Mural artist Mary Lacy. Photo courtesy Michael Sipe
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
The arts, music and theater are staples of community life in the north country. Artists get our first early taste for creativity within a rich ecosystem of schools, community theaters, cafes, local residency programs and outreach programs.
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A dense network of institutions, community-based arts organizations, businesses and independently owned venues support artists at all levels along their journey. A growing number of annual events and seasonal festivals bring international collaborators and audiences.
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS TRAIL GUIDES
SARA KATZ
Painter
Activist artist with a decade of experience in non-profit arts management.
MARY LACY
Mural Artist
Turns monumental flat surfaces into things of eye-popping glory. Loves bucket-loaders and time-lapse.
JIM LOCKRIDGE
Music Activist
Post-punk music activist, archivist and educator. Playing with the civic cloud, VR and LOLA concerts.
ANNI MACKAY
Arts Promoter
Curator, presenter, rabble rouser. Connecting and promoting the Cornerstone Region's vitality.
SARA KATZ
Painter
Activist artist with a decade of experience in non-profit arts management.
MARY LACY
Mural Artist
Turns monumental flat surfaces into things of eye-popping glory. Loves bucket-loaders and time-lapse.
JIM LOCKRIDGE
Music Activist
Post-punk music activist, archivist and educator. Playing with the civic cloud, VR and LOLA concerts.
ANNI MACKAY
Arts Promoter
Curator, presenter, rabble rouser. Connecting and promoting the Cornerstone Region's vitality.
LINDSAY SELIN
Photographer, Jeweler
Active outdoors and an architecture and styling photographer who also designs stunning jewelry.
KURT BUDLINGER
Photographer
Turns monumental flat surfaces into things of eye-popping glory. Loves bucket-loaders and time-lapse.
LAUREN MAZZOTTA
Photographer
Incredible people person with a careful eye for composition and color tones. Photo retoucher.
ERIKA SENFT-MILLER
Multi-media artist
Takes people on adventures where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, senses come alive, perspectives shift.
CONNECTING ORGANIZATIONS
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
Nationally recognized illustrators and designers have made Vermont home, making design one of the highest value-added sectors in the state. We're always spinning out new brands, creating ample opportunity for new entrants and exciting innovation.
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With good infrastructure, an active chapter of the AIGA and a diffuse community, Vermont's design and illustration community is a fun and funky place to build a career.
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Meet some of the design and illustration influencers.
Illustration courtesy of Rob Donnelly Art
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION TRAIL GUIDES
ROB DONNELLY
Illustrator, Animator
Illustrator and animator with online and print clients. Using two- and three- dimensional approaches.
MICHELLE HOBBS
Illustrator, Designer
Professional communications designer and chapter president of AIGA Vermont.
STEPHANIE ZUPPO
Cartoon Artist
Artist and entrepreneur with a passion for indie Cons and growing Vermont's cartooning community.
JAMES KOCHALKA
Cartoon Artist
Artist and illustrator, sometimes musician and David Bowie fanboy. Creator of Glorkian Warrior.
Photo courtesy of Kip Steel
INTERACTIVE &
GAME DESIGN
Just south of North America's third largest game design market, Vermont is a lower-cost and competitive environment to create new products and companies. Fueled by talent from Champlain College's Emergent Media Center and Dartmouth CS programs, Vermont's nascent game design community is quirky, savvy and fun.
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Our position between Boston, Albany, and Montreal makes it easy to get around - for inspiration, connection, and capital.
INTERACTIVE & GAME DESIGN TRAIL GUIDES
MARGUERITE DIBBLE
Interactive Designer
Marguerite is a local powerhouse of good, as founder of gametheory.co and creative ally to community boards.
EDMAR MENDIZABAL
Game Producer
Edmar is a tireless indie game producer and founder of Vermont's Game Developers' Association.
KIP STEEL
VR Trainer
When not managing IT infrastructure Kip is helping to build Burlington's gig economy, including VR development.
ANN DEMARLE
Emergent Media
Ann is the director of the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College and a tireless supporter of the arts.
ELLIOTT MITCHELL
Game Designer, Artist
Chief fire starter at Vermont Digital Arts. Constantly playing with emergent tech, art forms and Unity keeps it managed.
