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Arts News for September 14, 2017  
2017 Arts Awards Recipients Announced

Five creative and accomplished Vermonters will be honored at the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards on October 24. From intricate illustrations and issues-based novels to artist-focused disaster relief, the awardees' work represents the depth of talent and passion for the arts that define our state's creative sector.

The 2017 Arts Awards recipients are: (clockwise from top left) David Macaulay, Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts; Chris Bohjalian, Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts; Gregory Sharrow, Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts; Taryn Noelle, Ellen McCulloch-Lovell Award in Arts Education; Cornelia Carey, Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy. Read more about the 2017 awardees and their accomplishments in this week's Featured Story.

Join us in celebrating these five outstanding individuals on October 24 at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. Tickets will be available September 26.
Christal Brown
Multimedia Dance Piece to Debut at the Arts Awards

Led by choreographer and professor of dance Christal Brown, the Dance Company of Middlebury will perform a new work at the Governor's Arts Awards on October 24. This will mark the first time a modern dance performance is presented on the Highland Center for the Arts stage.

The theme of the 2017 Governors Arts Awards is "The Art of Inclusion." As they develop the choreography, Christal and her dancers are exploring what inclusion means to them. She explained that "By delving deeply into their own experiences, cultures, and aspirations, the Dance Company of Middlebury will be sharing the physical manifestations of their inquiry in a work called Native + Stranger." 

Christal Brown was the recipient of a Rebecca Blunt Fund Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts and a FY2018 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Read more about Christal Brown and the work she is doing at Middlebury College and beyond.
A New Arts Venue in Vermont!

What is better than being among the first to visit a brand new state-of-the-art performing arts facility? How about enjoying a beautiful drive through the Vermont countryside to get there? Where else can you join the arts community in honoring five of Vermont's exceptional citizens? Make the trip to Greensboro on October 24, and you can do it all!

The   Highland Center for the Arts, modeled after Shakespeare's famous Globe Theater in London, opened in June 2017. HCA's aim is to provide opportunities "to create, exhibit, view, experience, perform, learn about and talk about art through performances, programs, workshop, festivals, classes, and multi-disciplinary events." The facility includes a 250-seat theater, an art gallery, and the Hardwick Street C afĂ©. We look forward to filling the theater as we celebrate the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards recipients and Vermont's creativity. Join us!
Arts Briefs
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center invites applications for OPEN CALL NXNE 2018, an exhibit of established, mid-career, and emerging artists producing works on paper.
  Get the details.
Revitalizing Waterbury seeks a partner to help refresh a community gathering space located at the Waterbury Train Station. The deadline for RFPs is November 1.
  Find out how to apply. 
It's National Arts in Education Week. Participate in workshops, webinars, and advocacy efforts and share your arts ed stories on social media with #BecauseOfArtsEd
   More information.
Upcoming Vermont Arts 2017 Events
THE COOKERS
Vermont Jazz Center
September 15
Brattleboro
Latchis Theater
September 16
Brattleboro
Dog Mountain
September 17
St. Johnsbury
DOCUMENTARY: REMBRANDT MASTERWORKS
Bellows Falls Opera House
September 21
Bellows Falls
Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts
September 21
Brattleboro

Helen Day Art Center
September 22 to November 11
Stowe
Village Green
September 22 and 23
Woodstock
Billings Farm and MBR National Park
September 23 and 24
Woodstock
Studio on Brainstorm Road
September 23
Braintree
VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MADE IN VERMONT TOUR
 multiple venues
September 20 to 26
multiple locations

Old West Church
September 17, 24 and
October 1
Calais
Bryan Memorial Gallery
through November 5
Jeffersonville
NORTH SEA GAS
 Highland Center for the Arts
September 23
Greensboro
Middlebury College Dana Auditorium
September 23
Middlebury

Brandon Music
September 23
Brandon
The Vermont Arts Council is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts , which requires a 1:1 match from the Vermont State Legislature. Council grants, programs, and statewide arts promotion would not be possible without the critical funding provided by these government agencies.
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