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Burlington is a powerhouse for innovation, creativity, and art. The Generator community is composed of people from all demographics, backgrounds, interests, and goals. These articles highlight different members stories and how Generator is part of a bigger creative community.

  • The second annual Holiday Humbug is here!

    The second annual Holiday Humbug is here!

    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7946″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]Join us for our second annual holiday market and party in the Upside Down!

    Free entry, refreshments, and live music from The Slow Cookers.

    Shop local handmade goods from:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/4″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]

    • Tender Warrior Co.
    • zobirdpottery
    • PixieTwine
    • Nikki Laxar Art
    • Fenn
    • Fine Forager Arts by Kara Torres
    • Sarah Camille Wilson

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    • Wit & Woven
    • The Root Studio
    • Jackie Bishop
    • Silverhill Creative Millinery
    • Jean Cherouny Artifacts Studio
    • Plus or Minus Studio
    • Seamus Hannan Woodworks

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    • Mats Thureson Metalworking
    • Whalefall Light and Sculpture – Kristian Brevik
    • Jill Dawson Bling the Book
    • Jake Blend Amusements
    • Linda Beal

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    • Pots by Julia
    • Alex Constantino
    • Jeffrey Lue
    • Wolf and Wood Thrush
    • Basin Reclaimed
    • Hooligan Soundz
    • Mean Folk

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  • Artist in Residence: Adriane Colburn

    Artist in Residence: Adriane Colburn

    Adriane Colburn


    Adriane Colburn is an artist based in San Francisco and New Jersey.

    Her recent work, large scale installations that investigate the complex relationships between human infrastructure, earth systems, technology and the natural world.

    A penchant for research and direct experience has led her to participate in scientific expeditions in the Arctic, the Amazon and at sea.

    Adriane used her time at Generator to create interconnected and steam bent wooden sculptures for a group exhibition at the University of Buffalo.

  • Meet the JumpStart Business of Art Cohort

    Meet the JumpStart Business of Art Cohort

    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Here are the eight artist-entrepreneurs spending nine weeks with us at Generator.

    A panel of retailers, curators, and art professionals selected these talented artists to participate in the JumpStart Business of Art program and receive:

    • free access to Generator’s tools, resources, and shared workspace
    • free public lectures and group coaching from established artist-entrepreneurs and industry professionals
    • free expert mentoring and technical assistance
    • an artist-entrepreneur stipend

    We’re so excited to help these folks strengthen existing business and launch new ones.

    Meet the artists below and be sure to mark your calendars with the upcoming Business of Art lectures and panels.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7912″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Kristin Silverman, Silverhill Creative Millinery

    Kristin Silverman is passionate about hats — both the artistic design in creating them and as a means of self-expression when people wear them. She designs and hand-makes one-of-a-kind hats and headpieces under the label Silverhill Creative Millinery. Using traditional millinery techniques, Kristin’s designs often incorporate other artistic mediums, such as extensive beading, hand embroidery and origami ribbonwork.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7909″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Haley Fenn

    Haley Fenn is a jewelry designer and visual artist.  Curious by the relationship between form and function they are driven by creating interesting interactions between their pieces and the space they occupy.  Whether it is the human form or an open room the artwork is made to highlight its surroundings and make the viewer take a closer look.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7913″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Nikki Laxar

    Nikki Laxar blends her talent of detailed ink illustrations with watercolor pigments to create a whimsical animal-inspired line of reproductions and stationery goods. She is currently exploring a series of scientifically accurate nebulas and other out of this world discoveries. Nikki has participated in a handful of local gallery exhibitions. Her ultimate dream is to participate in an artist residency so she can build a body of work to share as a solo show.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7904″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Mats Thureson

    Mats moved to Vermont in January 2019 to pursue his goal of self-employment as a professional bladesmith. He’s a carpenter by day and runs a side-hustle Etsy shop called TBsmithy where he sells small hand forged items. He wants to shift his main focus into professional violin making tools and one-off kitchen knives. He’s mostly self-taught, though he attended a continuing education course in bladesmithing at  MassArt with JD Smith, a mastersmith of the American Bladesmith Society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7914″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Gahlord Dewald

    Gahlord Dewald is a creative musician devoted to experimentation in acoustic, electric, and synthetic bass frequencies. He works seamlessly through the spectrum of composed and improvised musical expression, often blending acoustic and synthetic sound worlds to create complex textures and soundfabric.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7911″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Ashley Wilkinson, Wit and Woven

    Ashley Wilkinson is a Burlington based-artist who graduated from University of Vermont in 2014, where she received a B.A in Studio Art and Art History and a B.S in Art Education. Today, she channels her creative energy into her sewing business, Wit and Woven, a product line of gender-neutral and organic clothing for babies and toddlers. Ashley looks forward to participating in the Jump Start Business of Art program where she plans to systematically develop her business into a sustainable career.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7907″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Lauren Larken Scuderi

