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Dear Friends,
We have all had to dig deep and draw on our reserves of hope and compassion to weather the challenges of the past two years. Across Vermont, hundreds of artists, dancers, musicians, theater directors, and gallery owners counted on the Vermont Arts Council as they struggled to stay afloat.
And we have counted on donors like you.
Thanks to the generosity of many supporters, and in partnership with Vermont Humanities, the Vermont Community Foundation and others, the Arts Council delivered $7 million in Covid aid grants to more than 200 cultural organizations and 517 individual artists.
I’ve been awed by the incredible creativity that Vermont artists and cultural organizations summoned in response to the pandemic. Re-inventing themselves, they found new ways to keep us connected through the arts – staging concerts on hotel balconies and in truck beds, taking performances to front porches and parking lots, commissioning virtual plays, and curating online poetry slams and film festivals.
We are now witnessing the beginnings of recovery and building toward a time when live performances and arts events will flourish again. Vermont communities rely on our downtown theaters, museums, and local arts organizations to thrive. And they need our help again now, to recover fully from the devastating impact of the winter months and Omicron.
Please give what you can. With your support, Vermont’s arts community will continue to entertain, provoke, and inspire, and will emerge stronger than ever, ready to help us to shape Vermont’s future with courage and creativity, together.
With thanks,
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