Call for Applications: Vermont Arts Council Executive Director |
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We are seeking a new executive director!
The executive director will serve as a dynamic and collaborative leader for the Vermont Arts Council and for the state’s creative sector to ensure everyone has access to the arts and creativity in their lives and communities. This individual will develop an inclusive strategic vision to strengthen the resiliency and sustainability of arts, cultural, and creative sector organizations and individuals across the state.
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Tribute Films for the 2022 Vermont Arts Award Winners |
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In August, we announced the 2022 recipients of the Vermont Arts Awards. Now we honor them 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.
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How Philanthropy Can Make the Arts Accessible and Affordable |
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The power of the arts to inspire and inform should be available to all, regardless of income. Our partners at the Vermont Community Foundation recently did a deep dive to better understand the ways that philanthropy can help increase access, nourish the creative spirit, and support Vermont’s creative economy at a time when it has not fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic. Charitable individuals can help bring the arts to all by supporting:
- Public art and community performances
- Programs that give children and teens a chance to create and witness art
- Subscriptions and memberships that underwrite arts programming
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Vermont Creative Network News |
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Three Webinars on Creative Sector Advocacy |
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From federal tax policy to state grant programs to local public art commissions, public policies and government investments play a critical role in the wellbeing of Vermont’s artists, makers, creative businesses, and cultural institutions.
This month we're presenting three free webinars to empower and inform Vermont’s creative sector advocates. All are welcome to these sessions aimed to help us strengthen the creative sector at every level.
6-7 p.m., Dec. 13, 2022 | Local Advocacy: Municipal ARPA Funding, the Creative Economy, and Strategic Plans
2-3 p.m., Dec. 14, 2022 | Statewide Advocacy: Vermont’s Creative Sector Advocacy Priorities
6-7:30 p.m., Dec. 15, 2022 | From Town Councils to the Statehouse: Effective Creative Economy Advocacy in Vermont
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Online Training with the Academy for Creative Aging |
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Teaching artists looking to build skills in working with older populations can take advantage of a new online learning resource.
The Academy for Creative Aging is free, module-based certificate program enabling teaching artists to learn at their own pace. Assessments follow each learning module to help participants reflect on and retain each lesson. The Academy was created by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts through a Leveraging State Arts Investment in Creative Aging grant from the E.A. Michelson foundation in partnership with NASAA.
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I am a Vermont Artist: Katniss Everqueer |
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"When I am onstage, my body is always going to be perceived differently than someone who exists in a thinner, smaller body. I’ve chosen to embrace this and use my existence in the scene as an imperative: fat performers deserve space, respect, representation."
Read more from burlesque and drag performer Katniss Everqueer in the latest installment of I am a Vermont Artist.
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Creative Segment Leader Spotlight: Jordyn Taylor Fitch with Junction Arts & Media |
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"I’ve found that the most special and exciting aspect of being a creative in the Upper Valley has been tapping into this deep-rooted, dedicated, and highly collaborative community of artists that sits sorta tucked away, just below the surface."
Meet Jordyn Taylor Fitch, community engagement producer for Junction Arts & Media in White River Junction.
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CreativeGround Profile Spotlight |
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LMNOPI has created over 20 murals since 2009. She has painted walls in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn & Kingston, NY as well as Arizona, Colorado and California. LMNOPI’s unsanctioned public interventions can be found on the streets of cities across the US and a few in Europe, Canada & Haiti.
LMNOPI relocated to the Green Mountains of Vermont in the Fall of 2018 and she continues to amplify voices deeply rooted within the economic, social and climate justice movements. She remains a dedicated and stalwart accomplice to the leaders of Indigenous and youth-led activations. Visit LMNOPI's full CreativeGround profile.
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Council Grant Opportunities |
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Animating Infrastructure
Animating Infrastructure Grants support community projects that integrate art with infrastructure improvements. The program aims to bring vibrancy and vitality to communities through public art.
Pitches due Dec. 12, 2022
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Artist Development
Artist Development Grants support Vermont artists at all stages of their careers. Grants can fund activities that enhance mastery of an artist’s craft or skills or that increase the viability of an artist's business.
Deadline Jan. 31, 2023
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Coming Soon: Creative Futures
The Creative Futures Grants program provides aid to creative sector organizations and businesses that continue to struggle financially due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Round 2 opens Jan. 5, 2023
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The Clemmons Family Farm has released its 2023 Artists on the Farm Calendar with support from the Vermont Arts Council, featuring 15 artists from the farm's Vermont African-American/African Diaspora Artists' Network. Learn about the calendar’s artists in video.
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Grange Hall
Waterbury Center
Dec. 11
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Old Labor Hall
Barre
Dec. 17
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Downtown & the Waterfront
Burlington
Dec. 31
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Posted: November 7, 2022
Category: Calls to Artists
End Date: December 16, 2022
Posted: November 15, 2022
Category: Calls to Artists
End Date: December 19, 2022
Posted: October 11, 2022
Category: Job Postings
End Date: December 31, 2022
Posted: November 16, 2022
Category: Job Postings
End Date: December 31, 2022
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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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Vermont Arts Council | 802.828.3291
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