Canal Street Art Gallery presents: GRETCHEN SEIFERT In Abstraction open March 3rd, on view to the public through April 3rd. This is the first show in Canal Street Art Gallery’s new Spring lineup of Solo Shows, and the Bellows Falls Vermont gallery’s 2021 Season of sharing local artists and artwork!

“I see abstraction as an opportunity to be curious and to discover. There is an important imaginal quality, a dreamlike exploration that occurs. Abstraction has always, for me, been a doorway into the complex of individual-ness, or, how we relate personally to our unconscious. Not what is in thought, but what is embodied; felt.” -Gretchen Seifert.

Canal Street Art Gallery is honored to introduce the artwork of Gretchen Seifert, a visual artist and musician who has recently relocated to Brattleboro, Vermont. Please welcome this accomplished and prolific artist to our community. GRETCHEN SEIFERT In Abstraction, is, for the first-time, an exclusive glimpse into nearly three decades of art making by a solo artist, Gretchen Seifert. This retrospective exhibits artwork by Seifert including silver gelatin prints of the artist’s photographs, multimedia works on paper, paintings, and drawings. 

Gretchen Seifert’s artwork is created by the artist to heal trauma through visually representing the relationships between sensations, feelings, and memory. Using her training as a classical musician, Seifert is inspired by experimental music to create her mainly abstract visual work. In many ways Seifert’s journey begins with using art as a way to interact with the world. A camera enabled the artist to find the moment to release the shutter showing visually how Seifert experiences life. Gretchen Seifert has degrees from Boston University and Northwestern University in cello performance. She worked as a musician until the birth of her first child at which time she was given a camera which jump-started her love affair with visual art. Seifert then continued working as a professional photographer, and now works primarily in mixed media.

Join us for Meet the Artist LIVE with your host MC Noyes as we take the show on the road and go just up the river from Canal Street Art Gallery to visit our neighbors, the Gallery at the VAULT and talk with Charles Norris-Brown about his new show there!

“The art you see here today is part of a project I have done for some time around the theme of a child discovering the forest, in this case in Vermont. It has been my hope that it could lead to a graphic novel. Whatever the case, along those lines, the art that I am showing reflects how our lives are intricately enmeshed with the world of Nature around us.” - Charles Norris-Brown

Watch 3rd Friday Gallery Night LIVE with guest artists Jean Cannon, MC Noyes, introducing Martha Nichols.

ART! Just In Time Represented Artist Group Show Opens

Canal Street Art Gallery presents: ART! Just In Time opens January 27th, and is on view to the public through February 27th. All are invited to 3rd Friday Gallery Night LIVE with the Artists on Facebook at 6PM on February 19th. The ART! Just In Time exhibit is the inaugural Represented Artist Group Show to premier new artwork, for one month, once a year, from each of Canal Street Art Gallery’s current roster of twenty Represented Artists! This includes the announcement of some very exciting and notable newly represented artists whose artwork is premiering in this show.

Now celebrating their 4th year, the Canal Street Art Gallery continues sharing and appreciating new art while helping to support the artists who create it. The CSAG is excited to meet the promotional needs and online commerce demands of its artistic community with its announcement of expanding programming in 2021 to present twelve exhibitions! These include an increased number of Solo Shows, and the New Represented Artist Group Show. 

The depth of talent and the abundance of amazing artwork that the Represented Artists have been creating over the last year has been phenomenal! Currently, the public also has the opportunity to engage with the art in the Gallery. All these local artists want to share their new work with you. Do come downtown or settle in at home and see the inspiring artworks from these artists; Clare Adams, Jean Cannon, Spaulding Dunbar, Nancy Fitz-Rapalje, Alexandra Fraser, Kathie Gatto-Gurney, Corinne Greenhalgh, Carol Keiser, Nicholas Kekic, Marcie Maynard, Jeanne McMahan, Lisa Eckhardt McNealus, Martha Nichols, Charles Norris-Brown, MC Noyes, Phyllis Rosser, Melissa Rubin, Matthew Saxton, Gretchen Seifert, and Rodrica Tilley. The CSAG community is grateful to everyone for continuing to buy original art offered directly from the artists and for supporting the local creative economy here in Southern Vermont.  

