Now celebrating our 13th season, BarnArts continues to make great strides in Building Community through Art. A large part of our mission involves engaging area youth in quality programming, supported by our Race Around the Lake 5K/10K fundraiser held each May at Silver Lake State Park. The race provides scholarships for our Summer Youth Theater, keeps registration fees affordable for all SYT participants, and supports youth opportunities year round.

Here’s how the Race Around the Lake will support our youth programming in 2024:

• Provide scholarships and financial support for our 13th Summer Youth Theater. This year’s show, High School Musical, will bring 30 area youth together with our team of professionals for three weeks of acting, dancing and fun, culminating in four public performances at the Barnard Town Hall (Aug 4-6) with original staging, costumes, choreography, and a live band. 
• Support our growing Artists-in-Schools programming including Global Music Residencies.
• Provide a free choral experience for area youth in December, working with professional conductor Michael Zsoldos and singing at our 14th Winter Carols on December 20th. 
• Support our all-ages community events such as our Contra Dance series, Masquerade Jazz & Funk Winter Music Carnival, and Barnard Street Dance
• Provide acting experiences for youth within our regular community play schedule with opportunities for mixed-aged casting in Macbeth and Young Frankenstein.

This year’s 5K and 10K races will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2024.  

We invite you to join us as a sponsor for this fun, family event that celebrates art, health, community, and our beautiful Vermont landscape and, most importantly, ensures area kids can participate in our dynamic programs.

Join the BarnArts community of supporters by placing a Season Ad in our programs! Individual program ads are also available, but Season Ads offer a reduced rate, and you can redesign your ads as we go through our calendar to better target your audience.  

With the help of a local printer, BarnArts produces beautiful, individual programs for each of our staged performances, keeping our pages down and increasing the visibility of your ad! Your Season Ad will be in the hands of over two thousand audience members from across Central Vermont!

You may provide your own graphics according to our specs or for a small fee, our graphic designer can adapt your logo or business card. 

Every Thursday evening from May 30 - September 26, BarnArts brings local, regional, and international artists to Barnard for family-friendly outdoor events that provide our community with quality music programming in the inspiring setting of a local farm.

Sponsor one of our 4 community theater productions and help bring the magic to life!