ARTISTS TALK & Closing Reception: Andrew Frost

Please join us for an artists talk with exhibiting artist Andrew Frost on the last day of his February exhibition “The Northeast Kingdom“, Sunday Feb 26th from 5 to 7pm at VCP. Frost will be presenting a talk about his work beginning at 5pm followed by a closing reception. The event is FREE & open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

From the Artist:
For more than two hundred years my family has lived in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. When my father turned eighteen he joined the Navy and left, glad to escape conservative small town life, vowing not to return. Growing up in a military family, we moved frequently and I never established a connection to a place, I was from nowhere and everywhere.

Yet, the Northeast Kingdom, those counties in the far northeast of Vermont, held a mythic sense of history—it was the place where my roots ran deep. Over the years, I built a total image of the land in my mind, it was the kind of place where kids rode their bikes to the general store and everyone knew each other, like something out of one of the Hardy Boy books I cherished.

Finally, a few years ago, I moved close enough to visit. For the first time, I felt a real connection with a place; this was the land of my heritage. I began making frequent trips, not just to visit new found family members, but photographing with my 8×10 camera, working to learn more about this new world, and in time, more about myself.

It turned out that Vermont was a beautiful place, but it was not as perfect as a young adult novel. These photographs earnestly explore the balancing act between the world I imagined for so many years, and the place I finally experienced. While the Northeast Kingdom is a magically seductive place, we are wise to question its sheen.

Biography
Andrew Frost was born in Yokosuka Japan. He has an MFA from Syracuse University, and currently lives and works in Burlington, Vermont. More of Andrew’s work can be found online at andrewpfrost.com.