Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm, Monday – Friday, Saturday 10am-3pm

Exposed 2024 is The Current’s 33rd annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, bringing public art to the town of Stowe. Sculptures are sited on both public and private land throughout the village and at The Current.

This year celebrates artists of both national renown and those with emergent regional careers, providing a diverse collection of perspectives for broad inspiration. Art can be a meaning- or change-maker, a cultivator of conversation, or a way to participate in and interpret the world. At its best, art connects us to where we are in time or place, whether physical or cerebral, political or personal. It connects us with the people and the world around us, asking questions, and encouraging empathy and understanding.

Artists

• Chakaia Booker
• Chris Curtis
• Clark Derbes
• Woody De Othello
• Justin Kenney
• John Matusz
• Oren Pinhassi
• Don Porcaro
• Jonathan Prince
• Jackson Tupper
• Hank Willis Thomas

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Gallery Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday – Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

From lithographs to embroidered screenprints to woodcuts, The Current presents Climate Imprints, curated by three master printmakers of the highly acclaimed EFA Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. Witnessing the increasingly evident signs of the destruction of our livable environment weighs heavy on the minds of many artists and printmaking has historically served as a medium to consider and reflect on pressing current events. In this exhibition, artists utilize various printmaking techniques including lithographs, etchings, monotypes, digital prints, collagraphs, woodcuts, chine collé, and screenprints to examine their responses to the climate crisis and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.

To complement the exhibition, the East Gallery and Art Lounge feature an educational installation on the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the oldest and longest-running community print shop in the United States. The installation includes coveted works by Faith Ringgold, Romare Bearden, and Robert Blackburn.

Started by Robert Blackburn in 1947, EFA RBPMW has always been a co-operative printmaking workspace that provides professional-quality printmaking facilities to artists and printmakers of every skill level and is committed to inspiring and fostering its diverse artistic community. Today, there are over 4,000 artists with over 20,000 prints in the archives. Over 60 countries are represented in The Print Archives. Blackburn’s workshop has been called the “Little United Nations,” because of its continual support of artists from various ethnicities and backgrounds.

Artists: John Andrews, Chakaia Booker, Edward Fausty, Anna Flacco, Rie Hasegawa, Essye Klempner, Shervone Neckles, Mohammed Omar Khalil, Tara Sabharwal, Justin Sanz, Sara Sears, Yasuyo Tanaka, and Ethan Tate.

Public Programs:

• Thursday, July 11, 5-6:30 p.m.: Performance: Julian Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias
• Thursday, July 25, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: How to start a Collection, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, August 15, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking:: Overlooked Women in Art/Gender imbalance in the art world, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, September 12, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: Poetry readings, read by Bianca Stone, 2024 Vermont poet laureate
• Thursday, October 17, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: In conversation, exhibiting artists Chakaia Booker, and Justin Sanz.

Climate Imprints is curated by Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. For more information on these exhibitions, related events, and travel inquiries, contact Kelly Holt: Gallery Manager, gallery@thecurrentnow.org | (802) 253 8358.

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Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm, Monday – Friday, Saturday 10am-3pm

The Current is pleased to announce the opening of Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker. Internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist Chakaia Booker is best known for pioneering the use of recycled rubber tires as a raw material for monumental sculptural works. A fixture of the New York City East Village art scene since the early 1980’s, Booker has exhibited across the US, in Europe, Africa, and Asia with works included in more than 40 museum and private collections.

Booker’s work has spanned decades with an intentionality of practice and purpose. She chooses discarded tires to create beauty from detritus, and elegance from industry in a way that both simply is, and yet has strong underpinnings of social and environmental justice. Her solo exhibition at The Current, both inside and out, highlights beauty and hardship, tradition and caretaking, and dives deep into Booker’s practice, highlighting a monumental outdoor sculpture, while inside The Current, her photographs, prints, and indoor sculptures fill the galleries. The work asks the viewers to take time to listen, lean in, contemplate, heal, work, create, and be.

Booker’s signature style stems from a modular approach to building an artwork through layering regardless of media or scale. Primarily a sculptor, Booker works with rubber, bronze, and ceramics alongside a dedicated practice in painting and printmaking. “At my core I am an inventor, looking for new forms and movements to express my ideas, methods to manipulate materials and processes, and ways to connect with an ever-changing audience.” – Chakaia Booker

Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker is curated by Rachel Moore.