Explore the ART! Just In Time show in person Wed~Sat 11-5: parties of 2 at a time. Expanding its mission to include Art During Covid, Canal Street Art Gallery meets the new year with passion and excitement to continue celebrating art here in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

Opening for PAINTING CANAL STREET

A special feature in the ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show!

Canal Street Art Gallery presents a special feature: PAINTING CANAL STREET showing watercolor paintings by Jean Cannon and oil paintings by Nancy Fitz-Rapalje with a common subject: views of Canal Street and of the Canal, in Bellows Falls, Vermont! These works are included in the ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show, on through January 23rd. Explore in person on any Wednesday to Saturday, 11-5PM. Parties of two at a time please.

Join the Virtual Gallery Event this Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night, LIVE Online on Facebook at 6:00PM, January 15th. Take part in celebrating with the artists, and in sharing their process and experience while exploring this collection of amazing artworks from such a creative region. In this month's online live tour, the artists are on camera to speak about their artwork and answer your questions. Visit the CSAG’s Online Viewing Rooms, open all the time on its website. Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com to experience this new interactive format.

This collection of seven artworks featured in PAINTING CANAL STREET is especially meaningful to all those who feel a connection to this beautiful and real streetscape along North America's oldest canal (1790’s). The landscape artworks that both artists have in the show illustrate the gentle ruggedness of this old mill-town steeped with countless architectural detail and history. To learn more about each artist's inspiration and process, visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Rooms. There you can see how the art is made and where its inspiration is turned into creative expression. The CSAG has provided a centralized location on Canal Street in Bellows Falls where, today, 79 local and regional artists have had the opportunity to exhibit over 1,000 original artworks in the last twelve months!

The CSAG is excited to meet the promotional needs and online commerce demands of its artistic community with its announcement of expanding programming in 2021 to present eleven exhibitions! These include an increased number of Solo Shows, and a New Represented Artist Group Show. The CSAG community is grateful to everyone for continuing to buy original art offered directly from the artists and for supporting the local creative economy here in Southern Vermont.

Canal Street Art Gallery presents: CORINNE GREENHALGH Represented Artist Spotlight, on view to the public now through January 2nd. Tune in LIVE Online with the Artists on 3rd Friday Holiday Night December 18th at 6PM LIVE on Facebook @canalstreetartgallery or https://www.facebook.com/canalstreetartgallery/live. For those who do not have a Facebook account, all Live Events are published to http://canalstreetartgallery.com/events.html for all to enjoy.

TGuest Artists in the ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show, on view through January 23rd, are LIVE Online to speak about their artwork during the 3rd Friday Holiday Night Event. Watch live at 6pm on Friday December 18th to celebrate art and music in Bellows Falls! Explore the 2020 ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show in person Wed~Sat 11-5: parties of 2 at a time, or STAY AT HOME AND SHOP! Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com and the Gallery’s New Facebook Shop @canalstreetartgallery and browse 141 Original Artworks from 26 Local Artists with many works offered for $28 to $100 with Buy Now and Priority Shipping.

This time of year also marks the Canal Street Art Gallery’s fourth successful year of collecting, marketing, and presenting local artwork for all to adore and behold as their own! Owning original local art can be affordable and contribute to a good cause. This is why CSAG this Holiday Season is donating 1% of its profits to an important fund for the maintenance of existing public art in The Town of Rockingham. In an effort to raise awareness for public art the Gallery encourages everyone to take time for recognizing the abundance of historic monuments, sculptures, and murals in the town. The Gallery hopes this will continue the effort to increase appreciation for Rockingham’s public art and raise money for needed restoration and annual upkeep.

Canal Street Art Gallery presents: ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show, sharing the gifts from the many artists of our region and marking the Gallery’s fourth year! The Show opens NOVEMBER 20th and is on view to the public through JANUARY 23rd. 

