Upcoming Events
Thoughtfully curated events are planned to echo the installed art, sculpture, and craft, making each visit unique. Our guests often return multiple times to see the show in a new light.
Spiritual Sounding: Traces of Essential Self
Playing acoustic instruments, renowned musician Evan Premo facilitates this sounding in the ballroom, inviting listeners to journey inward in consciousness, individually and within community.
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Artist Demonstration: Bruce Campbell
NEW DATE!
Metal artist Bruce Campbell will demonstrate making his playful wire sculpture.
Kent Ballroom
Art Café
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live music in the ballroom.
Image: weaving with recipes by Bhakti Ziek
Mosaics: The Art of Reflection and Memory Ware
Workshop participants will create their own memory vessel by covering a container or frame of their choice with a diverse assortment of miscellaneous memory items or reflective objects.
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Words Out Loud
Nadell Fishman and Sydney Lea read at the Old West Church
758 Old West Church Rd, Calais, VT
Reception with presenters right after the reading, down the road at the Art at the Kent exhibit
Kents' Corner State Historic Site, 7 Old West Church Road
Tea Tasting and Ceramic Sale
Tea Tasting with Little Tree Tea Co. and Ceramic Sale with ceramic artist Pamela Wilson.
Art Café
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods and tea in the ballroom.
Image: paper cut by Luciana Frigerio
Imagining the Cosmos: An Illustrated Talk
CANCELLED
We regret to announce the CANCELLATION of artist Bruce Campbell’s illustrated talk “Imagining the Cosmos" (previously scheduled for Thursday, September 28, at the Maple Corner Community Center). [To see one of his lively pre-recorded presentations, find it online here: http://youtu.be/strxq-DuaT0.]
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Maple Corner Community Center, 84 West County Road, Calais, VT
An illustrated talk by artist Bruce Campbell on his kinetic sculptures and works in wire.
Words Out Loud
Sarah Audsley and Nadine Budbill read at the Old West Church
758 Old West Church Rd, Calais, VT
Reception with presenters right after the reading, down the road at the Art at the Kent exhibit
Kents' Corner State Historic Site, 7 Old West Church Road
Memory and Forgetting: A Talk and Creative Activity with Artist Susan Smereka
Join artist Susan Smereka on this exploration of working with personal ephemera.
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Artist Demonstration: Photographer Marcie Scudder
Photographer Marcie Scudder will demonstrate her experimental work folding and sewing her photographs.
Kent Ballroom
Art Café
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live music in the ballroom.
Inspired: An Illustrated Artist Forum
2023 Kent artists describe what sparks their creativity, inspires their work, and guides their process.
Maple Corner Community Center, 84 West County Road, Calais, VT
Words Out Loud
Sean Prentiss and Scudder Parker read at the Old West Church
758 Old West Church Rd, Calais, VT
Reception with presenters right after the reading, down the road at the Art at the Kent exhibit
Kents' Corner State Historic Site, 7 Old West Church Road
Cyanotype Workshop
Learn cyanotype printing with Vermont artist Renee Greenlee.
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Artist Illustrated Talk: Photographer John Snell
Montpelier photographer John Snell will give an illustrated talk about his work capturing often unseen details from the natural world.
Art Café
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live music in the ballroom.
Opening Celebration
Tour the exhibition, meet the artists, enjoy refreshments and music to celebrate the opening of Art at the Kent’s 2023 exhibition, Traces.
Closing Celebration
Tour the exhibition, meet the artists, and enjoy refreshments and music on the Kent grounds!
Art Cafe with Music
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live piano music performed by Bob Hannan.
Artwork by: Bhakti Ziek
Tea Tasting and Tea Ware Sale
Kent Ballroom
Little Tree Tea will once again bring their tea stall pop-up to Kent, along with specialty tea ware by potter Judy Losapio Devitt. Together they will offer high-quality loose-leaf tea brewed in Judy’s beautiful tea ware. Come enjoy the story of tea at Kent. Teas and handmade tea ware will be available for sale.
Art Cafe with Music
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live piano music.
David Macaulay – A Nose for the Invisible
Calais Town Hall. Reservations required. Free
Join us for a witty and wonderful evening with artist and author David Macaulay who will impart life lessons and new perspectives gleaned while walking his dog.
Art Cafe with Music
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with fresh baked goods, tea, and live piano music performed by Bob Hannan.
Artwork by: Luciana Frigerio
Mahjong Night
Kent Ballroom Reservations required. Free.
Mahjong is a 19th-century tile-based game, as beautiful as it is fun to play. Join other players, experienced and new, for an evening of playing and learning, witnessing this artful game. Refreshments served.
Piano Works in Progress, Mini-Concert
Enjoy varied music by Piano Works in Progress students in the Kent ballroom.
Upcoming Events
Art at the Kent and its partners are dedicated to maintaining a safe and respectful experience for all visitors. Enjoy!