    Lauren Larken Scuderi is a vocalist, performer, mother and Artner who uses the tools of theatre, music, local plants and interdisciplinary arts to encourage healing and freedom of expression. She has stewarded many creative arts and activism campaigns, including the new young adult STEAM arts musical, Will and Whit, through the not-for-profit organization she founded and runs: ArtEvolve.org  She and her husband Stephen offer dance and music jam events locally at 365songbird.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7908″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Carrie Root, Root Studios

    After many years of being a lead merchandiser and buyer for several catalog companies, Carrie left the corporate world to focus on her dream of being a professional artist. Looking for something new and inspiring to rekindle her passions, she remembered the stained glass window she made over 20 years ago. Carrie dug out her soldering iron and some dusty pieces of glass and retaught herself the art of stained glass. Inspired by nature, her current work includes colorful feathers, ferns, birds and mountains.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]

    Learn more about JumpStart Business of Art here.

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  • We’re Hiring: could you be our next Executive Director?

    We’re Hiring: could you be our next Executive Director?

    Want to empower the next generation of makers, artists, and entrepreneurs through building relationships and leading our team?

    We’re hiring for our Executive Director!

    See below for the full description of the position.

    To apply, please e-mail your cover letter and resume here.

     

    JOB TITLE: Executive Director

    REPORTS TO: Board of Directors

    STATUS:  Full Time, Benefits Eligible (salary range:  $70,000 – $75,000)

    WHAT IS GENERATOR? Generator is a combination of business incubator, artist studio and classroom at the intersection of art, science, and technology. We provide the tools, expertise, education, and opportunity to enable all members of our community to create, collaborate, and bring ideas to fruition. Generator has over 400 maker-members and our programs engage over 2000 individuals per year in Burlington, Chittenden County and beyond. 

    WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? The Executive Director has strategic and operational responsibility for Generator’s staff, programs, budget and execution of its mission. Our ideal candidate believes in empowerment through collaborative, hands-on, experiential learning and has the ability to lead a team so our community can bring their visions to life. 

    WHAT ARE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS POSITION? 

    • Work with board members to develop, evolve and operationalize Generator’s mission and vision. 
    • Develop an annual budget in collaboration with the board finance committee, effectively manage the budget and provide board members with monthly budget status reports. 
    • Lead, engage, coach, develop, and retain Generator’s high performing staff. 
    • Work with staff to develop and expand earned income revenue streams including membership, studio rentals, class and events to maintain self-sustaining operations. 
    • Work with staff to develop and execute marketing strategies to raise brand awareness and support earned revenue strategies and community outreach programming. 
    • Work with staff and the board development committee to develop and secure fundraising to achieve a balanced budget via donor solicitations, grant writing, and corporate sponsorships. 
    • Work with staff to develop and execute educational strategy including tool certifications, skill building class, workshops and children’s camps. 
    • Work with staff and non-profit partner organizations to develop community outreach programming, including entrepreneurship and STEM education, workforce development and art/technology events. 
    • Develop member and volunteer celebrations and events, maker in residence, and art exhibits. 
    • Represent Generator in local and statewide entrepreneurship, maker, STEAM education projects and organizations. 
    • Other duties as may be required or requested. 

    WHAT ARE THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD HELP SOMEONE SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE? 

    • 5 plus years’ experience as executive director of a small community focused non-profit or equivalent combination of skills and experience. 
    • Leadership skills with the ability to coach, manage, develop, align and inspire high-performance teams. 
    • Operational and management skills with the ability to manage budgets, manage projects and achieve fundraising and programmatic goals. 
    • Strategic thinking skills with the ability to turn a vision into a reality. 
    • Passion for the integration of art, science, technology, entrepreneurship, and the creative process. 
    • Persuasive and passionate communicator with demonstrated collaboration skills. 
    • Leading by example and fostering an inclusive environment that thrives by bringing together diverse perspectives. 
    • These skills are normally acquired with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 

    We are committed to building a work community that is inclusive and represents a vibrant diversity of background, experience, perspective and thought. Candidates across all markers of identify (age, race, gender, ability, communication styles, etc.) are highly encouraged to apply. 

    To apply, please e-mail your cover letter and resume here.

  • A new chapter at Generator

    A new chapter at Generator

    From the Generator Board of Directors September 12, 2019:

     

    With great appreciation and thanks, Generator announces that Chris Thompson will be stepping down as Executive Director at the end of the calendar year.

     

    Chris is a founding member of the maker space and we are pleased that he will be rejoining the Board and pursuing his artistic practice. In his time as Executive Director, Chris has moved the organization from a scrappy little start-up to a vibrant, mature, and financially stable organization. In particular, he has improved our business model, created a healthy reserve fund, revamped staffing, greatly expanded our community relationships and partnerships, increased programming, launched a highly successful entrepreneurial boot camp and free, public lecture series, oversaw an expansion to over 11,500 square feet, improved our operating and administrative systems, earned the wide respect of our maker community, and much more.

