Photos of our 2017 exhibit will be posted soon.

For this show, we created a landscape inspired by the

 early 20th-century Dutch art and architecture movement known as

De Stijl 

("The Style")

Inspiration: A cover of the Dutch art journal De Stijl

 

The De Stijl movement was founded by artist Theo van Doesburg in Amsterdam in 1917. Painters Piet Mondrian, Vilmos Huszár, Bart van der Leck and architect Gerrit Rietveld are among De Stijl's most famous practitioners. De Stijl is known for its abstract use of primary-colored squares and rectangles combined with horizontal and vertical black or white lines. 

Getting ready for the show

 

   

In addition to our own exhibit,

we created an "energy tree" art/garden installation for the

Green Mountain Energy Company.

Concept drawing of “The Energy Tree” by Michael Petrie (left). Wrapping the tree during set-up week (right). PHOTO by T Rowan.

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