VFC Exhibits :: Showcase of Documentary Work by Youth and At-Risk Populations
Our forthcoming exhibition, a showcase of documentary work by youth and at-risk populations, will be on display in the Vision and Voice Documentary Workspace May 11, 2012-June 9.
Showcasing over 100 documentary media works produced in the last nine months by K-12 students and at-risk populations, we will celebrate their accomplishments with an opportunity to view their work and to meet the young people behind the projects.
Completed during classes and after-school programs at schools and non-profit organizations, these projects include documentary films and photography produced by high school students, a hand-made book and audio recordings created by elementary school students, and a variety of responses to Irene through photo/audio stories and documentary film.
Also included will be a series of films produced by adults with disabilities, a mixture of written, photographic and filmic work produced by adults who reside in a homeless shelter, memoirs with photographic illustration produced by young mothers, and documentary projects by high school students who traveled to Rwanda to record stories with Rwandans about life in the wake of the country’s genocide.
As media instructor and exhibit curator Scott Miller observers, “This is an exciting time in history to be teaching documentary media workshops - recording technology has become accessible, ushering in an age of democracy in terms of whose stories are told, and who does the telling. We are all richer as an audience learning from the expanding archive of human experiences recorded with creativity and honesty. Working with this diverse group of Vermonters over the past nine months has been a humbling experience.”
The opening reception will be May 11, 2012 from 5:00pm-7:00pm, and will feature a screening of selected media, with the producers present, beginning at 5:30 pm.
VFC Programs :: Frog Run Sap Beer
The Vermont Folklife Center has partnered with the Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne, Vermont to produce Frog Run Sap Beer, a contemporary sap beer with roots in Vermont’s traditional sugarmaking and brewing cultures.
Want to learn more? Take a look! :: link
VFC Programs :: Cultural Sustainability Institute Workshops
Dates for the 2012 Cultural Sustainabilty Institute Workshops have been announced! Workshops begin in May and run early November. Interested in learning about ethnography, oral history, audio and video documentary or multimedia archives? Take a look! :: link
VFC Exhibits :: Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co. Exhibit Website now up!
The full exhibit Website for Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co. is now up! Take a look (and a listen)! :: link
VFC Resources :: Advice for Interviewing in the Wake of Hurricane Irene
In an effort to provide support to those looking to explore the human impact of Hurricane Irene and the resulting flooding on the state, Vermont Folklife Center Fellow, Aylie Baker has prepared a set of suggestions for conducting oral history interviews about the experience and significance of the storm. Advice for Interviewing in the Wake of Hurricane Irene is available for free as as a Web page or a downloadable PDF.
For additional information please contact Aylie or Greg Sharrow by telephone or via email at info@vermontfolklifecenter.org.
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