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FY2024 Grantees
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Arts Operating Grants
Big Heavy World, Burlington
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Burlington Writers Workshop, Burlington
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Foul Contending Rebels Theatre Collective, Burlington
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Island Arts, North Hero
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Leicester
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
ONE Arts, Burlington
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Plainfield Arts, Plainfield
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Shidaa Projects, Montpelier
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture, Montpelier
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Telling My Story, Wilder
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Upright Steeple Society, Lyndon
$3,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Wild Goose Players, Bellows Falls
$4,000 to support operating and administrative costs for one year
Arts Bus, Randolph
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Burlington City Arts, Burlington
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Catamount Film and Arts Center, St. Johnsbury
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Circus Smirkus, Greensboro
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Generator, Burlington
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Inclusive Arts Vermont, Essex Junction
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Kingdom County Productions, Barnet
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Winooski
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Mad River Valley Arts, Waitsfield
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Middlebury Community Music Center, Middlebury
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Middlebury Studio School, Middlebury
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Next Stage Arts Project, Putney
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Northern Stage Company, White River Junction
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
River Arts, Morrisville
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Rural Arts Collaborative, Greensboro
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
SafeArt, Chelsea
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Sandglass Theater, Putney
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Scrag Mountain Music, Marshfield
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Spruce Peak Arts, Stowe
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Stone Valley Arts, Poultney
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
The Current, Stowe
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
The Hatch, Brattleboro
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont Arts Exchange, North Bennington
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont International Film Festival, Burlington
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont Stage Company, Burlington
$8,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Burlington
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Colchester
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Waterbury Area MakerSphere Cooperative Inc, Waterbury
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Weston Theatre Company, Weston
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Yellow Barn, Putney
$9,000 to support operating and administrative costs for three years
Arts Project Grants
Avant Vermont Dance, Weathersfield
$2,250 to support paying artists for their involvement in SEASONS, a multidisciplinary arts event series in Springfield designed to engage diverse communities in deepening a love of place
Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro
$2,250 to support hiring technical help for the annual festival and help with the technology expenses
Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre
$3,000 to support the 2024 Creative Aging Celebration to showcase the artistic work of older adults in the community and uplift creative aging as an integral part of healthy aging
City of Montpelier, Montpelier
$4,000 to support a permanent mural and cultural event by Abenaki artists in the interior of the Montpelier Transit Center
Craftsbury Community Care Center, Craftsbury
$1,800 to support bringing 12 facilitated, open-ended arts experiences to the residents with their friends and families
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury
$1,800 to support public discussion about leaders in science and commission six original portraits that will be printed and installed on the external wall of the museum
Green Mountain Book Festival, Burlington
$4,000 to support compensation for 30-40 notable authors at varying stages of their careers
Greensboro United Church of Christ, Greensboro
$3,600 to support bringing artists to Greensboro to host artistic and literary explorations of peace
Heritage Winooski Mill Museum, Winooski
$4,000 to support a series of knitting workshops for refugee women from East Africa living in the Burlington area
Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro
$4,000 to support a live performance in advance of the 2024 solar eclipse entitled “When Light Bends” about the power of an eclipse to question our place in the universe
Iskra Print Collective, Burlington
$4,000 to support an exhibition of Bread & Puppet’s work at Karma Bird House Gallery with performances and workshops, engaging underserved audiences and a new generation of creatives in Burlington
Junction Dance Festival, Corinth
$3,000 to support the promotion of regional dance artists and to make the art of dance accessible to all audiences
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier
$1,500 to support paying artists and funding supplies for a community puzzle-solving event “Alice at the Library”
Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center
$2,800 to support the Taconic Chamber Players in a nine-concert series designed to enhance international cultural awareness in Southern Vermont communities
Media Factory, Burlington
$3,000 to support the post-production and premiere event for the community art project entitled “Crowdsourced VT Toy Story,” including hiring an editor and captioning services
Milton Artists’ Guild, Milton
$2,800 to support the supplies, instructor fees, and collaboration expenses for the Social Sundays program that offers free art/craft workshops to kids of all ages every Sunday of the year
Monteverdi Music School, Montpelier
$1,800 to support an afterschool music program for youth in grades 1-4 in Montpelier
rePlay Arts, White River Junction
$4,000 to support implementing a multi-session afterschool workshop for teens to create wearable works of art from recycled items that will culminate in a public performance
