The four artists selected to interpret our Twilight Educational Trail for our Open For Interpretation community art project have begun their work with area school children while living in residency at the museum. The artists are Alessandra Nichols, Isadora Snapp, William Tulp and Misuk Weaver.
Each artist will spend the winter and spring researching and developing their own work which will be unveiled at the museum on Old Stone House Day 2022 on Sunday, August 14, 2022. The artists will also spend April and May working with local students to teach them about public art interpretation during their teaching residencies at the museum and at area schools.
The artists’ finished art will be unveiled on the museum’s one-mile outdoor walking trail named for the 19th century African American educator, Alexander Lucius Twilight. Established in 2020 with funding from Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, the Twilight Educational Trail interprets elements of the natural and human world. It encircles our 60 acre property and winds through pasture, forest and the historic village. The trail provides a place to hike, snowshoe or cross country ski all year round.
Read more about each of our artists in this press release
Check back here to see images of our artists working with local school children. We will be adding them as they take place.
Irasburg Village School @ Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village – Alessandra Nichols, Compost Hut Workshop
Glover Community School @ Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village – Alessandra Nichols, Compost Hut Workshop
Brownington Central School – Isadora Snapp, Jazz Dance
North Country Junior High School – Bill Tulp, Personal Graphic Storytelling
Brownington Central School and Lake Region Union High School – Misuk P. Weaver, Found Art
Funding for this project was made possible by the Vermont Arts Council and a Northern Forest Destination Development Initiative grant from the Northeastern Vermont Development Association, Northern Forest Center and Northern Border Regional Commission.