N E W H A M P S H I R E A R T S N E W S

2004

Steve Schuch,“Celtic Chamber-folk” Violinistand GuitaristHillsborough

2005 Fellow andLifetime Fellow

[ Volume XXII Number 3 � Autumn 2004 ]

Photo by William Fletcher

ContentsT A B L E O F From the Director ..................................................1

Arts Council News ..................................................2

Announcing Lifetime Fellows..................................3

Meet the 2005 Fellows ........................................4-9

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships......................10-13

Traditional Arts Listing: New Additions ................14

FY2005 Public Dollars for the Arts ..................15-19

Spotlight: Bethlehem Scrapbook ....................20-21

Spotlight: New Works Grant Award ....................22

Around the State ............................................23-26

Regional/National News ......................................27

Grant Deadlines ....................................................28

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DirectorF R O M T H E D I R E C T O RChildren are creative by instinct; it takescourage to be creative over a lifetime. I remember from my museum instructordays that up until fourth grade, childrenviewed all kinds of artwork with an opendelight that rejoiced in the swoosh of colorin abstract painting as much as the unifyingrhythms of a 17th century Dutch still life.Then, the “real world” entered into theirmuseum visits. “How much does it cost?”“What is it supposed to be?” Or, evenworse, as the teen years dropped down,no questions at all, just bored, countingthe minutes, silence.

Yet, even among those teens, some weredeciding to become artists. Parents andother well-meaning adults would cautionthem about the need to “make a living”and “settle down.” Many gave up, beforethey even tried. Others tried, and found ittoo difficult. Even so, a few of them wouldone day dare to admit to the world, “I aman artist.” This issue of NH Arts Newscelebrates the artists among us.

It’s a cliché, but still true, that artists knowhow to keep “the child within” alive andwell, interpreting the world they inhabitwith fresh insights. The difference is that,as adults, they have mastered the skillsneeded to communicate their experiencesto others, if others are open to receivingtheir communications. Sometimes artistsoutpace their audiences’ capacity toaccept what artists share with them.Vincent van Gogh was one of thoseartists. Other times, artists give the publicjust what they need, reaffirming views ofthe time. Peter Paul Rubens was one whodid that. We need both kinds of artists.

Those who challenge us and those whocomfort us. What we don’t need is a worldwhere artists are not honored. What wedon’t need is a world where artists cannotexplore their creativity fully.

Fortunately, New Hampshire’s state artscouncilors have consistently supportedprograms like fellowships for artists whenother agencies have shut down similarprograms. For the past 25 years, New Hampshire governors have honoredindividual artists with statewide awards.New Hampshire’s MacDowell Colony

remains a venerable beacon for nurturingartists. More and more, New Hampshiregovernment and business leaders understandthe contributions artists make to thestate’s economic and social well being.

Yet, we need to do much more than offerhonors to help artists live and work in thisstate. Affordable housing, healthcare,assistance with small business skills, meansto insure safe and affordable workplaces,increased opportunities for global marketing,more and better education to increaseaudiences for all kinds of art. The list is longand many needs are shared with other typesof independent, creative workers. To findsolutions, we must be as creative with thetools of government and public/privatepartnerships as artists are in their art-making. And, we need to have courage.

Rebecca L. LawrenceDirector, Division of the Arts

“We need both kinds of artists. Those who challenge

us and those who comfort us. What we don’t

need is a world where artists are not honored.

What we don’t need is a world where artists

cannot explore their creativity fully”

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This year marks

Steve Schuch’s third

fellowship, making

him an honorary

Lifetime Fellow along

with 9 other profes-

sional artists. See

page 4 to read more

about Schuch and

page 3 for more

about Lifetime

Fellows.

Photo by

William Fletcher

CORRECTION: The summer issue of New Hampshire ArtsNews carried an image on page three that showed a detail ofThe Mill Girl statue in Manchester. The name of the artistwas omitted from the caption: artist Antoinette PrienSchultze, of Eliot, ME created the 9-foot bronze sculpture.

Judy Rigmont,

State Arts Council

Community Arts

Coordinator, and

Janet Ressler,

Vermont Arts

Council Director of

Education & Community Development listen

to a presentation at the pARTicipate 2004

conference. Photo by Julie Mento

Arts News

Arts Council NewsArts Councilor and Staff Notes

State Arts Council Director RebeccaLawrence served on a special NationalEndowment for the Arts panel this summer.The panel reviewed proposals for theproduction of interstitials, program breaksof 2-3 minutes to be aired on broadcasttelevision, which will focus on greatworks of American art.

Peter McLaughlin replaces TimothySappington as the ex-officio State ArtsCouncil liaison to the board of NewHampshire Citizens for the Arts, a non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to public support of the arts.

Chairman James Patrick Kelly, DirectorRebecca Lawrence, and Traditional ArtsCoordinator Lynn Graton will be partici-pating in a two-day Leadership Institutethis November, organized by the NationalAssembly of State Arts Agencies.

Commissioner of the Department ofCultural Resources Van McLeod is par-ticipating in a trade mission this monthto the United Kingdom to open NewHampshire House in London, a facility thatincludes office space dedicated to GraniteState firms doing business in England.

This summer, six State Arts Council stafftraveled to Washington, D.C. to attendpARTicipate2004, the joint convention of the National Assembly of State ArtsAgencies and Americans for the Arts.Staff connected with their counterpartsat State Arts Agencies across the country and explored ways the arts canbuild vibrant, prosperous, inclusive, andcreative communities.

Arts in Education Coordinator, CatherineO’Brian was invited to facilitate the firstcolloquium for arts administrators at TheCreative Center, Arts for People withCancer, that took place in New York Cityin June. Visit www.thecreativecenter.orgon the web to find out more about theCreative Center.

State Arts Council is Holding FiveRegional Meetings

State Arts Council staff are currentlytraveling around the state providinginformation on grants guidelines andservices as well as inviting comments onthe first draft of the Arts Council’s updatedstrategic plan. These are free sessionsfor artists, representatives of arts organi-zations, communities, schools and anyoneinterested in learning more about theState Arts Council's work, includingservices and resources, guideline revisions,and public funding for the arts.

Review the State Arts Council's grantguidelines on the web at www.nh.gov/nharts.

All sessions are taking place 2:30pm-5pm.

The New Hampshire State Council onthe Arts announces the new “LifetimeFellows” designation for artists who havereceived three Fellowships since 1981, theyear that the award was originated. The

Recognition

Photos top to bottom

Carol Aronson-Shore

has worked exten-

sively with the

State Art Council's

programs, including

the Percent for Art

Program.

Photo by Julie Mento

Gary Haven Smith’s

artworks are in private

and public collec-

tions across the US

and in Japan.

Photo courtesy of

Gary Haven Smith

Laura Clayton’s

compositions have

received national

awards and attention.

Photo by Fleur

Weymouth

(Chair) Jon Brooks is

a member of the NH

Furniture Masters

and has received

numerous awards

for his work.

Photo courtesy of

Jon Brooks

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Oct 18 - North Country

Littleton Community Center, 120 MainStreet, Littleton

Oct 19 - Monadnock Region

Sharon Arts Center, 457 Route 123, Sharon

Oct 20 - Seacoast Region

Seacoast Science Center at OdiornePark, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye

Oct 25 - Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region

Claremont Opera House, Opera HouseSquare, City Hall Complex, Claremont(across from fire station)

Oct 27 - Merrimack Valley Region

Public Service of New Hampshire,Energy Park, Five Rivers Auditorium,780 North Commercial St, Manchester

Mary Matlin and

James Carville sign

copies of their book

All's Fair for

attendees of

pARTicipate2004.

They were featured

speakers at the

conference.

Photo by Randy

Harrison

following artists will be honored at a special certificate ceremony at the UphamWalker House in Concord on November19, 2004 in conjunction with the annualFellowship reception celebrating the2005 Fellowship recipients.

State Arts Council Honors Ten Lifetime Fellows with Special Recognition

Carol Aronson-Shore,painter and pastel artist, Portsmouth

James Aponovich, painter, Hancock

Jon Brooks, furniture master and woodworker, New Boston

Laura Clayton, composer, Hancock

James Coates, sculptor, Lyndeborough

Each Lifetme Fellow will be profiled inupcoming issues. For more informationabout the Individual Artist Fellowship,past recipients and grant guidelines, visit the State Arts Council’s website atwww.nh.gov/nharts.

Suzanne Hayles, contemporary dancer,currently living in New Jersey

Dan Hurlin, performance artist, Jaffrey

Steve Schuch, Celtic/Chamber-folk violinist, fiddler, guitarist, singer, song-writer, storyteller and author,Hillsborough

Gary Haven Smith, sculptor, Northwood

Bruce Posner, filmmaker, Hanover

Music

2005Fellow

sSteve Schuch was born in Cincinnati,Ohio and studied baroque violin andbiology at Oberlin College. Followingtwo years with the Peace Corps in theDominican Republic, he has pursued adiverse career in music,writing and storytelling. Hehas had extensive concertexperience in Norway, theNetherlands, Scotland, andat The Kennedy Center inWashington, DC, as wellas in theaters, collegesand schools throughoutthe state.

Schuch is the foundingmember of the highly

acclaimed instrumental group TheNight Heron Consort. The consortincludes David Surette on bouzouki,mandolin and guitar; Kent Allyn onfretless bass and piano; and DavidCoffin on whistles, recorder andgemshorn. Schuch has also workedclosely with various early musicensembles, symphony orchestras,and Bradford storyteller Odds Bodkin.

