Artist In Residence hosts artist reception

An open house and artist reception will take place on Sunday, October 6 at the Artist In Residence Gallery on Main Street in Enosburg Falls from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will feature presentations by knitter extraordinaire, Jan Brosky of Highgate, Enosburg photographer/basket-maker Maggy Young, woodturner Barry Genzlinger and ornament maker Maureen Genzlinger, both of Milton. The event includes a monthly raffle and refreshments.

“This event coincides with “Open Studio” weekend,” said Toby Fulwiler, AIR president, “which we’re also a part of.”
For Brosky, her knitting craft is always popular.
“Fashion fads seem to come and go, but fortunately for me, knit scarves are always “in” for those of us who live in New England. While knitting needles and yarn are now available in a myriad of materials, colors and fibers, one thing remains the same…the technique of knitting taught to me by my grandmother 40 years ago.
“In the past year, I’ve found myself experimenting with several of the hundreds of stitches created by our ancestors so many years ago. Encouraged by my granddaughter, Zoe, I’ve also expanded my inventory of scarves to include hand-knit berets and slouchy hats.”
Photographer Maggy Young has worked with different media over the years, but she always seems to come back to photography. It is nature that inspires her, and her camera usually takes her outside into nature.
“My photography continues to be centered around wild and watery places, sometimes, focusing on the little things that often go unnoticed; other times on the ‘big picture’, which leads me to scenic photography as well. Someday I might get around to displaying my people pictures, but not quite yet,” Young said.
Three-dimensional wood excites Barry Genzlinger therefore he creates a unique line of tiny hand turned wooden spinning tops including finger tops, dancing tops, teething tops and game tops. Due to their small size, recycled materials work well and Barry Genzlinger says he has fun “rummaging through the scrap bins of his woodworker friends” for pieces of cherry or maple. He also repurposes items, such as pepper mills and table legs, into tops.

“I turned my first pieces under grandpa’s watchful eye 45 years ago and soon fell in love with the medium as well as the process of turning,” he said.

For over three decades, Maureen Genzlinger has been creating colorful three-dimensional ornaments with wrapped crochet thread, silk ribbons, textured yarns, hand spun and hand dyed threads, including silk.

“I am always working on new techniques that I can use in creating my ornaments. Changes in the direction I wrap the string around the form creates different visual patterns. Adding beads can emphasize specific colors in the thread or ribbon. Recently I have been experimenting with combining threads and ribbons of different textures to add dimension to the layers,” Maureen Genzlinger noted.

“It was a quiet and peaceful way to relax after a day of teaching her kindergarten and first grade students and caring for three young children.”

The six-year-old Artist In Residence Gallery, located on Main Street in Enosburg Falls, is a member owned and operated cooperative. For more information call or email the gallery at 933-6403 or info@artistinresidencecoop.com or visit www.artistinresidencecoop.com.

Cindy Weed, Weed Public Relations
Enosburg Falls, VT
933-2545
cindyweed@hotmail.com