheel and sculpting "heart healing" angels, in her pottery studio on the shores of Lake Champlain.  She finds joy and meditative thoughts as she expresses herself in the wide array of colorful glazes used on her functional stoneware pieces and in her "love infused" angels.  Martha's exploration with texture, shape and color leads to an ever-expanding body of work.

Martha is one of July's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Cat McKeen, Having escaped from the world of Corporate Customer Service, Cat is focusing her attention on what she loves and is passionate about. Her photography and mixed media artwork reflect her joy in the world around us and especially here in Vermont. 

Cat is one of July's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.

FEATURED ARTISTS FOR JUNE 2023
Terry Buehner •. Natalie LaRocque •  Longina Smolinski
​Terry Buehner has created jewelry for over 20 years. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and is based on a unique story.   Terry's media include polymer clay, wire, wet-and-needle-felting, driftwood, stones, and repurposed items such as fabric, bicycle parts, and vintage beads. 
Terry is one of June's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​Natalie LaRocque has immersed herself in the beauty of nature. As a Vermont inspired artist she feels compelled to capture the images she sees and share them through her paintings and prints. Natalie's paintings can sometimes be quite large, with hopes of enabling the viewer to experience the same sense of inspiration and gratitude that generated her artistic expression.  The newest works are developing depictions of "Vermonts Peaceful Nature" found in and around Franklin County, Vermont.
Natalie is one of June's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in ​St. Albans, Vermont.
Longina Smolinski holds a Master’s Degree in fine art from her native Poland. She creates hand crafted jewelry, sculpture, and paintings in her studio, and exhibits internationally.
Longina is one of June’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Artist In Residence Gallery welcomes Katie Shephard,
​as our newest participant in the Young Artist Recognition Program for June 2023, come in and see their beautiful work displayed at the gallery.
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR MAY 2023
Colleen Blatchly • Toby Fulwiler • Holly Spier
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​Colleen Blatchly is currently challenging herself to paint fast and bold with attention to light and shadow using fluid acrylics on canvas or wood panels. Creating art is a form of play and therapy for Colleen, a pleasant escape from the seriousness of life’s big and little challenges and responsibilities. She loves to learn and try out new techniques and mediums. Her favorite process includes meditation, music and aromatherapy paired with a blank slate and pops of color on the pallet to create a piece of intuitive art. 

Colleen is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery,
​ in St. Albans, Vermont
Toby Fulwiler Woodturner/artisan, turns bowls and fashions kitchen implements from local hardwoods, including sugar maple, black cherry, butternut, apple, and ash, many found on his farm in Vermont.  He specializes in classic and natural-edge bowls turned for everyday use and aesthetic appeal.
​
Toby is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery, in St. Albans, Vermont
Holly Spier’s jewelry is designed to be timeless and to last generations.  The minimalistic designs are meant to showcase each stone with the belief that the Creator’s handiwork cannot be improved upon.  She merely provides a means by which to wear it with her handcrafted silver settings.  

Holly is one of our featured artists for May, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont

FEATURED ARTISTS FOR APRIL 2023
Courtney Adams, Chris Bessette, Wendy Everhart, Anne Standish
Featured Artists Reception: Thursday, April 6, 2023 4:30 PM

Courtney Adams "I have a passion for finding the beauty in wood and create art in the form of coasters, cutting boards and home decor.  I work with many varieties of wood including maple, birch, walnut, cherry, purple heart, wenge, yellow heart, padauk and zebra wood."

Courtney is one of April’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Chris Bessette "I am a possibilist.  I see a direction or new purpose in most things, and like to use the familiar medium of textiles to learn a new technique or explore both my limits and that of the items with which I am working."
I have been learning to sew and create for 50 years.  I phrase it that way that because I believe that creativity is a habit of cultivating curiosity, and I want that to be a habit of a lifetime.

