Rokeby MuseumVideo: “Spirits of Rokeby” talk with Charlotte Library
by Lindsay Varner, Rokeby Museum Director I was very happy to work with the Charlotte Library on October 19, 2021, to present a talk on the Spirits of Rokeby. This talk was created through the research I completed for the… Read More
Video: John Brown’s Vermont with Amy Godine
October 16, 2021: On this anniversary of the radical abolitionist John Brown’s nation-shaking raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, independent historian Amy Godine talked to us about John Brown’s reverberative meaning in and for Vermont — both in… Read More
Video: Demystifying the Creative Process with Courtney Clinton (ICYMI)
Before the final illustration, an artist makes dozens of sketchbook studies. In these studies they gather reference material and work out a creative image design. On September 12th, 2021, Rokeby Museum’s 2020 artist-in-residence, Courtney Clinton, joined us to… Read More
Rokeby Museum & Vermont History: A Conversation w/ Lindsay Varner on ‘Across The Fence’
Rokeby Museum director, Lindsay Varner, appeared on Across the Fence in August. You can watch the video by clicking below. Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the U.S. and has been on-air on WCAX-TV since… Read More
Tales of Oppression, Abolition, and Reform in the Hopper & Gibbons Families
On June 23rd, 2021, Angela Schear presented a talk on her abolitionist ancestors, Isaac T. Hopper and Abby Gibbons. Hopper authored a column in the “The National Anti-Slavery Standard“ entitled “Tales of Oppression,” and was a well-known abolitionist… Read More
Rokeby Celebrates Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month and Ruth Farmer, shared a few “Rokeby poems” in this short video. She notes in her presentation, the Robinsons are “exemplars of artists paying attention” and “for me encountering the visuals and the words… Read More
Reading Rowland Evans Robinson
On March 16, 2021, Rokeby Trustee, Dean Leary, presented on the life and works of Vermont author Rowland Evans Robinson. At one point Ferrisburgh resident Rowland Evans Robinson (1833–1900) was one of Vermont’s most beloved writers. Leary, a… Read More
Righting the Erasure of Black History and Creating an Inclusive American Story
On February 2, 2021, Rokeby Museum hosted a virtual Black History Month Lecture that explored current efforts to recognize and right missing historical narratives in history. Three panelists joined the conversation to discuss their research and community work… Read More
