About the Vermont Creative Network
The Vermont Creative Network is a broad collective of organizations, businesses, and individuals working to advance Vermont’s creative sector, through research, advocacy, and networking. The Network was established by the Vermont Legislature in May 2016 as an initiative of the Vermont Arts Council. The award-winning CreateVT Action Plan, published in 2021 and developed in collaboration with hundreds of Vermont creatives, is our roadmap.
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Steering Team
The Steering Team are the regional and statewide leaders who guide the work of the Network. Steering Team members participate in Steering Team meetings and Working Groups to support the efforts of the creative sector and implementation of the CreateVT Action Plan. They represent individual regions and segments in network planning and share information and connections to build the creative sector as a collective.
Alex Armani-Munn, Addison County Economic Development Corporation
Elise Brunelle, Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Monica Callan, Grange Hall Cultural Center & Across Roads Center for the Arts
Amy Cunningham, Vermont Arts Council deputy director
Catherine Delneo, State Librarian
Karen Duguay, Vermont Downtown Coalition
Chad Ervin, Vermont Production Collective and Well Told Films
Susan Evans McClure, Vermont Arts Council executive director (VCN Coordinator)
Sharon Fantl, Vermont Arts Council (Board representative)
Martha Fitch, Vermont Crafts Council
Jody Fried, Network chair, Catamount Arts
Meg Hammond, Generator
Kelley Helmstutler, Executive Director, School of the Arts, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Vermont Humanities Council
Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Center for Arts and Learning
Lisa Mitchell, Town Hall Theater
Devon Neary, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
Emma Paradis, Common Good Vermont
Heather Pelham, Department of Tourism and Marketing
Steve Perkins, Vermont Historical Society
Monique Priestley, Vermont State Representative and Founder, The Space on Main
David Schütz, Vermont Buildings and General Services
Denise Smith, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Laura Trieschmann, State Historic Preservation Officer
Kate Trzaskos, Downtown Brattleboro Alliance
Logo
Use of the VCN logo is reserved for VCN events. For questions about logo permissions and usage, please contact us at [email protected].
Thanks to Visual Communication Design students from Champlain College who worked with Community Development and Applied Economics students from the University of Vermont to create the VCN logo as part of UVM’s Applied Community Planning class in spring 2020. The six colors represent each creative sector zone. Read more about the logo on our blog.
Creative Regions
As a statewide initiative, the Vermont Creative Network includes creatives from the Northeast Kingdom to Southern Vermont and everywhere in between.