Schuch’s numerous recordingsinclude national best-seller TheShores of Lillisand. His children’s

recording Trees of Life won the Parents’Choice Gold Award in 2001. He is along-standing member of the State ArtsCouncil’s Artist Roster and received previousIndividual Artist Fellowships in 1992 and1998. This year’s third Fellowship makesSchuch an honorary Lifetime Fellowalong with nine other artists who havewon three Fellowship Awards (see pagethree for more on the Lifetime Fellows).

Douglas Worthen was born in Exeter,New Hampshire and received hisBachelor of Music and Music Educationdegrees through the Hartt School ofMusic, followed by study at L’Institutd’Hautes Etudes Musicales in Montreux,Switzerland. Worthen received his Masterof Music with honors at the New EnglandConservatory in Massachusetts.

His has toured widely, performing inRussia, France, Switzerland, Japan, and Spain as well as the New Englandregion. With the Handel and HaydnSociety he has appeared at SymphonyHall in Boston, Avery Fisher Hall atLincoln Center in New York City, theBeethoven Festival in Milwaukee, WI,and the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

Worthen’s recordings include ExoticImpressions: The Flute Works of SigfridKarg-Elert with Janice Weber of Piano,and Classical Flute Quartets: TheMannheim Quartet. He is currentlyworking on Compositions for 2 Flutes &Piano with George Lopez and ChristianDelafontaine.

Worthen presents lectures and masterclasses locally, nationally, and interna-tionally. He has taught at the NewEngland Conservatory, Bowdoin College,Bates College, Manchester CommunityMusic School, and Phillips Exeter Academy.He has presented Master Classes atCambridge University, and in Japan,France, Switzerland and the United States.He has studied with Aurele Nicolet, JeanPierre Rampal, John Wummer, andAndré Jaunet, among other masters.Worthen previously received a State ArtsCouncil Fellowship in 1994.

Since the early 1990s Worthen has beenEditor in Chief and Co-owner of FallsHouse Press, a flute music publishingcompany dedicated to the discovery and

Although Schuch won this year’sFellowship Award for his work with“Celtic Chamber-Folk” violin and guitar,he is also a highly acclaimed fiddler, singer, songwriter, storyteller and author.

He has published two children’s books entitledThe Gift of the Wee Folk andA Symphony of Whales,based on the true story ofthe musical rescue of 3,000whales. His musical adap-tation of A Symphony ofWhales has been featuredby regional symphonyorchestras and was airedon National Public Radio’s

Performance Today. The story receivedfive national book awards. He is also theauthor of a book of poetry, Seedstars &Tomato Patches.

“Musically, I am fascinated with materialthat brings different elements together— such as the energy of Celtic fiddlingand the grace of Baroque music. In myconcerts I try for moments of real beauty,some lighter songs or stories just forfun, and a few pieces to stretch theimagination.”

When not on the road Schuch lives on afarm in Hillsborough with his wife, water-color artist Marylin Wyzga, and variousanimals including their faithful hound Sasha.

For more information about SteveSchuch, visit www.nightheron.com.

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2005 Fellow,

Douglas Worthen

Photo by

Andrew Moore

Douglas WorthenFlutist, Durham

2005 Fellow,

Steve Schuch

Photo by Jonathan

Blake

Schuch’s collaborative

compact disc, The

Shores of Lillisand.

Meet the 2005 FellowsThe State Arts Council is pleased to announce the Individual Artist Fellows for 2005.Each artist will receive a $5000 Fellowship Award in recognition of artistic excellenceand professional commitment. Panelists reviewed work samples from 111 applicants,most of whom were literary and visual artists. Professional New Hampshire artists inall disciplines are eligible to apply (see guidelines for details). The next deadline isMay 6, 2005.

Steve Schuch“Celtic Chamber-Folk” Violinist and Guitarist, Hillsborough

Editor’s note: all

quotations are

excerpted from the

original grant

applications or

from interviews.

reproduction not only of flute music thatis out-of-print, but to publishing new top-quality repertoire. His Andersen EtudePractice Book, now translated into Frenchand Japanese, is used worldwide as ateaching text. This fall he was able tobring publications to Ufa, Russian Republicof Bashkortostan and present them inMaster Classes at their conservatory.

Worthen lives in Durham in a house builtc.1755 with his wife, quilter Pamela WeeksWorthen. Their son Ben, a student atDePaul University, studies with DavidMcGill, principal bassoonist of theChicago Symphony.

“I see my performance and lecturing asan opportunity to convey the highestpossible authenticity even to a newcomposer’s work by understanding itsethnic and cultural roots, hoping toinvite my audience to love the music asmuch as I do. This creates a culturalbridge, a bond that enlightens us andhelps us to realize how much we havein common.”

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2005 Fellow,

Peggy Newland

Photo by Austin

Studios

Peggy NewlandFiction and Short Story Writer, Kingston

Martha Carlson-Bradley wasborn in Gardner,Massachusettsand receivedher MFA inWriting fromWarren WilsonCollege and aPhD in Englishfrom theUniversity of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2000,she was awarded a St. BotolphFoundation Grant and nominated for aPushcart Prize. Her extensive readingschedule has included many local venues,such as the Del Rossi’s Reading Series in Dublin, Poetry Hoot Series inPortsmouth, AVA Gallery Readings inLebanon, and New England VoicesSeries at the Toadstool Bookshop inMilford. Her chapbooks include Nest Fullof Cries, a poem sequence based onHansel and Gretel, and the forthcomingBeast at the Hearth, both from AdastraPress. Her works have appeared in suchmagazines as New England Review,Worcester Review, Carolina Quarterly,Yankee Magazine, and Marlboro.

Carlson-Bradley moved to Hillsboroughwith her husband in 1989. They and theirson live next to Fox State Forest, a locationshe values as a place to live and write.Her uncle is acclaimed New Hampshirevisual artist E. Thor Carlson of Newport.Former board trustee and director ofpublications at the New Hampshire Writers’Project, Carlson-Bradley currently worksas a freelance book and magazine editorand as a freelance writer, with piecesrecently published in The Wire and TheOccasional Moose.

“My work is predominately lyric innature—emphasizing timeless, singlemoments of insight and associations ofimages, ideas and feelings—but my

lyric poems are often strung together insequences that suggest a narrative line.I strive for language that is both lushand spare—and, though my poemstouch on the personal, I’m committedto writing poems that connect to worldsmuch larger than my own personal history, such as the worlds of nature,science, history, and folklore.”

For more information about MarthaCarlson-Bradley and to read more of her poems, visit http://claudiagraphics.com/pg_poem2.htmand http://adirondackreview.homestead.com/carlsonbradley.html.

Martha Carlson-BradleyPoet, Hillsborough

Edge of the WoodsWhat is not here is hereevery day:

the boulder huge and peakedis not after all a housegray in the shade of the woods,

pines and hemlocks huddled closeto what is not its foundation.

And the lower rock, squat,on second glance is not a shedhoarding its tools, supplies,

stone feed for the birds,stone seed for the lawn,

a whetstone to sharpenevery stone blade.

Farther down the road,it’s hardly a boulder at all

that is not a deer, bending its neckto root beneath the snow.

—Martha Carlson-Bradley

Carlson-Bradley’s

chapbook, Nest Full

of Cries (Adastra

Press) explores the

theme of Hansel

and Gretel.

Writing

PoetryPeggy Newland was born in Cambridge,Massachusetts. She received herBachelor of Social Work from theUniversity of Maine and her Master ofSocial Work at the University of Utah.Her short stories have appeared in Chelsea(“Five Mickey’s Smoking”), NorthernNew England Review (“Coming Home”),and most recently, in Mississippi Review

(“SnowmobilerBoy”). She is currently workingon a collectionentitled Edge. Her2001 memoir, TheAdventure of TwoLifetimes, chroni-cled two crosscountry bicyclingadventures—hermother’s of 1956on a three-speedSchwinn and herown in 1996 on a24-speed. She haswritten manyessays and articlesconcerning thistrip and publishedin: Chicken Soupfor a Mother’sSoul, BreakawayBooks, Bike Love,Cup of Comfort,Moxie, and Grit.

She was also featured on the TodayShow as well as on NH Public Radio.The rights to The Adventure of TwoLifetimes have been optioned for film.She recently completed her first novelcalled Ruth and Reverend Roy.

Newland has attended Dorset Colony,Kenyon Writers, Seacoast Writers, andUtah Writers at Work, and is a memberof the NH Writers’ Project. Her closestinspiration comes from the dark humorof T.C. Boyle and Cormac McCarthy.She fills her writing room with sprawled

volumes of their work and loves to writeamid the chaos of overturned books andstrewn magazine articles.

As a social worker Newland has seendisconnection, where “illness is medicated,dissension labeled, and people cornered,boxed, not allowed the space in the largergarden of the world.” She believes that aworld becoming sheltered by televisedBachelor/MTV/Fear Factor images in“red, white and blue, or black andwhite…leaves little room for the gray orpurple or wildly crazed chartreuse” ofindividuality. She hopes to describe,through her characters, “a telling oftruths…of people digging through thedarkness, hoping to find something otherthan the bite of exposure.” Newlandbelieves that shadows give peopledimension and flavor. She wants tohonor the unseen sides of lives oftenmarginalized and show how they canshine if given direct light.

Newland lives on a lake with her husbandBrian, 7-year-old daughter Haley, andtheir yellow lab puppy Buster. She singsfolk/blues in her husband’s band.

