2025 Summer Opening Festival

The Current is pleased to invite the public to its 2025 Summer Opening Festival, a vibrant community celebration taking place on Saturday, July 12, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This free event marks the opening of It often rhymes, our summer indoor exhibition, and the return of Exposed, our highly anticipated annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. 

Join us for an afternoon of contemporary art, engaging dialogue, live music, and complimentary local food and drink, while enjoying the beauty of summer in Vermont. 

Festival Schedule:

4:00 PM – Indoor tour of It often rhymes with refreshments

4:15 PM – Poetry Reading by poet Rajnii Eddins

4:30 PM – Guided walking tour through town featuring artist talks in front of the Exposed sculptures.

5:30 PM – Lawn celebration at The Current with live music presented by TURNmusic featuring violist and composer Kenji Bunch, local beer courtesy of The Alchemist, wine courtesy of Commodities, ice cream courtesy of Ben & Jerry’s, and pizza courtesy of Piecasso.*

*Admission, artist talks, and all food and beverages are complimentary for attendees.

About the Exhibitions:

It often rhymes

Art has always been a voice for the people - challenging power, illuminating injustice, and imagining what democracy could be. Inspired by the quote often attributed to Mark Twain, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does often rhyme,” this exhibition explores how contemporary artists question and reclaim national symbols while responding to pivotal events in our nation’s history that still reverberate today. Curated by Rachel Moore, featured artists include: Robert Buck, Janie Cohen, Nicholas Galanin, Ellen Rothenberg, Dona Ann McAdams, Hank Willis Thomas, and For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms).

Exposed 2025

Curated by Rachel Moore, Exposed 2025 features both invited artists and artists selected through a competitive, juried open call. This year’s invited artists include Chakaia Booker, Christopher Curtis, and Woody De Othello. Open call artists John Crawford, Marcel Regueiro, and Christopher Yockey were selected by distinguished jurors DJ Hellerman, Deputy Director & Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, and Lucas Cowan, Curator at Large for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Curator of the Millennium Park Foundation in Chicago.