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Randall Szott

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UNIDEE Residency Trace

Two items documenting my participation in a residency in Italy. I left behind an annotated copy of Scott Stroud’s John Dewey and the Artful Life in the residency library. Had the Vermont General Assembly issue a resolution honoring Michelangelo Pistoletto (founder of the Unidee residency program). A copy of the resolution was sent to Pistoletto (2024 and 2025).

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Economic Development is a vibe

Story in Vermont Business Magazine about my economic development philosophy and various initiatives in the town of Johnson, VT (2025).

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UNIDEE Residency Modules: WAYS OF BECOMING Module III

International residency at Cittadellarte in Biella, Italy exploring themes of community, maintenance, and place-based, site and context-responsive ways of imaging alternate futures (2024).

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Re-imagine Johnson

Co-organized a three-part process, facilitated by the Vermont Council on Rural Development to identify community priorities and create task force groups to tackle those priorities for the Town of Johnson, VT (2024-2025).

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Art of Absence

Photo series (2024).

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Writer in Residence

Joined Bad at Sports as a Writer In Residence (2022).

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Defiantly Optimistic

Conversation included in Defiantly Optimistic by Jen Delos Reyes (2022).

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The Uses of Art

Correspondence included in Sal Randolph’s The Uses of Art (2022).

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Compound Yellow Manual

Some diagrams of mine were included in a publication produced by the art space Compound Yellow (2020).

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Reading Room

Essay included in the book Reading Room produced by dispersed holdings. It was selected as one of the 20 Best Art Books of 2020 by the Brooklyn Rail (2020).

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Freedom and Unity

Wrote a reflection published in numerous venues on the meaning of Vermont’s state motto “Freedom and Unity” during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020).

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The Heat of the House

Appeared on WCVR radio’s The Heat of the House hosted by Rep. Jay Hooper to discuss Vermont politics (2020).

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Civil Eats

I was part of a profile of state legislators doing progressive agricultural advocacy in Civil Eats (2020).

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One Vote Matters

Profiled in this Valley News article (2020).

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The Deeper Dig: Is paid leave in peril?

Interviewed for this piece on paid family leave in Vermont (2020).

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Zombie Paid Leave

Op-ed I wrote on a paid leave bill in Vermont (2020).

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UNIDEE Residency Trace
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Economic Development is a vibe
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UNIDEE Residency Modules: WAYS OF BECOMING
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Re-imagine Johnson
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Art of Absence
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Writer in Residence
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Defiantly Optimistic
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The Uses of Art
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Compound Yellow Manual
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Reading Room
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Freedom and Unity
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The Heat of the House
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Civil Eats
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One Vote Matters
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The Deeper Dig: Is paid leave in peril?
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Zombie Paid Leave