In a Quiet Place
Prints by Phillip Robertson
On display in the Kitzmiller Fiction Room through October
This collection of work is titled “Meditation Scrolls” and are multiple prints, hand-sewn together as a traditional hanging scroll. The juxtaposition of my very quiet, contemplative scrolls with the art friezes in the Kitzmiller Room is something I have been excited about for some time.
About the Artist
Phillip Robertson is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and printmaker, living in Vermont since 1994. Phillip is inspired by the natural landscape, using his imagination and memory to look beyond realism to make a statement about the pastoral landscape tradition in the 21st century. He earned his BFA in Painting with a Minor in Art History from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1989 and earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in 2008. Robertson currently teaches printmaking, drawing, painting, and art history at Vermont State University (Johnson Campus) and the Community College of Vermont. He is the Director of the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery on the Johnson campus and has been involved as a volunteer at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier, Vermont since 1997.
Mural Designs
by Union Elementary School Art Students
On display in the Children’s Library through October
Check out a display of mural proposals for our community by fourth grade artists from Union Elementary School in Montpelier. We thought critically about the ethical and aesthetic impacts of both graffiti and street art on the surrounding community. Can you imagine these murals on a large scale? How might they change the feeling of a neighborhood or city? Look for the fresh mural painted by all the fourth graders on Loomis Street – right by the Library!