F Y01-02 ARTS COUNCILORS AND STAFF LISTING STATE OF THE ARTS

State Arts Councilors Division of the Arts Staff [ Biennial Report July 1, 2000-June 30, 2002 ]

Chairman Rebecca L. Lawrence, Director M. Christine Dwyer, Portsmouth Judy Rigmont, Vice Chairman Community Arts Coordinator William Hallager, Lincoln Audrey V. Sylvester, Artist Services Coordinator* Gerald Auten, Hanover Mimi Bravar, Bedford Catherine O’Brian, Grace Frieje, Manchester Arts in Education Coordinator James Patrick Kelly, Nottingham Paul W. Hodes, Concord Lynn Martin Graton, Peter McLaughlin, Hanover Traditional Arts Coordinator 2001 Governors’ Tim Sappington, Randolph David Snyder, Chief Grants Officer* Grace Sullivan, Deerfield Arts Award for Melissa Walker, Madbury Yvonne Stahr, Assistant Director** Individual Arts Chester Bowles, Peterborough* Julie Mento, Arts Program Patron designed Jacqueline R. Kahle, Wilton** Assistant/Artist Services Coordinator** by Susan Pratt Inez McDermott, Concord* Smith Richard W. Ayers, Sanbornton** Marjorie Durkee, Thomas Holmes Moore, New Hampton* Grants & Contracts Technician Photo courtesy of Edward J. McLear, Meredith** Dawn Nesbitt, Accountant I Susan Pratt Smith Carlesta Spearman, Nashua* Jasmine Shah, Nashua** Mary Beaulieu, Arts Program Assistant**

*Service ended during biennium *Retired or resigned during biennium ** Service began during biennium **Hired or promoted during biennium On the Cover JOINING WITH PRIVATE PATRONS The 2001 Governors’ Arts Awards started a new tradition of commissioning artists to design the awards as unique interpretations of the State House Eagle. Installed MARKING PROGRESS... on the State House dome in 1819, the original wooden eagle was the State’s first example of public art. The artists who responded to the design challenge in 2001 were Susan Pratt Smith, Kim Wintje, Carol Aronson-Shore, Joy Raskin, Ronald Progress Smith, Jane Kaufman, and Joseph De Robertis.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of There are cultural events for every season. the state to join with private patrons and Winter brings a candlelight stroll at About the New Hampshire State Project Title: “If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride” Council on the Arts with institutions and professional organi- Strawberry Banke and the bright lights Dancezations Residencyconcerned with the arts to insure of presenting houses, like the Hopkins The State Arts Council was established Grantee: Redfernthat the roleArts of Center, the arts Keenein the life State of our CollegeCenter, where internationally acclaimed by legislation in 1965. It receives funding communities will continue to grow and artists on tour find audiences far from Grant Amount: $2,000 from appropriations from the Governor will play an ever more significant part in big cities. Spring sends us to Canterbury and Legislature of New Hampshire and Type of Grant: FY01the welfareCommunity and educational Arts Project experience Shaker Village to learn about Shaker grants from the National Endowment for music and crafts along with growing Program: Communityof our citizens .Arts RSA-19-A: 1 the Arts. Since 1986, it has been a Division herbs and to a sugaring off party where of the Department of Cultural Resources. In 1965, the legislation that established Dudley Laufman may be calling a dance the New Hampshire State Council on the tune. Summer leads us to Sunapee State Fifteen Arts Councilors set policy, approve Arts found that many New Hampshire Park for the League of New Hampshire grants, and advise the Department citizens lacked access to the arts. Craftsmen Fair and to Apple Hill for Commissioner on all matters concerning Thirty-eight years later, opportunities for chamber music in a restored barn. the arts. In FY01-02, Division of the Arts participation in the arts have increased Autumn offers us dance competitions at staff included a Director, five program significantly. The State Arts Council the Scottish Highland Games and displays coordinators, and three support staff. supports and takes pride in the full of folk arts, in the midst of livestock and spectrum of art-making and participation carnival rides, at a local fair. that takes place in our state. In fact, we believe there is a new Cultural activities help define our favorite meaning to the old phrase “the New places for living, working, and spending Hampshire advantage.” In this new leisure time. Citizens in even our smallest century, the New Hampshire advantage Henry Melville Fuller was the recipient communities now enjoy exhibitions of includes the work of the state’s artists local artists’ work, restored opera houses and cultural organizations along with the of the 2001 Individual Arts Patron presenting musicians and dance troupes, state’s stunning landscape and its rich Governors’ Arts Award. ethnic festivals celebrating heritage, history. These authentic, deeply rooted, Publication credits dance classes and studios, film festivals, resources define the New Hampshire Photo courtesy of the Currier Editor: Rebecca L. Lawrence readings in local libraries, and