And bring food

“Diagonal Waffle,’’ by Michael Heffernan, in the group show “What’s Cooking,’’ at Studio Place Arts, Barre, Vt., through Aug. 16.

The gallery says:

“What's Cooking?’’ features 25 artists who examine "our lives at the kitchen counter, stove and the dining room…. Our relationship to food and the everyday moments that surround it are some of the most well-loved yet most overlooked parts of our lives. These artists put those moments at the forefront. Visitors are asked to bring shelf-stable food items that will be donated to Vermont-based non-profit Capstone Community Action.’’

"Youth Triumphant" welcomes visitors to Barre, famed for its granite quarries and sculptures.

— Photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel

Hard work

“Soledad/Solitude” (Indiana limestone), by Boston-based sculptor Nora Valdez, in the show “Rock Solid XXIII,’’ at Studio Place Arts, Barre, Vt. (“Granite Capital of the world”).

— Photo courtesy of Studio Place Arts

Studio Place’s exhibition features the work of 20 New England artists who have created a variety of stone artwork and assemblages. Each work highlights the unique qualities of stone as a medium.

The Barre World War 1 Memorial, "Youth Triumphant", by C. Paul Jennewein, one of the many local granite sculptures.

Soft to rough

“Charlotte” (Italian marble,) by Scott Boyd, in the show “Rock Solid XXII,’’ through Oct. 29, at Studio Place Arts, Barre, Vt., in the heart of Vermont’s granite quarrying and finishing region. (Think of the Rock of Ages Corporation’s gravestone and other products.) The state is also the source of high-grade marble.

— Photo courtesy: Studio Place Arts.

The gallery says that the exhibit “showcases the work of 20 sculptors whose work in stone is able to bring out all of the qualities of the medium — from delicate flowing sculptures that turn stone into something that looks as soft as silk to rough pieces that emphasize the rugged nature of the material.’’

The entrance to the Vermont Marble Museum, in Proctor. The Green Mountain State has been a major source of marble as well as granite.

— Photo by GK tramrunner

Rock of Ages granite quarry

— Photo by Z22

Alone inside

"Encountering --The Space Between,'' by Carolyn Enz Hack, in the group show "Them, Us & You.'' at Studio Place Arts, Barre, Vt., through April 16.

The exhibit focuses on "questions regarding how we connect with ourselves, one another and our world,'' says the gallery notes say.