The Current is your center for contemporary art. Exhibitions of acclaimed international and emerging artists. Adult and youth art classes and private lessons. School tours, film screenings, lectures, outdoor exhibitions, and summer art camps. All brought to you through the generous support of our town, our members and our sponsors.

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Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm, Monday – Friday, Saturday 10am-3pm

Exposed 2024 is The Current’s 33rd annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, bringing public art to the town of Stowe. Sculptures are sited on both public and private land throughout the village and at The Current.

This year celebrates artists of both national renown and those with emergent regional careers, providing a diverse collection of perspectives for broad inspiration. Art can be a meaning- or change-maker, a cultivator of conversation, or a way to participate in and interpret the world. At its best, art connects us to where we are in time or place, whether physical or cerebral, political or personal. It connects us with the people and the world around us, asking questions, and encouraging empathy and understanding.

Artists

• Chakaia Booker
• Chris Curtis
• Clark Derbes
• Woody De Othello
• Justin Kenney
• John Matusz
• Oren Pinhassi
• Don Porcaro
• Jonathan Prince
• Jackson Tupper
• Hank Willis Thomas

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Gallery Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday – Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

From lithographs to embroidered screenprints to woodcuts, The Current presents Climate Imprints, curated by three master printmakers of the highly acclaimed EFA Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. Witnessing the increasingly evident signs of the destruction of our livable environment weighs heavy on the minds of many artists and printmaking has historically served as a medium to consider and reflect on pressing current events. In this exhibition, artists utilize various printmaking techniques including lithographs, etchings, monotypes, digital prints, collagraphs, woodcuts, chine collé, and screenprints to examine their responses to the climate crisis and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.

To complement the exhibition, the East Gallery and Art Lounge feature an educational installation on the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the oldest and longest-running community print shop in the United States. The installation includes coveted works by Faith Ringgold, Romare Bearden, and Robert Blackburn.

Started by Robert Blackburn in 1947, EFA RBPMW has always been a co-operative printmaking workspace that provides professional-quality printmaking facilities to artists and printmakers of every skill level and is committed to inspiring and fostering its diverse artistic community. Today, there are over 4,000 artists with over 20,000 prints in the archives. Over 60 countries are represented in The Print Archives. Blackburn’s workshop has been called the “Little United Nations,” because of its continual support of artists from various ethnicities and backgrounds.

Artists: John Andrews, Chakaia Booker, Edward Fausty, Anna Flacco, Rie Hasegawa, Essye Klempner, Shervone Neckles, Mohammed Omar Khalil, Tara Sabharwal, Justin Sanz, Sara Sears, Yasuyo Tanaka, and Ethan Tate.

Public Programs:

• Thursday, July 11, 5-6:30 p.m.: Performance: Julian Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias
• Thursday, July 25, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: How to start a Collection, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, August 15, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking:: Overlooked Women in Art/Gender imbalance in the art world, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, September 12, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: Poetry readings, read by Bianca Stone, 2024 Vermont poet laureate
• Thursday, October 17, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: In conversation, exhibiting artists Chakaia Booker, and Justin Sanz.

Climate Imprints is curated by Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. For more information on these exhibitions, related events, and travel inquiries, contact Kelly Holt: Gallery Manager, gallery@thecurrentnow.org | (802) 253 8358.

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Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm, Monday – Friday, Saturday 10am-3pm

The Current is pleased to announce the opening of Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker. Internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist Chakaia Booker is best known for pioneering the use of recycled rubber tires as a raw material for monumental sculptural works. A fixture of the New York City East Village art scene since the early 1980’s, Booker has exhibited across the US, in Europe, Africa, and Asia with works included in more than 40 museum and private collections.

Booker’s work has spanned decades with an intentionality of practice and purpose. She chooses discarded tires to create beauty from detritus, and elegance from industry in a way that both simply is, and yet has strong underpinnings of social and environmental justice. Her solo exhibition at The Current, both inside and out, highlights beauty and hardship, tradition and caretaking, and dives deep into Booker’s practice, highlighting a monumental outdoor sculpture, while inside The Current, her photographs, prints, and indoor sculptures fill the galleries. The work asks the viewers to take time to listen, lean in, contemplate, heal, work, create, and be.

Booker’s signature style stems from a modular approach to building an artwork through layering regardless of media or scale. Primarily a sculptor, Booker works with rubber, bronze, and ceramics alongside a dedicated practice in painting and printmaking. “At my core I am an inventor, looking for new forms and movements to express my ideas, methods to manipulate materials and processes, and ways to connect with an ever-changing audience.” – Chakaia Booker

Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker is curated by Rachel Moore.