small advantage. This advantage, through Production Editor: Julie Mento Museum of Art ensembles performing in churches. participation in the arts and communities Copy Editor: Yvonne Stahr of all kinds, helps us to connect with Design: Brian J. Page each other and to lead creative and Dharma Creative meaningful lives. M. Christine Dwyer, Chairman This report is Biennium Milestone available electronically The New Hampshire State Legislature was the inspiration for a new work, partially funded by or in alternative the State Arts Council, called The People’s House, formats. Please call a music-theatre production with music composed 603/271-2789 by Larry Siegel and script by Paul Hodes. No review of these two years in New and Jacqueline Goss discussed her video Contrast these numbers with the 48 artwork. At New Hampshire Historical cents that placed NH in 45th place for Hampshire could fail to mark the division TWO YEARS, ONE DAY: of time that took place in America on Society’s Tuck Library, composers Frank FY01 state per capita public spending on September 11, 2001. Of the thousands THE BIENNIUM Wallace and Christopher Kies performed the arts. As a certain car rental company of people lost to terror on that ironically selections from their new works. claims, the State Arts Council did work clear blue-sky day, 10 were New IN REVIEW (Fellows Cleopatra Mathis, Laura harder. We had to make our dollars Hampshire citizens. And the places of Clayton, and Hideaki Miyamura were stretch, as the demand for our grants destruction, seen over and over on every unable to participate.) All who attended and services increased. In the ‘90s we television screen and seared forever in were inspired and moved by the creativity could grant about $1 for every $2 our collective memory, were all less than and perceptiveness of these artists. requested; in FY01, we were able to grant $1 for every $3 dollars requested, a few sky-travel hours away from Although the intrinsic value of the arts making our grants increasingly competi- Manchester Airport. was most palpable during the days and tive. This ratio changed little despite the weeks following 9/11, the arts in New For the New Hampshire State Council on fact that we received increases in grant Hampshire ebbed and flowed through the the Arts, 9/11 altered the tenor of a staff program funds in FY02. and council planning retreat that took full two years covered in this report, July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2002 place one week later. We, like the rest of nourishing New Hampshire’s quality of The National Endowment for the Arts the world, were still reeling from shock life in ways profound, yet also measurable. (NEA) received an increase in its appro- priation for the first time in 10 years for and, as so many others were doing, No set of numbers can gauge the full its Challenge America Initiative. The New looked to the arts—especially poetry and impact of the arts on people’s lives, but Hampshire share through the NEA’s music—for solace and direction. The when it comes to New Hampshire’s I look up at the Basic Partnership agreement came to session, which ended with Arts Councilor economy, the arts measure up in dollar birds as they $40,000, which had to be matched dollar Carlesta Spearman leading us in song, signs. Our regional partner, the New stream through for dollar. The New Hampshire Legislature reaffirmed for us the value of the arts in England Foundation for the Arts, allows met the match, allowing $80,000 in the silky air, troubled times. us to share research costs with the other combined FY02 federal and state funding as thick as five New England states, to collect and With our commitment to the arts renewed, for an ArtLinks Initiative, designed to whipped cream. analyze data that gives us an increasingly and despite two postponements of the give youth in under-served areas of the reliable way to measure the economic – Carissa Mullen, Emmy Awards as a cautionary model, state more opportunities to participate impact of the arts in New Hampshire as Grade 1 we made plans for the 2001 Governors’ in the arts in school and after-school well as in New England. We learned from Arts Awards to go forward in early programs. Consequently, New Hampshire’s data recorded in FY01, for example, that From the literary November at the Capitol Center for the per capita spending went to 52 cents the annual economic impact of the arts magazine of New Arts. We added a participatory song to and the state’s ranking inched up to 43rd in New Hampshire is $136.4 million. the evening’s performances. Choral place among the 50 states. Boston School, conductor and 2002 Fellow Lisa Wolff Another comprehensive regional study a 2002 grantee. America But statistics are only part of the New led the audience in , uniting over on “the creative economy,” done in part- Hampshire arts story. The deeper value 400 voices in a well worn tune suddenly nership with the New England Council, of the arts defies numbers. That story is charged with new meaning, “Sweet land gave us ground-breaking