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Painting Lake Champlain
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The title "curator," by the way, doesn't do justice to Lazarus's involvement. With the help of the Vermont-based nonprofit Willowell Foundation, he has found the funding and secured the political approvals to make his brainchild a significant part of the state's official quadricentennial celebration of Lake Champlain. He figures that a show of this size could easily run $300,000 or more--but through thriftiness and creativity he's making do with a third of that.
He's inspired by a mission beyond marking the lake's discovery: He feels that Vermont has become home to many, many talented artists, and it's time that people outside the region took notice. As he commented to a local newspaper reporter last year, just before he mailed out 1,000 invitations for submissions to the exhibit, "We're not looking for picture postcards here. We're looking for work that will be treated respectfully when it goes to the urban centers." That's the discovery he wants to celebrate.
Venue information and slide show of exhibit paintings: champlainslakerediscovered.org.
More information on Lake Champlain Quadri-centennial: champlain400.com
More summer art ideas: Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Exhibit Schedule
May 8-25
Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT 802-985-8686; shelburnefarms.org
June 1-15
National Arts Club, New York, NY 212-475-3424; nationalartsclub.org
June 29-August 3
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA 617-859-2212; bpl.org
August 22-September 20
So. VT Arts Center, Manchester, VT 802-362-1405; svac.org
September 23-October 31
Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT 802-828-5687; vtstatehouse.org
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