Many thanks to the artists and arts organizations who contributed to this fundraising effort and to the people who bid!
For every dollar raised through the "doing our pART" auction, the Vermont Foodbank can acquire and distribute 3 pounds of food. We are proud that through this effort, Vermont's art community and its supporters will fund 15 tons of fresh, nutritious food for Vermonters in need.
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The Vermont Arts Council announces its new process for teaching artists to apply to be on the statewide roster.
The Teaching Artist Roster provides a resource to schools, arts organizations, and other community organizations and to provide potential employment opportunities to Vermont artists. Initial submission of qualifications are due by December 5, 2008.
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The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture and address the national decline in literary reading.
The Arts Council has chosen Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for Vermont’s 2009 Big Read. Libraries, high schools and community groups across the state can now sign up to receive free copies of the book as well as teacher’s guides, audio guides, and reader’s guides.
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