The Art Gallery at NBNC
NBNC hosts quarterly shows highlighting nature-themed work by artists across Vermont and beyond. The gallery is open during our normal business hours, but call ahead if you’re coming far, as our gallery space is also used for meetings and events. You can browse highlights from the current show and learn about past shows below.
A portion of art sales supports NBNC’s mission and programs. If you are interested in purchasing work, please email us, call us at 802-229-6206 x 108, or stop by NBNC.
Interested in showing your work? Our gallery committee meets yearly to choose artists for upcoming shows. We are currently booking out about two years, but we’re always considering new artists for future shows. Please contact us for consideration, and provide photos of your work and/or a link to your website.
All images on this page are property of the artists and may not be downloaded or used for other purposes.
Current Show
Nick Neddo
April - June 2024
Nick Neddo has been making art since he could first pick up a crayon. He grew up exploring the wetlands, forests, and fields of his bioregion and developed a profound curiosity, respect, and love for the community of life around him. As a youngster, Nick identified primary focuses that would become life-long pursuits: study of the natural world, Stone Age technology (popularly known as primitive skills), and creating art. Trusting the inherent value of these skills, he continues to embrace their pursuit with a ravenous appetite fueled by a genuine love of the living world and the creative process.
Nick works with art media that he crafts from raw materials he forages from the landscape. He transforms these fibers, furs, berries, beeswax, muds, sticks, and stones into pens, paintbrushes, crayons, charcoal, inks, paints, paper, inkwells, and sketchbooks. He is the author of two guides to making your own art supplies from nature: The Organic Artist and The Organic Artist for Kids.
Most recently, Nick illustrated former NBNC Director of Education Amy Butler’s book Educating Children Outdoors: Lessons in Nature-Based Learning. His show at NBNC is made up of pieces from that project, three quarters of which were created specifically for this book. Nick’s work will be up in our gallery April 3 - June 28, 2024, and a portion of print sales from his website during that time will support NBNC.
Past Shows
"I think works of art have the capability to give people a certain hope and passion and belief and conviction that nothing else can. It can be incredibly moving and provoke people in all the right directions.”
– Shirin Neshat
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