Today: Holiday Open House – Blinking Light Gallery, music and refreshments, River House, 16 Main St., Plainfield, 7 to 10 p.m., (802) 454-0141, www.blinkinglightgallery.com.

Today-Saturday: Holiday Print Sale – Print 250 Studio, etchings and other prints, Burlington City Arts, 250 Main St., 5 to 8 today, 10 to 4 Saturday, www.burlingtoncityarts.com.





Furchgott-Sourdiffe: Gathering Light, through January, work of Alison Goodwin and 15 other artists, 86 Falls Road, Shelburne, 985-3848, fsgallery.com. Hours: 9:30 to 5:30 Tuesday-Friday, 10 to 4 Saturday.





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Artpath Gallery: Vermont artists, through January, Helene Amses, Ellis Jacobson, Kenji Katakura, Jane Pincus, Wing Building, 1 Steele St., Burlington, 563-2273. Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Bennington Museum: Winslow Homer & Thomas Nast, through Feb. 16, wood engravings from the 19th century, 75 Main St, Bennington, (802) 447-1571, www.benningtonmuseum.org. Hours: 10 to 5 daily (closed Wednesday).

Bigtown Gallery: Holiday Group Show, through Jan. 7, Route 100, Route 100, Rochester, 767-4231.

La Brioche: Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson, through Dec. 31, "Wild People, Wild Places," by Moretown photographers, City Center, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0443.

Castleton State College: Denis Versweyveld, through Dec. 22, sculptures, Fine Arts Center, 45 Alumni Drive, Castleton, (802) 468-1119, www.castleton.edu. Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 Monday-Friday.

Chaffee Art Center: Holiday Show, through Jan. 7, photographer Jeffrey Braxton, printmaker Ellen Chambers, painters Kimberlee Forney and Gary Kowalski, sculptor Robert Pye, Woodstock High School students, 16 S. Main St., Rutland, (802) 775-0356, www.chaffeeartcenter.org. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday noon to 4; closed Tuesday.

Chandler Gallery: Fifth Annual Holiday Gift Bazaar, through Dec. 24, artists and artisans offering affordable find arts and crafts, 71-71 Main St., Randolph, (802) 728-9878, www.chandler-arts.org. Hours: 4 to 6 Thursdays, 10 to 12 Saturday and Sunday, or by appointment.

Cooler Gallery: Proffering the Praiseworthy Present, through Jan. 13, holiday show and sale, Tip Top Building, 85 North Main St., Suite 250, White River Junction, (802) 295-8008, www.coolergallery.gs. Hours 11to 6 Tuesday-Saturday.

Dartmouth College, Hood Museum: The Assyrian Reliefs, through March 11, "From Discovery to Dartmouth" 1856-2006," Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, N.H., (603) 646-2808, www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; and to 9 p.m. Wednesday; free.

Flynn Center: Nancy Stone, through Dec. 31, "Stage to Studio," by Lyric Theatre artist-in-residence, Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, 147 Main St., Burlington, 652-4500, www.flynncenter.org.

Flynndog Gallery: The Dirt Miners, through Jan. 10, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington, (802) 652-9985.

Gifford Gallery: Eli Burak, through Jan. 15, landscape photography by Windsor artist, Gifford Medical Center, 44 S. Main St., Randolph, (802) 728-7000.

Lazy Pear Gallery: Art For Giving: Group Show, through Jan. 2, original and reproduction art for under $200 during the holiday season, 154 Main St., Montpelier, (802) 223-7680, www.lazypear.com. Hours: 11to 6 daily.

Marlboro College: Katharine James, through Dec. 20, "Reflections of Southeast Asia," senior photography exhibit, Drury Gallery, Marlboro, 251-7644.

Mascoma Savings Bank: AVA Artists, through Dec. 30, holiday group exhibition, Bank atrium, 80 S. Main St., Lebanon, N.H., (603) 448-3117, www.avagallery.org.