Retreat Farm, Brattleboro
$4,000 to support celebrating community and highlighting area arts and cultural organizations at the grand opening of the new North Barn performance venue
Southern Vermont Traditional Music, Brattleboro
$2,800 to support paying artists of the second annual RiverJam Romp folk music weekend and to improve participant access by subsidizing tuition costs for low-income participants
The Civic Standard, Hardwick
$4,000 to support a theater production that is about, by, and for the Hardwick community and facilitated by the Civic Standard
The Outpost Foundation, North Bennington
$3,000 to support paying for a writer of color to attend the residency
Theatre Adventure, West Brattleboro
$2,800 to support the 20th anniversary performance featuring actors with disabilities who are supported by staff and visiting artists
Threshold Collaborative, North Bennington
$3,000 to support adapting 12 monologues written by the Voices of St. Joseph’s Orphanage Writers Group into a performance piece to be presented at the Bennington Performing Arts Center
Town of Craftsbury, Craftsbury
$1,800 to support hiring musicians and theatrical groups to perform at the Antiques & Uniques Festival on Craftsbury Common in July 2024
Creation Grants
Arista Alanis, Johnson
$5,000 to support the creation of three large-scale paintings
Christal Brown, Middlebury
$5,000 to support the creation of story circles, listening parties, movement workshops, and community engagement around a dance-theater work entitled “What We Ask of Flesh”
Susan Calza, Montpelier
$5,000 to support the creation of three 20-minute videos for the “Red Oculus: Listening” video project
Tom Gershwin, Danville
$5,000 to support the creation of an original jazz album
Meredith Holch, East Hardwick
$5,000 to support the creation of a handmade stop-motion animation video entitled “Taking Flight” about interactions with birds and other living creatures perceived as messengers or incarnations of recently deceased loved ones
John Killacky, South Burlington
$5,000 to support the creation of a video rumination on living with chronic pain entitled “Still Point”
Sean Kirby, East Dover
$4,000 to support the creation of a feature screenplay based on the real life of Vermont dairy farmer Romaine Tenney entitled “I Am My Domain”
Chelsea Knight, East Arlington
$5,000 to support the creation of a short film exploring how we are shaped by the media and how as a society we can work to understand and develop agency in this process
Carlene Kucharczyk, Woodstock
$5,000 to support the creation of a full-length collection of poetry for a manuscript entitled “Strange Hymn”
Shanta Lee, Guilford
$5,000 to support the creation of an immersive digital installation inspired by “Black Metamorphoses”
Angelo Madsen Minax, Burlington
$5,000 to support the creation of a film entitled “A Body to Live In” that traces the life and work of legendary photographer, performer, and non-binary cultural icon, Fakir Musafar
Willow O’Feral, Guilford
$5,000 to support the creation of a short documentary about Fred Homer, an 85-year-old wildlife rehabilitator and artist
Evan Premo, Marshfield
$5,000 to support the creation of visual elements for a new composition entitled “The Primacy of Consciousness”
Kyle Saulnier, Monkton
$5,000 to support the creation of an extended work for jazz ensemble with strings
Erika Senft Miller, Colchester
$5,000 to support the creation of multisensory storytelling elements for an immersive experience entitled “Net Works”
Jessica Sticklor, South Newfane
$4,000 to support the creation of a novel exploring women’s mental health
James Sturm, Hartland
$5,000 to support the creation of a graphic novel memoir about being conceived by a donor
Linda Urban, East Montpelier
$5,000 to support the creation of a novel for young adults entitled “The Object Does Not Agree” exploring the lessons we internalize about what it means to be a young person in America
Ricardo Wilson, North Bennington
$5,000 to support the creation of a novel entitled “Even Worse Than the Nightmare”
Corrine Yonce, Winooski
$5,000 to support the creation of a public art project entitled “Longing is Just Our Word for Knowing” that uses images, story, and public art to illustrate the personal nuances and complexities in how we individually think of home
People’s Choice Awards
Ivan Klipstein, Burlington
$5,000 to support a five-volume series of illustrated travelogue booklets
Carole Vasta Folley, Essex Junction
$5,000 to support a play about women and the lifetime impact of gendered clothing
Cultural Facilities Grants
Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier
$25,000 to support the replacement of the old flat rubber membrane roof on the Convent/West Side of the building
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph
$19,196 to support an overhaul of the audio amplification environment
Corner School Resource Center of Granville, Granville
$4,751 to support the installation of storm windows and insulating shades
Friends of Fletcher Free Library, Burlington
$10,759 to support fixed audio/visual equipment to improve arts experiences at the library
Friends of the Brandon Town Hall, Brandon
$17,675 to support replacing the over 100-year-old wooden floor in the main hall
Friends of the Vergennes Opera House, Vergennes
$30,000 to support the installation of an accessible three-level lift
Greensboro Historical Society, Greensboro
$1,665 to support the installation of light-protecting window shades
New England Youth Theatre, Brattleboro
$13,223 to support re-decking the flooring in the main theater space
Next Stage Arts Project, Putney
$3,563 to support the installation of temperature-regulating curtains on the theater windows
Paramount Center, Rutland
$30,000 to support the expansion of the stage counterweight system and installation of a new main curtain
Robert Frost Stone House Museum, Shaftsbury
$18,750 to support the installation of electricity and plumbing to the historic barn
Starksboro Public Library, Starksboro
$30,000 to support the installation of a vertical lift in Starksboro Town Hall
The Four Corners Schoolhouse Association, East Montpelier
$30,000 to support mitigating mold issues that require insulation, HVAC, and a dehumidifier in the facility
The Robinson Sawmill, Calais
$15,000 to support the rebuild of the penstock intake
Thetford Academy, Thetford Center
$18,000 to support an upgrade to the digital projection, sound, and lighting in the theater
Town of Franklin, Franklin
$27,000 to support the replacement of an ADA-accessible lift and heating system in the Haston Library
Town of Plainfield, Plainfield
$8,480 to support audio reinforcement, an assisted listening system, and a large-format video projection with secured storage
West Fairlee Community Club, Inc, Fairlee
$4,371 to support the installation of an ADA-compliant restroom
Weston Theatre Company, Weston
$6,413 to support the replacement of curtains and other theater soft-goods
August 29, 2023