Carvings of endangered languages by Tim Brookes
In countries all over the world, members of indigenous cultures have their own spoken and written languages — languages they have developed to express their own beliefs, their own experiences, and their understanding of their world. What they have collectively written in those languages is the record of their cultural identity: spiritual texts, historical documents, letters between family members, legal documents, medicinal properties of local plants.
Voices from Ukraine VT (VFU-VT) is a volunteer-led, month-long collaboration among Vermonters and Ukrainians overseas to introduce community members to the art, images, stories, culture and food of Ukraine, a sovereign nation invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Associated events at Fletcher Free Library:
Saturday, February 3: Voices from Ukraine Opening Reception
Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington
In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”
Voices from Ukraine VT (VFU-VT) is a volunteer-led, month-long collaboration among Vermonters and Ukrainians overseas to introduce community members to the art, images, stories, culture and food of Ukraine, a sovereign nation invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Associated events at Fletcher Free Library:
Saturday, February 3: Voices from Ukraine Opening Reception
Voices from Ukraine VT (VFU-VT) is a volunteer-led, month-long collaboration among Vermonters and Ukrainians overseas to introduce community members to the art, images, stories, culture and food of Ukraine, a sovereign nation invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Associated events at Fletcher Free Library:
Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington
Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington
In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”
Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington
In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”