MORRISVILLE — River Arts is currently hosting exhibits by two local artists Orah Moore and Marie LaPré Grabon.
Moore’s exhibit, titled “Rocks and Ruins,” features her large format black and white photographs. These prints are a return to her black and white photographic roots. In 2024, Moore, who lives in Weston, visited sacred sites in south England. This exhibit emerged from the photographs she took during that trip. Moore holds a B.A. and M.A. in photography and her most influential teachers were Ansel Adams and Ruth Bernhard.
LaPré Grabon is exhibiting her fiber artwork, a collection she has been working on since 2020. Her show is titled “Painting With Fibers” and her fiber projects are hooked wall hangings. Starting with a basic knowledge of traditional rug hooking, LaPré Grabon has pushed the medium through experimentation to explore space, color, a variety of techniques and the use of a wide variety of fibers. Throughout her long career as a visual artist LaPré Grabon, currently residing in Hardwick, has viewed nature as her primary source for inspiration. She received her undergraduate degree from Massachusetts College of Art, and her graduate degree in fine art from Goddard College.
The exhibits are open to the public through June 17. River Arts is located at 74 Pleasant Street, and the galleries are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information call (802) 888-1261, or visit [email protected].