     

    “It’s been my great pleasure to work with Chris since Generator was just an idea, and we are very pleased that he’ll be rejoining the board of directors” said Generator Board President Dan Harvey. “Chris embodies the maker ethos that ‘intersects art, science, and technology’ and he’ll be difficult to replace.”

     

    We are sorry to lose Chris as our Director, thank him for his considerable contributions, and welcome him back on the Board where his wisdom and energy will continue to serve the organization and the broader maker community. Going forward, we are excited to identify a new leader who can build on what Chris has created and lead us into our next generation of growth.

     

     

    Could you be our next Executive Director? Learn more here.

  • Artist in Residence: Overnight Projects

    Artist in Residence: Overnight Projects

    Overnight Projects Presents Liminal States: What Were Some of the Things You Missed from Home?

    Abbey Meaker, Maya Jeffereis, and Elliott Katz

    In Liminal States: What Were Some of the Things You Missed from Home?, artists Maya Jeffereis and Elliott Katz collaborated on a two-channel video installation and itinerant library that examines the longstanding history of separating families and incarcerating minorities in the United States.

    As grandchildren of Japanese American incarceration survivors, the artists have created an experimental documentary that weaves personal, cultural, and historical memories together through a combination of interviews, family photos, and archival images.

    The artists linked the history of Japanese American incarceration with the current practice of separating immigrant families and detaining children in government facilities. One such facility, Fort Sill in Oklahoma, has served as a relocation camp for Indigenous Americans and a residential school for indigenous children in the 19th and 20th centuries, a World War II Japanese American incarceration camp, and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility today.

    Drawing a comparison between these histories, Jeffereis and Katz
    created a found footage video montage comprised of propaganda films, news coverage, and home videos. The artists invite visitors to further engage with these histories in the Itinerant Library which contains a selection of books recommended by the artists.

    In Liminal States, the artists link the past with the present in an attempt for history not to repeat itself.

  • Member Made: Milton Rosa-Ortiz’s Goddess of the Storm

    Member Made: Milton Rosa-Ortiz’s Goddess of the Storm

    Milton is a former architect and current nurse and artist working on a sculptural commission, loosely based on the Puerto Rican Goddess of the Storm.

    The female figure carries a red lantern, much like the figures stationed on ship heads that are meant to safely guide sailors.

    Milton used the CNC Wood Router to drill holes in plexiglass — which he would have otherwise done by hand.

    The beads are hung from the plexi glass and are are suspended at different heights, swaying gently with the breeze. He’s using onyx and charcoal beads, as well as red for the lantern.

    Although Milton has been creating art and exhibiting his work for years, this is his first piece made at Generator. He was lacking the space at home to create this sculpture. After a tour, he was excited to learn that he could secure an affordable, safe place to build his sculpture while accessing the the wood, metal, and jewelry shops.

    Learn more about Milton’s work here, and learn about becoming a studio member of Generator here.

  • Art Hop 2019 at Generator!

    Art Hop 2019 at Generator!

    We have so much in store for the best weekend of the year: South End Art Hop.

    Check out our program of events, including exhibiting artists, demos, tours, and interactive art and performances.

  • MAKER on Vermont PBS

    MAKER on Vermont PBS

    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]We’re thrilled to share MAKER, a film by Rob Koier, now streaming on Vermont PBS.

    From Vermont PBS: “Portraits of eight different individuals who are current or past members of the Generator Maker Space in Burlington, VT. From a retired architect living at Wake Robin who makes puzzles of Vermont, to a young up and coming green fashion designer, to an organic farmer that makes and invents new farming equipment in the winters.”

    Inspired? Learn more about taking a class, a tour, or becoming a member.

     

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  • Maker in Residence: Colin Gaunt

    Maker in Residence: Colin Gaunt

    Meet our current Maker in Residence: Colin Gaunt.

    Colin Gaunt Sipping Safe Maker in Residence

    Colin is a recent Saint Michael’s College grad developing an affordable, portable device using ultra-efficient LED technology to disinfect water on an individual or family-sized scale.

    From Saint Michael’s:

    “Gaunt said the market niche he is trying to fill with the Sipping Safe is ‘a family unit essentially,’ explaining, ‘there already are products that can give water to 1,000 people really well or to one person fairly well, but there isn’t a product that can give water to a family of 6 to 12 without a plumbing network of some kind.’ His device would not need to be pressurized like many existing devices, which is another big advantage. ‘I’m thinking of any developing nation or city that doesn’t have access to a steady plumbing system,’ he said.”

    Colin Gaunt Maker in Residence Sipping Safe

    Colin is also a Jump Start Collegiate cohort member, so he’s been spending a lot of time here making his first prototype using the Prusa 3D printer and Epilog laser cutter. Next step? Make the thing! 

    Follow along on Instagram to see Colin’s progress.