Arts/ Music

Community producer James Gero's video on Shelburne Farms Maple Sugar festival.

MARCH 9 - APRIL 28, 2012

In this exhibition acclaimed software artist Casey Reas uses computer algorithms to create complex, organic abstractions. In his ongoing series Process, Reas explores the relationship between synthetic and naturally-evolved systems through strikingly beautiful prints, animations, architectural wall fabrics, relief sculpture and interactive works all derived from variations on the same fundamental software algorithm. Reas is also internationally recognized as co-creator of Processing, an open source programming language specifically for visual artists, a standard for artists creating images, animation and interactive art. Reas is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and has exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Reas will be in residence in Burlington from March 21-23 working with local artists in algorithmic art.

-BCA Center-

Burlington Mardi Gras parade

A video by James Gero. The City of Burlington will dedicate the Champlain 400 Time Capsule on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center Atrium with unveiling of the monument to follow immediately in the Champlain 400 Plaza on College Street.

The Champlain 400 Time Capsule is a part of the 2009 Strategic Plan of the Vermont Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commission to assist our future colleagues of the Lake Champlain Quincentenary Commission with planning for at least one commemorative event in 2109.

The Champlain 400 Time Capsule received funding from The Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership and the Lake Champlain Basin Program to create a legacy for the 2009 commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s arrival and European exploration to the lake. Both organizations support this project because it helps to implement the cultural heritage objectives of Opportunities for Action: an Evolving Plan of the Future of Lake Champlain. Other contributors to the project include Burlington Parks and Recreation Department, The Chittenden County Historical Society, Ascension Technology, SE Group Landscape Architects and Trowel Trades.

Contents of the Time Capsule consist of documentation from Quadricentennial Committee members, Abenaki representatives, local dignitaries, local artists, businesses, photographers and others.

For more information about the Champlain 400 Time Capsule contact Burlington Parks and Recreation Department at 802-864-0123.