The gifts here have been donated by Vermont artists and arts organizations as thank-you gifts for people who post videos about
What Has Helped Me Learn About, or Develop in, My Artform
The pictures of the gifts below link to the donor’s website. When you send the YouTube link for your video to info@vaae.org, you can let us know which gift you would like. We will send your email address to the donor, and they will contact you to find out where you want it sent. Simple and fun! And thanks so much to everyone who participates!
Thrufters & Throughstones: The Music of Vermont’s First 400 Years donated by the Vermont Music Library and Shop. 5 available
Thrufters & Throughstones: The Music of Vermont’s First 400 Years is a collaboration of the Vermont Music Library program of Big Heavy World, the Vermont Historical Society, and the Vermont Folklife Center. Each has been delving into their recording and printed music archives and working with Vermont musicians to re-create the music of Vermont’s last four centuries, bringing examples from different eras together in a CD set for educators and the public.
Original Oil Painting by Ann Young 1 available
An original oil painting entitled Sunset on the Columbia River by Vermont painter Ann Young. This is a 6×8″ oil painting on canvas that the artist will sign and send to you! Ann is a widely-exhibited artist who lives in the Northeast Kingdom.
Champlain Valley Folk Festival tickets for Saturday, July 30 5 available
“Vermont hosts a number of signature annual cultural events in the summertime… But for people with an appreciation of folk and ethnic musical traditions in all their diversity and glory, none compares to the Champlain Valley Folk Festival…” -Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
Handmade Button from Art Button Works 3 available
Art Button Works is run by two artists in Northern Vermont. Each one is unique. The material used for the buttons is polymer clay with just about any method of applying color and texture the makers can come up with. They make buttons with weavers, knitters, sewers, and fashion designers in mind.
The Woofers by Anna Dibble 5 available
DibbleDog Notecards: Pack of six 5” x 7” cards with envelopes, blank inside for your own message. DibbleDog Cards are made by Vermont artist and cartoonist Anna Dibble, and printed by a local Vermont printer on high quality satin card stock.
Beanie for Peace Posters by David Klein 5 available
Each gift has four 12” x 16” Beanie for Peace posters, reproductions of a hand-silk screened print with the image of a blue dog named Beanie, singing to the moon. Beanie’s original name was, “The Bean,” named for her resemblance, as a curled up puppy, to a soaked soybean. Beanie is a dog who sings for peace. Until it comes her voice will never cease.
Handmade Silk Scarf by Maggie Neale 5 available
Original watercolor in permanent dye on silk, 10″x10″ approximately, each hand hemmed. From the Earth and Water series, all have similar tones but each is unique, an original painting. Frame it, stitch it, incorporate it; durable and transformative.
Planet Earrings made by our Executive Director, Janet Van Fleet! 5 available
Janet makes lots of different things out of painted metal disks. These are painted metallic red and silver and have gold filled wires. She made them during a project with Japanese artists called ON THE PLANET, where she exhibited a 36-foot wall with painted metal disks.
Original Oil Painting by Ann Young 1 available
An original oil painting entitled Jay Peak by Vermont painter Ann Young. This is a 6×8″ oil painting on canvas that the artist will sign and send to you! Ann is a widely-exhibited artist who lives in the Northeast Kingdom.
Boxed Winter Scene Notecards by Elizabeth Nelson 5 available
Each box has four 5″ x 7″ notecards and envelopes with two different images: “Red Ossiers” and “Plateau” (shown). High quality prints are tipped on to the blank card.
“Mayfly”, a cd of music by Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne 5 available
Katie Trautz (fiddle, vocals, guitar, banjo), and Julia Wayne (mandolin, vocals, guitar, banjo) present an album of harmony vocals and folk instrumentals, influenced by southern appalachian old-time, new england blues, ballads, shape-note, and soul music.
Original Artist Sketches by Kathy Stark 5 available
Turning Back Beautiful, songs by Diana Winn sung by Vermont divas 5 available
Album from miss demeanor music, sister label to Re-Bop Records. A performing musician and respected songwriter for three decades, Diana Winn holds a unique place in Vermont’s music scene. This cd features a dozen of Diana’s favorite divas revealing her most personal compositions.
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