Chris is one of April’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Wendy Everhart "I have worked in clay throughout my life, and enjoy both throwing on the wheel and hand building techniques.  My work leans towards functional pieces, but I find great joy in making nonfunctional Raku pieces.  Having recently established my own small studio, I am exploring new glaze combinations and techniques which lend another avenue of exploration to this art form. “ 

Wendy is one of April’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Anne Standish's roots are in sewing and quilting, and art quilts are her avocation. She has devoted much of her creative energy to finding new ways to make representational images of real places with fabric, photographs printed onto fabric, thread and paint. In her latest work, she focuses on detailed improvisational threadwork, creating dense color and texture as well as a story line. 

​Anne is one of April's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists March 2023:
Barbara Colgrove, Wendy Everhart, Barbara Flack, Dot Goulet
Barbara Colgrove’s life has always revolved around the visual arts as a path of creative expression and communication. Her pottery emphasizes her interest in decorative patterns and design, and conveys her belief in the magic within the transformation from wet earth to beautiful objects which can be held and used.
​
Barbara is one of March’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Wendy Everhart "I have worked in clay throughout my life, and enjoy both throwing on the wheel and hand building techniques.  My work leans towards functional pieces, but I find great joy in making nonfunctional Raku pieces.  Having recently established my own small studio, I am exploring new glaze combinations and techniques which lend another avenue of exploration to this art form. “ 

Wendy is one of March’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Barbara Flack's latest works uses cell phone photography and a wide format printer,  Barbara works in the digital medium, often enhancing her images with colored pencils and chalk.  Barbara learned her technical skills while teaching Multimedia and Design at GMTCC in Hyde Park.  Her love of technology and digital art in its many forms, including type, motion, interactivity and graphics, propel her to create.  

Barbara is one of March’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Dot Goulet "I use watercolor, ink, and other media to interpret what beauty I see and feel in the world around me, including landscapes, florals, animals, colors, and movement. In a world with so much non-art, my contribution is to make something that can cause us to see the good side of all of us. Any problem in society that cannot fully be solved by education can be solved by art.

Dorothy is one of March's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, VT. ​  
Featured Artists for February 2023:
Colleen Blatchly, Claire Graham-Smith, Marissa McFadden, Sarah Rosedahl​
Colleen Blatchly is currently challenging herself to paint fast and bold with attention to light and shadow using fluid acrylics on canvas or wood panels. Creating art is a form of play and therapy for Colleen, a pleasant escape from the seriousness of life’s big and little challenges and responsibilities. She loves to learn and try out new techniques and mediums. Her favorite process includes meditation, music and aromatherapy paired with a blank slate and pops of color on the pallet to create a piece of intuitive art. As a native vermonter she is drawn to the natural beauty around our state and easily finds inspiration simply by looking out the window. 
​Colleen is one of February’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans Vermont.
Marissa McFadden The entire making process (from start to finish) takes roughly 2 weeks. I do not have any production employees or assistants. Wheel-throwing is the primary way in which I make pottery, I will occasionally throw a slab to make ornament magnets, or pinch very small pots for pouring wax. But generally, when I am making art, it is on the wheel. 
​
​Marissa is one of February’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans Vermont.
Sarah Rosedahl is an artist, illustrator, cartoonist and recovering software engineer. After working in the high tech industry for 30 years in California and New Orleans, Sarah now lives in Vermont where she is inspired by the wildlife and agriculture of the Lake Champlain Islands. Sarah works in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media and especially enjoys painting birds, both wild and domestic.  

​Sarah is one of February's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Claire Graham-Smith uses fabrics from far and wide to create her improvisational-style quilts. She adds creative embellishments, beads, and hand embroidery to each piece. 

