Chaffee Art Center

Chaffee Art Center Your Center for Creativity and Community Art Center for 65 years. Offering classes for all ages, camps, 7 Exhibits yearly, Dozen gardens with a 100 ft.

Pollinator Garden & Sculpture Garden, Unique Rental Venue for weddings, showers, birthdays and more. The Chaffee Art Center features exciting exhibits, classes, events, and more! Some highlights of a typical Chaffee year: Juried Artists' work, Member Shows, our Annual Student Art Show (K-12), Annual Photography Contest and Exhibit, August & October Art in the Park events, and classes for all ages offered by an array of artists & educators.

ADULT WATERCOLOR Thursday, Sept. 105:30–7:30pmInstructor: Lorraine “Rainey” Dewey; $40 per person; Min: 5, Max: 10Photo ...
09/03/2026

ADULT WATERCOLOR

Thursday, Sept. 10
5:30–7:30pm
Instructor: Lorraine “Rainey” Dewey; $40 per person; Min: 5, Max: 10
Photo reference this month: Black-eyed Susan Flowers

Supplies will be available. However, we encourage you to bring your own Watercolor brushes that you can also use to practice: 1” flat, #8 or #10 Round and small Round #0 or #1 for fine detail.

Come, learn to paint in watercolor! This class is for beginners, though all levels are welcome.

This class will help you build a foundation toward your painting goals. Attendees will be guided from the photo reference as they paint from their own perspective.

MUST PRE-REGISTER by Wednesday before the class.

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From today’s Mini-Day Camp for Adults!You can still join in! Two more to go on September 9 and September 1612pm-2 pm$60...
09/02/2026

From today’s Mini-Day Camp for Adults!

You can still join in! Two more to go on September 9 and September 16
12pm-2 pm
$60 for the 2-Part series

NOTE: RSVP Required by noon 9/8

“Robert’s playful exercise inspired me to discover new possibilities for my art and my life.” - Fran Bull

9/9 Mini-Camp for Adults:Re-Imagine Rutland
Photographic images of architecture with highlights of the history of Rutland will form the basis for our work. Copies of Rutland’s community buildings, public artworks and the Town’s natural features, will be cut apart, re-assembled and re-glued to form imaginative “collages” of the spirit of our community. We will then share personal impressions and perceptions.

9/16 Mini-Camp for Adults:
Re-Imagine the World
Explore the Chaos, Craziness, Kindness, and Beauty found in the current State-of-the-World and how these forces impact Rutland as a community and each of us as individual citizens of a global community. An array of media headlines, both positive and negative, will form the basis of a fun and revealing art exercise as we “dis-integrate” (hand cut) and re-assemble to re-imagine a new world.

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Latin Dance Classes (Adult series of 5)Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Chaffee & Embodied Arts by Rix!5 Wedne...
09/01/2026

Latin Dance Classes (Adult series of 5)

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Chaffee & Embodied Arts by Rix!

5 Wednesdays: September 16, 23, 30, and October 7, 14
7:30-8:30 pm
Instructors: Julia and Jano Rix of Embodied Arts by Rix
$75 per person (5 class series discount at $15 per class), No partner or experience required.
Minimum: 5
Must Pre-register BY NOON TUESDAY 9/15 https://chaffeeartcenter.square.site/

Note: Drop-ins are welcome at $20 per person and must RSVP by Noon the Tuesday before the class 802-775-0356.

Join us in celebrating the amazing contributions of the Latin X community during Hispanic Heritage Month that runs from September 15th to October 15th with fun beginner Latin dance classes. Each week we will learn Latin dances from across the Afro-Latin diaspora. Take a voyage with us from Cuba to the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Mexico with this 5-week progressive Latin Dance Class. We will provide you with basic footwork in up to 6 different Latin Dances and introduce you to the joy of Rueda de Casino,a partner dance that will have you smiling from ear to ear. No partner or experience required. Comfortable shoes and clothes that allow for movement are recommended.