The 2020 ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show is the 20th Exhibition to be presented by Canal Street Art Gallery since it opened in November 2017! This Show will have 158 original artworks from 26 local artists, in 19 distinct mediums and with many works offered for $25 to $100. This is the largest number of artists with the most amount of affordable original art in any show yet at CSAG!

In ART FOR ALL Seasonal Group Show presents new artwork from eleven of Represented Artists, including Clare Adams, Jean Cannon, Spaulding Dunbar, Nancy Fitz-Rapalje, Carol Keiser, Jeanne McMahan, Lisa McNealus, Charles Norris-Brown, MC Noyes, Phyllis Rosser, Melissa Rubin, and Matthew Saxton. CSAG is honored to make available artwork from eleven returning artists, including Penelope Arms, Lucy Bergamini, Zoee Blossom, Robert Burch, Kim Grall, Deedee Jones, Nicholas Kekic, Marcie Maynard, Susan McNulty, Chris Sherwin and Jeffrey Spring. In addition, we are pleased to introduce artwork by Alexandra Fraser, Pat McPike and Gretchen Seifert.

All are invited to our Virtual Gallery Event on Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night! We will be LIVE Online on Facebook at 6PM October 16th. You can also visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Room, open all the time on our website. Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com to experience this new interactive format.

This month Canal Street Art Gallery presents: CAROL KEISER Represented Artist Spotlight on view to the public October 1st, through the 31st. The Represented Artist Spotlight is the Gallery’s new way to feature individual artists and continue its mission of finding innovative ways to support the making, sharing, and seeing of art. 

Carol Keiser will be with us to discuss her new paintings done Out and About - Three Miles From Home, while quarantining during stay at home orders. This collection of new work expresses the artist’s appreciation of the landscapes of her home state of Vermont.

Also on View: The Third Annual A WORLD SUSPENDED IN COLOR Fine Art Glass show  is featuring glass artists from Vermont and New Hampshire, including members of both The Vermont Glass Guild and the League of N.H. Craftsmen. The Gallery is again highlighting and promoting several artists from Windham County, including Clare Adams, Lucy Burgamini, Robert Burch, Nicholas Kekic, Hans Schepker, and Chris Sherwin.

Canal Street Art Gallery presents The Third Annual: A WORLD SUSPENDED IN COLOR Fine Art Glass, opens SEPTEMBER 18th, on view to the public through NOVEMBER 14th. 

Join the Virtual Gallery Event on Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night, LIVE Online on FaceBook at 6PM SEPTEMBER 18th. You can also visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Room, open all the time on it’s website. Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com to experience this new interactive format. Take part in celebrating with the artists, and in sharing their process and experience with glass as a medium of expression. The Gallery is located at 23 Canal Street in the Historic Downtown Village of Bellows Falls, Vermont, and is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00am to 5:00pm.

Canal Street Art Gallery is especially excited to have the opportunity to again host this diverse and dynamic collection of glass art. Made even more eventful this year with the Gallery’s reopening to walk-in visitors, the public may once again appreciate, in person, the many nationally renowned, awarded and multi-talented glass artists of our region. CSAG looks forward to carrying on its many initiatives and programs, fulfilling its mission to promote artists and offering an open space where all creative voices may be heard. Since 2017 Canal Street Art Gallery has exhibited the artwork of 76 local and regional artists! We are grateful to everyone for continuing to buy original art, supporting our artistic community and creative economy here in Southern Vermont.

This year, The Third Annual A WORLD SUSPENDED IN COLOR Fine Art Glass show includes members of both The Vermont Glass Guild and the League of N.H. Craftsmen. Canal Street Art Gallery is honored to have available for sale, artwork by Clare Adams, Lucy Burgamini, Robert Burch, Nicholas Kekic, Hans Schepker, and Chris Sherwin.

The Third Annual A WORLD SUSPENDED IN COLOR Fine Art Glass features glass artists from Vermont and New Hampshire. The Gallery is again highlighting and promoting several artists from Windham County. 

