<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0rv6Uk_1GzagOMb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0rv6Uk_1GzagOMb00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Humanities recently awarded $74,640 in Project Grants to 16 different organizations for our Fall Project Grant Round, including $5,000 to Vermont Stage to support a tour of Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971” to Vermont middle and high schools.The project pairs professional performances with an educator resource guide and moderated discussions exploring war, conscience, citizenship, dissent, and responsibility.Also, Saint Michael’s College received $5,000 to commemorate our nation’s 250th anniversary, using funds from the Vermont 250th Commission.They will announce the schedule for 2027 Project Grant application deadlines in early December, although they anticipate that the Winter 2027 Project Grant round will open for applications the first week of January.In October 2026, Vermont Humanities awarded $74,640 in Project Grants to 16 different organizations for our Fall Project Grant Round.Art in the Neighborhood—Books of Our OwnBrattleboro$5000 to support book artist Susan Bonthron and poet Verandah Porche as they collaborate in four affordable housing communities to help students create several different types of hand-made books to hold the students’ paintings, drawings, collage, and poetry.Barnet Public Library—Jumping Off: Barnet’s Next Leap Towards SustainabilityBarnet$4760 to continue programming aimed at developing a deeper sense of belonging, gathering and local resilience.Barre Historical Society—Bread and Roses ProgramBarre$4400 to help students at the Governor’s Institute for Global Issues and Youth Action develop a trailer and video about the role Barre played in the Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence, MA in 1912. Students will present the video at their schools.Catamount Access Television—CAT-TV Youth Story LabBennington$5000 to support a 12-week program where middle and high school students explore local people, places, history, and culture through research, interviews, and short video stories shared with the community.Greenbridge—The Bridge Project: Vermont-Québec Educator and Student Humanities ExchangeColchester$3150 for an expanded bilingual Vermont-Québec humanities exchange and colloquium, inviting more teachers, students, and schools to consider dialogue, public discourse, and civic engagement in classrooms and curriculum focused on the humanities.Groton Free Public Library—It Takes a Village: Afterschool Mentorship ProgramGroton$5000 to continue an afterschool mentorship program designed to empower youth by meaningfully investigating the query, “What makes up a good life?” and to build skills and connections to realize their visions for their lives and their community.Inner Space—Unheard Stories ProjectMontpelier$5000 for a student-led after school program that supports immigrant and refugee students to share stories of identity, background, and experience with each other and with the larger community through public performance.Lamoille Community House—Lives of Lamoille County Season TwoHyde Park$2500 to support the continued production of a podcast about the stories of people with lived experience of homelessness, told in their own words.On Goldfish Pond Creative—Hollywood, VT “The Trouble with Harry” The Deep DigRandolph Center$5000 for a public humanities program that uses a Vermont-connected film to explore adaptation, authorship, representation, and Vermont film history through discussion and reflection.Poetry Society of Vermont—2027 Summer Poetry Festival: Gathering VoicesMontpelier$5000 to support a festival that gathers poets and poetry lovers to celebrate the art of the beautiful word through presentations, poetry prompts and games, open mic sessions, letterpress printing and papermaking, and a local-poets book market.Saint Michael’s College—American Revolution Day: Celebrating Vermont’s 250th AnniversaryColchester$5000 for a joint academic and public history event to teach Vermonters about their state’s historic role in the American Revolution (and celebrate it!) This project was awarded to commemorate our nation’s 250th anniversary, using funds from the Vermont 250th Commission.Step Out, inc.—Step Out VT Life Skills Curriculum Development ProjectBurlington$4830 to help build free educational resources for female survivors of domestic violence, women living in poverty, and/or domestic violence survivor housing.The PhotoBridge Project—UNERASED: from Kabul to VermontColchester$5000 to design and build a traveling exhibition of new documentary photography of Afghan Vermonters, to be owned by the Vermont Afghan Alliance.Vermont Arts Exchange Step Show: The MusicalNorth Bennington$5000 to present an inter-generational coming of age story that celebrates Black culture, family, and legacy. Twelve actor/dancers will hold an interactive assembly/workshop at the local high school, followed by an evening public performance.Vermont Huts &amp; Trails—Opening the DoorWaterbury$5000 to support eight free, three-day retreats for rural youth and Vermonters with disabilities who face barriers to outdoor access, with an aim to create opportunities to connect with one another, Vermont’s landscapes, and their communities.Vermont Stage—Public Square Plays 2027: “Eden Prairie, 1971”Burlington$5000 for a tour of Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971” to Vermont middle and high schools, pairing professional performances with an educator resource guide and moderated discussions exploring war, conscience, citizenship, dissent, and responsibility.https://www.vermonthumanities.org/To support vital journalism, access our archives and get unique features like our award-winning profiles, Book of Lists &amp; Business-to-Business Directory, subscribe HERE!Vermont Business Magazine</div></body>

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Humanities recently awarded $74,640 in Project Grants to 16 different organizations for our Fall Project Grant Round, including $5,000 to Vermont Stage to support a tour of Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971” to Vermont middle and high schools. The project pairs professional performances...

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Vermont Humanities Fall 2026 Project Grant Awards

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