Current Exhibitions
TEAR OF THE CITY
Mixed Media
24 x 50 x 10 inches 2022
EDGE CLVII
Acrylic, wood chips on Canvas
50 x 40 inches 1995
AHREN AHRENHOLZ
Pottery
Planting a garden
processing the yield, and cooking is a joy
Eating with friends over good conversations.
All of these experiences are enhanced
by the use of good pottery
- Ahren Ahrenholz
Ahrenholz explores form, texture, and perception through clay. His ceramic works are quiet investigations into the relationships between material, light, and meaning—each piece serving as an artifact of her ongoing inquiry into how we see and feel objects beyond their literal form.
OBJECTS
Ahrenholz seeks silence. Clear focused mental energy is his currency through constructing objects.
It is a process of arranging materials. An inquiry into the elements of the visual and tactile vocabulary. He questions the properties of line, mass, density, texture, color,the way light is reflected and absorbed.
What are the visual, tactile elements involved?
What exists in perception beyond literal meaning?
What is the essence of iconic vs. symbolic form?
These questions bring comfort. The objects presented are artifacts of the inquiry.
upcoming exhibitions
Marni Rosner and Carl Crook Collections of Chinese art
Sponsored by the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT)
May 15 - June 27, 2026
Opening Reception 1-3pm May 16, 2026
The exhibition, introduced by Marni Rosner, brings together works representing China’s diverse cultural regions. From Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, Uighur artist Aniwar Mamet presents works in traditional Chinese ink as well as acrylic. Wang Rongchang (also known as Naruo), a Naxi painter and muralist of the Dongba tradition from Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is represented by both ink on paper and oil on canvas. Papercuts by Liang Changsheng offer a playful reimagining of Buddhist tales, while portraits of Tibetan herdsmen by Sichuan-based artist He Duoling evoke the years he spent living among Tibetan and Yi communities in Western China.
A photo history of the Brown – Crook family in China during the past century
Present by Carl Crook
1-3pm May 30, 2027
Carl Crook’s family lived continuously in China for more than a century, spanning four generations. Beginning with his grandparents from Canada—who met and married in China—and extending to his own children, who spent much of their early years there, this multi-generational history forms the foundation of his perspective.
This presentation will be accompanied by photographs, beginning with Crook's grandparents, who were missionaries (1912-42) and devoted thirty years to building progressive educational institutions in Chengdu, from primary school through the college level. His parents, who also met in China, dedicated their lives to education and to the study and documentation of rural Chinese society.
Crook's family experiences reflect both joy and turbulence across a century of profound transformation in China.
Wang Rongchang (Naruo)
upcoming Exhibitions
SEALS AT THE COAST
collage, oil, pencil, ink on foam core
5 x 4 inches 2025
