The Sculpture of John Raimondi
Lecture by John Raimondi
Tuesday, October 25th - 7pm

John Raimondi is a contemporary American sculptor of international distinction and renown. He is celebrated and collected as a creator and builder of monumental works that are solid in form and fluid in movement.

Raimondi has completed more than 100 monumental sculptures for public, corporate and private collections worldwide. The work consists of a wide variety of styles that range from the strong angular lines and planes of his early Geometric Minimalism Series, to the graceful organic forms and inspirational themes in his Environmental and Figurative Abstraction Series, to the romantic abstraction of his Jazz Series. His current work, incorporating the myths and iconography of Native American Indians, uses the tension created by sweeping lines to evoke the courage and tragedy of a proud and noble people.

Wine and cheese will be served.
RAA Members Free ~ Non-members $5

"Give Me Your Hands,The Legacy of the Barre, Vermont Sculptors and Their Stone"
A Photographic Homage by Leslie D. Bartlett
Tuesday, November 1st - 7pm

"In spring of 2008, I was introduced to the Vermont Granite Museum curator, Patty Merriam. I had just concluded a 4 month museum installation at the Cape Ann Museum, in Gloucester, MA. (which drew over 2,500 attendance) and I journeyed North with a sampling from my printed works from the abandoned quarries of Cape Ann.

My favorable reception led to a tour of the granite industry in Barre, Hope Cemetery and the remaining master stone sculptors.

The living master stone sculptors of Barre, VT inherit the legacy of the immigrate sculptors from the 19th and 20th century. And they are now a mere handful. I set out to meet them, talk with them, and photograph their hands. There are two living traditions reflected through their approach to stone.

What began as a single focus on hands, has grown to encompass the sculptor's  significant sculptured works and the old quarries of Vermont. And regionally to encompass sculptors in the northeast. My work reflects their commitment to technology thousands of years old, and they live, seeing few willing to maintain the tradition." - Les Bartlett

Wine and cheese will be served.
RAA Members Free ~ Non-members $5