Vermont Humanities

Chelsea Cockrell Lafayette

Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin with students in front of a schoolbus

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Chelsea Cockrell Lafayette wears a green sweater with long dark blonde hair and smiles standing in front of a green outdoor backgroundDirector of Development & Communications

(802)262-1360

Chelsea joins us with over 15 years’ experience working in the arts and culture sector in Vermont. She started at Vermont Humanities in July 2022 as the lead fundraising and communications strategist to grow support for Vermont Humanities and the cultural organizations we fund.

She served as the Managing Director of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival from 2016-2021 in addition to handling event operations at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts for over seven years. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she attended Tulane University in New Orleans before moving to Vermont in 2007.

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Vermont Humanities*** August 3, 2022

Poet Sarah Audsley in a black dress in front of a large gray rock.

Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.

Group of students walking on a boardwalk into the woods

Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.

Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin with students in front of a schoolbus

We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”

Group on tour in snowy Burlington

We supported Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.

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Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.