(For adults and high school students)

Saturday, January 25, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Classroom
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Tatiana Murray

Participants will learn wet felting technique and use spinning fiber merino wool, bamboo silk, lace and soapy water to create this unique and beautiful accessory. All materials will be provided, including wool in black, gray, and blue. This fun workshop is for all skill levels.

Class fee: $40 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members and high school students).

Scholarship funds are available for high school students; please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109 for details.

Materials fee: $15, to be paid directly to the instructor

Registration deadline: January 23

Parents of students under age 18: Please complete an enrollment form HERE after paying for the workshop.

Tatiana Murray worked as an art teacher and illustrated children’s books in her native Russia. A member of the New Hampshire Art Association and New Hampshire League of Craftsmen, she has exhibited widely and has an Etsy shop featuring her wool felted designs.

Saturday, February 8, 10am-noon

Location:
Catamount Arts Center Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT

Led by local artist Sharon Kenney Biddle, participants in this drop-in workshop will make Valentine cards for the special people in their lives using a variety of bright papers and other materials.

For all ages (children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult)

Admission: FREE, all supplies included (donations to Catamount Arts welcome)

Registration not required, but we’d love to have an idea of how many people to expect, so please email acampbell@catamountarts.org or call 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

Saturday, February 8, 10am-4pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Penny Hewitt

Create a double woven diagonal plaited basket and experience the amazing qualities of the inner bark of the white birch tree. Students will have choices in the shape and rim design. Included in the workshop is a discussion on how the material is sustainably harvested and processed.

Workshop fee: $60/$54 for Catamount Arts members and high school students. Scholarship funds are available for high school students; please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109 for details.

Materials fee: $50, payable directly to the instructor.

Registration deadline: February 1

Parents of high school students under age 18: Please complete an enrollment form HERE after paying for the workshop.

A craftsperson, teacher, homesteader, and homeschooling mom, Penny Hewitt lives with her family on a diversified farm in the Northeast Kingdom. Working with responsibly harvested and hand-processed materials from the forest surrounding her home, Penny seeks to create objects of beauty that are useful in everyday life. She is inspired by traditions of other cultures, and grateful for the opportunities of connection to people, place, nature, and self that her craft cultivates. Her experience with weaving includes teaching workshops, leading homeschool groups, and crafting for income.

Location: Catamount Arts Center

Admission: Free

Northern Vermont Songwriters is a new organization for songwriters to share knowledge and maximize creativity. Membership and meetings are free. We meet at 6:45 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month in the cabaret room at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury. Songwriters from Vermont, New Hampshire and anywhere else are invited to attend, and all genres of music are welcome. Songwriters may bring a song to share. The song may be performed live for the group, or a recording may be played (an iPhone dock will be available). Songwriters are encouraged to bring 6 copies of lyrics to share with the group. They may also bring lyrics only, or choose to simply listen and comment on the songs of others. Members might be invited to participate in public performances, including a Songwriter Round at Catamount Arts and at First Night. Another exciting benefit is occasional workshops hosted by music industry professionals, designed to help songwriters improve their craft. Please join us for our next meeting. Any questions should be sent to jakarns33@gmail.com; or phone: (802) 467-9859.

Monday, Feb. 24, 1-3pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Classroom
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Dana Karuza-Tulp

Students will explore simple origami patterns and learn about various folding techniques to make boxes, stars, cranes and more with beautiful Japanese papers.

Class fee: $15 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members). Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts education to all students, regardless of ability to pay. If you would like information on scholarship availability, please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

After paying for this class, please complete the enrollment form HERE.

Dana Karuza has worked as a teaching and resident artist for a variety of non-profits and independent schools in the area. Through VSA (Very Special Arts) VT and St. Michael’s College she completed the Arts to Smarts integrated arts training. Dana has worked with all ages in fiber arts, mosaics, puppetry and paper arts. She was previously an integrated arts teacher at the L.E.A.R.N. school in Lyndonville and Program Coordinator and Teaching Artist at Catamount Arts. Currently, she is the Outreach Coordinator at the Old Stone House Museum. Dana enjoys teaching the creative process through lively discussions, critiques and open-ended projects.

Monday, Feb. 24, 3:15-3:45pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Paper cutter Carolyn Guest will show work of Polish, Chinese, Swiss and German cutters, along with her own work. Carolyn spent 6 months living and working in Poland on an International 4-H Youth Exchange Program, where she was introduced to the folk art Wycinancki (vee-chee-non-kee), or paper cutting. She has returned to Poland several times and visited other countries to study with paper cutters and other folk artists. She continues her international interests through church missions and 4-H.

