ArtsHERE
Above: Multimedia artist and scholar Kaylynn Sullivan Twotrees (left) and musician Mikahely (right) at the historic Clemmons Farm.
Clemmons Family Farm is one of 112 recipients of an ArtsHERE grant in 2024, selected from a nationwide pool of 4000 organizations who applied. As a new pilot program from the National Endowment for the Arts, ArtsHERE aims to strengthen organizations’ capacity for community engagement and boost arts participation for underserved groups and communities across the country.
The ArtsHERE grant will support Clemmons Family Farm's overall marketing research and outreach strategies to promote the farm to artists and scholars on faculty at New England universities, and who have special expertise in the cultures and artistic expressions of the African diaspora, to use some of their sabbatical time in residence at the historic Clemmons Farm in Charlotte, Vermont. A pilot cohort of up to six scholars will be invited to spend time on the Farm and to participate in a survey, individual interviews, and a focus group discussion about their insights, experiences, and recommendations to the Clemmons Farm as a welcoming and inspiring residency space.
The ArtsHERE grant will support Clemmons Family Farm's overall marketing research and outreach strategies to promote the farm to artists and scholars on faculty at New England universities, and who have special expertise in the cultures and artistic expressions of the African diaspora, to use some of their sabbatical time in residence at the historic Clemmons Farm in Charlotte, Vermont. A pilot cohort of up to six scholars will be invited to spend time on the Farm and to participate in a survey, individual interviews, and a focus group discussion about their insights, experiences, and recommendations to the Clemmons Farm as a welcoming and inspiring residency space.
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Anticipated Outcomes of the ArtsHERE Grant Through our work with a pilot cohort of African diaspora arts and culture scholars who will do short-term residencies on the Clemmons Farm, Clemmons Family Farm will design visiting scholar-in-residence programs that include the following outcomes: 1. Visiting scholars-in-residence will have a beautiful welcoming, inspiring, and comfortable space to study, to learn, and develop their arts and humanities creative works; 2. As part of their on-farm sabbatical/residency, each visiting scholar-in-residence will contribute: |
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a. one mentoring or professional development workshop for members of the Vermont African American/African Diaspora Artists Network (VAAADAN) members; and/or
b. one arts & culture community event on the farm.
3. The funds generated through visiting scholar's on-farm residences and sabbaticals (paid by their universities or grants) will contribute to:
a. the farm's operating costs and;
b. an “Arts Equity Transportation Fund” to assist VAAADAN members, Black Vermonters, and other underserved communities with free rides or travel stipends to attend arts & culture programs on the Farm.
4. New relationships will be built between Clemmons Family Farm, the New England Foundation of the Arts Leaders of Color Fellows, and New England scholars with expertise in African diaspora arts and culture.
b. one arts & culture community event on the farm.
3. The funds generated through visiting scholar's on-farm residences and sabbaticals (paid by their universities or grants) will contribute to:
a. the farm's operating costs and;
b. an “Arts Equity Transportation Fund” to assist VAAADAN members, Black Vermonters, and other underserved communities with free rides or travel stipends to attend arts & culture programs on the Farm.
4. New relationships will be built between Clemmons Family Farm, the New England Foundation of the Arts Leaders of Color Fellows, and New England scholars with expertise in African diaspora arts and culture.
Clemmons Family Farm is seeking a Senior Market Research Consultant to conduct market research focused on understanding the needs and preferences of arts and humanities faculty in New England with expertise in African diaspora cultures and artistic expressions. The goal of this research is to inform the design of marketing materials that will attract these individuals to the Farm's visiting artist/scholar residency program for sabbaticals and retreats.
Review the consultant position description and apply below!
Review the consultant position description and apply below!
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