On April 8, 2024 at 3:28 pm the moon lined up with the sun to create a total solar eclipse in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. During the 1 minute and 32 seconds of totality the sky overhead became dark, streetlights came on and cast ethereal shadows, and the temperature dropped 5 degrees. The awestruck St. Johnsbury crowd gathered on Main Street cheered, snapped photographs with their phones, and reveled in what was for most a once in a lifetime phenomenon.
ARTIST BIO
Suzanne Flynt of Dummerston, Vermont, was educated at the University of Vermont, where she holds a BA in Studio Art and MA in Early American Culture and Museology. She worked as Curator of Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts for 35 years, where after working with inspiring textiles such as quilts, Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, and shirred rugs, and publishing “Poetry to the Earth: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Deerfield” she came to deeply appreciate the craftsmanship of traditional fiber arts. For the past six years, Flynt has honed the craft of rug hooking using original designs and innovative techniques to create hooked tapestries. She is a member of Brattleboro Rug Social, Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild, and The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers.