Pamela Polston

2021 Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts

Pamela Polston of Burlington is the 2021 recipient of the Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts. For more than 30 years, Polston has been writing, assigning and editing arts stories, as well as mentoring the next generation of culture writers and editors. The Nebraska native moved to Burlington to attend a graduate program in psychology at the University of Vermont. Eventually she left academia to sing in Vermont band The Decentz, and later lived in Paris, France. After returning to Burlington, Polston gravitated to journalism. In 1995, she co-founded Seven Days, Vermont’s nationally recognized alt-weekly newspaper.  In the video, Polston visits the historic Kent Museum in Calais to review the annual contemporary art exhibition, Art at the Kent, held on the grounds and inside the historic former tavern. 

Part of a five-part short video tribute series honoring each of the five awards recipients granted by the Vermont Arts Council in 2021.