Artist Caber Wilson is here touching up the bench he painted for our 2021 BenchART Street Art Project. We are working ...
08/28/2026

Artist Caber Wilson is here touching up the bench he painted for our 2021 BenchART Street Art Project.

We are working on another NEW project coming soon!

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Tonight’s Wire Twisting Class attendees made these beautiful crystal trees!Next class is October 21st. www.chaffeeartcen...
08/27/2026

Tonight’s Wire Twisting Class attendees made these beautiful crystal trees!

Next class is October 21st.

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Solo gallery photography exhibit by Robert Black will be on display until September 4th. Stop by and visit. Hours: Thur ...
08/26/2026

Solo gallery photography exhibit by Robert Black will be on display until September 4th. Stop by and visit. Hours: Thur & Fri 20-5 and Saturday 10-3.

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Robert Black

Mini-Day Camp for Adults / 3-Part SeriesWith the successes of our Summer Camps for Kids, we are excited to offer a speci...
08/26/2026

Mini-Day Camp for Adults / 3-Part Series

With the successes of our Summer Camps for Kids, we are excited to offer a special “Mini-Day Camp for Adults” for 3 consecutive Wednesdays.

September 2, September 9 and September 16
12pm-2 pm
$75 for the 3-Part Series
Minimum 4 attendees required
NOTE: RSVP Required by noon 9/1

“Robert’s playful exercise inspired me to discover new possibilities for my art and my life.” - Fran Bull

9/2 Mini-Camp for Adults #1: Re-Imagine Yourself
Explore “Identity” through a series of simple “sketching/drawing” exercises designed to reveal how we see ourselves. We will work through guided exercises to re-imagine and re-create these images into a new idea that can serve to transform our self-image (use a mirror; work with our eyes closed; and work with a partner). Followed by class discussions.

9/9 Mini-Camp for Adults #2: Re-Imagine Rutland
Photographic images of architecture with highlights of the history of Rutland will form the basis for our work. Copies of Rutland’s community buildings, public artworks and the Town’s natural features, will be cut apart, re-assembled and re-glued to form imaginative “collages” of the spirit of our community. We will then share personal impressions and perceptions.

9/16 Mini-Camp for Adults #3: Re-Imagine the World
Explore the Chaos, Craziness, Kindness, and Beauty found in the current State-of-the-World and how these forces impact Rutland as a community and each of us as individual citizens of a global community. An array of media headlines, both positive and negative, will form the basis of a fun and revealing art exercise as we “dis-integrate” (hand cut) and re-assemble to re-imagine a new world.

www.chaffeeartcenter.org

Pour PaintingThis Thur, August 27th6–8pmInstructor: Lorrie Amerio Maniery$40 per person includes all suppliesMin: 5, Max...
08/24/2026

Pour Painting
This Thur, August 27th
6–8pm
Instructor: Lorrie Amerio Maniery
$40 per person includes all supplies
Min: 5, Max: 12
Learn the pour painting technique.
Follow along with an instructor and leave with a finished painting.

Must Pre-register by noon Wednesday before class
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Wire Twisting - Apple Tree3 spaces left for this Wednesday!August 26th5:15pm to 8:15pm (3 hour class)Instructor: Hope Wi...
08/24/2026

Wire Twisting - Apple Tree

3 spaces left for this Wednesday!

August 26th
5:15pm to 8:15pm (3 hour class)
Instructor: Hope Will
$55 per person includes all supplies
Min: 5

Learn the wire twisting technique and make an Apple Tree. Follow along with the instructor while she guides you through the process with tips & tricks to make it easy and fun. This is now a 3 hour class to give ample time to learn the technique and ask questions.

Must Pre-register BY NOON the TUESDAY before.

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Stop by and explore the Art of Recycling Exhibit on display until Sept 4th. So fun and imaginative!Open today until 5pm ...
08/21/2026

Stop by and explore the Art of Recycling Exhibit on display until Sept 4th.

So fun and imaginative!

Open today until 5pm and Saturday 10-3.

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16 South Main Street
Rutland, VT
05701

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