Vermont Made

Musician and teaching artist Rebecca Mack discusses her new song cycle, "Body," inspired by her experiences with long Covid disability, climate change, and the shared impermanence of the human body and the Earth body.Learn more about Rebecca and her work at rebeccamackmusic.com.Download a transcript of this episode (PDF).This episode of Vermont Made is sponsored by the Vermont Depa

Acclaimed circus educator Troy Wunderle discusses Vermont’s vibrant circus community, the essence of clowning, and receiving the 2022 Excellence in Circus Education Award from the American Circus Educators Association.Learn more about Troy and his work at bigtopadventures.com.Download a transcript of this episode (PDF).This episode of Vermont Made is sponsored by the Vermont Depa

Artist-builders Thea Alvin and Meg Reinhold discuss the new Yestermorrow Design/Build School exhibit Elements of Shelter, on view in the Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden through May 2025.Learn more about the exhibit, the artists, and Yestermorrow at vermontartscouncil.org/sculpture-garden where you'll also find links to resources and information on the climate and housing cris

Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden discusses her two Eisner Award-winning graphic novels, Spinning and Are You Listening?, her Cosmic Slumber Tarot deck, teaching at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and more. Learn more about Tillie Walden at tilliewalden.com.Download a transcript of this episode (PDF).This episode of Vermont Made is sponsored by the Vermont Department of Tou

HB Lozito and Grace Johnston-Fennell of Out in the Open collaborate with Rae Garringer of Country Queers to launch the 2023 Trans Audio Retreat, an opportunity for rural trans and nonbinary creatives in Vermont to foster community and let their voices be heard. Learn more about Out in the Open at weareoutintheopen.org and more about Country Queers at countryqueers.com.Download a tr

Sed One of Montpelier-based hip hop duo Boomslang discusses two albums, the recently released Boomslang III and the upcoming Boomslang Forever, and leaving a creative legacy after the passing of his other half, JL or Johnny Morris.Learn more about Boomslang and buy their music at boomslangvt.bandcamp.com. The episode includes samples from Boomslang III tracks "Just for Me" and "Won

Novelist Ann Dávila Cardinal discusses her upcoming horror novel for Middle Grade readers, Dry Bones, and reads an excerpt from her upcoming magical realist novel for adults, The Storyteller's Death, available Oct. 4, 2022. Learn more about Ann and her books at anndavilacardinal.com. Download a transcript of the episode (PDF).Support the Show.

Two of the minds behind independent film company WalrusDice Productions discuss their new feature-length fantasy adventure, The Butterfly Queen, filmed entirely around Ryegate, VT and releasing in fall 2022. Learn more about the film and the production company at walrusdice.com. See photos from the filming of The Butterfly Queen in the show notes on our website.Download a transcrip

Acclaimed essayist Emily Bernard discusses life after her 2019 book Black is the Body, intimacy and the page, and her next project, a collection of essays about Black women artists in the public eye.Learn more about Emily Bernard at emilybernard.com.Download a transcript of this episode (PDF).Support the Show.

State legislator and former executive director of The Flynn John Killacky discusses because art, his new collection of commentary, critique, and conversations from over 30 years in the arts.Learn more about John at johnkillacky.com, and order because art direct from Vermont bookseller Phoenix Books.Download a transcript of the episode (PDF).Support the Show.