Greater Manchester Arts Council

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HITCH A HORSE IN YOUR GARDEN
RAFFLE TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS, THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER AND THE GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS COUNCIL

Local artists, Irene Cole and Christopher Smith, have shared their creative talents with the Manchester and the Mountains Regional Chamber of Commerce to paint two elegant hitching posts in honor of the Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show. These hitching posts have been on display in the Chamber administrative offices and will be on display at the horse show in August on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. They are being raffled off to support local artists, the Manchester and the Mountains Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Vermont Art Trails, a new initiative of the Greater Manchester Arts Council.

Irene Cole lives here in Southern Vermont with her husband, two children and five pets. She has shifted her concentration from graphic design to fine art. She enjoys abstraction where she can explore shape, scale, color, feeling, nature and life. She has participated in numerous exhibitions at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, the Amsterdam Whitney Fine Art Gallery in New York City and had her first solo exhibition at the Case Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York in December 2007. She actively supports fundraising events for non-profits through her creation of art. To view Irene’s work visit her website at www.irenecole.com

Christopher Smith is a newcomer to Vermont. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. His work is represented by Redux Art Antiques in Dorset, VT. Recent exhibits include Gardenworks in Salem, NY where he was in a three man show and in 2007 had a one man show at the Dorset, Library. He is an artist member of the Southern Vermont Arts Center. He recently received an award from the Carving Studio in West, Rutland.

Come visit the horse show or visit the Chamber office to view the hitching posts. Raffle tickets are available at $5.00 per ticket or $25.00 for six tickets. The drawing will occur in December. For more information or to purchase a raffle ticket call 362-6313 ext. 15.

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