FY2021 Grantees
Grant Programs
Artist Development Grants
Arts Partnership Grants
Creation Grants
Cultural Facilities Grants
FY2020 grantees
FY2019 grantees
Artist Development Grants
Benjamin Aleshire, Chittenden County
$500 to support attendance at the Colrain Manuscript Conference
Eliza J. Anderson, Chittenden County
$375 to support mentorship sessions for writing a memoir
Elizabeth Billings, Orange County
$455 to support attendance at an online digital drawing and rendering workshop through Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Dana Block, Chittenden County
$500 to support the design of a new website
Robert Burch, Windham County
$1,000 to support a website re-design
Stuart H. Carter, Chittenden County
$999 to support the purchase of a Yamaha Clavinova CVP 809GP
Tristan Cooley, Washington County
$400 to support designing and building a website
Sarah Frechette, Franklin County
$888 to support attendance in an online wood carving and trick marionette workshop
Kerry O. Furlani, Rutland County
$1000 to support participation in a three-month welding intensive
Susan Haefner, Windsor County
$500 to support teaching training with a voice teacher and mentor
Bonny Hall, Windham County
$375 to support the purchase of a drum carder and brushes to blend locally sourced wool for artwork
Michaela Harlow, Windham County
$528 to support a website re-design
Jennifer Herzer, Rutland County
$300 to support building and launching an e-commerce website
Gioia Kuss, Addison County
$500 to support hiring consultants for website redesign
Alexandra Langstaff, Bennington County
$350 to support production assistance for dance instruction videos
Scott MacDonald, Windsor County
$545 to support purchasing materials to fuse traditional musical instrument making/design with modern technology
Nick Mayer, Addison County
$600 to support consultations for social media marketing
Lisa McCormick, Windham County
$1,000 to support a website re-design
Berl Jonathan Mendel, Chittenden County
$250 to support developing and building a website
Mina Nishimura, Bennington County
$500 to support launching a new website
Jake Paron, Chittenden County
$500 to support attendance at a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center
Stuart Paton, Bennington County
$1000 to support participation in the Teaching Artist Academy with Community Engagement Lab and purchase equipment for online teaching and marketing
Ariela Paulsen, Chittenden County
$400 to support purchasing equipment to teach art classes remotely
Kelly Salasin, Windham County
$500 to support participation in a six-month author mentorship program
Ruth Shafer, Windham County
$260 to support membership fees to join an artist collective
Bronwyn Sims, Windham County
$350 to support participation in the Teaching Artists Academy with Community Engagement Lab
Pete Sutherland, Chittenden County
$550 to support manufacturing a limited media run of a new musical album
Julia Vallera, Chittenden County
$720 to support access to business development courses and digital marketing
Mindy Wong, Chittenden County
$675 to support attendance at an artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center, as well as the annual Postgraduate Writers' Conference at Vermont College of Fine Arts
Kathy Wonson Eddy, Orange County
$500 to support hiring professional singers to record "COVID PSALTER: Centering Music for Uncertain Times"
Arts Partnership Grants
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro
$5,600 to support operating and administrative costs
Burlington City Arts, Burlington
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph
$6,300 to support operating and administrative costs
Dorset Theatre Festival, Dorset
$6,300 to support operating and administrative costs
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Generator, Burlington
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Inclusive Arts Vermont, Essex Junction
$5,000 to support operating and administrative costs
In-Sight Photography Project, Brattleboro
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Kingdom County Productions, Barnet
$4,500 to support operating and administrative costs
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Leicester
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Music-COMP, Duxbury
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
New England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Next Stage Arts Project, Putney
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Northern Stage, White River Junction
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Paramount Center, Rutland
$7,200 to support operating and administrative costs
River Arts, Morrisville
$5,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Scrag Mountain Music, Marshfield
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester
$7,200 to support operating and administrative costs
T.W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
$6,300 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Stage Company, Burlington
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Very Merry Theatre, Burlington
$4,500 to support operating and administrative costs
Weston Playhouse, Weston
