Close to 500 landowners have expressed interest in being paid around $300 an acre, dispersed over a 20-year period, for preserving forestland.

The festival was on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic, and reviving it was no small feat.

The garden metaphor has brought seven artists from different backgrounds to share and indulge in interpretations of paradise, privilege, boundaries and cultivation.

Westphalen has increasingly become a known name in Vermont, where he makes photographic subjects of moldering rural scenes.

People in the industry believe the problems caused by the floods will worsen with winter weather soon setting in and, within the next few months, artists could be left wondering what they’ll do without accessible indoor spaces.

Next month, Ekasala’s work will be placed on display at Burlington City Arts, where it will stay on exhibition until late January.

The show, which opened June 1, came together through a collaboration between South Burlington Public Art Gallery Curator Jessica Manley and a team of dedicated art teachers from the district.