Class fee: Free with enrollment in one of the Vacation Week Classes. Donations requested from family members and others not enrolled in a class. Please complete an enrollment form for this activity for any student under age 18 if they will not be accompanied by an adult, even if you have completed one for one of the classes.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 10:30am-noon

Location:
Catamount Arts Classroom
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: April Zajko

Children will be invited to wake up their creativity and design their very own “Eco Sculpture” using a wide variety of recycled materials. The only limits are their imagination and the width of the door to take their sculptures home! Please wear clothes that can get messy!

Class fee: $15 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members). Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts education to all students, regardless of ability to pay. If you would like information on scholarship availability, please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

After paying for this class, please complete the enrollment form HERE.

April Zajko, M.Ed. is a local Licensed Early Childhood Educator and faculty member at the Community College of Vermont. Her passion for lifelong learning has led her to study in depth about nurturing imagination, nature-inspired approaches to early childhood education, and exploring process art with young children. April has taught in public and private schools and has had great joy in connecting with a wide cross-section of educators, researchers, child care providers, families, and, most importantly, children.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1-3pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Dana Karuza-Tulp

Students will cut and paste collages inspired by traditional patterns and designs from many other cultures with an individual, personal contemporary element to their finished pieces. Projects on Tuesday and Wednesday will be different, so students may register for one or both of these classes.

Class fee: $15 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members). Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts education to all students, regardless of ability to pay. If you would like information on scholarship availability, please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

After paying for this class, please complete the enrollment form HERE.

Dana Karuza has worked as a teaching and resident artist for a variety of non-profits and independent schools in the area. Through VSA (Very Special Arts) VT and St. Michael’s College she completed the Arts to Smarts integrated arts training. Dana has worked with all ages in fiber arts, mosaics, puppetry and paper arts. She was previously an integrated arts teacher at the L.E.A.R.N. school in Lyndonville and Program Coordinator and Teaching Artist at Catamount Arts. Currently, she is the Outreach Coordinator at the Old Stone House Museum. Dana enjoys teaching the creative process through lively discussions, critiques and open-ended projects.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1-3pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Dana Karuza-Tulp

Students will cut and paste collages inspired by traditional patterns and designs from many other cultures with an individual, personal contemporary element to their finished pieces. Projects on Tuesday and Wednesday will be different, so students may register for one or both of these classes.

Class fee: $15 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members). Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts education to all students, regardless of ability to pay. If you would like information on scholarship availability, please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

After paying for this class, please complete the enrollment form HERE.

Dana Karuza has worked as a teaching and resident artist for a variety of non-profits and independent schools in the area. Through VSA (Very Special Arts) VT and St. Michael’s College she completed the Arts to Smarts integrated arts training. Dana has worked with all ages in fiber arts, mosaics, puppetry and paper arts. She was previously an integrated arts teacher at the L.E.A.R.N. school in Lyndonville and Program Coordinator and Teaching Artist at Catamount Arts. Currently, she is the Outreach Coordinator at the Old Stone House Museum. Dana enjoys teaching the creative process through lively discussions, critiques and open-ended projects.

Thursday, Feb. 27, 1-3:30pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Katie Gilmartin

Students will be introduced to the basics of performance, such as using their faces and bodies to convey emotion. They will learn to perform together as a group, how to improvise and think creatively. They’ll also learn about the language and structure of theater, theater architecture and staging. Finally, they’ll learn to give and receive direction, which is essential in theater but also a useful skill in many other aspects of life.

Class fee: $15 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members). Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts education to all students, regardless of ability to pay. If you would like information on scholarship availability, please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109.

After paying for this class, please complete the enrollment form HERE.

Katie Gilmartin graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 2014 and from SUNY Purchase in 2017 with a degree in Theater, Performance, and Arts Management. She has taught young performers many aspects of theater, including monologue study, audition preparation, Shakespeare, and improvisation. She has worked in New York City on productions with The New Group, The Anthropologists, and New York Theatre Workshop/Adelphi Residency.

A weekend of music and merriment

Friday, August 28 - Sunday, August 30

See schedule below

Location:
Whitehill Farm
East Ryegate, VT

Tickets: Early-Bird Special (ends March 19th) $125, Full Price: $150

After purchasing your ticket, please fill out the registration form found HERE.
Weekend retreat includes a weekend of fun, ritual, instruction, food, and drink provided by Will and Lynn. Primitive housing provided for free! Commuting is optional.

