Vermont Reads 2026 Kick-Off

2–3:30 p.m. ET

Join Vermont Humanities for this kick-off celebration with the Center for Cartoon Studies for “Vermont Reads 2026: Charity and Sylvia.” Created by Tillie Walden from archival materials at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury, Charity and Sylvia is a groundbreaking biography that is also the story of nineteenth-century United States. This panel discussion will focus on non-fiction comics and how to approach using historical materials and references when creating art.