As our society increasingly relies on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, how can we understand and articulate the ethical implications of this rapidly developing field? Designed to connect more deeply with BCA's exhibition "Co-Created: The Artist in the Age of Intelligent Machines," join us for a moderated discussion with a panel of speakers who will explore the moral and social complexities of AI.
Award winning children’s book illustrator guides a behind the scenes look into his studio and step-by-step process of creating his illustrations. James shares the tools, including vintage photographs, paints, palettes, friends, and family that are essential to his craft, while revealing the ins and outs, ups and downs of creating artwork for children's books.
Are you leaving game changing COVID Relief Funds on the table? For many nonprofits, this emergency financial support was critical during the depths of the pandemic, yet few know about the Employee Retention Tax Credit program. It’s not too late! In this webinar, Cynthia Moore of Operation Fairy Godmother will introduce the Employee Retention Tax Credit program and the process for evaluating eligibility and claiming the credit.
On May 19, 2023 from 4:30-6:00pm join artist and dairy farm worker El Emigrante for an artist talk (in Spanish, with English translation) at the Brownell Library in Essex Junction, VT. Pinturas de El Emigrante/Paintings of El Emigrante will be on display at the Brownell Library in Essex Junction, VT from April 6 - June 30, 2023. The exhibit is viewable during normal library hours.
The smart machines are here, ever more so, and there is no going back. Now what? What exactly is A.I.? How does it work? How is it used? And who gets to say? Join us at Reckless Ideas, a free and open-to-the-public lecture series.
Conversations From the Open Road is a documentary storytelling program for VT high school and college students. Last summer, a crew of 8 students, a UVM grad filmmaker and the coordinator of the program, all drove across the country to Oregon, exploring how our capacity to care is intertwined. Alex De Louise has created a beautiful chronicling of the journey.
Cartoonist Emily Zea brings to life Norwich history. This exhibit presents Emily’s illustrations and connects them to the artifacts, portraits, photographs, and archives that she used for her art. Learn more about the Abenaki people who were here when the settlers from Connecticut first arrived, Norwich’s early years, and big debates and decisions made at town meeting.
Join Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace on June 17-18 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley with storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, and singing.
Join Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace on June 17-18 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley with storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, and singing.
Join us for our first annual BIPOC Summer Camp! The Educators of Color Association has organized retreats for educators of color. They have been generative times for educators to connect, heal, and have fun. What to expect: sleeping in cabins, art, music, swimming, nature, crafting, healing circles, connection, conversation, laughs, joy and learning about ourselves and each other.
Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.
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 Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
