In our words, in our community is a collaborative, public arts and humanities exhibit created by Vermont Folklife and photographer Macaulay Lerman, in partnership with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, that amplifies the voices of our neighbors experiencing the complex dynamics of homelessness, food insecurity, and economic challenges. This exhibit is guided by direct input from a group of Vermonters and the social service workers who aim to address their daily needs.

The St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington was home to more than 13,000 children from 1854 to 1974. This is the story of these former orphans, now known as the Voices of St. Joseph, and their remarkable and enduring accomplishments.

This year the VFC’s Annual Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibit is virtual for a second time! Vermonters baked at home and sent us photos of their amazing Gingerbread creations.

Scroll through the online exhibit and vote for your favorite in the People’s Choice Award!

This year the VFC’s Annual Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibit went virtual! Vermonters baked at home and sent us photos of their amazing Gingerbread creations.

Scroll through the online exhibit and vote for your favorite in the People’s Choice Award!

On display at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 10 Vernon St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 June - October.

A physical and online exhibit presented by the Pride Center of Vermont and the Vermont Folklife Center. Curated by Meg Tamulonis of the Vermont Queer Archives. Through archival documents and ephemera, audio interviews and photographs Pride 1983 explores the origin and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.

On display at our Vision & Voice Gallery in Middlebury, VT beginning September 30, 2019.

Featuring audio and visual art by Corrine Yonce, Somewhere Between Place & Home explores how people take action to create a sense of belonging and connection in the transitional, insecure and unfamiliar environments in which they find themselves.

Vermont Farm Kids: Rooted in the Land is a documentary exhibit and film celebrating the lives of a diverse array of youth who have grown up in farming families. Photo: Maeve Leslie-Gawalt and Kate Wehmeyer on Cedar Mountain Farm in Hartland, Vermont.

Exhibit on Display at the Pawlet Town Hall June 22, 2019 through July 28, 2019. Exhibit times vary. See the link for full schedule.

After Minnie Griswold passed away in 1952, her sons locked up their mother’s house in Pawlet, Vermont and left all her belongings in place, unaltered. Thirty years later, Pawlet documentarians Susanne and Neil Rappaport would enter the home at the invitation of one of the brothers, Charlie, and go on to produce a collection of hand-colored photographs of Minnie’s home.

On display at the Hartness Library at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center through May 19, 2020.

Richard Brown’s recently published retrospective—The Last of the Hill Farms: Echoes of Vermont’s Past—showcases the photographer’s most cherished subject: Vermont’s hill farmers. This exhibition, which bears the same name, offers the chance to experience the Vermont that Richard entered and began to photograph in the 1970s.

Staged as a part of the Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival and Symposium, Green Mountain Pulp is an exhibit featuring Vermont cartoonists, comics set in Vermont, and the work of our three Pulp Culture keynote presenters: Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman. On display at the Bailey/Howe Library at UVM through March 11.

Family Traits: Art, Humor, Living explores the creative world of Stanley Lyndes—examining how a family builds identity and makes meaning through the celebration of its quirky characters and the peculiarities of everyday life. ON DISPLAY: Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, VT, through January 26, 2018

On display at the Vermont History Museum (109 State Street, Montpelier, VT) July 1—August 1, 2020.

The Dames is an exhibition of oral history recordings and photographic portraits featuring thirteen members of the Vermont Society of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.

In the second decade of the 21st century, we ask ourselves, to what extent can local actions bring about an economy that is just and equitable, an environment that is healthy and balanced and communities prepared to weather the disruptions of climate change?

West Fairlee rug braider Delsie Hoyt was inspired by the unique creative vision that her Great-Grandmother, Annette “Nettie” Nelson, of Ryegate, Vermont, brought to the craft over a century ago. “I seek to challenge conventional notions of what a braided rug can be through experimental designs that range from swirling galaxies to pastoral Vermont landscapes,” explains Hoyt.

It's time for our 18th annual Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibit! This year’s theme is A Christmas Carol: Revisiting the English Tradition of Ghost Stories During the Holidays.