Excerpt from Peggy Newland’s novel inprogress, Bending Betty:

“The way home is a heart. Deep harboredarteries flipping blue to a sea gone red,sky scattering stars to the clouds. Nightair against skin, across rocky beaches,spruce forest, small cove, and my pulseleaving sand to shells to sunken clamholes. The surface so blue, so blue as Istretch over the swaying kelp, stirringstrands with a finger. And my weight isthe rhythm of tide, memory a simplerising and falling. I am nothing more thancurrent, moon, a circularity of time now.And that is enough. That truly is enough.”

For more information and excerpts of Peggy’s writing visit www.peggynewland.com.

2005 Fellow, Martha

Carlson-Bradley

Photo by Neil Lovett

Brian D.K. MillerPhotographer, Orford

Phot

ogra

phy

Art

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2005 Fellow,

Brian Miller

Photographs by

Brian Miller

Miller’s images tell

the true story of his

encounter with a

mysterious hitchhiker.

2005 Fellow,

Barbara Rita Jenny

Photos courtesy of

Barbara Rita Jenny

(Photo Left)

Installation of

Barbara Rita Jenny's

large scale work.

Barbara Rita JennyArtist, Portsmouth

Barbara Rita Jenny was born in Newark,New Jersey and, in the mid 1980s,attended Phillips Exeter Academy whereshe was a recipient of the GermainGlidden Prize for Excellence in Art andgraduated with High Honors. At DartmouthCollege, she majored in Visual Studieswith concentrations in both Film Studiesand Environmental Studies. She receivedher Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art andCritical Theory from Maine College ofArt in Portland in 2002.

Jenny has taught in the art departmentat Phillips Exeter Academy, and was aninstructor at the Exeter Center forCreative Arts as well as its ExecutiveDirector. Jenny also led the ArtRocks!effort to build a community stage inPortsmouth’s Rock Street Park, participatedin the VSA arts of NH mural project inthe Portsmouth Parking Garage, whichreceived the Mayor’s Award, and servedon the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committeefor Arts and Culture.

She has exhibited at the Olin Fine ArtsCenter at Washington and JeffersonCollege in Pennsylvania, and at theRobert A. Peck Gallery at CentralWyoming College. Locally she hasexhibited at the Lamont Gallery at PhillipsExeter Academy and in Portsmouth, atthe Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, and theGallery at 100 Market Street.

In 2002 Jenny won a NationalEmerging Artist Award through theNew York Independent Art Fair andthe ART Collectors Club of Vienna.The award included her participationin an exhibit of contemporary US artin the MuseumsQuartier in Viennaduring the first anniversary of 9/11. In 2003, she was awarded a PhillipsExeter Academy Faculty Grant tocomplete a project for the 2003 annual “In My Backyard” alternative artevent in Maine. Jenny was recently listedas a finalist in the Greater PiscataquaCommunity Foundation’s annual ArtistAdvancement Grant.

Jenny shares a home in Portsmouth withher husband Matthew Beebe, her six-year-old son Indigo, her two stepchildren,Liz (23) and Chris (18), and Alice, herTibetan Terrier.

“The use of macroscopic photographs of human flesh in Baroque-influencedpatterning connects the process of mywork to the finished image: representationsof the technologically manipulated bodyare made by digitally manipulatingimages of skin. Through this reflexiveconnection, I intend to make work thatseduces with beauty, is both visuallyand viscerally engaging, arresting, andthought-provoking.”

For more information about Barbara Rita Jenny visit http://brjenny.home.comcast.net.

Brian David Kahehtowanen Miller was bornin Greece, New York and received hisBachelor of Fine Arts at Purchase College

of the State University ofNew York, and his Master ofFine Arts at Yale University.While attending Yale he was a Philip Morris/FordFoundation Fellow andreceived the George SakerMemorial Prize for Excellencein Photography. Miller’swork has been exhibited at the Heard Museum inPhoenix, the Banff Arts

Centre in Alberta, The WoodlandsCultural Centre in Ontario, the JuanitaKreps Gallery at Duke University, andlocally at Dartmouth College andPlymouth State University.

Miller teaches photography at DartmouthCollege and lectures at various art centersand universities throughout the Northeastand Canada. His works are a part of thepermanent collections of the StateUniversity of New York, Yale University,and the Smithsonian.

Among the materials Miller submittedwith his Fellowship application, was anarrative about a mysterious encounterwith a hitchhiker along Route 25C nearOrford (see below for excerpt). Heshoots with a 12x20 View Camera and amodified 8x10 View Camera. Miller strivesto combine his love of old country musicinto the emotions and simplicity of hisblack and white photographs.

Miller’s middle name, Kahehtowanen, is his Mohawk name. He looks forwardto his annual visits to his family’s reservation in Canada.

Excerpt from Brian Miller’s narrative:

“One night after dinner she told me thatshe had to leave. I knew that this wascoming and that there was nothing Icould do to stop her. I asked where shewould go and she said she just wantedto go back to that spot of Route 25Cwere I found her. But she said she had afew more days. She had been with mefor three weeks. Three days later Idrove her to that spot. We didn’t talkmuch on the drive. I asked her whereshe would go and what she would do.She said she did not know but shewould manage. I helped her with herbag and kissed her goodbye. She saidshe loved me. As I drove away I lookedback. She was walking into the woods.The next day I went back, I had toknow what happened to her. But therewas nothing to suggest that she hadever been there, not even a footprint. I walked back into the woods for abouta mile but it became too swampy tocontinue. I never saw her again.”

Garden of Delite,

32" x 32", iris

inkjet print

Traditional Arts

FY2005 Traditional ArtsApprenticeship GrantsThis year, Traditional Arts Apprenticeshipgrants totaling $35,306 were awarded totwelve master-apprentice teams. TraditionalArts Apprenticeship grants help supporta master traditional artist to teach anexperienced apprentice in one-to-onesessions. “Apprenticeship grants aretruly a unique opportunity,” saysTraditional Arts Coordinator Lynn MartinGraton. “Our funding makes it possible

for people to devote time to the preser-vation of important traditions.”

A panel of cultural specialists reviewseach application. The 12 teams fundedthis year represent a wide range of traditions and regions of the state. “We encourage people to keep applying,”says Graton, “because each year presentsa new opportunity for funding.”

New England Country Dance Fiddling

Master Artist: Harvey Tolman – Nelson, NH - $2,360

Apprentice: Douglas Challenger –Peterborough, NH - $634

“…As I get older, I have started to thinkabout wanting to be more involved withhelping to pass things along to others. I guess I would like to leave somethingto the next generation and maybe this isa way I can do that with something thathas meant so much to me in my life.”

Harvey Tolman

“It was the dancing that first drew me tothis traditional activity, but over timemy attention is drawn increasingly tothe musicians and the beauty of themusic they create—that inspires thedancers and is, it seems to me, at theheart of the whole enterprise.”

Douglas Challenger

Scottish Highland Piping

Master Artist: Lezlie Webster – Concord, NH - $1,900

Apprentice: Tammy Pratt – Raymond, NH - $863

“People play the Highland bagpipe worldwide and it has far reaching impact—from New Zealand and Australia, to Scottish Societies in Bangkok, all over North America, and most countries in Europe.”

Lezlie Webster

“I am a member of the NH School ofScottish Arts Pipes and Drums and TheProfessional Firefighters of NH Pipesand Drums. We perform around NewEngland in parades and ceremonies.When I complete the Apprenticeship, I will continue to perform in public atthese events and many more.”

Tammy Pratt

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Performance Traditions:

Lucie Therrien at her

home in Portsmouth.

Photos by

Lynn M. Graton

Lezlie Webster playing

Highland pipes at the

2000 Celebrate

NH Festival.

Photos by

Lynn M. Graton

Franco-American Fiddling

Master Artist: Donna Hebert – Amherst, MA - $2,400

Apprentice: Judith Olsen – Keene, NH - $600

“…retaining the music and dance traditionsis very important to sustaining and continuing a Franco-American culturalpresence. I was fortunate in that I hadmany mentors to learn from, but theirgeneration is passing, and we needmore mentors for future generations.”

Donna Hebert

“ …I have concluded that playing music,for French Acadians, is like breathingair—it is natural and necessary to sustainlife. Furthermore, the music of any culture is a language, which communi-cates the struggles, joys, despair, andthe triumphs of a people throughout itshistory. I think that is why experiencing aculture through its music is of particularinterest to me.”

Judith Olsen

Franco American Singing

Master Artist: Lucie Therrien –Portsmouth, NH - $2,450

Apprentice: Susan Poulin – South Berwick, ME - $531

“I wish to teach and pass on all the wonderful folksongs I learned whilegrowing up in Quebec, as well as duringmy life in New England. My papa was aFrench-Canadian fiddler, who also sang,and played several other instruments. I was schooled in the Province ofQuebec’s French schools, and we sang these songs on a daily basis...”

Lucie Therrien

“By working with Lucie, I wish to learnand pass on the traditions of my culturewhich, without programs like this one,are in danger of dying with my parent’sgeneration.”

Susan Poulin

Editor’s note: all

quotations are

excerpted from the

original grant

applications.

Craft Traditions:Rug Braiding

Master Artist: Barbara Fisher – Mt. Sunapee, NH - $2,450

Apprentice: Sandy Luckury – Bradford, NH - $550

“What began as a necessity 48 yearsago, has become a legacy to the art ofrug braiding that I want to share with allwho want to learn. It is important thatthis traditional art not fade away. It isour heritage.”

