Rokeby Museum


  • Letter to the editor: We must dismantle white supremacy

    Letter to the editor: We must dismantle white supremacy

    At Rokeby Museum, where I am a trustee, we have embarked on the challenge of adding advocacy for social and racial justice to our mission. In light of…

  • Artist eyes remote learning at Rokeby Museum

    Artist eyes remote learning at Rokeby Museum

    FERRISBURGH — What does the age of social distancing look like for visual artists? Musicians are live streaming, authors are tweeting and Montreal artist Courtney Clinton is currently…

  • COVID-19 shows a dark truth about American society

    “A common danger unites even the bitterest of enemies,” said the philosopher Aristotle. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines that separate people of color and whites,…

  • Brooks moving on from the Rokeby

    Brooks moving on from the Rokeby

    FERRISBURGH — Rokeby Museum has announced the retirement of director Catherine Wood Brooks, who accepted a three-year term in 2017. “It has been an incredible honor to serve…

  • Rokeby to offer talk on Rowland Robinson

    Rokeby to offer talk on Rowland Robinson

    FERRISBURGH — Rokeby Museum will host a lecture, reading and discussion of Rowland Evans Robinson, (1833-1900), one of Vermont’s most beloved writers. The event, which will be held…

  • Rokeby opens especially for Black History Month with exhibits, events

    Rokeby opens especially for Black History Month with exhibits, events

    FERRISBURGH — In recognition of Black History Month, Rokeby Museum will be open Sundays in February, from noon to 5 p.m., for exhibits and special programs for children,…

  • Rokeby to host black history events

    FERRISBURGH — In recognition of Black History Month, Rokeby Museum will be open Sundays in February, from noon to 5 p.m., for exhibits and special programs for children,…

  • ArtRokeby: A new festival of art

    ArtRokeby: A new festival of art

    FERRISBURGH — Did you come out to the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh for the annual Pie and Ice Cream social last Sunday? Not only were guests treated to…

  • Artful structures on view at Rokeby Museum

    Artful structures on view at Rokeby Museum

    FERRISBURGH — Structures define our world. Some of us live among skyscrapers, row houses, condominiums. In Vermont, many of us live among houses and barns. Rokeby Museum, a…

  • Rokeby to host pie and ice cream social this weekend

    Rokeby to host pie and ice cream social this weekend

    Having a great day is as easy as pie at Rokeby Museum’s annual Pie and Ice Cream Social. Come hungry, and plan to enjoy live music and games…

  • Functional curves: A wooden spoon carving workshop

    Functional curves: A wooden spoon carving workshop

    FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh’s Rokeby Museum welcomes craftsperson Randall Henson to teach a two-day spoon carving workshop, on Aug. 10 and 11, from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. Henson…

  • Kerry O. Furlani to talk Vermont slate at Rokeby

    Kerry O. Furlani to talk Vermont slate at Rokeby

    FERRISBURGH — Vermont sculptor Kerry O. Furlani is passionate about slate. A resident of Vermont’s Slate Valley (running through Bennington and Rutland counties) Furlani is on a first-name…

  • Amassed & Up-ended: The legacy of stuff

    FERRISBURGH — What happens when four generations of one family live out their lives in the same house? Many things transpire, of course, including the accumulation of a…