YOUR VISION CAN CHANGE VERMONT!
The Vermont Arts Council is pleased to announce an exciting commissioning project for visual artists: "The Art of Action: Shaping Vermont’s Future Through Art". Ten visual artists will be selected to create two-dimensional works that capture the issues and inspire change in Vermont’s social, political, environmental, and economic future. Commissions will average $25,000. Read more.
Bruce Bouchard at Rutland’s Paramount Theater is onto something big and important.
Recognizing that Vermont audiences in the summer are too often saturated with an extraordinary outpouring of high-quality art, Mr. Bouchard has initiated a whole new project aimed at developing new audiences and bringing the Paramount into the center of Rutland’s ongoing renaissance. Read more
VERMONT FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS SAMPLER SHOW - The Vermont Festival of the Arts is a celebration of art in the communities of the Mad River Valley, from August 1-31, 2008. The festival will entertain the soul, enlighten the mind & energize the spirit, with 125 exhibits, workshops & demos from a variety of Vermont artists. The Spotlight Gallery show is a sampling of the art that will be exhibited during the month. Read more.
The Vermont Arts Council will be hosting free informational Cultural Facilities Grantseeker Workshops during the first and second weeks of September. Vermont organizations interested in applying for Cultural Facilities Grants are strongly encouraged to attend one of the workshops. All workshops will take place from 3-5 p.m. The application deadline for Cultural Facilities Grants will be Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
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Art Fits Vermont is the Council's new statewide community arts project. Over the next two years, 60,000 Vermonters will create and celebrate art using wood and paper puzzle pieces.
Individuals, schools, cultural organizations and community groups are encouraged to take part in Art Fits Vermont. You can place your order for wood and paper puzzle pieces now. READ MORE.
The Arts Council and the VT Dept. of Buildings and General Services have created a traveling exhibit featuring approximately 50 of the 1,000 pieces of art the State has collected over the past 170 years. A FREE SCREENSAVER OF THE ARTWORK is available for download.
ON EXHIBIT: The Art of Vermont collection has moved to the Goodrich Library in Newport. The show will remain in Newport through August 16.
The exhibit will travel to other galleries in the coming months. Read more
SEE THE ART: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Art In State Buildings program, we have assembled a new online public art trail which outlines all of the locations where art has been installed and commissioned though this program. You can see photos of the pieces - and in some cases video interviews with the artists. (High speed connection recommended.)