Sculptor Daniel Richmond at the Bennington Museum

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The Bennington Museum will be hosting local artists through the Local Artist Program in the upcoming months. The first artist featured is Bennington native Daniel Richmond. He will be exhibiting his works until April 9th. To accompany the exhibit there will be an artist's talk at 3p.m. on Saturday April 1. The talk will be followed by a reception at the museum. This exhibition explores the variety and continuity of Daniel Richmond's artistic output over the course of the last decade. It includes sculpture from past installations and documentation of a three year project completed on the Navajo Nation in Sanders, Arizona. His art is heavily influenced by his personal experience with the landscape. Richmond's art engages elemental materials, namely wood and earth, to bring viewers back in touch with the state of the natural world that we live in. Ranging from realistically carved skulls of extinct animals to life size anthropomorphic figures in butternut and pine, Richmond's art prompts one to think about the sustainability of our environment and its inherent natural beauty. About his work Richmond writes, "In the recent past, trees were the sacred objects of religion and the primary economic building blocks for many cultures the world over. To this very day, the Hopi people of the Southwest use spruce in sacred ceremonies to help bring rain for their cornfields. All of humankind depends on trees to provide the Earth with oxygen, food, energy, medicine and continued diversity of species in this age of extinction. However, most of us have lost sight of those crucial cords that bind both the ancient history and future success of human existence to the health of our world's forests. I use different approaches including realistic carvings and multi-sensory installations, to communicate ideas and emotions using a language of wood. My recent work also includes: earth, stone, plantings, natural pigments, water and performance. These formal changes are a direct result of time spent on the Navajo Nation as an Artist-In-Residence in the Sanders school system and visits to the Hopi mesas and Southern Ute Nation of Southern Colorado." Daniel Richmond attended the Syracuse University Studio Art Program in Florence, Italy. He went on to obtain his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from the University of Vermont in Burlington, and his Master of Arts in sculpture from the University of Wyoming. He has had nine solo exhibitions, including one in New York City covered by the New York Times. Richmond's extensive resume includes numerous group exhibitions, lectures, and articles, and several awards. You can view the exhibition with regular admission to the museum. Or better yet buy a membership! It's a bargain, with free admission to the museum and discounts on many events and the shop. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main St. (Route 9) one mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington, Vermont. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. closed Wednesdays. For more information, visit the website at www.benningtonmuseum.org.
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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.
 
The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner. 
 
This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.
 
They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.
 
Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system. 
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