The Great Vermont Plein Air Paint-Out

July 26th, 2014 by Peter MacLaren

The Great Vermont Plein Air Paint-Out is a festival inside of a festival, located as it is within the circle of the 2014 Vermont Festival of the Arts, here in Vermont’s Mad River Valley. And just what is “Plein Air Painting” you ask? Plein Air alludes to the French phrase “En plein air,” meaning “in … read full article

Celebrate Art at Vermont Festival of the Arts 2014

July 19th, 2014 by Peter MacLaren

Vermont’s Mad River Valley doesn’t mess around when it comes to celebrating the arts, as Vermont Festival of the Arts 2014, a month-long, 120 event celebration, amply demonstrates! Held every August in towns around Mad River Valley, the Vermont Festival of the Arts has a simple mission: to support and promote existing Vermont art while … read full article