information on best told by those who received State of liberty”…“Let freedom ring!” the role creative workers play in the Arts Council grants and spun them into economy. We learned that the labor force The evening’s Awards ceremony was arts experiences for New Hampshire’s in the creative cluster is growing faster preceded with a full day of celebrating citizens. The pages that follow recount than New England’s other economic the arts by showcasing 2001 and 2002 some of those stories. Through words sectors, such as the bio tech industry. State Arts Council Fellows in the State and images recorded at the tip of the This study documents 1,140 nonprofit Capitol complex. In the Executive The 2001 Governors’ Arts Award for Distinguished Arts 21st century, these arts stories span two cultural organizations in New Hampshire Council Chambers, visual artists Brenda Leadership, designed by Carol Aronson-Shore, weaves the state’s years of time, by one day, divided. alone. These organizations employed Garand, Alexandra de Steiguer, and motto, “Live Free or Die” into the background behind her Ronald Smith presented slide talks. At 3,093 workers and sent $2.1 million in Rebecca L. Lawrence interpretation of the State House eagle. the State Library, Margaret Hodges and taxes to the federal government. Director, Division of the Arts Barbara Dimmick read from their novels Photo courtesy of Carol Aronson-Shore Project Title: The Choreography of Learning: New Hampshire’s 2001 Where We Started… Arts in Education Conference To report on fiscal years 2001 and 2002, we have grouped Partners: NH State Arts Council, Arts Alliance of Northern highlights from two years of grant-making, services and NH, the NH Department of Education, the NH partnerships within the defining goals we identified in our Alliance for Arts Education, the Conway School current five-year plan. The anecdotes and statistics included District, the NH Dance Alliance and others in this report mark steps along the way as we move toward our vision for the future. Grant Amount: $7,500 Type of Grant: Partnership Initiative New Hampshire’s Arts Plan, Other Sponsors: Northeast Delta Dental, New England 2000-2005: A Summary Foundation for the Arts Adopted by the State Arts Council on November 15, 1999 Program: Arts in Education

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Understanding that the arts are vital for nurturing creativity, The State Arts Council’s 2001 arts-in- & Collaboration” building communities and promoting a civil society, the education (AIE) conference, held at the with Dance Express citizens of New Hampshire participate in and support the arts Eagle Mountain House in Jackson, residency artists as part of their everyday lives. featured the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Celeste Miller and Mission Express. Award-winning choreographer Peter DiMuro. Artist in Residence (AIR) Teen dancers from Liz Lerman gave a keynote address and teams of site coordinators, teachers and the Moving To enrich New Hampshire’s quality of life through the arts. seminar on the “Critical Response Process,” artists presented workshops relating to Company's Northern a multi-step system for assessing artistic “Leadership Challenges” in arts education. Defining Goals works-in-progress through constructive A lively Arts Market gave artists and Lights Dance Strengthen New Hampshire’s Arts Infrastructure peer interaction. Teen dancers from The educators the opportunity to share model Ensemble, Keene, NH Moving Company from Keene performed arts projects and display art work. perform at the 2002 Promote Lifelong Learning in the Arts and talked about their experiences with “Off Shore Aces” played for a Cajun Arts in Education Build Resources for New Hampshire’s Artists and dance. More than 250 teachers, parents, Mardi Gras dance that got everyone Conference. The con- Art Organizations teaching artists, and community leaders moving on Saturday evening. Artists attended the three-day event, held and school AIR project coordinators ference theme was Conserve New Hampshire’s Living Cultural Heritage September 7th through the 9th. made use of their unscheduled time at "The Choreography Promote the Value of the Arts to New Hampshire’s Citizens the conference to plan, learn, and think of Learning." Members of the Dance Exchange also up future collaborative arts projects. worked in the Conway elementary school Celebrate the Excellence of New Hampshire Arts Photo courtesy of the for three days prior to the conference as This conference, begun over 30 years ago, Demonstrate the Power of the Arts to Build part of a State Arts Council education is a place where the arts-in-education Moving Company Better Communities initiative with the Arts Alliance of community, seeking ways to make the Help Grow the State’s Economy by Expanding Markets Northern New Hampshire and the Mount arts basic to every New Hampshire for New Hampshire Arts Washington Valley Art Association. Their student’s education, comes together artist residency included choreography and every year to connect and to