Barbara Fisher

“I first started rug braiding because Iwanted rugs for my home. I took myfirst lesson from Barbara and have beenbraiding every since. I want to continueto work with Barbara to not only perfectmy braiding skills, but be able to teachothers her methods.”

Sandy Luckury

Rug Hooking

Anne Winterling - Concord, NH - $2,450

Julie Robinson – Loudon, NH - $550

“In America, around 1840,farm women eagerlypicked up the tradition ofrug hooking using grainbags as a foundation andcut up strips of oldclothes for hooking. Thewomen hooked their ownstories into their rugs.The pictures were dis-tinctively American. Thecraft was handed down todaughters and granddaughters”

Ann Winterling

“My maternal grandmother … lived to be 92 and hooked rugs almost dailythroughout her life. I remember as achild watching her for hours as shecarefully turned a piece of burlap into a work of art.”

Julia Robinson

Great Grandfather’s

Prize Bull, a hooked rug

by Anne Winterling.

Courtesy of Anne

Winterling

Apprenticeship

Orthodox Icon Painting

Master Artist: Katarzyna Mankowska –Belmont, MA - $2,200

Apprentice: Marina Nazarova Forbes –Rochester, NH - $790

“The study of Russian iconography andthe making of icons have become theprimary focus of my artistic expression.I feel that I still have a great deal tolearn from an experienced master.”

Marina Nazarova Forbes

“I was born in Krakow, Poland. My motherwas an artist with a deep love andappreciation for the icon painting tradition and medieval painting usingegg tempera. I truly believe in theOrthodox understanding of art assomething that is good for the humansoul. This connection between aestheticsand spirituality is at the very heart ofmy artistic mission.”

Katarzyna Mankowska

Sweet Grass & Ash Basket Making

Master Artist: Jeanne Brink – Barre, VT - $2,000

Apprentice: Sherry Gould – Bradford, NH - $979

“My great grandmother,great aunt, and grand-mother were WesternAbenaki ash splint andsweetgrass fancy basketmakers. I do not want thisimportant aspect of ourculture to die out.” Jeanne Brink

“I have located documentation that myAbenaki ancestors were ash basketmakers in the late 1800s. My greatgrandfather was employed at thePeterborough basket factory in the early1900s. It is my sincere desire to learnthe craft of my ancestors and the techniques they would have used.”

Sherry Gould

Decoy Carving

Master Artist: Fred Dolan – Strafford, NH - $2,400

Apprentice: Jonathan Greenwood –Pittsfield, NH - $415

“Decoy carving is what I do; it is my life.It embraces issues of conservation,form, function, and art. It is an impor-tant traditional art form to preservebecause it represents an unbroken linkto the past that dates back 1,000 yearsin this country alone.”

Fred Dolan

“I have been a hunter and a fishermansince my youth. My father gave me theexposure to the New England traditionof hunting ducks and fly-fishing. Laterin life, I developed an interest in collect-ing decoys and books related to hunt-ing and fishing.”

Jonathan Greenwood

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Joel Nordholm with one of his dogsleds at

his home in Tilton.

12

Mother of God Tenderness, a traditional

orthodox icon by Katarzyna Mankowska.

Photo courtesy of Katarzyna Mankowska

A variety of baskets

made by Jeanne

Brink.

Photo by

Lynn M. Graton

Dan Dustin sitting on

a pile of timbers in

his yard in

Contoocook.

Gary Kalajian

working at his anvil.

Photos by

Lynn M. Graton

Dogsled Making

Master Artist: Joel Nordholm – Tilton, NH - $2,450

Apprentice: Karen Jones – Tamworth, NH - $550

“New Hampshire has been a center ofraising and racing sled dogs since1925. New Hampshire teams have wonthroughout the Northeast and evenAlaska. Karen is very much involvedand has her own sled dog teams andseveral sleds. Her grandfather raced in1925 with Alaskan dogs.”

Joel Nordholm

Blacksmithing

Master Artist: Gary Kalajian – Concord, NH - $2,229

Apprentice: Miles Amaral – Warner, NH - $555

“I believe it is important to continue thistradition as it is an excellent means ofproducing objects that are functional,aesthetically pleasing, and produced ina manner that is satisfying to themaker.”

Gary Kalajian

“I want to further my experience inblacksmithing and increase my skilllevel, as well as work with someonewho can help me get rid of my badhabits. You can only learn so muchfrom books, then you have to workdirectly with someone.”

Miles Amaral

Hand Hewing & Ax Craft

Master Artist: Dan Dustin – Contoocook, NH - $2,025

Apprentice: Buddy Carchide – Concord, NH - $975

“I was introduced to the axe handle andto hand hewing in my childhood by myUncle Dan and my father. I am the firstgeneration of the farm and feel my dutyis to teach, especially as I witness theloss of so much that is good.”

Dan Dustin

“The reason I want to participate in thisApprenticeship is the love of the wood,tradition, and history, and the pride ofwatching something so beautiful comeout of nature from my own influenceover an ax.”

Buddy Carchide

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Eleven new members have been addedto the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing.This directory of traditional artists, culturalheritage interpreters, folklorists andcommunity scholars is a resource providedto the community. Individuals listed areinterested in performing, demonstrating,giving workshops, and other community-based presentations in New Hampshire.Their availability and fees vary.

FY2005 Public Dollar$ for the Arts

Arts D

ollarsPhotos top to bottom

Hector Canales with

his cuatro.

Photo courtesy of

Hector Canales

Bob Gelinas with

some of his ash

baskets.

Photo by

Lynn M. Graton

Samita

Mohanasundaram

dancing

Bharathanatyam

Photo courtesy

of Samita

Mohanasundaram

Mary Cable demon-

strating furniture

restoration at the

NH Preservation

Alliance Old

House & Barn Expo.

Photo by

Lynn M. Graton

Craig Evans with his

large floor loom.

Photo courtesy of

Craig Evans

We encourage organizations to includetradition bearers in public programs tohelp support the continuance of our cultural traditions. You can find theTraditional Arts & Folklife Listing on theState Art Council’s website. From thehome page, click on “arts & artists.”New additions will be posted byNovember 1.

New Additions to the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing

Belknap County

*Alton* Alton Central School, $2,160,Artist Residency with Emile Birch.*Barnstead* Teresa Taylor, $340, Toattend a clay workshop at VermontStudio Conference. *Center Harbor*NH Music Festival, $9,000, OperatingSupport. *Gilford* Gilford Middle School,$2,380, Artist Residency with RobertRossel. *Gilmanton I.W.* GilmantonSchool, $1,230, Artist Residency withMark Ragonese. *Laconia* Belknap MillSociety, $2,486, Exhibit and performanceseries focusing on holiday traditions ofethnically diverse communities in theLakes Region. Belknap Mill Society,$6,118, Tables and stages for necessaryimprovement to concert hall. City ofLaconia, $2,380, Arts Programs atMulticultural Market Day. Laconia HighSchool, $1,000, Guitar Education andRecreation Program. *Strafford* FredDolan, $2,400, Apprenticeship inTraditional Decoy Carving. *Tilton*

Joel Nordholm, $2,450, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Dog Sled Making. SpauldingYouth Center, $4,931, Artist Residencywith T.J. Wheeler, Purly Gates and Steve Ferraris.

Carroll County

*Center Sandwich* Yeomans Fund Forthe Arts, $2,975, Multi-disciplinary summerarts camp. *No Conway* Conway SchoolDistrict/Project Succeed, $1,900, For“Project Proceed.” Mountain Top MusicCenter, $4,100, Operating Support. *No Sandwich* Advice to the Players,$8,500, Support of the expanded“Shakespeare for Teens” project.*Tamworth* Karen Jones, $550,Apprenticeship in Traditional Dog SledMaking. *Wolfeboro* Governor WentworthArts Council, $600, Performances bySusie Burke, David Surrette and HarveyReid at First Night Wolfeboro.

As of September, the New HampshireState Council on the Arts awarded 157grants totaling $564,756 for Fiscal Year2005 (July 1, 2004 — June 30, 2005)to communities, organizations, artistsand schools throughout the state andregion. Requests for funding totaled$1,369,935 from 303 applicants.

The grants, listed below by county,reflect the following State Arts Councilprograms and the types of grants withineach: The Artist Services Programincludes Individual Artist Fellowshipsand New Works Project Grants. The Arts

in Education Program includes Artists in Residence, AIE Planning and AIELeadership grants. The Community ArtsProgram includes Community ArtsProject, Peer Mentorship and CommunityDevelopment Grants. The OrganizationalSupport Program (formerly ArtsAdvancement) includes Project/Planning,Operating, Cultural Facilities andCultural Conservation grants. TheTraditional Arts Program includesTraditional Arts Apprenticeships andProject Grants. Grants across programsinclude ArtLinks and Mini-Grants.

A Community Arts

Project Grant sup-

ported the City of

Laconia's annual

Multi-Cultural Market

Day. Last year's

participants included

Bosnian refugees

Umija and Rascim

Gusinac, and

American Indian

Marvin Burnette.

