The Annual Arts Marathon is a fundraiser to help Bridge to Rutland assist asylum seekers in Rutland County with housing, living expenses and legal fees. The Arts Marathon is a community effort involving artists of every kind. At least five days per week in the month of the marathon, the artist(s) you sponsor will send you a different example of their creative process and work.
Please choose as many artists as you'd like to sponsor!
You may also choose to sponsor all of the 2025 artists for a donation of $300. To do that, follow this link.
If you would like to sponsor an artist with a donation by check, please make the check payable to Bridge to Rutland and mail it to: B2R, 8 Court Street, Rutland, VT 05701. Be sure to write the artist’s name in the memo line of the check.
Artist Name
Sample Artwork
Art Marathon Goal
I will be displaying my work spanning the last 10 years.
I will share water color paintings that I have completed over the past 15 years.
We will share a new piece of art each weekday during April. Mostly, it will be drawings, but it may include digital art, animation, or stories.
I am sharing a hodge-podge of art this year on the following subjects: The albatross who nest and raise their young here on Kauai, the Taro Patch and the production of poi, the staple of the Polynesian diet, sketches from European tours, and a selection of paintings past and present. Hope you join me on this odyssey.
I'll send photos of a wide variety of my work in stoneware, porcelain, terra cotta and raku pottery made over 50 years, along with descriptions of process and context of traditional forms.
This is my second year participating in the Arts Marathon. Since the last Arts Marathon, I’ve been a bit distracted with the combination of divorcing and dating taking up a fair amount of my creative brain. So I don’t have a ton of new work. But this year, more than ever, I feel compelled to use my various talents for some good. So I’ll be cobbling together paintings, drawing, and sewing from this year, as well as older prints and drawings, with some poetry and other who-knows-what to break things up.
I will be offering my sponsors a unique glimpse into my recent journey through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam by sharing both "straight-out-of-camera" and edited photographs. This will provide an inside look at my creative process—how I capture a moment and how I refine it to bring out its full depth and emotion. Beyond the images themselves, I want to transport my audience into the landscapes, streets, and lives I encountered, telling the stories behind each shot. From the serene beauty of ancient temples to the vibrant energy of bustling markets, I hope to offer a deeper connection to the people and places I photographed.
I will create backgrounds and cards using a variety of inks, cutting dies, stamps and stencils.
Each week we will create an interactive card. Follow along with me as we go step-by-step through the process of creating fun-fold, pop-up, keepsake, and step cards!
I will offer daily photos of the building of a model of the USS Philadelphia, the first naval battle ship of the US Navy built in Whitehall NY.
I will create two digital paintings based on my travel photos.
I will paint a 3-paneled room divider in Art Nouveau-style.
I have been wanting to shift my practice for a while and I will use this time (and your attention) to try to do that. The results should be unpredictable and I will balance them with some of my favorite previous works.
Kathy Detko and I will show some of our braiding projects, and those in progress from our library workshop participants. We will also share a dye free marbleizing technique which is fun, and share some braiding projects in progress from our mid-winter library workshops.
Luis will be showing paintings and murals that depict scenes he has seen and experienced along with other migrants' stories.
I will be sharing small whimsical drawings - some pencil, some watercolor. And some photographs of something I saw that I just had to take a picture of.
I plan to create multiple large acrylic paintings on canvas and possibly a assemblage sculpture
I will be presenting mixed media works on paper and photography.
I will create 4 or more knitted projects that incorporate unusual or new to me techniques.
DIY Felting: This year, I am going to post information about working step by step from the processed wool fiber until the finished product. What I mean by processed wool fiber: it is after the wool is removed from the sheep by shearing, processed by scouring, picking, and carding, then dyed or not dyed. For people who like to try needle felting, I make DIY kits. For the marathon, I am creating new kits with step by step directions. My kits directions are much more detailed than ones found in commercially bought kits. Maybe it is because I tend to dwell on details such as life sparks and field markings. Consequently with the many details, I may only display one or two of my finished creations during the month.
I will be working on various projects throughout the month for clients, my new apartment and for an upcoming exhibition.
My main project will be making mittens with a beautiful dragonfly pattern.