Made in Vermont

Mildred Beltré is a multi-disciplinary artist interested in grassroots, social justice political movements, their associated participants, structures, and how those ideas affect social relations. Beltré's Black Brown Shine (2016) was included in the group exhibition Seen and Heard held at the Everson Museum, in Syracuse, NY in 2017. In celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage in New York State, Seen and Heard explored the use of the arts as a catalyst for social change. In Black Brown Shine (2016), Beltré employs word play and the formal language of cross-stitch and quilts.

Mildred Beltré (b. 1969) completed undergraduate work in art and anthropology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and received her M.F.A from the University of Iowa.  Most recently, solo shows of her work have been held at the Eli Marsh Gallery at Amherst College in Amherst, MA (2015); Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT (2014); at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO (2013); and at the Five Myles Gallery in Brooklyn, NY (2012). Her work has also been included in important group shows at BRIC Arts in Brooklyn, NY (2017, 2016); Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, NM (2017); Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (2017); Burlington City Arts in Burlington, VT (2017); and at the International Print Center in New York City (2016, 2015, 2013), among others.  Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN among others.  She has been awarded residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, the Vermont Studio Center, at New York University, and at the Santa Fe Arts Institute. She has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts in Prints/Drawings and Artist Books, the Brooklyn Arts Council and the Citizen’s Committee for New York City, Rema Hort Foundation and the Brooklyn Foundation. Beltré is the co-founder of the Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, an ongoing socially engaged collaborative art project in Crown Heights, Brooklyn that addresses gentrification and community building through art-making. She has worked as a teaching artist for various New York City institutions including El Museo del Barrio, Cooper Union, Henry Street Settlement, Harborview Art Center, NYCHA and the Manhattan Graphics Center. Currently, Beltré is an Associate Professor in drawing and printmaking at the University of Vermont.

Terry Ekasala creates expressive, abstract paintings that border on representation.

Terry Ekasala (b. 1962) received her undergraduate degree from the Art Institute in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Before moving to the Northeast Kingdom in 2001, Ekasala lived in Miami Beach and Paris. Her work has been exhibited widely in Paris, Berlin and New York. Most recently, solo presentations of her work have been held at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury (2016), Burlington City Arts (2014), with Metalstone Gallery in New York City (2003, 2005), and at Matter & Light in Boston (2017). Her work can be found in numerous private collections. Ekasala now resides in East Burke with her family, continuing to work on large and small abstracts in what she calls a dream studio in nearby West Burke.

Having grown up in Cabot, Vermont working at her family’s vegetable farm and nursery, Sara Katz’s paintings are influenced by her agricultural background and an interest in the overlapping natural and man-made worlds. Inspired by her environment, mark making and color drive her painting practice.

Sara Katz (b. 1977) received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.  Her work can be found in collections throughout the country and she has been frequently commissioned to complete large-scale works. Katz currently serves as the Assistant Director at Burlington City Arts. She lives and works in North Ferrisburgh, Vermont.

Cratered Moon (2013) comes from a series of bronze sculptures inspired by a group of 28 conte crayon drawings Wheelwright made of the moon, beginning with one that looked like his newborn daughter.

Joseph Wheelwright (1948 - 2016) received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in New Haven, CT and his Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at the Hargate Art Center, Concord, NH; Boston's Sculptor's Gallery, Boston, MA; the Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY; Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA; deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. (2003); and at Allan Stone Gallery, among others. His work can be found in public and private collections around the country. He co-founded the Boston Sculptors Gallery and the Humphreys Street Studios, two important collaboratives for local artists. He lived and worked in Boston and East Corinth, Vermont, where he maintained a foundry.