Arts/ Music

Mardi Gras Parade 03/05/2011

Mardi Gras Parade. Watch here the edited version of the parade with Eva Sollberger's comments.

Artful Word: Somali Bantu Community Party 02/19/2011

James Gero's video of the Somali Bantu Community Dinner and Party held at the Champlain Senior Center in Burlington, Vt..

United College Club: Mic Criminals - New Youth Leaders 02/18/2011

Mic Criminals is the name of a band spanning high school and college age youth, from a variety of backrounds who are creating music from thier experiences and ideas. Sam Mayfield speaks with them on their evolution. Check out Mic Criminals on their Facebook Page.

Artful Word: Burlington Winter Fest Penguin Plunge 02/05/2011

James Gero's video of the Burlington Winter Festival and the Penguin Plunge.

Public Service Announcements: Living the Good Life in Vermont - PSA 01/20/2011

VSA Vermont's Awareness Theater Company presents 'Living the Good Life in Vermont', a play to inform and empower Vermont's immigrant and refugee populations regarding their rights as victims of crimes. The 'New Neighbors Victim Outreach Project' is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Vermont Awareness Theater is a project of VSA Vermont. This Public Service Announcement was produced by Dan Higgins.

Artful Word: MLK Statue Unveiling at H.O Wheeler 01/18/2011

A video by community producer James Gero. The statue was created by sculptor Chris Sharp, a teacher at Burlington High School and former student at the school to which he is presenting the statue.

Curtains without Borders: Burlington Curtain Conservation 01/18/2011

Curtains Without Borders is a project to preserve historic painted scenery. This video talks about the effort and describes some of the curtain conservation process. The video also features the conservation and installation of a curtain that depicts Church Street in Burlington. For more information please visit the Curtains Without Borders website.

Artful Word: Drawing Strength - Alisa Dworsky 01/17/2011

A video by community producer James Gero.

With ropes and bamboo, artist and architectural designer Alisa Dworsky transforms the east and west galleries into complex physical environments. In the installation Surface Tension, black hand-crocheted rope is used to build a landscape suggestive of topographical maps and computer-generated virtual worlds. Dramatic peaks, formed by an upward pull in the rope, are balanced by a series of suspended counterweights. Points of View, a complex network of bamboo tetrahedrons, fills the west gallery. Blue reflective tape on the structure suggests a waterline horizon, which creates a shimmering, level plane when illuminated with provided headlamps. With the play of rigid and organic lines, as well as the projection of shadows on the gallery walls, Dworsky reinterprets two-dimensional drawing into three-dimensional form.For more info, please click here.

United College Club: Governor Peter Shumlin - Governor on Youth 01/17/2011

Governor Peter Shumlin is the guest of this Service Rendered show with host Rachel Schneider, Service Rendered Assistant Director, and Bruce Wilson, Executive Director.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!