Andy Kolovos is the Associate Director and Archivist of the Vermont Folklife Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Ethnomusicology and an MLS, both from Indiana University. He has conducted ethnographic and oral history research in Vermont since 2002, and consults nationally on ethnographic, oral history and folklore archives, ethnographic interviewing and audio field recording. He is the resident comic book nerd of the El Viaje Más Caro Project, and has a deep interest in the use of comics as a medium for collaborative documentary work.
Andy Kolovos from the Vermont Folklife Center and/or Julia Grand Doucet from the Open Door Clinic provide an overview of the goals of the El Viaje Más Caro Project, the collaborative methods that define its approach, and insight into the lives and experiences of the workers whose labor supports the continued viability of dairy farming in Vermont.
Our seasonal “Words in the Woods” program allows Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors.
Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.
We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”
We supported the Chandler Center for the Arts’ Global Connections Youth Outreach program, which highlights artists from around the world.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
