MONTPELIER – The Vermont Humanities Council was recently awarded $99,137 in Project Grants to 24 different organizations for our Summer Project Grant Round, including four area projects.
The Cutler Memorial Library in Plainfield received $1,987 for an in-person event with a virtual author visit by historian Tad Stoermer featuring a live conversation about his book, “A Resistance History of the United States,” which examines revolution and resistance as lived historical forces, then and now.
The Greensboro United Church of Christ, Greensboro, received $3,750 for a week-long, interdisciplinary humanities and arts camp for rural elementary-age children integrating music, storytelling, art, and place-based exploration to foster creativity, cultural understanding, and community connection.
The Rural Arts Collaborative, Greensboro, received $5,000 for a year of training, workshops and community conversations aimed to relieve racial stress among children in grades K-6 attending youth arts enrichment programs.
The Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, received $5,000 for a project led by Dr. Kathy Bullock and Mat Callahan, “A Journey of Freedom: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation,” designed to connect voices of the past with the present. Throughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music.
The summer awards included $16,387 to four organizations to commemorate our nation’s 250th anniversary, using funds from the Vermont 250th Commission and private donors.