On Bellows Falls 3rd Friday, August 21st, Canal Street Art Gallery welcomes walk-in visitors back into the gallery with it’s recognizable yellow OPEN flag. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm, and Private Appointments may still be scheduled. Masks are required. There is a four person capacity for Private Appointments, and a two person capacity for walk-ins. Thank you for supporting artists, and buying local artwork!

Join the Virtual Gallery Event on Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night, LIVE Online on FaceBook at 6PM AUGUST 21st. The 2020 VERMONT SUMMER GROUP SHOW is offering regional artist’s artworks in all mediums, styles, and subject matters, and is on view to the public through SEPTEMBER 12th. See what’s new in the show this month! Get a tour of featured work from the Gallery’s roster of Represented Artists in it’s rotating consignment area. 

Canal Street Art Gallery was begun in order to fulfill the need for a stand-alone gallery in the Town of Rockingham, Vermont. In doing so, it has provided the opportunity for many artists in the area to exhibit in a centralized location. There is always a need to support the making, sharing, and seeing of art; and to promote creativity, and free self expression. Continuing its mission is possible by sharing virtually through many brand new, online initiatives and outlets. Visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Room, open all the time on it’s website. Go today to http://canalstreetartgallery.com and experience this new interactive feature!

The nineteen Artists and their mediums in this year’s show include: Clare Adams, enamel painted glass; Penelope Arms, oil and acrylic painting; Zoee Blossom, cyanotype prints; Jean Cannon, oil and acrylic painting; Sloane Dawson, found object sculpture; Spaulding Dunbar, original photography, Carolyn Enz Hack, metal and mixed media sculpture; Nancy Fitz-Rapalje, oil painting; Kim Grall, painted mixed media sculpture; Felicity Haselton, mixed media painting; Deedee Jones, pastel painting; Carol Keiser, acrylic painting; Susan MacNeil, acrylic painting; Jeanne McMahan, oil painting; Lisa Eckhardt McNealus, acrylic painting; Charles Norris-Brown, ink drawing, ink wash, and watercolor painting; MC Noyes, oil painting; Rodrica Tilley, pastel painting; Kathleen Zimmerman, serigraphic prints.

Canal Street Art Gallery presents: MELISSA RUBIN Represented Artist Spotlight 

Opens JULY 1st, on view to the public through AUGUST 1st. 

All are invited to our virtual Gallery Event on Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night! LIVE Online on FaceBook at 6PM JULY 17th. You can also visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Room, open all the time on our website. Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com to experience this new interactive format. Canal Street Art Gallery is also pleased to now offer Private Appointments, Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm, during our regular scheduled business hours.

The 2020 VERMONT SUMMER GROUP SHOW is offering regional artist’s artworks in all mediums, styles, and subject matters. There is always a need to support the making, sharing, and seeing of art; and to promote creativity, and free self expression. Continuing our mission is possible by sharing virtually through our many, brand new, online initiatives and outlets. Our website based viewing rooms, social media, and online sales with Artcloud have allowed for the finding and buying of local artwork! Check back on July 17th to see newly featured artworks in the show, Live on Facebook at 6pm and in the New July Online Viewing Room.

Canal Street Art Gallery presents: VERMONT SUMMER GROUP SHOW All Mediums, All Subjects, All Art opens JUNE 19th, on view to the public through SEPTEMBER 12th. 

All are invited to our Virtual Gallery Event on Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night! We will be LIVE Online on FaceBook at 6PM JUNE 19th. You can also visit the Gallery’s Online Viewing Room, open all the time on our website. Go to http://canalstreetartgallery.com to experience this new interactive format. Canal Street Art Gallery is also pleased to now offer Private Appointments, Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm, during our regular scheduled business hours.

