one arts

A community focused, arts based nonprofit

An image of children painting with watercolors in front of a tulip bed
  • ONE Arts is proud to serve over 100 families daily in the Burlington area. Our art and learning centers provide creative resource spaces for the community, and encourage an atmosphere of exploration and inquiry. Our mission is to facilitate unique and significant art experiences and to build a larger creative community that includes all ages.


    ONE Arts has multiple locations in the Burlington area. We also collaborate with other organizations in and around Burlington, including ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Howard Center, and CVOEO.  Our art centers provide daily after school programs and creative camps for elementary and middle school aged children, while our early learning centers serve children ages 0-5.

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  • Champlain Housing Trust to lease former Sara Holbrook Community Center building to ONE Arts Inc

    Burlington, Vermont – Champlain Housing Trust and local nonprofit ONE Arts Inc announced today that they have reached an agreement to lease the building at 66 North Avenue in Burlington, the former home of the Sara Holbrook Community Center.

    ONE Arts Inc operates creative programs for all ages at its licensed early learning, after school and camps programs and art studios, and will expand its programs by leasing the building.

    “We are deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve even more children and families in this beautiful education space,” stated ONE Arts Co-President Margaret Coleman.

    Champlain Housing Trust purchased the building from the Sara Holbrook Community Center after the organization terminated programming last fall. The housing trust committed to keeping the property in community use. The property received a $4.3 million make-over five years ago and preserving that community investment was important to both the Sara Holbrook Community Center and to Champlain Housing Trust.

    “When we took over this building we had hoped that a community nonprofit serving kids and families from the Old North End could find a home here,” said Michael Monte, Champlain Housing Trust’s CEO. “ONE Arts does that, and its roots in the Old North End was an important factor in this agreement.”

    ONE Arts will move in this coming summer and expand its programs in the fall.

    For more information about ONE Arts, visit https://oneartsvt.org/

ONE Arts is grateful to be funded in part by grants from the Vermont Children's Trust, Waterwheel Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Burlington City Arts, and Vermont Arts Council.  We are also proud recipients of the Vermont Early Childhood Fund Opportunity Grant and a 2024 Make Way for Kids Grant.