A magical, musical retreat in the mountains of Vermont! Lynn and Will Rowan will lead a gentle weekend of singing with dancing, storytelling, drumming, and ritual in the beautiful hills of northern Vermont! No music reading skills required, just a willingness to open to music, community, and nature. The weekend will include music from harmony singing traditions around the world. We will also sing rounds, chants, and songs of solidarity to celebrate the earth, reinforce our interconnectedness, and heal our hearts in these challenging times. Friday and Saturday we will make a procession up the hill with bagpipes and drums to honor the sun in song, then light our evening fire for stories, music, and merriment. Please bring musical instruments if you have them! The weekend will culminate in a Sunday afternoon community concert by Lynn & Will and the Summersong Singers. Join kindred spirits, friends new and old, and music-lovers and celebrate summer’s end with us!

Meals and accommodations
The traditional farmyard barn where we will be rehearsing has a common sleeping area upstairs. Participants may alternately bring tents to camp onsite or choose to commute. There are no onsite showers, but there is swimming nearby in a stream and pond. All participants will take part in the daily chores of the camp including cooking our communal meals, cleaning up after meals, and keeping our space tidy, helping build our community for the weekend.

Location
The weekend will be held at Whitehill Farm, located in the southern most point of the Northeast Kingdom. The Farm was a traditional dairy farm and we continue to pasture heifers to this day. The homestead continues to maintain 40 acres, most of which are pasture, but there is a 3 acre parcel of cedars and five acres of sugar maples that are tapped each year. There are outstanding views from the top of this traditionally rugged property where you can take in the White Mountains and the Connecticut River. The property also has a small stream and a neighboring farm yard pond where we can cool off each day.

Ages
10-Adult
Camp is not geared towards children under 10. Participants aged 10-11 should be accompanied by an adult or older sibling. People aged 12 and up can attend independently.

For more information, please contact Heather Alger: Heather.L.Alger@gmail.com

Rough Schedule

Friday

• 4-5:00 - Arrivals
• 5:00 - Opening
• 6:00 - Dinner
• 6:30 - Dinner Cleanup
• 7:00 - Opening Circle/Singing down the Sun
• 8:00 - Evening Fire

Saturday

• 8:00 - Breakfast prep
• 8:30 - Breakfast
• 9:00 Breakfast cleanup
• 9:30 Morning Singing
• 12:00 - Lunch Prep
• 12:30 - Lunch
• 1:30 - Lunch cleanup
• 2:00 - Afternoon singing/dancing
• 4:30 - Dinner prep
• 6:00 - Dinner
• 6:30 - Dinner cleanup
• 7:00 - Singing down the Sun
• 8:00 - Evening Fire

Sunday

• 8:00 - Breakfast prep
• 8:30 - Breakfast
• 9:00 - Breakfast cleanup
• 9:30 - Morning Singing
• 11:30 - Lunch prep
• 12:15 - Lunch
• 12:45 - Lunch clean-up
• 1:15 - Concert prep
• 2:00 - Closing Circle
• 3-4 - Concert
• 4-5 - Final Clean-up / Departures

Directors

Will Rowan
Will was raised in a community where folk music and dance played an important role in bringing people together to celebrate. He fell in love with ensemble singing while touring with Village Harmony, learning from master singers and dancers at home and abroad. He studied music composition and ethnomusicology at Marlboro College, winning awards in choral composition and publishing several pieces. He also holds a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the Bard College Conservatory. Will is a multi-instrumentalist, playing banjo, piano, accordion, bagpipes, and percussion. With his sensitive style and years of cross-cultural teaching experience from international tours with Northern Harmony, Will is now a sought after song leader, teaching Village Harmony camps in the US and Lithuania.

Lynn Rowan
Lynn has dedicated her professional life to the study of vocal performance in its many and varied forms and has performed and taught workshops, lessons and lead choirs in singing for the past decade. These days she spends most of her time performing with her vocal band, Windborne, focusing on songs of social justice. Having grown up immersed in the folk communities of Vermont and discovering harmony singing traditions of many cultures through Village Harmony (which she now teaches for), her work is deeply rooted in and influenced by nature, history, and folklore of not only her own home, but also rich traditions from all over the world. Lynn's teaching style is clear, warm, and encouraging.