Grab Your Popcorn for the Premiere of the 2022 Arts Awards Films!

Grab Your Popcorn for the Premiere.....

In August, we announced the 2022 recipients of the Vermont Arts Awards. Today we're excited to honor our recipients in film with short video tributes about their work and inspiration. Beautifully created by Haptic Pictures, these short video tributes provide a glimpse of the recipients' work and their creative visions. So grab your popcorn and enjoy the show!

The 2022 Vermont Arts Awards recipients are:

Disability rights advocate and artist Larry Bissonnette of Williston -- Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In the video, Larry paints in his Burlington studio. Larry’s longtime aide Pascal Cheng of the Howard Center assists with communication as Larry uses a machine to facilitate verbal communication.

JAG Productions founder Jarvis Green of White River Junction -- Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In the video, Jarvis watches a performance of the band Britton and the Sting at Theatre on the Hill in Norwich, a joint venture of JAG Productions and King Arthur Flour.

Dancer and choreographer Christal Brown of Middlebury -- Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts. In the video, Christal is interviewed in the Maheny Center for the Arts at Middlebury College where she teaches dance. The interview is interspersed with clips of her dancing and teaching.

Gedakina Executive Director and teaching artist Judy Dow of Essex -- Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts. In the video, Judy teaches staff at Shelburne Farms and works in her home studio on her woven baskets and sewn tapestries.

Musician and radio personality Robert Resnik of Burlington -- Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy. In the video, Robert works the sound board as he hosts the music radio program, All the Traditions. While sitting at home, he describes the joy he finds in being able to share music with others.

Musician and teacher Eugene Uman of Brattleboro -- Ellen McCulloch-Lovell Award in Arts Education. In the video, Eugene plays piano with some of the student jazz musicians at the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro.