How one woman turned a small Vermont town into an arts destination
When Kathleen Dolan started teaching music and art to young children in Woodstock, Vermont, in 2003, she was used to being a one-person operation.
In an earlier role in Boston, she conducted music programs at child care centers, and she recalls, “I would just travel with my keyboard.”
In a span of 10 years, she went from toting her keyboard to renting a small downtown space in Vermont for classes, to owning a dynamic arts center that would give her community and others accessibility to the arts.
Her local nonprofit, ArtisTree Community Arts Center, has become a powerhouse of creativity,