Photo by

Judy Buswell

� Rory Brennan - Brattleboro, VT -Traditional Plaster Restoration

� Mary Cable - Milford, NH - AntiqueFurniture Upholstery and Restoration

� Hector Canales – Merrimack, NH -Puerto Rican and Caribbean Music

� Carol Coronis - Nottingham, NH -Traditional Greek Music

� Craig Evans - Brookfield, NH -Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing

� Robert M. Gelinas - Farmington, NH -Ash Basket Making

� Kim Chi Vu Potter - Merrimack, NH -Traditional Vietnamese Dance

� Samita Mohanasundaram - Nashua,NH - Indian Classical Dance

� Marilyn Paige - Sutton Mills, NH -Traditional New England Floorcloths

� Donald Primrose - Sullivan, NH - New England Contra and SquareDance Calling

� Frank Woodward - New Boston, NH -New England Contra and SquareDance Calling

Students at the Spaulding Youth Center

worked with soft sculpture as part of their

artist in residence project with sculptor

Catherine Judge.

Photo by Bonnie Fletcher

Dollars for Arts 1716

Cheshire County

*East Sullivan* Apple Hill Center forChamber Music, $7,200, OperatingSupport. *Hinsdale* Hinsdale ElementarySchool, $500, Artist Residency withRachel Lehr. *Keene* Colonial TheatreGroup, $8,400, Operating Support.Donna A. Hebert, $2,400, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Franco American Fiddling.Judith Aucoin Olson, $600, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Franco American Fiddling.Monadnock Arts in Education, $7,000,In-school dance program. Moving CompanyDance Center, $5,000, Year-round out-of-school multi arts program for middleand high school youth at risk. MovingCompany Dance Center, $550, Eventsmanagement software training. MovingCompany Dance Center, $5,000, Uniformand shock dampening flooring. TriciniumLtd, $3,500, Development of chamberensemble version of “Monadnock Tales.”*Nelson* Harvey Tolman, $2,360,Apprenticeship in Traditional NewEngland Country Dance Fiddling.

Coos County

*Colebrook* Poore Family Foundationfor North Country Conservancy, $850,Concert series. Poore Family Foundationfor North Country Conservancy, $1,625,Design and construct a platform for out-of-doors performance area. *Gorham*Family Resource Center at Gorham,$10,000, Artist Residencies with MarkRagonese, Steve Ferraris and HilaryWeisman. *Whitefield* WeathervaneTheatre Players, $7,200, OperatingSupport.

Grafton County

*Canaan* Mascoma Valley Reg HS,$10,000, “Experiencing the Arts” program.Town of Canaan, $5,000, Restoration ofbuilding and accessible bathroom.*Enfield* Enfield Shaker Museum,$2,036, Exhibit and video documentationof traditional Shaker crafts. *Hanover*North Country Studio Conference,$5,500, Fourteen master level residentialworkshops for professional craftspeopleand artists. *Haverhill* HaverhillHeritage, Inc., $8,000, Restore originalwall finish in 1846 Grafton CountyCourthouse. *Hebron* Town of Hebron,$550, Hebron Gazebo Summer ConcertSeries. *Lebanon* City of Lebanon,$850, Concert series featuring traditionalfolk music at Farmers Market. LebanonOpera House Improvement, $10,200,Operating Support. North CountryCommunity Theatre, $2,500, Productionof “Pirates of Penzance.” Opera North,$7,000, Family matinee performances of“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at LebanonOpera House. *Lisbon* AmmonoosucRegion Arts Council, $850, Two-daycommunity festival of the arts. *Littleton*Arts Alliance of Northern NH, $5,500,Culture marketing position to coordinatecollaborative marketing and promotionefforts. *Orford* Brian Miller, $5,000,Artist Fellowship. *Plymouth* Friends ofthe Arts Plymouth, a Regional Arts Council,$5,600, Operating Support. Friends ofthe Arts Plymouth, a Regional ArtsCouncil, $700, School presentations andpublic performances on Native Americanculture with Howard Lyons. Friends of theArts Plymouth, a Regional Arts Council,$1,750, Downtown banner project. Friendsof the Arts Plymouth, a Regional ArtsCouncil, $2,500, After-school programcentered on a student-run Fine Art andCraft Gallery and Store. Main StreetPlymouth, Inc., $1,950, Jazz concertseries and workshops. Pemi YouthCenter, $1,000, Music and media artswith Plymouth’s “At Risk” youth program. Silver Cultural Arts Center,$7,255, Purchase and install sounddampening curtains for prosceniumtheatre space. *Warren* Warren VillageSchool, $900, Artist Residency withMargaret Osterman.

Hillsboro County

*Amherst* Donna A. Hebert, $2,400,Apprenticeship in Traditional FrancoAmerican Fiddling. Souhegan ValleyChorus, $2,000, Production of concert“America: Voices That Built a Nation.”*Antrim* Town of Antrim, $850,Filmmaking workshops at performingarts summer camp. *Bedford* PeterWoodbury School, $500, Artist Residencywith Randy Armstrong. Riddle BrookSchool, $2,080, Artist Residency withSteve Schuch. *Brookline* BrooklineElementary School/Samuel Douglas,$2,230, Artist Residency with JeanneLimmer. *Goffstown* Goffstown PublicLibrary, $350, Support a communitydance sponsored with Dream Catchers.Mountain View Middle School, $500,Artist Residency with Mimi White andSarah Haskell. *Hillsboro* MarthaCarlson-Bradley, $5,000, Artist Fellowship.Steve Schuch, $5,000, Artist Fellowship.*Manchester* Currier Museum of Art,$11,850, Operating Support. MajesticTheater, $2,700, “Open Doors Manchester”trolley tours to arts and cultural organi-zations. Manchester Choral Society,$7,000, 2004-2005 Season Programs:“A Christmas Tapestry” and “A RoyalCelebration.” Manchester City Library,$850, Present the Celtic music groupSiucra. Manchester Community MusicSchool, $6,445, Purchase equipment forauditorium. Manchester CommunityMusic School, $7,200, Operating Support.Manchester Community Music School,$2,500, African drumming classes withRandy Armstrong. NH PhilharmonicOrchestra, $4,100, Operating Support.*Merrimack* Merrimack High School,$3,730, Artist Residency with EmileBirch. *Milford* Milford Middle School,$10,000, Milford Enrichment andExtended Day Program. *Nashua*Nashua Symphony Association, $700,Present pianist and roster artist FrederickMoyer as a soloist. The Granite Statesmen,$2,613, Outreach to expand participationin barbershop harmony singing inManchester and Salem. *Peterborough*Contoocook Valley Regional SchoolDistrict and Antrim Elementary, $2,040,

Artist Residency with Emile Birch. DouglasChallenger, $634, Apprenticeship inTraditional New England Country DanceFiddling. Monadnock Music, $8,400,Operating Support. Peterborough Players,Inc., $9,000, Operating Support. *Sharon*Sharon Arts Center, $8,400, OperatingSupport. *Wilton* Andy’s SummerPlayhouse, $8,400, Operating Support.

Merrimack County

*Bradford* Sandy Luckury, $550,Apprenticeship in Traditional Rug Braiding.Jeanne Brink, $2,000, Apprenticeship inTraditional Ash and Sweetgrass BasketMaking. Sherry Gould, $980, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Ash and Sweetgrass BasketMaking. *Concord* Anne Winterling,$2,450, Apprenticeship in TraditionalRug Hooking. Buddy Carchide, $975,Apprenticeship in Traditional HandHewing and Ax Craft. Capitol Center forthe Arts, $12,000, Operating Support.Concord Community Music School,$12,000, Operating Support. ConcordPublic Library Foundation, $2,000,Conservation of the wooden sculpture“Standing Woman” by Winslow Eaves.Eastman School, $1,520, Artist Residencywith Michael Zerphy and Mimi White.Garry Kalajian, $2,229, Apprenticeship

A Mini-Grant funded this

community dance that

was held at Keene Public

Library. Roster artists

Dudley and Jacqueline

Laufman of Two Fiddles

performed and called.

More than 750 community

members of all ages and

abilities participated.

Photo courtesy of Keene

Public Library

A Community Arts

Project Grant enabled the

NH State Library to spon-

sor “Kids, Books and the

Arts” programs in public

libraries around the

state. More than 35

libraries participated,

primarily in rural areas

with more than 4000

participants.

Photo courtesy of

Holderness Public

Library

Andrew Lucas,

Megan Clark-Kevan,

and Ben Kilbride star

as Gene Autry, Dale

Rogers and Roy

Rogers in an Andy's

Summer Playhouse

production of

Hee-Ya: A Classic

Western Musical

Ghost Story. Andy's

Playhouse in Wilton

provides professional

theatre experience for

children ages 8 - 18

in everything from

acting, directing, and

playwrighting to the

technical aspects of

mounting a produc-

tion. An Operating

Grant provided them

with two-years of

general support.

Photo by

Josh Gelbwaks

AIE Roster artist and

musician Miguel

Angel Luna demon-

strates a Mayan

instrument to students

at Peterborough

Elementary School

as part of their Artist

in Residence grant

project on "Sound

Sculptures."

