BRATTLEBORO — Art in the Neighborhood recently received a $3,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation's Spark! Connecting Community grant program. The grant will help further Art in the Neighborhood's mission of bringing art to residents of low-income housing communities in Brattleboro.
“We are honored to receive this grant,” Executive Director Mollie S. Burke said in a news release. “Our project involves inter-generational art classes between young student residents of the Moore Court housing community and adults living in the neighboring Samuel Elliot apartments.”
The heart of VCF's work is closing the opportunity gap. This aligns with Art in the Neighborhood's mission to provide tuition-free visual arts classes for economically disadvantaged and culturally diverse children in low-income housing communities in Brattleboro.
Art in the Neighborhood teachers impart skills and personal modes of expression to help students develop their full creative potential and become confident and active members of their communities. They also engage the community of parents and residents through regular exhibitions of student art and outdoor projects.