Gifford Art Gallery

Gifford Med. Ctr., Randolph

•Work by Brookfield photographer Bruce Small, thru Oct. 10.

Randolph Historical Society

Salisbury St., Randolph

•Exhibits include a full drugstore, three period rooms, farm tools, stoves, professional printer's items, plows and musical instruments made in Randolph, military records, and many pictures of Randolph people, houses, businesses and street scenes; open the third Sunday of each month through October. Info: Harriet Chase at 728-6677 or chaseth@verizon.net

BigTown Gallery

Main St., Rochester, 767-9670

•"New Work," paintings and drawings by Nancy H. Taplin; Sept. 1-30. Opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 15, 5-7 p.m.

Billings Farm & Museum

Rte. 12, Woodstock, 457-2355

•21^st Annual Quilt Exhibition, featuring more than 50 quilts made by Windsor County quilters, quilting activities and demonstrations for all ages, thru Sept. 23.

Cooler Gallery

No. Main St., White River Jct.

802-295-8008

•"Finish This!" was the result when artist Gaal Shepherd started a painting and challenged 31 other artists to complete it, runs thru Aug. 31.

•"Altered Reality" features work by photographer-artists Bobbe Besold, Elizabeth Nelson, Trish Capo, Bradley Fox, Holly Roberts, Gaal Shepard, and Dick Wilson; Sept. 4-29.

Hood Museum of Art

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.

603-646-2808

•"American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art," including works by many major American artists, thru Dec. 9.

•"Resonance and Inspiration: New Works by Magdalene Odundo," recent vessels and drawings by the Kenyan-born ceramic artist, thru Oct. 14.

•Paintings and Sculpture from the Currier Museum of Art, thru Sept. 23.

Montshire Museum of Science

Norwich, 802-649-2200

•"Toys: the Inside Story," hands-on stations illustrate simple mechanisms commonly found in toys, visitors can create their own toy-like combinations; thru Sept. 9.

Studio Place Arts

201 N. Main Street, Barre.

802-479-7069

•Main Gallery: "Paint the Gallery Red;" Second Floor Gallery: SPA Teachers Show; Third Floor Gallery: Printmaking Studio Show; thru Sept. 22.

T.W. Wood Gallery

College St., Montpelier.

802-828-8743

•Wood Room: "Wood’s Montpelier;" oils, watercolors and drawings, some on exhibit for the first time, by the gallery’s founder, thru Nov. 4.

•Main Gallery: "Vermont’s WPA Collection," work from the Works Progress Administration, commissioned as part of the New Deal in the 1930s, thru Nov. 4.

•South Gallery: "Portraits of Classical Composers" by Gloria Kamen, thru Sept. 30.