Did You Know? The Snelling Collection - Part 1
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Did You Know? The Snelling Collection - Part 1

Between 2002 and 2004, on behalf of the Snelling Center for Government, VFC founder Jane Beck interviewed 35 current and former Vermont legislators to explore the culture of Vermont’s citizen legislature and the personal relationships from which this culture emerges.

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Did You Know? - Mediha Goretic
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Did You Know? - Mediha Goretic

Meet VTAAP master artist Mediha Goretic. Born and raised in Bosnia, Mediha came to the United States in 2000, joining several thousand other Bosnian refugees who settled in Vermont between 1993 and 2005. As a young woman in Yugoslavia, Mediha performed internationally as a member of a traditional dance troupe. Here in Vermont she formed the dance group the Bosnian Lilies to support the vitality of traditional music and dance among Bosnians in their newly adopted country.

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Did You Know? - “Jeanne Brink: Basket Maker”
Archives, Living Traditions Mary Wesley Archives, Living Traditions Mary Wesley

Did You Know? - “Jeanne Brink: Basket Maker”

The VFC Archives is full of amazing first-person accounts of everyday life in Vermont and New England–past and present. In this feature, we'll share these stories with you.

This month meet Abenaki basket maker Jeanne Brink. Jeanne is someone with the distinction of having been both an apprentice in the early years of the Vermont Traditional Art Apprenticeship Program and later a mentor artist, coming full circle to pass on the knowledge, skills and traditions that she learned.

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Did You Know? - “If the Shoe Fits”
Archives, Living Traditions Mary Wesley Archives, Living Traditions Mary Wesley

Did You Know? - “If the Shoe Fits”

The VFC Archives is full of amazing first-person accounts of everyday life in Vermont and New England–past and present. In this feature, we'll share these stories with you.

We begin with master shoemaker Dan Freeman of Middlebury and apprentice Anne Callahan who worked together beginning in 2004. Freeman’s shop, Dan Freeman’s Leatherwork, has been a Middlebury staple for decades.

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