Join us on June 14th from 5:00 – 7:00 PM for the summer art exhibition opening featuring Lyman Orton's "For the Love of Vermont". The Gallery Opening event will include light refreshments. Advance registration is not required, but we request that if you plan to attend, please fill out the form below so that we might anticipate our number of attendees.

5:00 PM – Lyman Orton will speak, followed by open gallery viewing and light refreshments.

From June 14th to September 7th the Manchester Community Library is honored to present a new iteration of "For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton Collection." The 2023 debut exhibition of paintings, prints, and drawings from The Lyman Orton Collection was a blockbuster hit, breaking all attendance records at two southern Vermont museums. The Manchester Community Library exhibition is bringing forth almost 70 artworks that were not previously exhibited locally.

Lyman Orton, best known as the proprietor of The Vermont Country Store, said, "The response to 'For the Love of Vermont' last summer was nothing short of overwhelming, and since then people have been contacting me asking to see more of the works in my collection. These scenes of Vermont and Vermonters resonated with everyone, and this summer I am delighted to partner with the Library to display many more works of art, including quite a number of new acquisitions." Manchester Community Library is located at 138 Cemetery Avenue in Manchester, Vermont; the artwork on display is viewable during regular Library hours and admission is free.

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