Art at the Kent’s greatly anticipated, once-a-year exhibition, HOLDING: Mementos Kept, Memories Kindled, includes the curated creations of 22 Vermont artists. It opens Friday, September 12, and runs every three-day weekend through Sunday, October 12, 2025. Visitors can view these works inside the rambling historic structures of the Kents’ Corner State Historic Site and the surrounding grounds.
An Opening Celebration will feature music, food, and beverages Saturday, September 13, from 3 to 5 p.m.

A favorite toy. Your first car. The view across the meadow on a foggy morning. Walking your beloved dog. A parent’s handwriting. The baseball you caught at that Red Sox game when you were ten. Your sweetheart’s shirt. Objects, smells, music . . . they all spark memories.

Between time and beyond place, memory may surprise us with its clarity or break our hearts when we can no longer access it. Art at the Kent’s 2025 exhibition, HOLDING: Mementos Kept, Memories Kindled, looks at memory, lost and found, vivid and fleeting, what we remember and what we forget. Life, after all, is in the details, and the works of 22 Vermont artists take a deep dive into a vast sea of recollections and bring them to the surface in myriad ways.

Additionally, Art at the Kent will host a variety of associated events which visitors can experience, including Words Out Loud, our popular Sunday afternoon reading series (September 14, 21 and 28) at the nearby Old West Church. An array of events and programs can be found on the website, including multiple artist talks and demonstrations, a basket-making workshop, and a presentation exploring oral histories collected during COVID in Vermont. For all programming/information, a complete listing of these and other events can be found on the Art at the Kent Events Page https://www.kentscorner.org/.

Art at the Kent is a program of Historic Kents' Corner, Inc., in partnership with the Vermont State Curator’s Office and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. For over a decade and a half, contemporary art exhibitions have been presented to engage and challenge audiences by providing unusual exposure to mid-19th-century architecture enhanced by the art of our time. The Kents’ Corner State Historic Site is owned by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.