Work by Bethel artist Carla Lamberton Powers Hodgdon is on display through May 25, 2016, in the Gifford Medical Center Art Gallery.
The 36 pieces in this exhibit display work in a variety of mediums, including watercolor, pen and ink, pencil, mixed media, and counted and stamped cross stitch. While she has never taken art classes or received formal training, over the years Hodgdon has turned to art as a way to relax, especially during the winter months when she is not in the garden. Her mother first introduced her to needlework when she was a child, which led to her interest in cross stitch.
A native Vermonter, Hodgdon has lived and worked in Vermont for all but ten years of her life. She trained as a registered nurse and worked as a public health administrator, retiring from the VT State Department of Health in 2003. While away from Vermont, she served in the Peace Corps, working at the National University of Honduras as an associate professor of Nursing. After returning to the States in 1969, she worked at the Yolo County Health Department just outside Sacramento, CA. She returned to Vermont in 1977, and moved back to her hometown of Bethel in 1983.
Since her retirement she has enjoyed having time to volunteer in community and church activities, to care for extensive perennial flowerbeds, and especially to create art and needlework.
This exhibit is free and open to the public, and will be displayed through May 25, 2016. The gallery is located just inside the hospital’s main entrance at 44 S, Main St. (Route 12) in Randolph. Call Gifford at (802) 728-7000 for more information.