Drop in for stories, treats, and crafting inspired by the cozy Icelandic winter tradition of sharing books and chocolate. Cozy clothes and pajamas encouraged! 

Families are invited to bring a new picture book to donate to the Books for Children Gift Campaign (optional). More information can be found HERE.

Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington  

Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the Carceral system. It combines art made by incarcerated artists in facilities in Vermont,—from poetry and other writings to visual art and sculptural pieces—and art made collaboratively between incarcerated artists with non-incarcerated artists on the outside. 

A Revolutionary Press and Vermont Works for Women  in collaboration with the artists and poets at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

Finding Hope Within  features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington  

In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”