Catamount Arts: The Blog

Catamount Arts is a community art center that was founded in 1975; created with the mission to inspire appreciation of and participation in the general arts, which will be promoted through the region, making the arts an important of the community life of Northern Vermont and New Hampshire.  

Among the various forms of art that Catamount Arts promotes includes films, musical performances and art showcase exhibits, where talented people showcase their art and drawing skills.  

When it comes to films, Catamount Arts does not play mainstream films, rather Catamount Arts tends to play films that you won’t find in many major theaters (save for the occasional critical acclaim film that one of the major studios will try to push for Oscars). The films that Catamount Arts plays can range from dramas, to documentaries to even oddball comedies; a lot of these films are from foreign countries and in non-English languages with subtitles, but the majority of the films that Catamount Arts picks up and plays at their theaters are still in English. 

Catamount Arts has helped to push more independent films in the area. Although the film theaters at Catamount aren’t especially large when compared to regular movie theaters, at times their film theaters can be quite packed, which does a show a lot of interest among the folks of Lyndonville and the rest of the state; making Catamount Arts a success.

Catamount picks up usually two movies at a time, with a special one or two days exclusive screening during the week. These movies run for one week, with occasionally exceptions such as the recent Boyhood, which due to its huge acclaim played two weeks at the art-house theater, additionally Catamount runs film festivals during the year, where they show multiple movies on a weekend; the films that play at these film festivals are often reshown during regular scheduled two films a week showings. 

Catamount Arts has received support from various presenting partners. People who have contributed and helped to Catamount alive and successful include, Burke Mountain Resort, Haskell Opera House and Lyndon Stage College among other. In turn Catamount Arts has shown support for them, including descriptions and links to their websites on Catamount’s own website. 

Catamount Arts allows for people to order their tickets online, though most people prefer actually going to the theaters. 

Catamount Arts has been a success, and has helped to push independent arts among Vermont and New Hampshire.

Now that I've written about that, without further ado, enjoy the podcast,

 https://soundcloud.com/daniel-dylan-davis/catamount-podcast-1