The nineteen Artists and their mediums in this year’s show include: Clare Adams, enamel painted glass; Penelope Arms, oil and acrylic painting; Zoee Blossom, cyanotype prints; Jean Cannon, oil and acrylic painting; Sloane Dawson, found object sculpture; Spaulding Dunbar, original photography, Carolyn Enz Hack, metal and mixed media sculpture; Nancy Fitz-Rapalje, oil painting; Kim Grall, painted mixed media sculpture; Felicity Haselton, mixed media painting; Deedee Jones, pastel painting; Carol Keiser, acrylic painting; Susan MacNeil, acrylic painting; Jeanne McMahan, oil painting; Lisa Eckhardt McNealus, acrylic painting; Charles Norris-Brown, ink drawing, ink wash, and watercolor painting; MC Noyes, oil painting; Rodrica Tilley, pastel painting; Kathleen Zimmerman, serigraphic prints.

This month’s Virtual Gallery Event, to replace the Opening Reception typically held in the Gallery, takes place on Canal Street Art Gallery’s FaceBook Page. Please take part with us online and celebrate The Gallery's longest exhibition in it’s yearly calendar, with  Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night Events throughout the show! Join us LIVE Online June 19th at 6pm using your mobile device or computer to take part in this month’s BF3F by going to: https://www.facebook.com/canalstreetartgallery/live/ or http://canalstreetartgallery.com/events.html.

On Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night, join us LIVE Online May 15th at 6pm for our Virtual Gallery Event! This month’s Virtual Gallery Event, to replace the Opening Reception typically held in the Gallery, takes place on Canal Street Art Gallery’s FaceBook Page. Please take part with us online and celebrate paintings with Nancy Fitz-Rapalje in the Gallery’s second Solo Show! Use your mobile device or computer to take part in this month’s BF3F by going to: https://www.facebook.com/canalstreetartgallery or http://canalstreetartgallery.com/events.html.

Canal Street Art Gallery is pleased to now offer Private Appointments, available during regular scheduled operating times, Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm. Private Appointments are for groups of no more than two people to be in the Gallery. They are scheduled in two hour time slots to allow for all common spaces, frequently touched surfaces and doors to be disinfected between Private Appointments. The Gallery staff are available remotely or outside the retail space only. All transactions are conducted electronically via email, or telephone, with curbside pick-up only. Please wear face coverings, and observe physical distancing. Call 802-289-0104 during gallery hours, or email artinfo@canalstreetartgallery.com anytime, to schedule.

Please help us all to ensure compliance with these mandatory health and safety requirements for all business operations during the Phased Restart to safely reopen certain operations impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak not defined as essential, as directed by Governor Scott to the Agency of Commerce - in consultation with the Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety.

On Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night, join us LIVE Online April 17th from 6 to 7pm for our Virtual Gallery Event! This month’s Virtual Gallery Event, to replace the Opening Reception typically held in the gallery, takes place on Canal Street Art Gallery’s FaceBook Page. Please take part with us online and help kick off our fourth year bringing Southern Vermont local ART! Use your mobile device or computer to take part in this month’s BF3F by going to: https://www.facebook.com/canalstreetartgallery or http://canalstreetartgallery.com/events.html.

Canal Street Art Gallery remains optimistic at this time of much uncertainty. This is achieved through our initiatives to continue programming, promoting artists, and by bringing all exhibitions entirely online for public viewing. In order to fulfill its mission, CSAG has been innovating ways to bring the Show to you! There is a need for the continuation of life, creativity and self expression when amidst such change. Art is abundant and is to be seen. We are here for that!

OUR 1st GALLERY NIGHT in Bellows Falls - ONLINE!

All are invited on Friday, March 20th at 6:00 pm to view the current Show LIVE on Facebook, A CHANGING FORM Fine Art Ceramics.

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak we at the Gallery are taking the necessary precautions to protect both the artists and all of the fans of their artwork. 

In an effort to fulfill our mission of promoting artists and comply with the need for “Social Distancing” encouraged by the Vermont Department of Health, we will gather online. 

So, PLEASE join us at our first Virtual Gallery event for this month's 3rd Friday Gallery Night. Go To @canalstreetartgallery on facebook and be immersed in local ART!

Let's all join together at our first Virtual Gallery special event!

THE GALLERY WILL BE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Please call the Gallery during regular scheduled operating times.  Weds. to Sat. 11am-5pm.

THANK YOU FOR BUYING LOCAL ART - IT MATTERS!