Exhibits
Vermont Folklife creates several exhibits a year through partnerships with local artists, researchers, and organizations, and using materials from our Archive.
Our exhibits travel statewide through a network of galleries and display spaces around Vermont with whom we partner. Some or all of many exhibits are also available online.
In-Person Exhibits
Find Vermont Folklife exhibits on display in galleries, museums, and libraries around around the state.
Vermont Folklife does not have it’s own gallery space and its offices are not open to the public, however our staff are actively working in communities across the state.
Pride 1983 explores the origins and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first LGBTQ2+ Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.
On view Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm at the Billings Library Apse, Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont (48 University Place, Burlington, VT).
Since 1992, Vermont Folklife’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP) has supported nearly 400 apprenticeships in artforms that reflect the shared cultural history, values, and aesthetics of the groups that practice them.
This exhibit uses photography and the words of the artists to explore ten traditional art forms which have been supported by VTAAP over the last three decades.
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Online Exhibits
Delve into Vermont Folklife Exhibits designed to be explored online.
In our words, in our community is a collaborative, public arts and humanities exhibit created by Vermont Folklife and photographer Macaulay Lerman, in partnership with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, that amplifies the voices of our neighbors experiencing the complex dynamics of homelessness, food insecurity, and economic challenges. This exhibit is guided by direct input from a group of Vermonters and the social service workers who aim to address their daily needs.
On display at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 10 Vernon St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 June - October.
A physical and online exhibit presented by the Pride Center of Vermont and the Vermont Folklife Center. Curated by Meg Tamulonis of the Vermont Queer Archives. Through archival documents and ephemera, audio interviews and photographs Pride 1983 explores the origin and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.
In the second decade of the 21st century, we ask ourselves, to what extent can local actions bring about an economy that is just and equitable, an environment that is healthy and balanced and communities prepared to weather the disruptions of climate change?
Vivid photographs and audio interviews offering a diverse invitation to join the crowd or enter the ring of this high-energy, physical and performance-based brand of semi-pro wrestling.
Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine documents how the forestry community continues to shape the land today and asks: What does it mean to be stewards of a working forest?
All Exhibits
Explore the wide range of topics which have been addressed in Vermont Folklife exhibits through the years.