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Council Press Releases
February 25, 2020 Students From Across Vermont to Compete in Statewide Poetry Out Loud Events
February 24, 2020 Council Announces Cultural Facilities Awards to Sixteen Cultural Organizations
February 5, 2020 2020 Vermont Artists to Watch Opens in the Spotlight Gallery
October 31, 2019 Mary Ruefle Named Vermont Poet Laureate
October 16, 2019 I AM . . . : Exploring What it Means to be a Vermont Artist
September 25, 2019 Vermont Arts Council Announces Launch of Statewide Creative Economy Action Plan
September 12, 2019 State of Sculpture 2019 Opening Reception
September 5, 2019 Vermont Arts Awards Recipients Announced
August 30, 2019 Launch Meeting for Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network
August 20, 2019 Vermont Arts Council Announces Creation Grants to Fifteen Outstanding Artists
June 4, 2019 Vermont Arts Council Announces Animating Infrastructure Grant Awards
May 21, 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grants to Support the Arts and Innovation Across the Country
April 29, 2019 Kate Burnim and Daryl Burtnett: Almost Forgotten in Spotlight Gallery
April 11, 2019 Nominations Accepted for Vermont Poet Laureate
March 12, 2019 National Study on Rural Arts Features Vermont’s Creative Economy
March 1, 2019 Students from across Vermont will compete in statewide Poetry Out Loud events
February 5, 2019 Northeast Kingdom Creative Economy Study Provides Insights and Actions
December 12, 2018 Vermont Arts Council Announces FY2019 Grant Awards
October 30, 2018 "7Women 7Walls" at the Spotlight Gallery
October 12, 2018 Community Invited to Celebrate Art Installation at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center
September 10, 2018 Macauley in Montpelier at the Spotlight Gallery
September 6, 2018 2018 Governor's Arts Awards Recipients Announced
August 3, 2018 Vermont Arts Council Announces Selection for Art in State Buildings Project
July 5, 2018: Vermont Arts Council Highlights New American Artists in Spotlight Gallery Exhibit
July 3, 2018: Four artist teams to present preliminary design concepts for project at Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Lab
June 21, 2018: Vermont Creative Network to Develop a Northeast Kingdom Creative Economy Action Plan
May 31, 2018: Vermont Arts Council Announces Special Project Grants
May 22, 2018: Vermont Arts Council Elects New Trustees and Officers
May 11, 2018: Vermont Organizations to Receive $892,200 Through National Endowment for the Arts Grants
August 24, 2017: Vermont Arts and Humanities Councils Issue Statement on Inclusion
July 20, 2017: Karen Mittelman Appointed Arts Council Director
June 14, 2017: NEA Grant Awards Announced
March 22, 2017: Vermont Arts Council Executive Director to Step Down
March 20, 2017: Vermont Poetry Out Loud 2017 Champion and Runner Up Announced
September 14, 2016: Governor's Arts Awards Recipients Announced
August 31, 2016: New Research Reveals State-By-State Arts Participation Rates
via Other Media
On Vermont Public Radio: Diversity in Public Art (panel discusses who owns the art in the State House?)
On Vermont Public Radio: 2019 Vermont Arts Awards Recipients Discuss Role Of Arts In Advocacy, Education, and Building Community
Sadie Housberg in the Burlington Free Press: A Q and A With Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord
Kristopher Radder covering a teaching artist residency in the Brattelboro Reformer: Doing it the Dover Way
Amy Lilly in Seven Days: Art Review: I AM . . . Exploring What it Means to be a Vermont Artist Spotlight Gallery
Elsie Lynn Parini in the Addison County Independent: What Does it Mean to be a Vermont Artist?
Chris Mays in the Brattleboro Reformer: New Art Show Reflects Vermont's Diversity
Jeffrey Brown on the PBS Newshour: With emphasis on arts, rural communities challenge national narrative of decline
Warren Kimble in the Rutland Herald: Brandon's Creative Economy
Arts Council Executive Director Karen Mittelman's editorial in VTDigger: Art and Democracy
Editorial in the Rutland Herald: Let's Get Creative
In the Brattleboro Reformer: Students to Create Poetry in the Neighborhood
Stuart Rosenfeld commentary on The Daily Yonder: Creative Impulses Fuel Economy of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
Gordon Dritschilo in Rutland Herald: Talk Explores Link Between Arts and Economy
Editorial in Rutland Herald Getting Creative
Press release issued by Vermont Center for Independent Living: VCIL Honors Arts Council
In Vermont Business Magazine: Secretary of State and Vermont Arts Council Get $15K Emergency Preparedness Grant
Garrett Morris in The Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Big Frog, Small Pond Sculpture to be Featured at Randolph Lab
Stephen Mills in The Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Montpelier Selected for Major NE Arts Conference
Erin Narey in the Caledonian Record: Arts Inspire — Greener Pastures
Kymelya Sari in Seven Days: Vermont Arts Council Exhibit Spotlights New American Artists
Amy Lilly in Seven Days: In Montpelier, "SiteTime" Installation Honors Cordwood
Sadie Williams in Seven Days: Karen Mittelman Takes the Lead at Vermont Arts Council
Rebecca McGregor in the Caledonian Record: Can't Afford to Cut Federal Arts Funding
Jim Lowe in the Rutland Herald: The Arts are Taking Responsibility
Rick Winston in VTDigger: Arts and Humanities Programs Under Threat of Extinction
The Lowe Down in Barre Montpelier Times-Argus and Rutland Herald: Is Vermont Neglecting Arts Education?
The Bridge: Vermont Arts Council Turns 50
Seven Days: Jeffersonville Fiercely Debates Public Art
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