Request for Proposal (RFP) for Construction Management Services

The Center for Cartoon Studies (hereafter referred to as “CCS”) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Telegraph Renovation Project. The project entails renovating the former New England Telephone and Telegraph Company building, now vacant, located at 111 Gates St, White River Junction, VT 05001. CCS seeks to select a company to provide Construction Management services. This work will be informed by design documentation prepared for CCS by its design team. A schematic package is attached to this RFP.

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Applying to CCS? Have Questions? Register to Meet 1-on-1:

Do you have burning questions about CCS’s MFA and certificate programs but aren’t able to make it to one of our admissions events? Drop us a line at outreach@cartoonstudies.org and we can set up a 1-on-1 video chat session to answer any of your questions about the curriculum, the application process, student housing, financial aid, living in Vermont, or anything else you need to know about applying to CCS!


OUT IN AUGUST: LUCY KNISLEY ‘09 RELEASES NEW MIDDLE-GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL WITH RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC

You can now pre-order SUGAR SHACK by critically-acclaimed cartoonist Lucy Knisley ‘09! Out in August, SUGAR SHACK is the third and last installment of the popular PEAPOD FARM middle-grade graphic novel series with Random House Graphic.

“For one city-kid turned country girl whose life has been changing nonstop, it seems like its finally time to find her place in her new blended family while settling in for the winter!”—Random House Graphic

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Summer Workshop Registration is Open!

Join us this Summer to brush up on your cartooning skills or learn new ones! Click here to check out the complete line-up and to register and learn about scholarship information! In-person and online workshops, from beginner to advanced.




Emma Hunsinger ’20 Wins The Vermont Book Award for Children’s Literature for her graphic novel, How it All Ends

Emma Hunsigner's '20 How It All Ends graphic novel.

Congratulations to Emma Hunsigner ’20 for winning the Vermont Book Award for Children’s Literature for her graphic novel, How it All Ends!

The Vermont Book Awards are annual prizes for outstanding literature by Vermont authors, presented by Vermont Humanities and the Vermont Department of Libraries. Every year prizes are awarded for books written by Vermont authors and published in the previous calendar year in four categories: Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction, and Children’s literature. See the complete list of Vermont’s highest literary prize 2025 winners at Seven Days Vermont!

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