I Am a Vermont Artist: Shani Stoddard
By day Shani Stoddard is like many Vermonters: boots and caps, hikes with dogs, a house in the woods of Stannard. By night he is… “Shani.” In stilettos and braids, dancing himself sweaty for tips
Creative Economy
Vermont Businesses Serve Those Who Serve Others
With the closure of bars, restaurants, retail stores, and other businesses not considered essential to the COVID-19 response, many workers are struggling to make ends meet. New relief efforts by ...
Firmly Northeastern: Bad to Be Good
Bad to Be Good is a four-man combo based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features Vermont music and artists.
For more than five years, Bad to Be
Independent Musician Ariel Zevon
Ariel Zevon is a singer songwriter based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features Vermont music and artists.
When I first walked ...
From Woodstock to Vermont: Bonnie Ward
Bonnie Ward is a singer songwriter based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features Vermont music and artists.
On Wednesday June 22, Bonnie Ward ...
A Rutland Landlord Partners With Artists to Spur Creative Economy
By KEN PICARD
In a glass-walled studio high above Rutland's Merchants Row, a Ukrainian-born artist swirled marble-like patterns onto paper. Across the hall, a painter from Texas worked on a ...
Vermont Violins awarded workforce development grant
Vermont Violins is the most recent small Vermont business to have been approved for a workforce training grant from the Vermont Training Program (VTP).
Vermont Violins is expanding in-house ...
I Am a Vermont Artist: Shanta Lee Gander
Shanta is a multidisciplinary artist who transformed a challenging childhood into a creative career as a photographer, poet, investigative journalist, and advocate. Her education includes an ...
Vermonters boost community engagement with historic renovations
Across Vermont, communities are investing in historic, centrally located buildings in an effort to transform them into spaces where people can come together.
In January 2018, a community group
Vermont Training Program to support granite industry workforce
The Vermont Department of Economic Development has approved a workforce training grant of $40,055 for Buttura & Gherardi Granite Artisans to reboot and update granite apprenticeship ...
I Am a Vermont Artist: Toby MacNutt
“I’m a queer, nonbinary-trans, disabled, multidisciplinary artist, author, and teacher” just begins to describe who Toby is as an artist and a person. They constantly work to expand access to ...
A Tale of Two Luthiers
In the hip city of Burlington, Creston Lea builds one of a kind electric guitars, while in southern Vermont, Douglas Cox turns out violins for classical musicians around the world.
Creston Lea