‘Popping off the wall’ in White River Junction

“Tango III” (etching, 3D sculpture), by Norwich, Vt.-based Sue Schiller, in her show “Sue Schiller: A Retrospective,’’ at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, Vt., through Aug. 22.

The studio explains:

The show “features five decades of work done by New England print maker Schiller. Over the decades, her work has maintained an abstract and expressive look. Often using layers of paper to build up her pieces, Schiller's prints can range from intricate — popping off the wall and spreading out from the canvas — to deceptively simple. The studio is open by appointment. For more information, please visit here.’’

White River Junction, part of the Town of Hartford, in 1889.

The community has long had a major role in regional transportation, primarily as a railroad junction. From the arrival of the first railroads, in the late 1840s, until rail diminished in importance in the 1960s because of Interstate Highway System, whose Routes 91 and 89 met in White River, the community was the most important railroad community in Vermont.

Its original importance was due to its location at the confluence of the White River with the Connecticut River, whose valley was essential to the early development of the region. In 1803 Elias Lyman built a bridge across the Connecticut from the north bank of the White River to West Lebanon, N.H.

Booming White River Junction in 1915.