News from the Discovering Community Education Program!
In the 2016-2017 school year to date, the Vermont Folklife Center’s Discovering Community program has worked with 600 students in 13 schools around the state. The projects we’ve been part of have ranged from spoken-word performance about Hurricane Irene, to the documentation of a mock election, to stop-motion videos and community documentaries.
The Flint Family of Braintree, VT
A donation of 19th century diaries from the Flint family of Braintree, VT adds depth to field recordings that are already part of our archives.
Our New Partnership with VPR!
The Vermont Folklife Center is pleased to announce a new partnership with Vermont Public Radio, which will feature monthly four-minute stories produced by the Center for broadcast on VPR’s daily news program, Vermont Edition.
Meet Mary Rizos!
Through time spent with people learning about their experiences, on the border, and across the country in barbershops, bookstores, laundromats, and at jobs at newspapers and farms and schools, I have been constantly reminded that we all have a story to tell and that we form connections wherever we are, whatever our differences, and that seeking and sharing our stories helps us understand and build relationships and community.
A Haunted Gingerbread House?
The theme for this year's annual Gingerbread House Exhibit and Competition is A Christmas Carol: Revisiting the English Tradition of Ghost Stories During the Holidays. Some of you have no doubt been wondering: what the heck do ghost stories have to do with the winter holidays?
Growing Food, Growing Farmers: Photos by Macaulay Lerman
Photos by Macaulay Lerman from Boardman Hill Farm in West Rutland, VT.
River Walk with Chris Triebert / Exclusive Online Release
River Walk with Chris Triebert is a 9 minute meditative film documenting Triebert's creative process and exploring the Rock River, which inspired the creation of the GEOMORPH exhibit.
Visitors Create Their Own GEOMORPHS
An interactive Metal, Rock, and Sand table has been capturing the curiosity, imagination, and creativity of gallery visitors at the GEOMORPH / Things Change and They Change Again exhibition.
GEOMORPH installation timelapse
SIX HOURS INTO ONE MINUTE: Watch artist Chris Triebert as she installs the signature piece of her current exhibition at the Vermont Folklife Center's Vision & Voice Gallery—GEOMORPH / Things Change and They Change Again.
Darby Bradley On Fossil Fuel, Housing, Entrepreneurship
Darby Bradley, past president of the Vermont Land Trust, speaks to the relationship between landowners and the land trust in Vermont over time.
Tom Boucher On Renewable Solutions In The Face Of Climate Change
Tom Boucher, co-founder of renewable energy entities Sustainable-AG Services Co., Green Mountain Energy, and NativeEnergy, Inc., describes how Native Energy helped Greensburg, Kansas, rebuild as the greenest town in the U.S.
Students, Digital Storytelling and Place-Based Learning
Read a recap of this year's Discovering Community Summer Institute, held at the Vermont Folklife Center from July 18 - July 21.
A2VT and Migmar In the News
New Neighbors Music Project and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program grant awardees, A2VT and Migmar Tsering, were recently featured in a Burlington FreePress profile on emerging New American Artists.
Migrant Comics Project In The News
Addison Independent publishes profile of the Migrant Comics Project, of which we are proud to be a partner!
Energy Experts Vision a Path to Renewables
Energy experts Tim Maker, Beth Sachs, Leigh Seddon, and David Blittersdorf gathered for a practical, clear-eyed look at what the transition to renewable energy may actually entail.
Roots of Renewable Energy
Don Mayer, David Sellers, and Jito Coleman recently gathered to share stories about the beginnings of North Wind Power in Warren, Vermont, in the early 1970s.
Three Artists in the Working Forest
Kathleen Kolb, Verandah Porche, and George Bellerose discuss their approach to human subjects from the vantage point of artistic creators, storytellers, and ethnographers.