Kekla Magoon: A Trip Down Memoir Lane
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“If the work is going to be good, I believe you have to put yourself into it.” While this maxim could be true of painting, schoolwork, or filing taxes, Kekla […]
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Leslie Fry, Hands-On
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“That’s the thing about sculpture — you make it with your body, you experience it with your body.” True to her word, Vermont-based sculptor Leslie Fry has absolutely no qualms […]
48 Hour Film Slam!
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48 Hour Film Slam (a JAM tradition!) is back from June 2 – 4. At the launch meeting on June 2 at 6:00 PM, participating teams will receive the prompt, […]
Storytelling and Image-Making: An Interview with Photographer Dylan Hausthor
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Vermont artist Dylan Hausthor’s photography features everything from the raw intensity of farm animals giving birth to the fleeting tranquility of a deer captured on a trail camera. Regardless of content, Dylan’s […]
In This Year’s Creation Grants, The People Have a Choice
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The Vermont Arts Council is excited to offer a new, ahem, creative opportunity to involve the wider community in choosing our most sought after grant award for individual artists, the Creation Grant, […]
Vermont Made Episode 10: A Twenty-year Legacy in Vermont Hip Hop with Boomslang
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Sed One of Montpelier-based hip hop duo Boomslang discusses two albums, the recently released Boomslang III and the upcoming Boomslang Forever, and leaving a creative legacy after the passing of his other half, JL or Johnny Morris.
Vermont Made Episode 9: Children’s Lit for a Changing Vermont with Ann Dávila Cardinal
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Novelist Ann Dávila Cardinal discusses her upcoming horror novel for Middle Grade readers, Dry Bones, and reads an excerpt from her upcoming magical realist novel for adults, The Storyteller’s Death, available Oct. 4, 2022.
Art in the Time of Covid: Danielle O’Hallisey
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Musician Danielle O’Hallisey, a longtime Burlingtonian until recently, expresses herself in myriad ways. As a composer, she has produced grand, atmospheric audio pieces for the purpose of film and video. […]
Fanning the Artistic Flame: New Vermont Works
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Mark your calendar! Three exciting new Vermont works are on tap in November, demonstrating the power of small town theater in investing in homegrown talent. The first November weekend, Nov. […]
Community Through Dance: An Interview with Laurel Jenkins
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How do we build community and connections through a digitally-enhanced world, especially one compounded by greater distances due to Covid-19? Beacon Fire, a collaborative dance performance with choreographic direction by Laurel […]
Graphic Medicine: An Interview with Artist Dana Walrath
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A piece of music, a story, or an image can be medicine. It doesn’t take a PhD to know this, but artist Dana Walrath’s long career as a medical anthropologist […]
Objects of Care: An Interview with Artist Kate Donnelly
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The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust the work of the caregiver into the spotlight like never before. Nurses, doctors, hospice workers, and death doulas have become the most essential workers in […]