I am an artist and an educator who has recently started Vermont’s first line of organic children’s clothing, which you can learn more about by visiting:  http://www.off-the-grid clothing.com.  This venture brings together my long-standing commitments to children, the arts, and natural creativity.  Before starting my business, I served as the Program Director at the Children’s VIllage in New York, and before that, was an international human rights advocate in many parts of this glorious planet.  I am interested in the necessary intermingling between the arts and community in REAL and practical and fun ways.