Hope to see everyone come out this Sunday, May 19 from 3 - 5 pm for a live tango performance, live music by Dave Burns, free wine and refreshments, and a great art show by the Blue Swans at B&G Gallery, located at 71-75 Merchants Row!
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THE BLUE SWANS EXHIBIT
The opening art reception for "The Blue Swans," featuring recent works by eight working artists and an Argentina
tango dance performance will be on Sunday, May 19, 2019 from 3:00 – 5:00 PM at the B&G Gallery, 71 – 75 Merchants
Row, Rutland, VT.
A group of seven swans-a-swimming, plus one, will swoop into Rutland this May and June for an exhibition of paintings at the B&G Gallery located at 71-75 Merchants Row. Seven of the artists found their way to each other in 2009 in Middlebury by word of mouth and quickly realized how important it was to have a local community of artists with whom they could talk about their creative processes. Swan number eight, Molly Hawley, joined several years later. They began to meet at each other's homes: connections were made and conversations lasted into the wee hours of the night. The name, The Blue Swans, came about at one gathering when talking about Der Blaue Reiter, a 20th century group of painters, whom many of The Blue Swans admired. One member of the group is named Mary Swanson and quickly Der Blaue Reiter combined with Swanson became The Blue Swans.
The Blue Swans are Klara Calitri, Linda Hampton-Smith, Molly Hawley, Patricia LeBon Herb, Phoebe Stone, Mary Swanson, Sarah Wesson and Yinglei Zhang, all of whom exhibit their art on a regular basis in solo and group shows. They have exhibited together numerous times; however, this is their first group show in Rutland. Their very first show was held in 2009 in Middlebury at the Art House, a space conceived and created by Mary Swanson.
This Rutland exhibition grew out of a conversation that Yinglei Zhang had with her neighbor and artist, Bill Ramage, who has done so much to revitalize and promote the art scene in Rutland. Timing, along with a gallery space and willing artists magically came together and the show was born. When not making art, The Blue Swans create in a multitude of ways whether it be writing, teaching, or dancing. Three of The Blue Swans are tango dancers and will demonstrate this dance at the opening and invite you to join them in your dancing shoes. Guitarist Dave Burns will play music and there will be free refreshments and wine.
We look forward to seeing you. This event is free and open to the public.
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 19 from 3:00 – 5:00 PM
B&G Gallery
71-75 Merchants Row
Rutland, VT 05701
The exhibition "The Blue Swans" will be on view at the B&G Gallery from May 9 through June 22.
B&G Gallery is an intentionally mobile exhibition space of 77ART, a Rutland, Vermont Art Center, with two rooms of
exhibition space. It is located between the Opera House and the Boys and Girls Club at 71-75 Merchants Row. Public hours are Monday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Questions may be addressed to Bianca at the77gallery@gmail.com, or by visiting our website at 77art.org, or by messaging our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DowntownRutlandArt/.
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