Due to the recent weather the trail is now closed. Thank you for an awesome winter!
About the Trail
Gear up for a one-of-a-kind outdoor art experience! Ski or snowshoe at your own pace, and on your own time, in and through artwork by Vermont artists. The 1.8-mile trail begins at HCA and loops to the neighboring Wilson Farm, offering various paths for all ages and abilities. From the majestic to the comical, delight in diverse works throughout the trail.
Open Air Café
The HCA Café will be open from 11 AM – 2:30 PM Saturdays and Sundays for light lunch fare, delicious treats and warm drinks. Relax by the warming fires, take in the beautiful winter landscape and enjoy refreshments in the open air.
Thank you Wilson Farm for opening up your property for this trail and exhibit. Learn more about their year-round operation at: https://www.wilsonherbfarm.com/
Curator Statement
Where Are We Going?
We invite you to contemplate Where Are We Going? through winter recreation, the stark snow covered landscape, and the works of 11 Vermont artists.
The journey begins at the Highland Center for the Arts windswept stone patio by the icy metallic Forth Confluence by Phil Thorne and looking up at the kinetic red-orange Cloud Hands by Judith Wrend. Near Tolman Corner you will see Lamentation Road, the first of three iconic exhibits by Peter Schumann and Bread and Puppet Theater. Out of the trees, the rust covered Celestial by Gerald Stoner is in high contrast to its snowy white backdrop. After crossing the “festival field” with bright work created by HCA’s Scene Shop and Peter Schumann you then cruise downhill and encounter the profile of 540-million-year-old Cheshire Quartzite in Christopher Curtis’s Where Do We Come From? Why Are We Here? Where Are We Going? At the high point of the trail, just past Thomas Douglas’s Aloft, you will have the opportunity to reflect on the recent human impact on the land for sustenance (entertainment, food, recreation) through the eyes of Harlan Mack’s Giraffe. With the blank canvas of snow, what does the future hold? Choose your own adventure through the fields with work from Christofer Curtis, Judith Wrend, Cindy Blakeslee, Harlan Mack and pop out at Blue Bonfire, a collaboration between Blakeslee and the HCA Scene Shop. Trek through the rustic Cedar Arch built by Brian Gluck and observe Harlan Mack’s Granilla–who is watching whom? In the southern most field, the trail makes a lollipop and gives the opportunity for a panoramic view as well as a close up with each banner in Domestic Resurrection Services Bedsheets by Peter Schumann. The return trip will warm you and, perhaps, offer a new perspective on the landscape and thoughts on where we go from here.
When you’re toasty and refueled, visit our website for behind the scenes, trail-inspired videos and compositions by Greensboro’s own Roy MacNeil.
The Open Art Gallery in the News!
The Times Argus
‘Where Are We Going?’: Art and Skis in Greensboro
Seven Days
Highland Center for the Arts Adorns a Snowy Trail With Sculpture in Greensboro
NBC
Outdoor Art Gallery on Vt. Ski and Snowshoe Trail
About the Artwork
Most artwork is for sale. Please contact Keisha Luce at [email protected] for more information.
Sound of Sculpture
Domestic Resurrection Services, 2020
Gnomon II, 2014
#182, 2020
Say Something Nice, 2018
Blue Bonfire, 2020
Celestial, 2020
Where Do We Come From? Why Are We Here? Where Are We Going?, 2018
Bear Suit, 2020
Aloft, 2017
Cloud Hands,2015
Handout Series
Giraffe, 2006
Granilla, 2006
Wonderland Wickets, 2020
Clothesline, 2020
Festival Flags, 2020
Forth Confluence
Lamentation Road
Cedar Arch, 2020
Flying Farm Folk
For your safety, we have implemented the following guidelines:
- This is an outdoor trail on snow. The trail may not always be groomed. Follow the artwork and the skis.
- Maintain physical distance on the trail.
- Please follow Vermont’s Travel Restrictions
- Only use the trail if you have no symptoms of COVID-19.
- Dogs are not allowed on the trail.
- No smoking on HCA or Wilson Farm property.
- Do not touch the artwork.
- Do not climb on the artwork.
- We encourage you to take photos but no commercial photography is allowed.
- Please stay on the trail.