BRATTLEBORO — March is Student Art Month in Windham County, and for the 32nd year, the Arts Council of Windham County is again organizing shows and events that will spotlight the work of young people, their teachers, and their schools.
Festivities will begin with openings of the high school visual art shows on Gallery Walk on Friday, March 2.
Two-dimensional art will be displayed at Through the Music Gallery, 2 Elliot St., and three-dimensional works at Vermont Artisan Designs Gallery 2, 106 Main St. Both shows will be available for viewing through March 28.
The awards ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Vermont Artisan Designs.
Elementary School art will be on view at the Brooks Memorial Library and at many other locations around Windham County.
New this year are student poetry readings, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro and Village Square Booksellers of Bellows Falls.
On Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., the Boys & Girls Club will host a poetry slam at 17 Flat St. This event will be recorded for broadcast on BCTV.
Village Square Booksellers, 32 The Square, Bellows Falls, will host poetry readings on Sunday, March 10 at 2 p.m., and on Friday, March 16, at 7 p.m. as part of Bellows Falls Third Friday Arts Walk.
Young poets interested in reading should contact rickybratt@gmail.com or info@villagesquarebooks.com
Innumerable music, drama, and dance performances will take place at venues around the county. Listings will be posted on the Arts Council of Windham County website.
The Windham Orchestra will present a program featuring a high school piano soloist, with musical reflections on student art that will be projected on the big screen.
The concert will take place Thursday, March 22, at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre.
For more information about Student Art Month, contact coordinator Marie Procter at mlp69@comcast.net or 802-254-2115, or Arts Council of Windham County president Doug Cox at dcox@sover.net or 802-257-1024.