The Current is your center for contemporary art. Exhibitions of acclaimed international and emerging artists. Adult and youth art classes and private lessons. School tours, film screenings, lectures, outdoor exhibitions, and summer art camps. All brought to you through the generous support of our town, our members and our sponsors.

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This gentle and slow-moving river is perfect for beginner paddlers. As you float slowly through Vermont farmland you’ll be awed by the views of Camel’s Hump Mountain. You may see otters, deer, or even an occasional moose as they come to drink from the river. Paddle a solo kayak, tandem kayak, canoe, or standup paddleboard.

SCHEDULE
Sunday – Wednesday
10 a.m.
2 p.m.

DURATION
4-Mile Paddle

PRICING
Self-Guided River Float
$54 Per Person

Add Ons
Ice Cream Float: + $5 Per Person
Cider & Sights: + $10 Per Person

Reserve your tour online through Umiak’s calendar or call (802) 253-2317

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SCHEDULE
Sunday – Wednesday
12 p.m.

DURATION
9-Mile Paddle

PRICING
Self Guided River Float
$74 Per Person

Reserve your tour online through our calendar or call (802) 253-2317.

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Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm, Monday – Friday, Saturday 10am-3pm

Exposed 2024 is The Current’s 33rd annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, bringing public art to the town of Stowe. Sculptures are sited on both public and private land throughout the village and at The Current.

This year celebrates artists of both national renown and those with emergent regional careers, providing a diverse collection of perspectives for broad inspiration. Art can be a meaning- or change-maker, a cultivator of conversation, or a way to participate in and interpret the world. At its best, art connects us to where we are in time or place, whether physical or cerebral, political or personal. It connects us with the people and the world around us, asking questions, and encouraging empathy and understanding.

Artists

• Chakaia Booker
• Chris Curtis
• Clark Derbes
• Woody De Othello
• Justin Kenney
• John Matusz
• Oren Pinhassi
• Don Porcaro
• Jonathan Prince
• Jackson Tupper
• Hank Willis Thomas

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Gallery Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday – Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

From lithographs to embroidered screenprints to woodcuts, The Current presents Climate Imprints, curated by three master printmakers of the highly acclaimed EFA Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. Witnessing the increasingly evident signs of the destruction of our livable environment weighs heavy on the minds of many artists and printmaking has historically served as a medium to consider and reflect on pressing current events. In this exhibition, artists utilize various printmaking techniques including lithographs, etchings, monotypes, digital prints, collagraphs, woodcuts, chine collé, and screenprints to examine their responses to the climate crisis and the interconnectedness of humans and nature.

To complement the exhibition, the East Gallery and Art Lounge feature an educational installation on the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the oldest and longest-running community print shop in the United States. The installation includes coveted works by Faith Ringgold, Romare Bearden, and Robert Blackburn.

Started by Robert Blackburn in 1947, EFA RBPMW has always been a co-operative printmaking workspace that provides professional-quality printmaking facilities to artists and printmakers of every skill level and is committed to inspiring and fostering its diverse artistic community. Today, there are over 4,000 artists with over 20,000 prints in the archives. Over 60 countries are represented in The Print Archives. Blackburn’s workshop has been called the “Little United Nations,” because of its continual support of artists from various ethnicities and backgrounds.

Artists: John Andrews, Chakaia Booker, Edward Fausty, Anna Flacco, Rie Hasegawa, Essye Klempner, Shervone Neckles, Mohammed Omar Khalil, Tara Sabharwal, Justin Sanz, Sara Sears, Yasuyo Tanaka, and Ethan Tate.

Public Programs:

• Thursday, July 11, 5-6:30 p.m.: Performance: Julian Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias
• Thursday, July 25, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: How to start a Collection, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, August 15, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking:: Overlooked Women in Art/Gender imbalance in the art world, presented by London curator, Carrie Scott.
• Thursday, September 12, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: Poetry readings, read by Bianca Stone, 2024 Vermont poet laureate
• Thursday, October 17, 5-6:30 p.m.: Currently Speaking: In conversation, exhibiting artists Chakaia Booker, and Justin Sanz.

Climate Imprints is curated by Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. For more information on these exhibitions, related events, and travel inquiries, contact Kelly Holt: Gallery Manager, gallery@thecurrentnow.org | (802) 253 8358.

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