​Claire is one of February's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists for January 2023:  ​LuAnn Bellis, Trish Vaillancourt, Chris Bessette, Kati Christoffel
Featured Artists Gallery Reception, Thursday, January 5th, 2023 at 4:30PM -6:30PM
LuAnn Bellis
I work in mixed metals, using sterling silver, brass and copper.  I also love to repurpose vintage sterling silver items with interesting designs and incorporate it into jewelry pieces and components. Gemstone cabochons, beads and various finishing techniques add texture and color to create unique designs.  I enjoy creating each and every piece because of the limitless combinations of materials that can be transformed into jewelry that is both original and fun to wear.
​
LuAnn is one of January's Featured Artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Chris Bessette, I am a possibilist.  I see a direction or new purpose in most things, and like to use the familiar medium of textiles to learn a new technique or explore both my limits and that of the items with which I am working.  I have been learning to sew and create for 50 years.  I phrase it that way that because I believe that creativity is a habit of cultivating curiosity, and I want that to be a habit of a lifetime
​.
Chris is one of January's Featured Artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Kati Christoffel, In my artwork, I explore the intersection of the deep peace and ecstatic joy that I feel while enjoying a beautiful view in nature with a paintbrush in my hand. I think that feeling a deep connection to our natural world is a vital part of being human; making art fosters that connection for me, and I love sharing that connection with others.

 Kati is one of January's Featured Artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Trish Vaillancourt began sketching and painting in childhood, and later received training in commercial art. She continues to develop her skills through various workshops and classes, enabling her to expand her depictions of the local landscapes and animals she loves. 
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Trish is one of January’s Featured Artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists for December 2022: Janice DeCooman, Barry Genzlinger, Maureen Genzlinger, Cherie Marshall ​
Featured Artist Reception Thursday, December 1st, 2022
Janice DeCooman, Janice creates fiber art, often using angora from her beloved French angora rabbits and natural indigo dye grown in her garden. She enjoys sculpting fiber by needle felting anything from journal covers and wall art to her favorite animals including the rabbits she raises and the canaries that fill her house with song. Janice blends and spins fiber into yarn and knits or weaves them into wraps, capes or hats. Each unique piece is created with a variety of fibers infused with nature's magic; soft wools, silk, angora and mohair,  sparkling fibers and delightful textures.  
​Janice is one of December’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
​Barry Genzlinger learned as a child to build things, and was taught by his grandfather to turn wood pieces on a lathe. In recent years he discovered an aptitude for making small things, first spinning tops and then small bowls, using a wide variety of woods, including reclaimed and repurposed wood.
​His smallest piece, to date, is a goblet that is only 1/4 inch in diameter.
​Barry is one of December’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Maureen Genzlinger makes decorative fiber ornaments using a variety of materials including silk ribbons, hand spun and hand dyed threads, and textured yarns. Since she began this pursuit in 1979, her process has evolved to include complex wrapping techniques. In addition to single ornaments, multiple forms are combined into mobiles and beautiful display stands are created from reclaimed wood scraps. 
​ Maureen is one of December's featured artists at the Artist in Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Cherie Marshall Color and form are the key elements of Cherie's work. She is inspired by what she sees in nature and by other forms of artwork, which she reinterprets in glass. She is passionate about exploring the multitude of possibilities within the medium of glass and looks forward to continuing her studies.  
​Cherie is one of our featured artists for the month of December at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists for November 2022:  ​David Juaire, Shanna Ratner,​ Deborah Shell,  Sally Tarr
Featured Artist Reception, Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
David Juaire's early years on a dairy farm provided him with an appreciation of the beautiful pastoral scenes of Vermont.
​ This self-taught photographer has been shooting landscapes, his favorite subject, for over thirty years. 
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David is one of November's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
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Shanna Ratner displays her framed original acrylic and watercolor paintings as well as original block prints that are individually carved, inked, pulled, and sometimes painted. Block print appliques that can be easily ironed onto shirts, pillowcases and more are available. Shanna also produces tile mosaic trivets and paper earrings, both made from recycled materials. Each mosaic and set of earrings is unique and has its own natural variations.  
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 Shanna is one of November’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.   ​
Deborah Shell Clay has been a medium in which I am completely at home. Inspired by clay’s capacity to produce textures, shapes and utility, my work is a combination of all three. The capacity for clay to convey emotion pleases me, especially when considering the opportunity to create a piece such as mug or a teapot that will brighten someone’s day.  

