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The Barton Area Chamber of Commerce is presenting a unique opportunity for area businesses to be featured in the Artist Map of the Center of the Kingdom. Local Glover artist, Victoria Mathiesen has offered to produce an original 24”x18” watercolor map that would highlight area businesses and points of interest in areas in Albany, Irasburg, Barton, Glover, Orleans, and Westmore. The Chamber will pay for 5000 maps to be printed for distribution, plus signs at area kiosks, and digital versions online.

The cost for businesses to be included on map: $200 for 200 maps (for year-round businesses)  $100 for 100 maps (for seasonal businesses)

Please make checks payable to:             Barton Area Chamber of Commerce            P.O. Box 776, Barton, VT 05822            RE: Artist Map 2025

Deadline for businesses to be included is April 30th, 2025. Please review your business’s information on the member directory on this site. For additional questions, please contact [email protected]. 

Below is a rough draft of the front and back of the Artist Map:

Front

Back

Anyone who would like to attend, but can not afford to do so, please RSVP and you can attend for FREE

April 5, 6, and 7, 2024
10: 00 to 2:00 pm
Westmore Fellowship Hall
 Visit Astronomer, Bill Vinton, Sat. 12:30 to 3:00
Workshop with the Galileoscope. $ 25 donation (purchase is available)
 Vendors, Food Trucks, Live Music, Maple Syrup
 Limited edition of fne arts, crafts, post cards, T-shirts
 Environmental Science events with focus on natural resources
 NRCS on soil health/erosion prevention; Lake quality
 Raffes – Glamping Tent, Galileoscope, Vt. Eclipse books,
camping 1 weekend in Brownington for family events; Celestial quilt.
Come watch the sun transcend the Darkness into the light in Westmore.Eclipse starts Monday April 8 at 2:15 pm

Westmore eclipse festival poster (PDF)