The Center for Arts and Learning offers space where artists, musicians, writers, and small nonprofits can practice, create, and serve the community. We show works by local artists, offer performances and events, and serve as a hub for the arts in Montpelier.
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News
Elevation Celebration Sept 6!
Join us for the Elevation Celebration on September 6 at 3pm! It will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony for our new elevator, fun stuff for kids, Art Walk, and New Music Uncaged by Abundant Silence.
Support the Elevator Project at Three Penny Tap Room on July 16!
On Tuesday, July 16, Three Penny Tap Room on Main St. in Montpelier will donate a portion of sales to help us finish the elevator project. Stop by, say hi, and raise a glass to accessibility. More details, including a menu, are available on Three Penny’s website. See you there!
Marilyn Maddison: Imaginings
Second Floor Gallery, July 11 – August 30, 2019Opening Reception July 11, 5-7 pm Many of Marilyn Maddison’s abstract photographs originate with ice. Instead of viewing the landscape at a distance, she explores the spaces within it – spaces filled with light, fractures, and refractions. Recognizable crystalline structures or bubbles seem to place the viewer …
Programs
Exhibit Artwork | Perform at CAL
CAL exhibits artwork in our downstairs and upstairs gallery spaces. We focus on emerging artists and community-based groups. We also feature performers at Art Walk events and at concerts throughout the year. If you are interested in potentially exhibiting work or performing at CAL, please let us know.
Space Rental
Space Rental
CAL leases studios to artists, musicians, writers, small nonprofits, and other creatives. Members have access to a full kitchen, and use of our common spaces for meetings or one-time events. For current studio availability and prices contact Alice at 802-595-5252 or email director@cal-vt.org.
Space for rehearsals and performances is also available, usually on an hourly basis, through the Monteverdi Music School at director@monteverdimusic.org or at 802-229-9000. The T.W. Wood Gallery and art classroom spaces can be rented for events and meetings – full details on the T.W. Wood website.
Member Organizations
The Center for Arts and Learning is a collaboration between the T.W. Wood Gallery, the Monteverdi Music School, and the River Rock School.
- Bob Blais, cello instruction
- Capital City Band
- Friends of the Winooski
- Green Mountain Youth Symphony
- Kindermusik
- Lake Champlain Rock Art
- Liz LeServiget, artist
- Niles Media
- Onion River Exchange
- Sarika Tandon, Race / Equity / Environment consultant
- Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture
- Tarot Insights
- And other individual artists, writers, and makers