​Deborah is one of November's featured artists at the  Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Sally Tarr, as a Fiber Artist Sally has taken the art of felting wool to a higher level. Her work includes historic reproductions of the “penny rug” and works the format to make them more contemporary, and in other useful products. Sally also produces whimsical pictures made of appliquéd wool. “I have always enjoyed exploring new techniques in my art and now include felted soaps and needle felted figures.”  Sally’s collection includes a wide variety of holiday wool pieces. Her newest art work includes quilling or paper filigree, a beautiful and delicate paper art.  

​Sally is one of November’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists for October 2022:  ​​Rebecca Nase-Chomyn, Deborah Travis, Pam Krout-Voss, Sarah McGarghan
Featured Artist Reception, Thursday, October 6th, 2022, 4:30-6:30 PM
Pam Krout-Voss is best known for her art works using fibers, including vessels wrapped in varied textures and colors, and sculptures of birds, pears, and animals. In addition to her fiber work, Pam creates handmade journals and sketchbooks which incorporate fibers and her own decorated papers.
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Pam is one of October's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont. 
Sarah McGarghan has combined her love of travel with her passion for photography and considers herself a travel photographer.  Sarah’s photography portrays the spirit, the heart, and the heat of the moment, evoking emotion, and conversations as seen through the lens. 
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Sarah is one of October's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.  ​
Rebecca Nase Chomyn has studied and worked as a metal sculptor for over 20 years. Her free-flowing, organic pieces demonstrate this artist’s ability to replicate nature, one unique piece at a time. 
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Rebecca is one of October's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont. ​
Deborah Travis is a watercolor painter and fiber artist. Both her watercolors and her fiber works incorporate drawing, various dyes, and resists. She utilizes shibori techniques, marbling, and painting in her mixed media quilts, hangings, and wearable art. 
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​Deborah is one of October’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.

Featured Artists for September 2022: Jennifer Buckner, Toby Fulwiler, Patrick Murphy, Meta Strick

Jennifer Buckner began studying stained and fused glass work thirty years ago and has explored many techniques. She portrays the flora and fauna of the natural world with skill, imagination, and humor.  
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​Jennifer is one of September’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.  ​​
Toby Fulwiler Woodturner/artisan, turns bowls and fashions kitchen implements from local hardwoods, including sugar maple, black cherry, butternut, apple, and ash, many found on his farm in Vermont.  He specializes in classic and natural-edge bowls turned for everyday use and aesthetic appeal.
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Toby is one of our featured artists for September, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Patrick Murphy had a traditional art education and became a high school art teacher. In addition to constantly drawing, he prefers to paint in oils. Patrick loves the little towns of Northern Vermont and New York, and his latest paintings feature scenes from these locations. Just as Patrick does, viewers can imagine walking down the streets, and entering the buildings.
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​Patrick is one of the featured artists for the month of September, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Meta Strick is a life-long artist who has explored multitudes of materials and processes, in combination with other people’s junk, to make figurative mixed media art works.
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Meta is one of our featured artists for September, at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Featured Artists for August 2022
​Artists Reception to be held August 4th, 2022 • 4:30PM-6:30PM​
Donna Blatchly, Kristina Bolduc, Lindsay DiDio, Longina Smolinski
Donna Blatchly makes one-of-a-kind knit and felted hand bags and has expanded her techniques to include such items as bowls and bangle bracelets. In addition to fiber arts, Donna creates unique imagery using pebbles and other found objects. ​

​Donna is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Kristina Bolduc is a life-long artist who received a BA in fine arts with a focus on printmaking and painting. She approaches each piece in a spirit of freedom, allowing the work to evolve as the process inspires her to research and develop a deeper viewpoint.

​Kristina is one of August's featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Lindsay Didio "As an art educator I have interest and experience using a lot of processes and materials, but over the past few years I have grown to really love stained glass. I love creating something beautiful that is transformed by the sunlight."

​ Lindsay is one of August''s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont.
Longina Smolinski holds a Master’s Degree in fine art from her native Poland. She creates hand crafted jewelry, sculpture, and paintings in her studio, and exhibits internationally.

Longina is one of August’s featured artists at the Artist In Residence Gallery in St. Albans, Vermont. .

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