Local Artists Cover the Walls of the Hardwick Inn

Hardwick Elementary School 3rd grade art students painted 3D cardboard relief sculptures. From left are Ella Lucier, McCoy Paquette, Lily Touchette, and Nora Paquette. The masks are part of the 3rd floor gallery, showcasing local art at the Hardwick Inn. The curator of the building-wide show is Olive Ylin and the art will be on exhibit through May.
Photo by Vanessa Fournier

HARDWICK – The Third Floor Gallery at the Hardwick Inn is sponsoring a building-wide show on all three floors, celebrating the work of many local artists.

Third graders under the direction of Beth LeCours have made masks out of painted cardboard that jump off the walls. Established artist and drawing instructor Marie LaPre Grabon has collage portraits on view. Flower paintings adorned with leaves and unlikely oddments radiate Mary Young’s love of all things growing.

Three of the fourteen painted 3-D cardboard relief sculptures made by Hardwick Elementary students on display at the 3rd-floor gallery in the Hardwick Inn were made by (from left) Ethan LaRose, Remick Forant, and Maranda Ryan. They join the collections of other local artists’ work displayed in the gallery through May.
Photo by Vanessa Fournier

Ross Connelly has contributed photographs including one of a sheep shelter that in fact was once his ancestral home in Ireland. Ceilidh Galloway-Kane, Ken Leslie, Charlie Emers, Alex Bottinelli, Liz Nelson and Phillip Richardson all have works on exhibit.

Starting with the Riverside Bicycle Shop on the first floor all the way up to the third floor, everyone who works in the building has added offerings of their own personal taste and touch. There will be a reception for artists on April 4, 4 to 7 p.m. The building is open during regular business hours. The show will be up through May.