Vermont Council On The Arts Inc

See schedule oarts education programs provide grants and services to promote high quality arts education and lifelong learning in and through the arts. 29 grants were awarded to schools and non-profit organizations, including 6 head start partnership grants to bring arts-integrated learning to vermont's most vulnerable students. Operating grants awarded in the community development program (see 4a) also serve students by supporting arts education in their communities. The council awarded 17 grants to organizations providing arts programming to older adults through the new creative aging initiative. More than 2,900 students participated in a statewide poetry recitation contest for high-school students. Arts education programs include outreach to rural, underserved schools, and support provided to teaching artists, including maintenance of a statewide teaching artist roster and professional development workshops.

See schedule oarts creation and development programs provide grants and services to support the development of vermont artists and to provide greater opportunities for the creation and presentation of excellent work. Grants in these categories have been substantially increased in recent years, partially in response to the pandemic, with 60 grants awarded to artists for professional development and 22 grants to support individual artists' creative projects. Grant-seeker workshops, local arts networking meetings and other workshops were held.