We are so excited to host this show! Long Live the Weeds & the Wilderness features a selection of works from local artist Candace Jensen’s numerous ongoing series, all of which feature the decorated and written word in service to themes of animism, deep ecology, interdependence, and earth-sacredness. Her A New Scripture series are hand […]
Scotty Tabachnick is a certified record geek, musician, and educator. The first record he ever bought was the New Kid in Town/Victim of Love 7” by the Eagles. As a budding collector, he eventually bought Hotel California. For over 30 years, Scotty has been playing piano and guitar, and singing in the rock band Moviola. […]
John Levin performs live electronic music on his fifty year old Arp Odyssey. Back in the 1980s John studied at Mills College’s notorious electronic music program in Oakland California. More recently he and his Arp have appeared on Michael Robert’s 2023 LP Sympathizer. Old time Brattleboro people will recall fondly his Tuesday night residency at […]
Candace Jensen will talk deep ecology, old songs, the universality of odes, and the celebration of complex, more-than-human beauty as an antidote for despondency and hopelessness in our time of polycrisis and collapse. We can only protect, nurture and restore that which we love- and Candace seeks to center the duty of loving interconnection and […]
Forest Walk with Tavernier Chocolates and the Atowi Project / Sunday May 3rd 1-2:30pm / Retreat Farm Brattleboro Taste the forest! Enjoy a guided chocolate walk led by Rich Holschuh of the Atowi Project, and Dar Tavernier-Singer and John Singer of Tavernier Chocolates. Each participant will receive five delicious chocolates and a small sweet drink featuring flavors of the forest: white pine,spruce, birch, maple, and more. On the walk we’ll learn about these trees, edible plants and fungi, and ingredients Tavernier uses to flavor their delectable Brattleboro-made chocolates and we’ll be invited to consider these fellow residents as close relatives and co-participants in the fulness of life here. Space is limited and registration is required! Learn more and reserve tickets here
When she's not working in chocolate, Dar Tavernier-Singer merges art and craft, creating works in watercolor, ink, embroidery, scrimshaw, found objects and papers to create small, intimate worlds that weave history, biology, and interior, dreamlike landscapes.
Maker of things, merry gardener, and jolly farmer living in the lovely land of Dummerston Vermont, where everyday she is inspired by the sights, smells, sounds, textures, and continual seasonal shifts of the natural world around her. Elspeth Bourne-Kebbell enjoys playing with different mediums and exploring various paths of artmaking. Her beautiful cards and prints […]
Vermont-based painter exploring folklore, ritual, and plant knowledge through contemporary botanical painting. More details tba!
