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.

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 on a deal with the yet-to-be-revealed purchaser this fall.

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 with the Vermont Arts Council, this program supports the continu … (read more)

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.

The Touring Group brings together teenage musicians from around New England.

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.

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 the historic and contemporary role of the forest in shaping the … (read more)

After a two-year remote version, Vermont Folklife’s annual gingerbread house competition and exhibit will return to the Center this December.

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 initiated the program in 1992 to support the continued vitality of Ve … (read more)

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 academic year.

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 many decades in our complimentary missions to amplify and s … (read more)

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.

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 and lasting legacy of Burlington’s first LGBTQ2+ Pride celebration on June 25, 1983 … (read more)

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 recordings with Daisy Turner of Grafton, Vt., held in th … (read more)

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 of up to $2,000 to master artist and apprentice pairs … (read more)