Edgewater Art Gallery in Middlebury Vermont.  Home to “distinctive, collectible works by established and emerging artists from Vermont and beyond”.  

We’re right at the height of leaf-peeping season in Vermont.  If you’re planning a trip you might want to check out Vermont’s Foliage report or our friend Rachel Carter’s article,  “Best Fall Drives in Vermont” to gather travel tips about the fine art of leaf-peeping.

This year leaf peepers have had some rain but don’t let that dampen your spirits.  Escape the weather by ducking into Vermont’s many fine art galleries!  Last weekend I visited one of the best, The Edgewater Gallery in the heart of downtown Middlebury, VT.  Edgewater is elegant both inside and out.  The setting overlooks lovely Middlebury Falls on Otter Creek.  If you haven’t strolled along the river’s banks and wound your way in and out of Middlebury’s charming downtown area, you’re missing out!  I promise, it’s worth the trip.

Inside Edgewater Gallery you’ll enjoy the creative works of some of Vermont and New England’s most talented artists and artisans.  You’ll find something for everyone: many diverse paintings, sketchings, ceramics, pottery, glass works, jewelery, fabric, wooden furniture and more.  The prices range from affordable to expensive.  But even the priciest pieces are far less than you would find in Manhattan– and of no smaller stature either!

You can find the inside scoop on Edgewater’s collections on the current shows section of their website or on their Facebook.  And speaking of Facebook, let us know about your favorite Vermont Fine Art Galleries on our Vermont Fine Furniture Facebook.  Thanks and happy travels.

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You can't help but smile at Caryn King's paintings of farm animals– so much personality shines through. Her blog, A Chicken Painting Every Day is a cheerful way to start any day!

If you've traveled through Vermont, you've no doubt noticed that the Green Mountain State has no billboards.  None.  Not a single one.  They're illegal here.  It's true.

So the way many Vermont businesses reach out to visitors and customers is through our Information and Welcome Centers.  These respites are strategically located along our most traveled roads, particularly routes I-89 and I-91.  I'll post some photos of their unique Vermont architecture another day but today I wanted to show you something on the inside:  Art Galleries!

I took this picture at the I-91 Welcome Center just north of the Massachusetts line in Guilford, VT.  It's part of a collection of paintings by Caryn King of Newfane, VT.  You can't help but smile at Caryn's paintings of farm animals– so much personality shines through.  She also does breath-taking floral paintings and commissions of your favorite pets.  Her blog, A Chicken Painting Every Day is a cheerful way to start the day!

Vermont's information and welcome centers also offer tons of information and brochures on local, regional and state-wide events, activities, hotels, inns, restaurants, ski areas, outdoor recreation, shopping, sight-seeing and much more.  Stop by and have a look! 

What do you think about replacing billboards with Welcome Centers?  Let us know below or on our Facebook.

Peggy Farabaugh owns Vermont Woods Studios Fine Furniture.  She travels around the Green Mountain State collaborating with woodworkers and feeling very lucky to live and work in a place where nature and creativity are flourishing.

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