UVM’s School of the Arts is partnering with state-wide arts institutions to offer arts internships for credit. Contact Pamela Fraser, Associate Director for Student Success to learn more (pfraser@uvm.edu)

Ainsley Morton is a third year studying in the School of the Arts as a double major in Art History and Film & Television Studies. While attending the University of Vermont she has become fascinated with courses and theories surrounding Community Based Arts. Ainsley aspires to implement these studies in spaces surrounding the fine arts, to make the environment more accessible and equitable to all. She believes that by inviting community members into places of creation or exhibition as participants, rather than mere spectators, the arts can become more sustainable and attainable in an ever-evolving society. Along with skiing and heading the Pad Project and Art History clubs, this spring she is interning at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont. Ainsley is helping to prepare for exhibitions that will open later in Spring 2023 at both the Vermont and Germany locations. She is researching and writing about selected works to be exhibited and will also take part in the installation of the exhibitions in Vermont in early May and help in seasonal reopening preparations.

Founded in 2007, the Hall Art Foundation makes available postwar and contemporary art works from its own collection and that of Andrew and Christine Hall for the enjoyment and education of the public. It operates two museum spaces. Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, situated near Hannover in Germany, was formerly a monastery, then stately home, then the home and studio of artist, Georg Baselitz for approximately thirty years. Today it is one of the largest privately owned public museums for contemporary art in Europe. In Reading, Vermont the Hall Art Foundation’s campus of converted galleries is situated on a former dairy farm. It consists of a 19th-century stone farmhouse, three barns, as well as a reception center and cafe. The property’s 5 historic buildings make up approximately 6,000 sq. feet of museum-quality exhibition space. The farmhouse and barns sit next to a waterfall on a tributary of the Black River, and are surrounded by approximately 400 acres of pastures, hayfields, and extensive woodland. Outdoor sculptures by world-renowned artists are installed throughout the grounds. Rotating, temporary exhibitions of contemporary art are held seasonally from May through November.