St. Johnsbury Puts the "A" in STEM Event
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Avenue
Thursday, April 11th
4pm - 6pm
Join us at St. Johnsbury Puts the "A" in STEM Event at Catamount Arts on Thursday, April 11th, from 4pm - 6pm. The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, in partnership with Catamount Arts, along with St. Johnsbury Academy, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, The Foundry, St. Johnsbury School, St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce, and The Yarn Bank, is gathering to celebrate artists who have been inspired by science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). ARTISTS, YOUNG AND OLD, NOVICE AND PROFESSIONAL will display their STEAM inspired knitting, oils and music to cooking, dancing, and sculpture. Jim Schenck, a founder of The Foundry along with Dorian McGowen, artist and exhibitor at the NEK Artisan Guild will be a featured STEAM speakers during the evening. Catamount Arts Gallery Director Katherine French will present Flights of Fancy, an exhibition of kinetic sculpture by the late artist David A. Lang. Light snacks and beverages will be served. Event is by donation.
Questions? Please contact Heather Alger, Fairbanks STEM Lab Advisory Chair, at heather.l.alger@gmail.com or 802-274-8040.
Schedule of Events
2:30 - Cabaret Room, Fireplace Room, and Theater available for Set-Up
4:00 - Event Start
4:00-6:00 - Cabaret Room Open for STEAM Exhibits
4:00-6:00 - Fried Gallery Open for David A. Lang Exhibit
4:45-5:00 - 1st Speaker - Jim Schenck, The Foundry, Theater 1
5:10-5:20 - Fried Gallery - Katherine French, Catamount Arts presents Flights of Fancy
5:25-5:40 - 2nd Speaker - Dorian McGowen, NEK Artisan Guild, Theater 1
6:00 - Departure
Featured Speakers:
Katherine French, Gallery Director, Catamount Arts
Gallery Director Katherine French retired in January 2015 as Executive Director of Danforth Art Museum\School in Framingham, MA, in order to relocate to Vermont. She has been acclaimed for numerous exhibitions on historical and contemporary expressionism, as well as featured in both Art New England and Boston Globe profiles.
Recipient of awards for curatorial excellence from the New England chapter of the International Association of Art Critics, French was also named Best Curator of Locally Made Art at the Boston Art Awards. Twice recognized as one of the Worcester Business Journal's Ten to Watch, she has been designated a Distinguished Alumna by Boston University. Under her direction, Danforth Art was named an Outstanding Cultural Organization by the Massachusetts Arts Education Collaborative. French resides both in Barton, Vermont, and Cambridge, Massachusetts along with her husband Tim Hamilton, a conservator of antique keyboard instruments.
Jim Schenck, President, The Foundry
Jim is a serial inventor. He has worked for nearly all the local manufacturers over a career of 35 years. He's designed products and manufacturing methods, managed numerous projects including an $8 million facility expansion, provided consulting services such as design, build and management including some with international reach, and has taught technical subjects including mathematics and statistics in a variety of adult education and college settings. He graduated from University of Michigan.
Dorian McGowen, Artist, NEK Artisan Guild Exhibitor
DORIAN, something of a protege to Vermont artist Norman Rockwell (who in the 1950's recommended that Dorian leave Vermont to attend PRATT to study art in New York City) created a vast vault of art over the years currently stored on the top of a spectacular hillside in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Dorian is an art professor, art lover and artist. He loves the nude form in both male and female depictions. He celebrates nostalgia, family, childhood and mythology. His work is precise and exciting!
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