Richard Saunders closes his Middlebury career with a Frederic Edwin Church exhibition

Richard Saunders looks back on 40 years as director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art, and celebrates with a final exhibit by Frederic Church.

Letter to the editor: ‘Unpacking’ the latest jargon

Like some of you, perhaps, I don’t want to “unpack” anything anymore. Particularly during COVID when it is hard to travel.

Museum of Art acquires Margaret Foley portrait

MIDDLEBURY — In the past year the Middlebury College Art Museum was able to acquire a stunning neoclassical marble portrait tondo carved in 1862 in Rome. What is particularly notable about the relief is that it is among the first identified sculptures of … (read more)