Special Collections: Brian Collier's Teeny Tiny Things

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones Posted on January 29, 2016 at 8:25AM

Ultimately, Collier hopes to "finish the collection and have it travel the world — at both art and natural history museums." A finished mobile museum unit will feature six stackable cabinets with 10 frames per cabinet and 15 vials per frame — a total of 900 Very Small Objects.

BTV Musicians Honor Bernie With 'This Land Is Your Land'

by Dan Bolles Posted on January 28, 2016 at 5:10PM

Vermont State Curator's Office Identifies the 'Capitol District'

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones Posted on January 27, 2016 at 3:05PM

Flight Records: Finding a Tuskegee Airman From Vermont

by Ken Picard Posted on January 26, 2016 at 4:15PM

"When I was a kid, Cole ran a shoe repair shop on East Street in Northfield," Lyon says. “Growing up, we used to take our shoes there to have the soles fixed and whatnot.

Talking Lesbian Feminist Haunted Houses at VCFA

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones Posted on January 25, 2016 at 7:47AM

Inspired by evangelical Christian haunted houses, and in particular the documentary Hell House, Mitchell set to work hosting feedback sessions with activists, artists and academics to get a sense of what a lesbian feminist haunted house could and should include. The first Toronto house employed a (paid) team of 30 artists and 25 performers working together.

Big Maker Introduces Game Designer Paolo Pedercini

by Sadie Williams Posted on January 22, 2016 at 4:25PM

For someone like this reporter, who has barely touched a video game since she played The Oregon Trail with her brother in the early 2000s, it might be hard to imagine how games could create such a buzz. Those unfamiliar with the field might know only about violent games such as Call of Duty, the quasi-historical fiction of Assassin's Creed, or the strange visual realism of FIFA games.

Vermont Snow Sculptors Head to International Competition

by Sadie Williams Posted on January 22, 2016 at 11:41AM

these DIY spaces where people gather to create and learn and problem-solve together."  That description could also be applied to the process of carving snow sculpture.

Vermont Artist Peter Thomashow Goes Outside

by Rachel Elizabeth Jones Posted on January 21, 2016 at 3:20PM

," said Thomashow, "I feel very proud." Read "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Thomashow for Cabinet Magazine here. 

Bethel University Seeks 'Professors' to Teach Free Classes

by Ken Picard Posted on January 19, 2016 at 1:11PM

Bethel isn't the first community in the country to adopt the pop-up university model. Stone has heard of colleges and universities that have held one-day public learning events, as well as other cities that have offered day- or weekend-long mini-classes.

Vermont PBS Begins Series With Tech Star Victoria Taylor

by Sadie Williams Posted on January 16, 2016 at 1:49PM