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Mildred Beltre
American Visual Artist
Mildred Beltré Martinez (born 1969) is a Brooklyn-based Americanmulti-disciplinary artist known for activist works that focus on how social justice and grassroots movements might reconfigure society. She is co-founder of the Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine[1][2]
Early life and education
Beltre was born in New York City in 1969 and grew up there. She completed undergraduate work in art and anthropology at Carleton College[3] and received her M.F.A from the University of Iowa.[4] She is an associate professor drawing and printmaking at the University of Vermont.[5]
Work
Beltré's collaboration with Oasa Duverney, Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, started as a way to give kids in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn a creative outlet. Their ad hoc neighborhood arts camp facilitated collaborative projects such as installing a herb garden planted in recycled bottles to hang from the Franklin Avenue Shuttle tracks.[6] In addition to solo exhibitions, Beltré has been part of
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Mildred Ellen Orton
American businesswoman (1911–2010)
Mildred Ellen Orton (née Wilcox; February 9, 1911 – May 6, 2010) was an American businesswoman and author who co-founded the Vermont Country Store with her husband, Vrest Orton, in Weston, Vermont, in 1946.[1]
Biography
Orton was born at a farm near Manchester, Vermont, on February 9, 1911.[1] She was the youngest of three siblings born to her parents, Erwin and Maria Hamilton Wilcox.[1] Wilcox graduated in 1930 from Rutland Business College.[1]
She married her husband, Vrest Orton, in 1936.[1] The Ortons launched the original Vermont Country Store catalog business in Fall 1945.[1] The couple opened the Vermont Country Store in 1946.[1] The store was a replica of an original store that Vrest Orton's father had owned and operated in North Calais, Vermont.[1] Mildred Orton co-ran the business until her retirement in 1978.[1]
In 1947, Orton authored a cookbook, Cooking with Wholegrains, featuring whole grains instead of
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The Hall Art Foundation is pleased to announce, Made in Vermont, a group exhibition of new and recently completed work by Vermont artists to be held in its galleries in Reading, Vermont from 12 May - 25 November 2018. Including paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Mark Barry, Mildred Beltré, Patrick Dunfey, Terry Ekasala, Richard Jacobs, Sara Katz and Joseph Wheelwright, this show spotlights artists who are making innovative, fresh, and sometimes challenging work, while living and working in Vermont.
Mark Barry’s whimsical paintings are contemporary vignettes. Painted in rich, vibrant colors in a faux-naïve style, Barry captures the simple, intimate and poignant moments of everyday life. He describes his work as “painting the seemingly ordinary moments in life that aren’t ordinary at all.”
Mildred Beltré is a multi-disciplinary artist interested in grassroots, social justice political movements, their associated participants, structures, and how those ideas affect social relations. Beltré’s
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