Vermont Humanities

Denise Bailey

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

Board of Directors

Denise Bailey wearing silver metal glasses with a brown top and a black shirtDenise Bailey of Montpelier is a member of the legal bar in Vermont, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, and operates a law office in Montpelier. In addition to working as an attorney, she has served as Human Resources Compliance Manager for the Burlington School District, Direct Services Coordinator at the Vermont Center for Independent Living, and as the Vice President of the Vermont Anti-Racism Action Team. She graduated from Yale University with a BA in Anthropology and from the University of Virginia School of Law with a Juris Doctorate.

Vermont Humanities*** April 12, 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.

Woman raising her hand during a public event

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