Photos by

Lynn Compton

Dollars for Arts 1918

in Traditional Blacksmithing. League ofNH Craftsmen, Inc., $2,377, TraditionalArts Apprenticeship Showcase. Leagueof NH Craftsmen, Inc., $7,200, OperatingSupport. Lezlie Webster, $1,900,Apprenticeship in Traditional HighlandBagpiping. NH Public Radio, $1,000,Website upgrade to put more NH arts onwebsite. NH Writers Project, $5,300,Operating Support. Northern ForestCenter, $2,800, Publication and marketingof Handmade in the Northern ForestGuidebook. Society for the Protection ofNH Forests, $850, Heritage Day at theRocks Estate in Bethlehem. VSA Arts ofNew Hampshire, $10,200, OperatingSupport. *Contoocook* Dan Dustin,$2,025, Apprenticeship in TraditionalHand Hewing and Ax Craft. Maple St/H.Martin Schools, $3,730, Artist Residencywith Jeff Warner. *Danbury* DanburyCommunity Center, $550, “Walk Aroundthe World” Summer Arts Program.*Dunbarton* Dunbarton ElementarySchool, $1,000, Artist Residency withKelly Doremus Stuart. *Franklin*Franklin Opera House, Inc., $2,425,Community designed lamppost bannerproject. Franklin Opera House, Inc.,$20,000, Renovations to cultural facility.*Henniker* John Stark Schools/SAU24, $5,000, Artist Residency with EmileBirch and Laura Campbell. Town ofHenniker, $8,000, Install theatre lights, a

dimmer control system and sound systemin former Masonic Temple. *Loudon*Julie Robinson, $550, Apprenticeship inTraditional Rug Hooking. *Pittsfield*Jonathan Greenwood, $415, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Decoy Carving. *Salisbury*Salisbury Elementary School, $1,355,Artist in Residency with Randy Armstrong.*Warner* Miles Amaral, $555,

Apprenticeship in Traditional Blacksmithing.Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, $2,800,Presentations at the annual powwow,Harvest Day, and a program on naturestudies. Warner Historical Society,$2,450, Filmmaker-in-residence videoproject with community members.

Rockingham County

*Epping* Epping Elementary School,$4,380, Artist Residency with Rob Rossell.*Exeter* American Independence Museumand Center, $550, Exeter RevolutionaryWar Festival. Lincoln St. School/ SAU16, $4,300, Artist Residency with RobertRossel. *Hampton Falls* Blues BankCollective, $4,000, Operating Support.*Kensington* Kensington Elementary,$3,625, Artist Residency with LauraCampbell. *Kingston* Margaret NewlandGoetz, $5,000, Artist Fellowship.*Londonderry* South LondonderrySchool, $2,855, Artist Residency withEmile Birch. *Newmarket* NewmarketMain Street Corporation, $455, ArtistResidency with Regina Delaney.Newmarket Main Street Corporation,$4,000, Presentations of traditional artsand culture at the Newmarket HeritageFestival. *Northwood* NorthwoodSchool/SAU 44, $500, Artist Residencywith Emile Birch. *Portsmouth*Barbara R. Jenny, $5,000, ArtistFellowship. Children’s Museum ofPortsmouth, $11,850, OperatingSupport. City of Portsmouth, $6,000,Support first director of Portsmouth localarts agency. Lucie Therrien, $2,450,Apprenticeship in Traditional FrancoAmerican Singing. Susan Poulin, $531,Apprenticeship in Traditional FrancoAmerican Singing. NH Theatre Project,$3,700, Operating Support. PontineMovement Theatre, $2,000, Purchase oftheatre lighting equipment for West EndStudio Theatre. Pontine MovementTheatre, $5,000, Development of origi-nal play about the Portsmouth PeaceTreaty of 1905. Pontine MovementTheatre, $6,700, Operating Support.Seacoast Wind Ensemble, $850, Artistresidency with pianist Frederick Moyer.*Raymond* Tammy Pratt, $863,Apprenticeship in Traditional Highland

Bagpiping. *Seabrook* SeabrookElementary School, $4,380, ArtistResidency with Genevieve Aichele.*Stratham* Stratham Memorial School,$4,050, Artist Residency with RachelLehr. Stratham Volunteer Fire Dept.,$2,525, Partnership Initiative.

Strafford County

*Dover* Artists in Residence, $2,450,“In Her Studio: Women Artists Inspire theLives of Teenage Girls” summer artsprogram. Artists in Residence, $2,500,Four arts camp performances. StraffordCounty Dept. of Corrections, $2,975,Inmate community arts mural project inprison visiting areas. *Durham* DouglasWorthen, $5,000, Artist Fellowship.Durham Main Street Program, $2,500,Seventh Annual Young Artist Showcasein downtown Durham. Mill Pond Center,Inc., $3,500, Install ADA compliant rest-room to multipurpose facility. NH Public

Television and University Of NH,$3,500, “NH Writers Read” showcase ofsix authors on “NH Outlook.” *Milton*NH Farm Museum, $1,365, 2004Traditional Arts Music Series, to coincidewith seasonal celebrations. *Rochester*Arts Rochester, Inc., $850, Theatreclasses for faculty members. ArtsRochester Inc., $2,800, Creation of acultural plan for Rochester. KatarzynaMankowska, $2,200, Apprenticeship inTraditional Russian Iconography. MarinaNazarova Forbes, $790, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Russian Iconography.

Sullivan County

*Cornish* Cornish Elementary School,$255, Sugar River String Band perform-ance at a community dance. SaintGaudens National Historical Site, $425,“Shakespeare Sings” concert by theOpera North Young Artist Program.*Newport* Library Arts Center, $5,500,Upgrade computer technology by contracting a programmer. *Sunapee*Barbara Fisher, $2,450, Apprenticeshipin Traditional Rug Braiding. *Washington*Town of Washington Parks andRecreation Committee, $550, SummerOutdoor concert series.

Regional

*Bellows Falls, VT* Great River ArtsInstitute, $500, Silkscreen workshopsand a museum visit by Fall MountainH.S. students. Great River Arts Institute,$2,500, Incorporating more arts activitiesinto the regular curriculum.

Traditional New England

Rug Braider Barbara

Fisher received a

Traditional Arts

Apprenticeship grant to

teach her craft.

Photo by

Lynn M. Graton

Intertribal American

Indian drummers,

dancers and singers,

performed traditional

ceremonies at the Mt.

Kearsarge Indian

Museum's 2004

Powwow. The

Museum received

support for this event

through a Traditional

Arts Project Grant.

Photo by

Lynn M. Graton

The NH Institute of Art in

Manchester received a

Cultural Facilities grant

to move kilns, and pro-

vide proper venting and

wiring in their ceramics

and jewelry labs located

below ground level. The

project enabled them to

meet codes for wiring

and safety, provide a safe

and appealing work

environment for students

and teachers and add

key efficiencies in the

use of the kilns.

Photo courtesy of the NH

Institute of Art

An Artist in

Residence Grant

made it possible for

Roster artist Kim

Casey to work with

6th grade students in

Hopkinton schools to

create individual

works of art.

Photo by Jane List

The Karl Drerup Art Gallery at Plymouth State

University is preparing a national touring exhi-

bition for 2007-2009 on visual artist and NH

Living Treasure Karl Drerup (1904-2000). An

Annual Advancement Grant helped fund

planning and research relating to his work.

Pictured here is a painted earthenware tile

created by Drerup, ca. 1937-1950.

Photo by Lorne Finley of Fin-Image

Community ArtsThe Colonial Theater, the nation’s oldest continuously operating

movie theater, is undergoing extensive renovations to convert

it to a regional cultural center. It will be a major contributor to

the economic well being of the community. Learn more about

the theater at www.bethlehemcolonial.org.

Photo by Judy Rigmont

Street banners

featuring original art

showcase the town's

treasures and literal-

ly put artists' work

before the public eye.

They are a colorful

complement to the

antique shops,

restaurants, small

businesses and cafes

that now line

Bethlehem’s Main

Street, together with

the Colonial Theater

and WREN.

Photo by

Judy Rigmont

This CD-Rom with accompanying map, is a beauti-

fully produced visual and sound portrait of the town

with commentary by residents. WREN had it created

as a marketing tool as part of their ongoing economic

and community development effort with the

Bethlehem Redevelopment Association and the

Friends of the Colonial. It is part of their Stars Project,

an arts-based initiative to develop a new identity for

this former summer resort community that is becoming

a year round destination.

Photo by Stephen Dignazio

Art Direction by Elaine Rentz Graphic Design

The Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN) is a dynamic and fast-growing membership

organization. Located on Main Street, they offer a wide variety of classes, gallery space for artists,

free internet access in their award-winning technology center, workshops, technical assistance

and consulting for nonprofits, a lending library, business development loans to members, plus

Wings of Wren -- a program providing opportunities for girls to learn about themselves through

the arts, outdoor activities and technology. Their wrenOVATION! shop, features products from

more than 100 of their members. The store and gallery have generated nearly $400,000 in sales

for artists and craftspeople. Plans are in the works for a major expansion. For more information

about WREN, visit their website at www.wrencommunity.org.

Photo by Judy Rigmont

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Spotlight: Community Arts Town Profile: Bethlehem, “Star of the White Mountains”Bethlehem (pop. 2200) is no longer a pass through town on the way to some place else in the North Country. It hasrenewed vitality thanks to the efforts and vision of severalcommunity volunteers, including Stephen Dignazio, artist andExecutive Director of the Colonial Theatre; and NatalieWoodroofe, Executive Director of the Women’s RuralEntrepreneurial Network (WREN).

Woodroofe notes: “Bethlehem, fueled by WREN’s efforts overthe last five years, offers an evolving model for supporting a community of diverse entrepreneurs and the impact of a creative economy focus. This, in turn, has led to a remarkablerevitalization and engagement of civic leaders, not-for-profits,business owners, and residents in developing Bethlehem as the‘home of niche markets’ …With the Colonial Theater rapidlydeveloping as a regional cultural center and artists/artisanspopulating the town, its ‘arts-friendly’ identity continues to build.”

Around the State(Cup & Saucer)

Maureen Mills was

awarded this year’s

Artist Advancement

Grant from the

Greater Piscataqua

Community

Foundation.

