North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show Opening Party

Tuesday, Jun 27 2017, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Off campus (see description)

Tuesday, Jun 27 2017 4:00 PM Tuesday, Jun 27 2017 8:00 PM America/New_York North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show Opening Party There will be an opening party at the Vermont Arts Exchange to celebrate the opening of the North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, which also marks the 20th anniversary. Refreshments will be provided and local band Ransom Note will be playing. Off campus (see description) Bennington College

The 20th Annual North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show will be hosting the opening party for the exhibition this year at the Vermont Arts Exchange campus, 48 Main Street (next door to the Post Office and across the street from the North Bennington Train Depot) and will feature music by local band Ransom Notes.

The show will remain on view to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the summer and fall, concluding on Sunday, October 29, 2017. This year’s show has also been recognized as a Vermont Arts 2017 Event. Local artist Joe Chirchirillo will be curating the show for the 5th year in a row. This year’s exhibition marks an important anniversary for one of the areas longest running consecutive outdoor sculpture exhibitions. The 20th Anniversary show will feature over thirty artists from the surrounding area; over fifteen have participated for multiple years.

The show had its beginnings when local mason, Joe McGovern asked sculptor Willard Boepple to install a few works on the open land next to his shop in North Bennington. At the time Boepple was a sculpture professor at Bennington College, and considered it an opportunity to showcase the work of some of his students. The founder of Salem Art Works, Anthony Cafritz was a student at the time and took over curating the show for some years, artists in residence at Salem Art Works continue to contribute works to this day.