Middlebury College Museum of Art: Art Now: Art Now: Transparency, Jan. 25-June 3, an installation that provides an interaction with the beguiling nature of light and its elemental poetry, organized by Jim Butler, professor of studio art; Turning Back: A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration, Jan. 25-June 3, Robert Adams (b. 1937) examined the same Oregon landscape that the explorers described as a vast forest of ancient evergreens; Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelains, Jan. 25-Dec. 9, of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Ruifangtang and Barbara and Robert P. Youngman Collections; Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art, ongoing, wide range of Asian artistic traditions; Ancient Mediterranean and Early European Art, ongoing, Lower Gallery; European and American Art, ongoing, Cerf Gallery, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art, www.middlebury.edu/arts/museum/. Hours: 10 to 5 Tuesday-Friday, noon to 5 Saturday and Sunday.

Montpelier City Center: John Paterson, December, Art Resource Association, 89 Main St., 229-2766.

Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art: Neo Rauch, through Jan. 17, first Canadian show by German painter; Rodney Graham, through Jan. 7, Vancouver artist uses installation, photography, music and film, Musée d'art contemporain, 185 St. Catherine St., Montréal, (514) 847-6226, www.macm.org. Hours: 11 to 6 Tuesday-Sunday, 11 to 9 Wednesday; admission.



Montréal Museum of Fine Arts: Girodet, Romantic Rebel, through Jan. 21, first retrospective devoted to the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824) featuring some 130 works, including monumental paintings that are among the most famous in the Louvre; Odilon Redon's Haunted Realm, through Jan. 15, "To Gustave Flaubert: The Temptation of Saint Anthony," by the supreme artist (1840-1916) of French Symbolism; Germaine Krull: The Monte Carlo Years, through Jan. 7, 230 photographs taken between 1936 and 1940 by a committed and non-conformist woman; Maurice Denis: Earthly Paradise, Feb. 22-May 20, major retrospective of the French painter (1870-1943), Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1380 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, (514) 285-1600, www.mmfa.qc.ca. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $15, $7.50 for students and seniors; $3 for 12 and younger.

Painted Caravan: Holiday Wrappings, through Dec. 24, 20 artists, Route 15 West, Johnson, (802) 635-1700, www.thepaintedcaravan.com.

Paramount Theatre: Kerry O. Furlani, through Dec. 30, slate sculpture by Rutland artist, Brick Box Artist Series, Center Street, (802) 775-0570, www.paramountlive.org. Hours: 11 to 6 Thursday-Friday; 10 to 2 Saturday.

Rhapsody Café: Jesse Ahee, through December, "With Child," pastels and paintings, 28 Main St., Montpelier, (802) 229-6112.

The Shoe Horn: Suki Ciaparra, December, "The Fertile Mystery," needle-felted images and acrylic in canvas, Langdon Street, Montpelier, 229-9409.

Studio Place Arts: Celebrate! through Dec. 30, more than 100 member artists share an array of fine art and crafts, 201 N. Main St., Barre, (802) 479-7069, www.studioplacearts.com. The SPA galleries are free and open to the public.

Tunbridge Public Library: George Lawrence & Jacquelyn JiMoi, through Jan. 20, paintings by husband and wife, Route 110, Tunbridge, 889-9404.

UVM Fleming Museum: James B. Petersen Memorial Gallery of Native American Art, ongoing, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, 61 Colchester Ave., Burlington, (802) 656-2090, www.flemingmuseum.org. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 to 4; Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5; $5 admission, $10 family, $3 students and seniors.

Vermont Arts Council: Diane Gabriel, December, works on paper by Vermont artist, Spotlight Gallery, 136 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-3293, www.vermontartscouncil.org.

Vermont Governor's Office: Jason Ryan Osterhout, through Jan. 31, abstract paintings by Burlington artist, Pavilion Building (fifth floor), 109 State St., Montpelier, (802) 828-3333.

T.W. Wood Gallery: Sabra Field, through Dec. 21, recent work by Vermont print-maker; South Gallery: South Gallery: Elaine Franz Witten, through Dec. 21; Wood Room: The Vault Tour, Vermont College, College Hall, 36 College Ave., Montpelier, 828-8743. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.; admission free. Talk by Sabra Field, Sunday, Dec. 10, 3 p.m.; closing reception, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2 to 4 p.m.