Photo courtesy of

Maureen Mills

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Congratulations to…

Twenty-five state-juried members of the League of NH Craftsmen who were presented with awards for their exemplarywork at the 71st Annual Fair. In thethree categories, the best in show awardrecipients were Paulette Werger ofHanover; Ken Pick of Putney, VT; and Patricia Palson of Contoocook.

Writer D. Quincy Whitney of Nashua,who received the Sylvan C. Colemanand Pamela Coleman Memorial Fund ArtHistory Fellowship from the MetropolitanMuseum of Art to conduct research forthe biography of contemporary violin-maker Carleen Maley Hutchins.

Potter Maureen Mills of Portsmouth, recentrecipient of an Artist AdvancementGrant of $30,000 from the GreaterPiscataqua Community Foundation.Mills is a studio manager and teacher atthe NH Institute of Art in Manchester andworks from a studio at Strawbery BankeMuseum in Portsmouth and her home.

Theatre artist and Roster member DanHurlin, from Jaffrey and New York, for being awarded a 2004 UnionInternationale de la Marionette-USACitation for Excellence for his production,Hiroshima Maiden. The citations wereconceived by the late Jim Henson torecognize and reward high standards inpuppetry in North America.

Liesel Fenner, Public Art Program Managerat the New England Foundation for theArts, who received the National ParkService Conservation Hero Award inWashington D.C. at the Public Art: CivicCatalyst conference co-sponsored by theAmericans for the Arts and NationalAssembly of State Arts Agencies.

Welcome To…

Michael J. Glenn III, the new Manager ofthe Nashua Symphony Orchestra. Glennwill work directly with Executive DirectorKathleen Kearns in the areas of operationsand logistics as well as box office andfinancial management. He brings more than25 years of information technology andmanagement experience to the position.

Fond Farewell to…

Bill Krause, former Director at the MillPond Center for the Arts in Durham. Hewill be returning to Virginia to join themusic faculty of Hollins University.During his tenure, Krause was responsiblefor reviving multi-disciplinary programmingand undertaking major renovations.

Remembering…

In July, the state lost Dorothy MansfieldVaughan, a pioneer in the historicpreservation movement in NH and a life-long community leader in Portsmouth. In1957, the Portsmouth Housing Authorityplanned to create garden apartments inthe blighted Puddle Dock neighborhood,the site of the state’s first permanent colony.Vaughan saw beyond the tenements,sheds, shacks and scrap metal yards.Her challenging talk to the all-malemembers of her brother’s Rotary Clubbecame the impetus for the formation ofStrawbery Banke Museum and the firstproject in the nation to use urban renewalfunds for historic preservation ratherthan clearance and redevelopment of asite. Vaughan served as the Museum’spresident for its first seven years.

Around the State

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Weaver Pat Palson

of Contoocook won

Best in Show and

Popular Choice in

the Craft Wear

category at the 71st

Annual League of

NH Craftmen's Fair

in Sunapee.

Photo by

Julie Mento

FY2005 New Works Grant Awarded to PontineMovement Theatre for New Original Play Basedon the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905FY2005 New Works Collaboration ProjectGrant recipient, Pontine Movement Theatreof Portsmouth, will receive $5,000 towardthe creation of an original play based onthe Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905.

Through this project, Pontine’s co-artisticdirectors, NH Artist Laureate MargueriteMathews and Greg Gathers, will work withPortsmouth community members andother organizations to develop an originalfull-length play exploring the events leadingto the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905.

The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversaryof the signing of the Treaty, which endeda bloody land and sea war betweenJapanese and Russian forces, and markedJapan’s emergence as a world power.Following intensive diplomatic efforts byPresident Theodore Roosevelt, the twosides were brought together for a peaceconference. Roosevelt chose Portsmouthas the negotiation site because of thesecurity provided by the PortsmouthNaval Shipyard and because Portsmouth’sinhabitants were known to be neutral about

Editor’s note: all

quotations are

excerpted from the

original grant

application.

the conflict between Russia and Japan.The Treaty itself was negotiated at theNavy Yard; diplomats from both nationsstayed at the Wentworth Hotel and signedthe treaty at the Rockingham CountyCourthouse in downtown Portsmouth.

“Newspaper articles, letters, diaries, historical photographs and ephemerawill form the basis for the original script,which will focus not only on the treaty, butwill also include other events of the daywhich characterize the local communityand provide a glimpse of life as it was in1905. The play will explore the treaty fromthe point of view of the local citizenry,examining how local events intersectedwith national and international diplomacy.”

Pontine will draw insight from a pool ofcolleagues for scholarly, dramaturgical,and directorial assistance during theplay’s development stage. The consultingartists include John Edwards, JohnMayer, Blanche Milligan, Ursula Wright,and Paul Mroczka.

In March 2005, Pontine will begin marketingthe play, which will run for three weeksat the West End Studio Theatre inPortsmouth. Following its premiere run,it will become part of Pontine’s regulartouring repertoire. Presenters fromthroughout New England will be invitedto preview the production at the premiere.

For more information about PontineMovement Theatre visitwww.pontine.org.

New Works Collaboration Project Grantsoffer an incentive to explore new ways ofworking with other artists. The grantspromote artist collaborations that resultin the creation or completion of newworks. Collaborations may involve artistsworking either in the same or differentdisciplines, such as painters and poets.The next New Works CollaborationProject Grant deadline for FY2006 fundsis May 6, 2005.

The 1905 Portsmouth

Peace Treaty was

negotiated at the

Navy Yard.

Diplomats from both

nations stayed at the

Wentworth and

signed the treaty at

the Rockingham

County Courthouse

in downtown

Portsmouth.

Photo courtesy of

The Portsmouth

Athenaeum

Medal D

ayThe MacDowell Colony, which opens itsoldest-in-the-nation artist retreat to thepublic only one day a year for Medal Day,awarded the 45th Edward MacDowellMedal this August to visual artist NamJune Paik. Although he was unable toattend Medal Day in person due to poorhealth, Paik was present in spirit and onvideo. His nephew Ken Hakuda acceptedthe award on his behalf.

MacDowell board chairman Robert McNeilbegan the ceremony with reflections onthe role of art in times of war. Accordingto McNeil, art deserves increased attentionand resources during times of conflict.

“While the events of 9/11 remind us ofour shared vulnerability,” he said, “wemust refuse to surrender the freedom ofthe American mind. The practice of art

is a unique humanendeavor thatdepends upon anddefends freedom.”In these embattledtimes, he contin-ued, it is moreimportant thanever to supportplaces, like theMacDowell Colony,to protect artistsfrom “the pres-sures of politicsand the market-place” and to allowthem the time andspace to practice freedom ofmind and spirit.

This year’s MacDowell Medalist NamJune Paik embodies that artistic questfor freedom. The award, given annuallysince 1960 to an outstanding Americanartist, places Paik on an impressive listof past MacDowell Medal recipients,including Edward Hopper, LeonardBernstein, Merce Cunningham, and Joan Didion.

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Medal Day at the MacDowell Colony, 2004

“Work hard. Be lazy.” An axiom for the

age, as only Nam June Paik could

encapsulate it.A

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peak

The Executive Council has appointedBedford management consultant AliceDeSouza as Director of the NH Officeof Travel and TourismDevelopment by theExecutive Council.DeSouza was founder,project director andmember of the board ofdirectors of Art BuildsCommunity, an initiativethat resulted in the cre-ation and implementationof Manchester’s culturalplan and development ofthe city’s first local arts agency.

She is a member of the board ofdirectors of the Land and Community

Heritage Investment Program, NH Institute of Art, NH Main StreetCenter and the NH Travel Council.

She has also served onthe boards of LeadershipNew Hampshire, theNational Trust for HistoricPreservation, and theManchester RegionalCommunity Foundation.This spring, she wasawarded the NewHampshire BusinessCommittee for the ArtsLeadership Award for her

many years of service devoted tostrengthening and supporting arts and culture in New Hampshire.

Portsmouth’s first

city-supported arts

agency, Art-Speak,

received major

support through a

Community Arts

Development Grant

to help develop their

new cultural data-

base and hire their

first director. Their

website was launched

this summer.

Logo designed by

Vital Design

Art-Speak Website Comes to Life!Art-Speak seeks more artists for newly established on-line Arts and Cultural Directory

Alice DeSouza, a

management consult-

ant from Bedford and

long-time supporter of

arts and culture in NH,

is the new director of

the NH Office of

Travel and Tourism

Development.

Photo by Althea

Haropoulos

Alice Desouza Confirmed as New Travel and Tourism Director

With major funding provided by the StateArts Council's Community DevelopmentProgram and the City of Portsmouth,Art-Speak, the City of Portsmouth'sCultural Commission, has launched itsmulti-faceted website, www.art-speak.org.The website features the City's first Artsand Cultural Directory, an interactive,searchable database containing over 350artists and ensemble members in 129listings as well as 44 cultural and heritageorganizations and projects.

Art-Speak was established by the City of Portsmouth in 2002 for the expresspurpose of implementing Portsmouth'sCultural Plan. Current priorities includesecuring more living and work space forartists, increasing venues for artistic activities,and marketing artists, cultural organizations,and events to promote the vast array ofcultural riches that make Portsmouth agreat place to live and visit.

“The sheer volume of listings in theDirectory of local artists and culturalactivities tells an important story aboutPortsmouth,” believes Acting Chair ChrisDwyer. “Art-Speak wants to make morevisible the special mix of talents that fuelthe City's vitality. We are eager for moreDirectory listings because we know wehave just begun.” Art-Speak encouragesartists and organizations to add and modifyonline listings. Visit www.art-speak.orgon the web.

