Vermont Folklife Center archivist to speak in Brattleboro        

The next Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly roundtable discussion series will feature Andy Kolovos, associate director and archivist of the Vermont Folklife Center.  Kolovos will discuss place-based audio storytelling and VFC founder Jane Beck’s work with Vermont storyteller Daisy Turner. She is the daughter of the formerly enslaved Alec and Sally Turner, who settled in Grafton, Vt., in the years following the Civil War.

Vermont Folklife Center staff members have traveled the state documenting the lives and experiences of Vermonters from all walks of life for more than 35 years. It has an archive containing more than 6,000 recordings, and has incorporated these voices into exhibits, websites, print publications, radio documentaries and, most recently, a podcast titled "Vermont Untapped."

The Brattleboro Words Project is a multi-year collaboration between the Brattleboro Historical Society, the Brattleboro Literary Festival, Write Action, Brooks Memorial Library and Marlboro College backed by a National Endowment for the Humanities matching grant and support from area businesses and foundations.