Vermont Folklife Center
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Vermont Folklife offers research grants
Vermont Folklife announces the opening of applications for the 2026 Vermont Community Fellows Program, an initiative to build statewide capacity for community-based, action-oriented field research.
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As organization evolves, Vermont Folklife to sell Warren House
Vermont Folklife officials have confirmed a buyer for the nonprofit’s headquarters — the historic John Warren House at 88 Main St. in Middlebury — and hope to close…
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Arts apprenticeship grants available
For the 33rd year, Vermont Folklife is seeking applicants for its Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through a partnership…
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$665K grant boosts Folklife Center ethnography efforts
The Youth Community Action Corps will focus on strengthening community engagement and youth leadership through the use of historical records collections, archives and participatory action programming.
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Auditions for Vermont Folklife’s Young Tradition Touring Group
The Touring Group brings together teenage musicians from around New England.
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Applications open for traditional arts apprenticeship programs
With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through a partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, this program supports the continued vitality of Vermont’s living cultural heritage.
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Weybridge photojournalist shows Vermonters working in the woods
Vermont Folklife, in partnership with Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose, is proud to announce the publication of Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine, a 304-page book that examines…
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Annual gingerbread house competition returns to VFC
After a two-year remote version, Vermont Folklife’s annual gingerbread house competition and exhibit will return to the Center this December.
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Folklife Center offers cultural heritage apprenticeships
The Vermont Folklife Center has announced the 31st year of its Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP). With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center…
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$650K in grants will back kids’ programs
Four Addison County programs will net $650,000 in federal grants to give more children access to summer and afterschool programs during the next two summers and the 2022-2023…
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Folklife Center takes Young Traditions Vermont under its wing
Young Tradition Vermont will become a program of Middlebury’s Vermont Folklife Center effective July 1. The Vermont Folklife Center has collaborated closely with Young Tradition Vermont (YTV) for…
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New Folklife Center project focuses on schools
The Vermont Town Schools Project aims to foster conversations among community members to create an oral history collection exploring the relationship between towns and their schools.
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Vermont Folklife Center reopens with ‘Pride’
The Vermont Folklife Center on Main Street in Middlebury reopened on Sep. 8 for in-person visitors. Come and see the current exhibit “Pride 1983” that explores the origins…
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Turner family comic anthology released
The Vermont Folklife Center proudly announces publication of “Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont,” a new non-fiction comics anthology adapted from oral history…
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Apprenticeship program readies for its 29th year
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Folklife Center has announced the 29th year of the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP).In partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, VTAAP provides stipends…
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Vt. Folklife Center offering online events
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Folklife Center will host a series of four online presentations in conjunction with their Summer Institute programming, Aug. 2-13. These virtual events are free and…