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The Big Barn

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​Zena Howard is one of the award-winning architects who designed the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.  In June 2018, ​Ms. Howard visited the Clemmons Family Farm to support the early creative placemaking visioning for the historic Big Barn. ​

The Big Barn is the future venue of African American and African diaspora visual and performing arts programs.
Above:  Enjoy Zena Howard's highlights of her speech at the opening reception of the "Making History, Creating Place" design weekend at the Farm in Vermont (left) and her comments at the end of the weekend (right).

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With support from ArtPlace America and the Vermont Agency for Commerce and Community Development/Division of Historic Preservation, the Clemmons Family Farm has begun the work to transform the beautiful 1700's Big Barn into a venue for African-American and African diaspora visual and performing arts.  The work will take course over three phases to preserve its historic structural beauty, revitalize its agricultural uses, and recreate the space as a venue for African American and African diaspora visual arts and performing arts programs, educational enrichment, and community-building.
Left:  Nearly 30 of Vermont's talented artists and architects spent all day with Zena Howard in a "Making History, Creating Place" design charette to envision future creative uses of the "Big Barn" on the Clemmons Family Farm.
Above: (Left) Barn Meditation is a short story-telling video about the Clemmons' childhood memories of stacking hay in the Big Barn in the 1960's.​ (Right) Making History, Creating Place: Preservation and Creative Placemaking at the Big Barn. in 2018.
​​Built into a hill, the two-level Big Barn at the Clemmons Family Farm was used for dairy cows, sheep, horses, poultry (lower level) and hay (upper level) from the time of its construction in the late 1700's and through the years up to the mid-1990's. ​It was also one of the Clemmons children's favorite places to play when they were growing up on the Farm in the 1960's.

​ Above left: During her weekend at the Clemmons Family Farm, Zena Howard held a mentoring session with a group of middle school girls from the local community.  Above right:  The historic Big Barn at the Clemmons Family Barn has enthralled local residents and other visitors to the Farm since the early 1800's. The barn is a popular subject for landscape artists and photographers.  
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PO Box 546
Charlotte, Vermont 05445
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  • BHM 2023
  • What We Do
    • Our Programs >
      • Heritage Celebrations >
        • MLK Day 2023!
        • Kwanzaa 2022
        • Juneteenth 2022!
      • K-12 Ethnic Studies >
        • Field Trips
      • Creating Healthy Communities >
        • Beneath Our Skin
        • Cancelling Miss Rona
        • A Sense of Place >
          • A Sense of Place at NEFA-CCX
      • Art >
        • Farm2Art Program >
          • Summer 2016 Farm2Art Program
        • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
      • Farm
      • Forest
      • Heritage
  • About
    • Our Team
    • About Us >
      • Our Vision
    • Who We Are >
      • Jack and Lydia's Living Legacy
      • How Jack and Lydia Found and Bought the Farm
      • Holding On to Our Legacies
    • When Are We Open?
    • Press Coverage >
      • Other News >
        • 2019 Visitors Survey: Sneak Preview
        • 2018 Updates
        • 2017 Updates
        • 2016 Updates
    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • 2018 Visitor Survey Findings!
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
    • Subscribe!
  • Artists' Registry
    • Are You Looking for an Artist?
    • Why, Hello there, Artists!
  • Historic Buildings
    • Venue Rentals
    • Stay with Us!
    • Six Historic Buildings
    • The Barn House >
      • The Barn House Legacy
      • Stay with Us!
    • The Big Barn >
      • "Making History, Creating Place" Videos!
      • The Historic Water Cistern
    • The Main House >
      • About the Black Locust Trees
    • The Shop >
      • The Authentica Library
      • Shop Storytelling Videos
  • Please Donate!
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