AltWeeklies Wire
Art Collector and Preservationist Brooks Buxton Aims to Save Vermontnew

J. Brooks Buxton’s foreign acquisitions — among them 19th-century albumen photographs from the Middle East, Chinese ceramics and a Paleozoic-era trilobite from what is now Morocco — mingle with American paintings, decorative arts, heirloom furniture and books.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
02-12-2010 |
Culture
Firehouse Gallery Gets a Boost from Warholnew
At a time when financial news is almost uniformly grim, it’s a special pleasure to get a windfall. Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery did just that with the receipt of a $75,000 grant for exhibition support from the New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
01-23-2009 |
Art
The Town of Shoreham, Vt., Takes It (Almost) All Off for a Good Causenew

The Shoreham Uncovered calendar brings a little zing to 2009 with 12 full-color photographs featuring townspeople in familiar locales -- and little else. What sets this calendar apart from its predecessors is the diversity of the participants: men and women, old folks and young, natives and newcomers are all in the buff together.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
12-03-2008 |
Culture
Nakki Goranin Frames the History of the Photoboothnew
The Vermont photographer's new book American Photobooth is the first history of the once wildly popular and ubiquitous automatic picture-taking machine.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
02-22-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Anti-Bush Artnew
Painter Al Salzman's "Inamorato" shows Alberto Gonzales kissing George Bush's ass.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
09-05-2007 |
Art
Retrospective: Vermont Artist Wes Disneynew
An exhibit pays tribute to the visionary artist with a resurrection of old friends and collaborators.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
08-03-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
eBay Art at the Shelburne Museumnew
What would Jerry Seinfeld and Bianca Jagger buy if you gave them $1000 to spend on eBay?
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
05-18-2007 |
Art