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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 14, 2007

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Local Artist Opening at the Bennington Museum

From June 30-August 11 John C. Leavey will exhibit his paintings in the latest installment of the Local Artist Program at the Bennington Museum. The Local Artist Program welcomes artists from the area who are selected by a jury of local arts professionals.

Leavey’s show will consist of about 20 landscapes painted in the general Bennington area. His landscapes are always painted on location and never retouched in the studio. By doing this he captures a fleeting moment in nature with a free form artistic style.

John C. Leavey has had a long and notable career as a painter. He studied at the Art Student’s League in New York and has received numerous awards for his work including a Prix de Rome Fellowship in Mural Painting to the American Academy in Rome and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in painting. His paintings have been exhibited all over the United States and in Italy, in both solo and group exhibitions.

An Artist Reception will be held on Saturday, June 30 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Bennington Museum. All are welcome to attend.

You can view the exhibition with regular admission to the museum. Or better yet buy a membership! It’s a bargain, with unlimited free admission to the museum and discounts on many events and the shop. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main St. (Route 9) one mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington, Vermont. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. closed Wednesdays. For more information, visit the website at www.benningtonmuseum.org.