HeART & Home Community Art Project
As part of Fair Housing Month (and throughout the year), we invite artists of all ages to share what home and/or inclusive community means to you. Below you can find Fair Housing Month materials and art prompts to guide your creative making. You can use these prompts to encourage your community or individual creative process to reflect on inclusive housing, and its impact on how communities thrive. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see some of the local artist and community submissions from past years.
Free art kits have been distributed to libraries, housing sites, and other community-based groups around the state. Click here to download printable art prompts.
Scroll down for the 2023 gallery
For HeART & Home submissions of past years, check out the links below
Bent Northrop HeART & Home Submissions
HeART & Home Submission Archive
HeART & Home Downloadable Art Prompts
HeART & Home Art Kits Information & Request
Share photos of your art to be added to the Community Gallery and for a chance to win prizes. You can use the prompts below, or create anything else related to the theme. Email photos to fhp@cvoeo.org or post to your own social media with the #fairhousingmonthvt hashtag. And please be sure to tag @thrivingcommunitiesvt on Facebook and Instagram and @VTFairHousing on Twitter.
HeART & Home Art Kits
Free art kits available for libraries, housing communities, and local organizations.
FREE art kits are available for libraries, housing sites, and other community-based groups. The deadline for requests was Friday, March 29 and the art kits will be mailed and available for pickup in Burlington the following week.
You can also download the art prompts below and use your own materials to join the Community Art Project. Send photos of your creations to fhp@cvoeo.org to be included in the online community gallery!
Included in each kit:
6-color watercolor or acrylic paint strip
paint brushes
art paper with prompts
Fair Housing resource sheets
HeART & Home Submissions, 2023
Groton Public Library, 2023
Community Submissions, 2023
Grand Way Commons, 2023
Downstreet, 2023
Bent Northrop, 2023
Colby Barrett, Burke VT
Ava Barrett, Burke VT
Juniper Franks, vt
Sophia moore, s. Ryegate VT
HeART & Home Art Prompts & Activity Guide
Click image to download
HeART & Home Art Prompts you can print at home
More HeART & Home Art Prompts
HeART & Home Community Art Gallery, 2022
Brynn Barret
Natalie Tyler
Natalie Tyler
Leah Mayville, Age 4
Josephine Arnold, Age 4
Josephine Arnold, Age 4
Lillianne & Henry Sharpe
Lillianne & Henry Sharpe
Kay Snide
Kay Snide
Lenyx LaFountaine, Age 9
Jay Jay LaFountaine, Age 2
Bent Northrop Memorial Library HeART & Home Submissions 2022
The Bent Northrop Memorial Library cooperated with the Fairfield Center School and the Northwest Regional Planning Commission to participate in the HeART and Home Community Art Project. Here are some photos of the over 50 pieces of art on display here at the library! The school used 50 art kits and I gave out another 20 to the community.
Submissions for 2021
Jessica Sorrell
“This is symbolism I believe. This tree is my community tree, if you look closer, it has the different religions. I want my community to have all the amazing beliefs around the world to be here working together in our community.”
Ethan, Age 6
Before Covid, Ethan enjoyed going to school, museums, libraries and traveling to visit relatives. Over the last year, we’ve explored nature, science and art at home. He's used this time to expand his architectural concepts.
Fiona Age 9
Fiona opted to paint her Belgian Shepherd, who she has spent much more time with over the past year.
Fox Age 4
MadCollage
Analog collage on matboard
Matboard dimensions, 11x14”
Materials: Paper, cardstock, glue.
Title: Homebound
Date of completion: April 2021
Original NFS.
Giclee available at https://www.madcollage.com/
“The pandemic has exacerbated inequality in every aspect of the Vermont economy. Many of the businesses hit hardest by mandatory public health restrictions are the main source of employment for low-wage earners. Affordable housing is more indispensable than ever, and remains a crucial element of the constantly shrinking social safety net.
Homebound comments on issues of isolation, despair and loneliness.
Finding affordable housing is, for those in dire need, a real expedition “into the unknown”. Demand exceeds availability and, in times of Covid 19, the search for affordable and suitable housing has become even more difficult and stressful.
In Homebound, windows are dark and life has disappeared from the streets. It has retreated to the interior space of the home, for those lucky enough to have one. Furthermore, each one of us has also withdrawn into our own interior space of the mind, compounding the confinement and completely disconnecting us from each other. “
Hannah Age 4
This is Hannah’s first attempt at painting a house!
Mataya Clark, Age 5
Mataya, age 5, says she painted a house because she lives in one.
Jordan Age 6
Cristina Clarimon Alinder
“In thinking about community, my thoughts have been with my city, Madrid. The city has displayed massive solidarity and respect for essential workers from week one. Local donations have poured into hospitals from all kinds of businesses and private individuals: homemade masks, protective equipment, cards from school children, flowers from the botanical gardens, food from restaurants. Public transport is giving free rides to health workers, soldiers are carrying grocery bags for old ladies, rent is being controlled and in some cases forfeited. To me that is the definition of community: taking your neighbor's needs into consideration as if they were your own. La Puerta de Alcala is an emblematic landmark in Madrid. It is one of four remaining gates to the city and it is beloved by all madrilenos.”
Maggie Graham
“We made art that maybe doesn’t relate exactly to “home” BUT was created as part of homeschooling.
We had theme days at home. One was Llama Day and one was Banana Day. “
Kara Rosa
“Thank you for the Art Supplies!”
Art work by Lia, age 6
Anonymous Family Submission
“Here is a photo of the art projects created by 9 of my grand and great-grandchildren ages (listed left to right, from top row to bottom row) 8, 1, 4, 2, 5, 6, 2, 8, and 3.”