Jon Roberts, Untitled (studio view), 2025
September 12 - October 12, 2025
Friday – Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM and by appointment
Opening Celebration:
Saturday, Sept 13, 3 – 5 PM
Closing Celebration:
Sunday, Oct 12, 3 – 5 PM
Between time and beyond place, memory may surprise us with its clarity or break our hearts when we can no longer access it. Art at the Kent’s 2025 exhibition, Holding: Mementos Kept, Memories Kindled, looks at memory, lost and found, vivid and fleeting, what we remember and what we forget. Life, after all, is in the details, and the works of 22 Vermont artists take a deep dive into a vast sea of recollections and bring them to the surface in myriad ways.
Bonnie Baird
Paul Bowen
August Burns
Jordan Douglas
Tom Dunne
Terry Ekasala
Elizabeth Fram
Chip Haggerty
Jennifer Koch
David Maille
James Paterson
Veronica Y Pham
Stephen Procter
Leonard Ragouzeos
Jon Roberts
Olaf Saaf
Vaune Trachtman
Graziella Weber-Grassi
Susan Wilson
Memories Revered
Breaking with Art at the Kent's tradition of exhibiting artists only once, this year the curatorial team invited three former contributors back to install within the Kent their own unique memory-specific works that make remembering tangible.
Gratitude in a Time of Loss
Witness Marks: Anatomy of a Memory
Wonder Closet
Uniquely Unforgettable
Kent’s special Spotlight for 2025 shines a light on the imaginative, character-rich creations of Vermont’s own outsider/folk artist Gayleen Aiken (1934 – 2005)
Works on loan from Rural Arts Collaborative
Photo credit: Photograph of Gayleen Aiken, 1999
Courtesy of Ted Degener
Events
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Opening Celebration
Saturday, September 13, 20253:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Come meet the artists and enjoy light fare with music by Kraatz Carromato.
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How the Light Gets In: A Kintsugi Demonstration with Claire Graybuck
Sunday, September 14, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Free
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Kintsugi is a Japanese method of pottery repair that honors both the damage and the repair as beautiful parts of an artwork’s history. It gives new life to something that might otherwise become waste, and in the process creates a visible memory. Learn more about the history, philosophy, and process of kintsugi as we celebrate the beauty in the broken with Claire Graybuck.
Rain date: Sunday, September 21, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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Words Out Loud
Gary Clark & Helen WhybrowSunday, September 14, 2025
3:00 PM
Old West Church
Unplug for a serene hour to hear Vermont writers present their words aloud in the historic Old West Church, followed by receptions down the road back at the Kent.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
6:30 PM– 8:00 PM
Maple Corner Community Center
A visual presentation and conversation with historian Amanda Gustin and artist Daryl Burtnett documenting the impact of Covid-19 in the Green Mountain State through the eyes of an historian who organized an exhaustive oral history collection project and an artist who documented how the pandemic took the ultimate toll on Vermonters.
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Friday, September 19, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with freshly baked goods, tea, and live music with Drew Clay.
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Gallery Talk with photographer Jordan Douglas
Friday, September 19, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
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Big Paper, Community, and Vietnamese Papermaking
Saturday, September 20, 2025
1:00 PM– 5:00 PM
1:00 PM talk followed by interactive papermaking demo with artist Veronica Y Pham
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Veronica Y Pham will present an artist talk on her recent works and installations within Vietnamese hand papermaking processes. This is a public workshop open to the community to participate in Vietnamese papermaking through a large-scale collaborative piece. Participants will work together in the papermaking, watermarking, and pulp painting process to create a collective piece. Participants will experiment using local materials for the papermaking process using milkweed, hemp, regional paper mulberry, and recycled cotton rag.
Free
Limited to 40 people on a first come basis.
Open to all ages
Rain date: Saturday, September 27, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Words Out Loud
Diana Whitney & LN BetheaSunday, September 21, 2025
3:00 PM
Old West Church
Unplug for a serene hour to hear Vermont writers present their words aloud in the historic Old West Church, followed by receptions down the road back at the Kent.
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Inspired: Artist Presentations
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Maple Corner Community Center
Kent artists describe the sources of their creative inspiration in a fast-paced slide presentation.
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Friday, September 26, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with freshly baked goods, tea, and live music with Benedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington.
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Gallery Talk with artist Chip Haggerty
Friday, September 26, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
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Tea Tasting and Pottery Sale with Little Tree Tea and Dirt Floor Studios
Saturday, September 27, 2025
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Little Tree Tea will once again bring their tea stall pop-up to Kent along with wood fired pottery by Silene DeCiucies from Dirt Floor Studios. Enjoy high quality loose leaf tea and the beauty of wood fired clay. Available to taste and to buy.
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Words Out Loud
Harmony Belle Devoe &
Carlene KucharczykSunday, September 28, 2025
3:00 PM
Old West Church
Unplug for a serene hour to hear Vermont writers present their words aloud in the historic Old West Church, followed by receptions down the road back at the Kent.
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Tuesday, September 30
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Maple Corner Community Center
Film historian Rick Winston will host the viewing of Obit., the documentary film chronicling the NYT obituary team and their remarkable skills shaping the story of countless lives. -
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Friday, October 3, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with freshly baked goods, tea, and live music.
Image: Artwork by Luciana Frigerio
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Gallery Talk with conceptual realist painter Kate Gridley
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
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Gallery Talk with woodturner Tom Dunne
Saturday, October 4, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
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Basket Weaving Workshop with Alexa Rivera
Sunday, October 5, 2025
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Explore the basket not only as a functional vessel, but as a sacred container for stories, keepsakes and remembrance. Participants will learn foundational basketry techniques, while examining what we carry, and the ways in which the physical basket and the act of weaving are holders—of object and tradition. All participants will make and leave with a finished basket, and skills to make more in the future.
No experience necessary. All materials provided. Please reach out to Alexa for permission for weavers under 18 years old.
Participants are encouraged to bring something personal to weave into their basket, such as a scrap of fabric from a loved ones old clothing, a length of ribbon from a special occasion, a strip of old sheet music or letter, a shoelace from a memorable hike or journey, a snippet of a map from a special place, a strand of embroidery floss in a meaningful color, a vine from your favorite tree—and on and on—the possibilities are endless.
Register at https://wovncountry.com/shop
Fee: $85
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Friday, October 10, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
Enjoy a Friday morning visit to the exhibition with freshly baked goods, tea, and live music with Dorothy Robson.
Image: Artwork by Bhakti Ziek
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Gallery Talk with artist August Burns
Friday, October 10, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Kents’ Corner State Historic Site
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Sunday, October 12, 2025
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Come meet the artists while enjoying music and nibbles.