Legendary visual artist Nam June Paik was

the 45th artist to receive the Edward

MacDowell Medal. A true visionary, he is

credited with coining the term, “information

superhighway.” The Medal is awarded annu-

ally to an individual who has made an out-

standing contribution to the arts.

Photo courtesy of The MacDowell Colony

Pioneer

The New EnglandFoundation for theArts Moves its OfficesIn August, the New England Foundationfor the Arts (NEFA), the regional artsagency funded by the National Endowmentfor the Arts and the six New Englandstate arts agencies, relocated to 145Tremont Street in Boston, near Boston’sDowntown Crossing area. The new, larger,offices occupy the top two floors of abuilding that overlooks Boston Common.The top floor has a spacious atrium forlarge meetings and events, and maypossibly be used for exhibitions and per-formances. For more information aboutNEFA, visit www.nefa.org on the web, orvisit their new offices: New EnglandFoundation for the Arts 145 TremontStreet, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02111.

AccessibilityProfessionalDevelopment InstituteIn early August, NEFA partnered with theNational Endowment for the Arts to hosta successful professional developmentinstitute for New England State ArtsAgency (SAA) access coordinators andstaff. More than 40 participants gatheredin Portsmouth for two days of discussionand planning around improving accessin the cultural community. PresentersSusan Perlstein of the Center for CreativeAging and Gay Hanna of the Society forthe Arts in Healthcare led discussions ona range of topics including creativity andaging, art in healthcare, universal design,strategic planning, and next steps forimproving access.

As a follow-up, NEFA plans to host a webaccessibility training session later this year.

After 15 years of planning, the NationalMuseum of the American Indian (NMAI)opened on the Washington Mall inSeptember. The museum is the result ofyears of collaboration with AmericanIndian communities.

The NMAI’s Mission Statement says: TheNational Museum of the American Indianis an institution of living cultures dedicatedto the preservation, study and exhibitionof the life, languages, literature, historyand arts of the Native Peoples of theWestern Hemisphere.

Executive Director Krista Katz, of Warner'sMt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (MKIM), ispleased with the new museum's focus,“The National Museum of the AmericanIndian shares with MKIM a concern withthe idea of an ongoing American Indianartistic culture.” She emphasizes thevalue of making that culture known, “…you see the profound ability to beautify

utilitarian objects. American Indian art isalso the art of preservation. It was a vehiclethrough which the artists, particularly thewomen, transmitted their culture duringperiods of great hardship throughouttheir history. We view American Indiansas an original strand in the tapestry thatis the US. It is wonderful that the newmuseum is offering a venue for peopleto become more familiar with that original strand.”

The NMAI’s three permanent exhibitscurrently feature 24 tribes from Canada toSouth America. There are 562 federallyrecognized tribes in the United Statesalone. The communities represented inthe exhibits will change periodically.

The National Museum of the AmericanIndian expects to see 4 million visitors ayear. For more information visitwww.nmai.si.edu on the web.

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Regional & National News

The 250,000-square-

foot curved, intricately

detailed building that

houses the National

Museum of the

American Indian,

embraces its natural

surroundings and

expresses aspects of

the solar calendar.

Photo by

Robert Lautman

National Museum of the American Indianopens in Washington, DC

Korean born Paik, who lives in New York City, has been called the “GeorgeWashington” of video art, a true visionarywhose work in temporal media created awhole new language for artists of theelectronic age. Many credit him withcoining the term,“information super-highway,” 30 yearsago. More recently,Nam June Paikshared thesethoughts on hisapproach to art inthe informationage: “Our life ishalf natural andhalf technological.Technology hasbecome the body’snew membrane ofexistence. Yet ifyou make onlyhigh-tech, youmake war. So we must have a stronghuman element to keep modesty andnatural life.”

2004 Medal Day speaker JohnHanhardt, the Guggenheim Museum’ssenior media arts and film curator,described Paik as a global artist whosework has sparked artistic experimenta-tion in Asia, Europe and America. Whileknown primarily for his video work, Paikstudied piano and composition and completed degrees in music as well asaesthetics in Japan before pursuinggraduate studies in philosophy.

He began his artistic career as a memberof a circle of artists called Fluxus thatchallenged conventional notions of art inthe early 1960s. Hanhardt characterizedPaik’s later work with interactive museuminstallations and video recordings as

having intelligence, wit, and a playfulspirit, which he called “art in a humanscale that mirrors a changing culture.”

Before coming to represent Paik at theMedal Day ceremony, his nephew, KenHakuda, asked his uncle if he had anyadvice to give other artists. This was hisresponse, “Work hard. Be lazy.” Anaxiom for the age, as only Nam JunePaik could encapsulate it.

“Our life is half natural and half

technological...Yet if you make only

high-tech, you make war. So we must

have a strong human element to keep

modesty and natural life.”

The 2004 Edward

MacDowell Medal

was presented to

Nam June Paik by

Robert MacNeil,

chairman of The

MacDowell Colony,

president Carter

Wiseman,; and exec-

utive director Cheryl

Young. Gathering

after the ceremony

are, left to right, resi-

dent director David

Macy; Guggenheim

Museum senior

media arts and film

curator John

Hanhardt; Mr. Paik's

nephew Ken Paik

Hakuda; Carter

Wiseman; Robert

MacNeil; and

Cheryl Young.

Photo by

Rebecca L. Lawrence

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Winter Grant DeadlinesFY2006 Grant Deadlines**

Across Programs

Grant Name Deadline Amount Mini-grant Quarterly* $250-$1,000 Peer Mentorship On-going $500-$700

Artist Services Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountIndividual Artist Fellowship May 6, 2005 $5,000New Works May 6, 2005 $5,000

Artists in Education Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountArtist-in-Residence February 4, 2005 $1,000-$5,000AIE Leadership February 4, 2005 $500-$5,000ARTLINKS April 22, 2005 $2,500-$10,000

Community Arts Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountDevelopment April 1, 2005 $3,500 - $7,000Project April 1, 2005 $1,000 - $3,500(for projects July 1 – December 31, 2005)

Organizational Support Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountFY 06-07 Operating November 19, 2004 $5,000-$12,000Project/Planning March 1, 2005 $1,000-$7,000Cultural Facilities May 2, 2005 $1,000-$8,000Cultural Conservation May 2, 2005 $5,000-$20,000

Traditional Arts Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountApprenticeships March 25, 2005 $3,000Project March 11, 2005 $1,000-$4,000

*Quarterly Deadlines:Jan. 3, 2005 for projects beginning April 1, 2005 or afterApril 1, 2005 for projects beginning July 1, 2005 or afterJuly 1, 2005 for projects beginning Oct. 1, 2005 or afterOct. 1, 2005 for projects beginning Jan. 1, 2006 or afterJan. 2, 2006 for projects beginning April 2, 2006 or after

For grant guidelines

and application

forms:

www.nh.gov/nharts

For more informa-

tion: 603/271-2789

NH Relay Services

TTY/TDD:

800/735-2964

General Phone:603/271-2789

URL: www.nh.gov/nharts

Fax: 603/271-3584

TTY/TDD:800/735-2964

Office Hours: 8:15 am – 4:15 pmClosed all Stateand most Federalholidays

New Hampshire StateCouncil on the ArtsEstablished in 1965, the New HampshireState Council on the Arts and the NewHampshire Division of the Arts comprisethe state’s arts agency. Funding comesfrom appropriations from the State ofNew Hampshire and the NationalEndowment for the Arts, a federalagency. Volunteer Arts Councilors setpolicies, approve grants, and advise theCommissioner of the Department ofCultural Resources on all matters concerning the arts.

The State Arts Council’s mission is toenrich New Hampshire’s quality of lifethrough the arts. The Director of theNew Hampshire Division of the Artsadministers the agency, which is part ofthe Department of Cultural Resources.

New Hampshire State Arts Councilors

Chair

James Patrick Kelly, Nottingham

Vice Chair

Jacqueline R. Kahle, Wilton

Randy Armstrong, DoverRichard W. Ayers, SanborntonWilliam Hallager, LincolnPaul Hodes, ConcordPeter McLaughlin, HanoverEdward J. McLear, MeredithToni H. Pappas, ManchesterGary Samson, ConcordTim Sappington, RandolphJasmine Shah, NashuaKaren Burgess Smith, ExeterGrace Sullivan, Deerfield

Department ofCultural ResourcesVan McLeod, Commissioner20 Park StreetConcord, NH 03301603/271-2540

Division of the ArtsRebecca L. Lawrence, Director2 1⁄2 Beacon StreetConcord, NH 03301603/271-2789

Division of Arts Staff

Yvonne Stahr, Programs InformationOfficer, 603/271-0791

Judy Rigmont, Community ArtsCoordinator, 603/271-0794

Catherine O’Brian, Arts EducationCoordinator, 603/271-0795

Lynn Martin Graton, Traditional ArtsCoordinator, 603/271-8418

Julie Mento, Artist Services Coordinator, 603/271-0790

Dawn Nesbitt, Accountant I, 603/271-7926

Marjorie Durkee, Grants & ContractsTechnician, 603/271-2789

Carey Johnson, Arts Program Assistant, 603/271-0792

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**For projects occur-

ring between July 1,

2005 – June 30,

2006, unless other-

wise noted. Note:

Due to projected

upcoming budget

cuts, some grant cat-

egories may be elimi-

nated or amounts

may be reduced.

Please check

www.nh.gov/nharts

for updates.

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