Guided Exhibition Tour with Vanessa Compton @ Soapbox Arts

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, December 14th for a conversation and guided exhibition tour with featured artist, Vanessa Compton! Explore the current exhibition, 'Come to Marlboro Country,' beginning at 5:30pm with the guided tour to follow at 6pm. Please RSVP for this free event as spots are limited!

Vanessa's solo exhibition, 'Come to Marlboro Country,' is on view in the gallery through Saturday, January 21st, 2023!

Vanessa Compton was born in 1981 and raised in Vermont. Vanessa has lived in Dakar, Senegal studying the kora and its influence on contemporary hip hop music, and Kumasi, Ghana studying Highlife and palm wine guitar. In 2005 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from CU Boulder with an emphasis in ceramic sculpture. For many years Vanessa maintained a life of migration working as a seasonal rock climbing guide in the American Southwest and transitioned to working in collage 15 years ago. Her collages and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the US and appear in private collections around the world. She has been awarded fellowships from The Brinton Museum, The Wallace Stegner House, Vermont Studio Center, Hubbell Trading Post & National Historic Site, The Brush Creek Foundation, Tongue River Artist Residency and Jentel Arts. She lives and works in Burlington, VT.

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