Author: Chaffee

Call for “Recycling” Artists

Call for “Recycling” Artists

The Chaffee Art Center, Your Center for Creativity, is excited about our new Exhibit “Reimagined, The Art of Recycling” coming up the end of September. The exhibit will be both inside the mansion and outside with sculptures on our historic property. We are inviting artists of all 

It’s Almost Here — Art in the Park, August 10 & 11

It’s Almost Here — Art in the Park, August 10 & 11

Chaffee Art Center’s 63rd Annual Art in the Park Summer Festival will take place August 10 & 11 in Rutland’s Main Street Park at the Junction of Routes 4 & 7. Juried fine artists, craftspeople, and specialty food producers will be featured. Rounding out the festival are food vendors, 

Featured Artist: Karen Utiger

Featured Artist: Karen Utiger

By Janelle Faignant Pliers, hammers, torches, wire and saws are her tools but Karen Utiger is not a carpenter.  First she spent a decade making functional pottery — mugs and bowls, espresso cups, plates and pitchers. Then she learned how to fuse glass, but found