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News from the Council for March 31, 2016
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Rep. Kathryn Webb, Rep. Kesha Ram, and Rep. Michael Yantachka with Alex Aldrich at the State House.
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Advocacy - and Chocolate - at the State House. A Successful Day All Around!
A big thanks goes out to everyone who reached out to their state representatives with the important message that they support public funding for the arts in Vermont. Nearly 200 messages were sent to legislators asking them to establish the Vermont Creative Network and to support the allocation for the Arts Council in Governor Shumlin's budget. It's not too late to express your support! Visit the Council's Action Center to find out how to contact your legislators.
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Arts Collector's Cards Score a BIG Win on Arts Advocacy Day
"I value the arts because they build happier, healthier, and stronger communities, hearts, and minds"
Katie Trautz, East Montpelier
More than 50 Vermonters, including Chandler Center for the Arts Director Katie Trautz, demonstrated their passion for the arts by creating cards with a message about why the arts are important to them and their communities. On Arts Advocacy Day, cards were distributed to each of the 180 legislators, distributed in the State House cafeteria, and projected on a screen in the Card Room. Passers-by on the way to committee meetings and legislative votes paused to read the heart-felt quotes penned by arts supporters from all over the state. Their smiles made it clear the message had been communicated! "Education in the arts is important because it allows individuals to access their inner nature, encouraging expression, fluidity, and creativity."
Lev Belford, Woodstock
If you created an Arts Collector's Card and would like to have a copy, let us know here, and we will gladly send it to you!
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Maggie Fitzgerald, Rice Memorial High School
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Maggie Fitzgerald is Vermont Poetry Out Loud Champion!
Maggie Fitzgerald projected confidence, calm, and just a bit of drama as she recited "The Nail," by C.K. Williams, one of the three poems that led her to the top spot in the 2016 Vermont Poetry Out Loud State Championship. The Rice Memorial High School senior will join other state winners in Washington D.C. on May 3 and 4 to compete for the national title ( watch the webcast here). Anna Van Dine, a senior at Harwood Union High School, was the runner up. The finals, which were taped at Vermont PBS earlier this month, will be broadcast on Thursday, April 28, at 8 p.m.
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Find out about the New England Foundation for the Arts' grant programs and CreativeGround. Workshops will be held in Burlington and St. Johnsbury on April 21. Learn more. |
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Learn more about Arts Council grant programs. Grant seeker workshops are scheduled for March 30, April 1 and 7. View the schedule. |
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Head Start Arts Integration Grant applications open April 1. Details and guidelines are on our website. Get more information. |
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Upcoming Vermont Arts 2016 Events (no fooling)!
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Chandler Center for the Arts
April 1
Randolph
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Compass Music and Arts Center
April 1 to May 30
Brandon
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
April 1
Bennington
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ArtisTree Community Arts Center
April 2
South Pomfret
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Festival Gallery
April 1 to June 27
Waitsfield
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River Arts
April 3
Morrisville
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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Through June 13
Brattleboro
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Brandon Music
April 2
Brandon
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West Branch Gallery
April 2 to June 26
Stowe
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A Connecting Curriculum
Teaching through the arts is all about making connections. From concepts to relationships, one teaching artist strengthened her work through a program called Arts Connect. Read about her experience, and find out more about the upcoming Arts Connect course in this week's featured story: Connecting Concepts.
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