$7,200 to support operating and administrative costs
WonderArts, Greensboro
$4,500 to support operating and administrative costs
Yellow Barn, Putney
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Young Writers Project, Burlington
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Creation Grants
William Alexander, Montpelier
$4,000 to support the creation of a young adult fantasy novel inspired by the artist's Cuban-American heritage
Sarah Audsley, Johnson
$4,000 to support the creation of a poetry collection which traces and weaves experiences of growing up as a Korean American transracial adoptee in rural Vermont
Misoo Bang, South Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of a series of paintings entitled the Giantess Project that serve as a cultural response to patriarchy and male dominance by reversing the male-female power dynamic
Big Teeth Performance Collective, East Dummerston
$4,000 to support the creation of a theatrical show involving acrobatics, dance, physical theater, and aerial arts that engages audiences around the realities of mass extinction, climate catastrophe, and processing loss
Frances Cannon, Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of a graphic novel entitled Vernal Thaw that centers on women's bodies, bodies of water, trauma, and tenderness
Kate Donnelly, Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of a body of work that explores the concept of caregiving resulting in a live video performance
Mary Lacy, Jericho
$4,000 to support the creation of geometric-style figurative and portrait mosaics
Toby MacNutt, Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of a solo dance show for ground, aerial fabric, and mobility apparatus entitled A Singular They
Brian McCarthy, Colchester
$4,000 to support the creation of a full-length jazz ensemble album entitled AFTER|LIFE inspired by a Carl Sagan quote
Rachel Moore, Stowe
$4,000 to support the creation of a mixed media installation addressing the effects of climate change that encourages civic engagement and activism with the viewers
Otto Muller, Marshfield
$4,000 to support the creation of a musical piece for mixed quartet and electronics that explores the concept of boundary resulting in an outdoor site-specific performance, studio recording, and hybrid text
Estefania Puerta, Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of sculptural works that create "new empathic worlds that have no defined borders and embrace excess and multiplicity through the exploration of self-sustaining bodies"
Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees, North Ferrisburgh
$4,000 to support the creation of an immersive installation of video, paintings, and "vocables" entitled Falling into Language - A Travelogue
Stefania Urist, Londonderry
$4,000 to support the creation of a sculptural installation that explores the past, present, and future of our forests and climate
Dana Walrath, South Burlington
$4,000 to support the creation of a full libretto based on a graphic memoir about the artist’s mother's dementia journey entitled Aliceheimer
Cultural Facilities Grants
Barre Opera House, Barre
$30,000 to support the replacement of orchestra level seats in the opera house
Caledonia Grange #9, East Hardwick
$4,390 to support electrical upgrades on the ground floor of the Grange
Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte
$20,450 to support installing floor insulation and pouring a new cement floor on the lower level of the Big Barn
Dorset Players, Dorset
$8,171 to support repairs to the patio and the installation of new gutters
Fairfield Community Center Association, Fairfield
$11,307 to support the replacement of the heating system
Grass Roots Art and Community Effort, Hardwick
$5,233 to support the installation of an upgraded fire alarm system
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich
$30,000 to support the installation of accessible gender neutral bathrooms and renovations to the Porter Community Room
Oldcastle Productions, Bennington
$20,160 to support the purchase and installation of heat pumps and an air conditioning system
Royalton Historical Society, South Royalton
$2,467 to support the restoration of a historic stage curtain
Saint Albans Museum, Saint Albans
$3,470 to support new display cases and facility improvements to the electrical, AV, lighting, and safety systems for the Rail City exhibit space
Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon
$4,075 to support the restoration and hanging of historic stage curtains
Town of Fairlee, Fairlee
$17,000 to support the purchase and installation of a stage lighting system in the Town Hall Auditorium
Town of Hyde Park, Hyde Park
$10,835 to support electrical upgrades and the installation of a heating system in the Gihon Valley Hall
Town of Plainfield, Plainfield
$4,110 to support upgrades to the stage piping system in the opera house
Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Colchester
$7,000 to support the installation of ethernet ports and the installation of audio and video equipment at the Elley-Long Music Center
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Weston
$17,605 to support stage repairs and upgrades to the theatrical communication system