Press, Profiles

M E M B E R,  E X H  I B I T O R  S T O R I E S  

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View Profile: Lark Upson
Lark Upson's portraits have a quality that seems to push the boundaries of physics. Out of a flat canvas springs something more than the illusion of 3-dimentional depth.  There is a stirring conduction of light and mood.




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  “WGDR's What’s Next” with Jim Cross: Listen to Show
Close to the date on which Scotland and poetry lovers around the world celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns, host Jim Cross and BLG's Ricka McNaughton chat with two Scotland-born authors now living, at least part-time, in Central Vermont.

Len Irving (above far left) is a rough-roads-traveled poet, storyteller, and lover of places both fair and gritty. 
R.A. (Roberta) Harold (left), a Princeton U. and Breadloaf School alum, is an award-winning poet and mystery writer with a love of historical research and narrative.     

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"WGDR's What Next" with Jim Cross: Listen to Show
Jim Cross and BLG's Ricka McNaughton chat with award-winning international photojournalist Theodore "Teo" Kaye (NY Times; International Herald Trib) about his life and work in Central Asia. At left, a photo of a rugged polo-like game of "buskashi" taken by Teo Kaye in Tajikistan, part of the series "Centaurs of the Steppe"



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View article: "Hogan's Heroes" 
A profile of Cornelius "Con" Hogan of Plainfield, VT: author, high ranking Vermont state official and policy-maker, one-time candidate for Vermont governor, child welfare consultant, farmer, and more.  
Article source: The Montpelier Bridge


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View article: A Debt to Dinosaurs:
The Evolution, So Far, of Artist Owen Bissex"  
Profile of a young artist and sculptor drawn to prehistoric anatomy and motifs from nature.  
Article source: The Montpelier Bridge

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View article: A Path of Artful Reassessment: 
Profile of Cabot Painter Janet Wormser.  A seeker who finally found her   higher artistic self, Janet strives to create paintings with "juice, some presence, and most of all feeling."   

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View article: "Capture and Release: Kurt Budliger..."
Profile of the award-winning scenic photographer, educator and environmentalist -- specializing in nature and landscape images.
Article source: The Montpelier Bridge




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View article: Profile of Author/Photographer/Conservationist Ann Day
Ann’s poems, stories, nature essays and photographs have been published nationally in magazines, books, newspapers and elsewhere.  She is a regular contributor of articles to The Valley Reporter.  A selection of those pieces are contained in her book called The Nature of Things, of which author/environmentalist Bill McKibben wrote:  "A Central Vermont bookshelf is bare without it!" 

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View article: Montpelier's Jeff Roberts Spreads the Word
about Vermont's Artisan Cheeses
Concerning a BLG Fundraiser and a community partnering   celebrating Vermont's artisan cheesemakers and the spirit of local food production.
Article source: the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus



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View article "Still Rising" A Profile of Marshfield Artist Helen Rabin
Helen Rabin talks about the painter she is still striving to be, and how
she came to be one.