October 30, 2008
Dear Friend,
This is the time of the year when the leaves are gone, the days are getting short and we take a few minutes of your time to remind you of all we do.
Of course you know that we have one of the finest permanent collections of 19th and 20th century art in New England. We are also the repository for Vermont’s portion of the Works Progress Administration art collection and present ten or more exhibitions of contemporary art every year. We have recently revived our lecture series and in addition we’ve scheduled some exciting musical and dramatic events for the upcoming months.
The Wood Gallery provides space for the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA-Visual twice a year and our Summer Art Camp has provided an extraordinary art experience for children in our community for over twenty years. We work closely with the local schools to provide positive and enriching gallery experience for area students and a program is in the works to take fine art into the schools. This year we also provided a venue and lectures for the UVM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s program and the Vermont Humanities Council.
Your gift, no matter the size, will support the artistic, cultural and educational heritage of Vermont. Won’t you take a moment to let us know that the T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center is important to you?
Best wishes,
Joyce Mandeville
Executive Director
What Critics, Aficionados and Your Neighbors
are saying about “The Wood”
The Wood Gallery makes a great contribution to the quality of our lives. You are our Vermont Public Art!
- Nancy & Michael Sherman, Montpelier
The T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center is an exceptional cultural and historical Vermont resource.
- Senator James Jeffords
There is a treasure in Montpelier and it’s called the T. W. Wood Gallery. A wonderful collection of its own, new exhibits every year, educational programs galore and a Summer Art Camp. Add all this together and you see why I call the T. W. Wood Gallery a treasure.
- James Gerard, Palm Springs
The Wood Art Gallery does at least three vitally important things for Central Vermont: it gives us a window on the world of contemporary art, it keeps us aware of what local artists are working on and it provides us with a vital link to our own artistic past. And amazingly, it performs all of these important community functions with grace and intelligence. It is an outstanding small museum.
- Tom Slayton, Editor Emeritus, Vermont Life
Throughout the years, the varied exhibits-some unforgettable-have inspired me as an art lover and as an artist.
- Jane Pincus, President, Art Resource Association
The T. W. Wood Art Gallery is one of the most beautiful exhibition spaces in New England.
- Mary Admasian, Montpelier
Art Camp was an amazing and unique experience for our daughter. It’s all she can talk about!
- Art Camp parent, Montpelier
Central Vermont is fortunate to have this jewel of an art center. It not only preserves the great legacy of its founder, but consistently brings to us shows of the highest caliber.
- Bobby Gosh, Vermont Musician & Art Collector, Brookfield
The Wood Art Gallery enriches the cultural life of the community and it certainly has been a powerful and positive influence on my own artistic development.
- Jo Steinhurst, Montpelier
The Wood Art Gallery is central Vermont’s window on the world of fine art, both present and past. It’s a real gem – for the local and to the state’s vast number of visitors.
- Jim Lowe, Arts Editor, The Times Argus
A perfect space in every way, a benediction and a blessing!
- Desiree Fitzgibbon, the Temenos Studio, Tasmania
All possible good art resources need to be made available in our community, because from such may come peace and reconciliation among all persons.
- John Paterson, Barre
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T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center
36 College Street
College Hall
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
(802) 828-8743
info@twwoodgallery.org
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Hours
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Tues-Sun, 12 - 4 pm
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