learn. storytelling workshops with components open to students, parents, teachers and com- munity members. Seven New Hampshire … a place where the arts-in-education Biennium Milestone dancers observed and participated in the New Hampshire chose the Old Man of the Mountain Dance Exchange residency as part of community, seeking ways to make the arts their own professional development. for the design of its state quarter. The newly minted basic to every New Hampshire student’s coin was launched at a ceremony where Poet Laureate During the conference, AIE Roster Marie Harris read her poem, “Common Coin,” Artists participated in a professional education, comes together every year to composed for the occasion. development workshop on “Community connect and to learn … PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING LIFELONG PROMOTING Many NH schools Project Title: Felt-making: A Community Experience have made felt and Project Title: “If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride” Dance Residency Grantee: Hancock Elementary School, K-4 grades learned about yurts Grant Amount: $1,628 as part of a curriculum Grantee: Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College Type of Grant: FY02 Artist in Residence called the “Heart of Grant Amount: $2,000 the Silk Road” that Program: Arts in Education Type of Grant: FY01 Community Arts Project includes a variety of Program: Community Arts An Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Grant helped bring roster artist and felter Rocky Participating in the arts changes lives. Lehr to the Hancock Elementary School Thanks to the State Arts Council’s where students constructed several large partnership with the New England felt murals. This small village school, Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and located in the Monadnock region, serves funding from both organizations, Redfern approximately 100 students in kinder- Arts Center at Keene State College garten through fourth grade. brought professional -based dancers Sara Pearson/Patrick Widrig and The residency included activities Company, featured artists for NEFA’s throughout the school year: educational ongoing New England Dance Project, to presentations and participatory projects the Monadnock region for two weeks to about wool and the wool industry. work and perform with area dancers, dance “I want to let you know what a great Students learned about and actively Forty-one people, students, disadvantaged 6th through 9th experience I had working with the two participated in experiences relating to ranging from 10-45 graders, and Keene area residents. of you… sheep-raising, shearing, preparation of years old, auditioned wool for spinning, dyeing and weaving; “You have changed the way I have The following excerpt is taken from a to perform with the the history of felt-making; and hands-on letter written to Pearson and Widrign, looked at dance…I have brought company. Twelve instruction in felt-making, including co-artistic directors, by a local some of your techniques into my own small “take home” projects. The project dancer/dance teacher who participated classroom and my kids have responded were selected. The integrated arts education into the in the residency activities: with nothing but cheers for more… company has con- school’s science, mathematics, social I guess, in short, the two of you have ducted community studies and language arts curricula. brought a new appreciation for the auditions from India Many community residents: writers, art of dance to a group of people who weavers, spinners, knitters, water colorists, the all too often separate strands of arts partners, including otherwise may have never had that to Europe with this quilt makers, sheep farmers, environmental education with other educational goals AIE artists, educators, chance to step on stage, feel the lights, being the largest of elementary school curriculum. This educators and others were involved. Carnegie Hall and NH and hear the applause. I would also like turnout ever. AIR grant gave students, teachers, and to thank you for inviting me to join you The school partnered on the mural project Humanities Council. community members an opportunity to for your performance in the Bronx…” Photos by with the Harris Center for Conservation develop a better understanding of the Photo by Bruce Steve Hooper Education and the Friends of the Hancock ways in which arts education can help The writer of this letter is now living and Town Library. The town library organized to integrate other aspects of the educa- Bedford, courtesy of dancing in . a book exhibit and prepared bibliographic tional and cultural life of the school and Arts Alliance of information on topics relating to the resi- the larger community.” Northern NH dency. After field trips and activities with the Harris Center, students chose themes from nature for the final mural project. “Felt-making serves as a wonderful metaphor for “…you have brought a new appreciation for the Anita Flanagan, Hancock Elementary the weaving together of the all too often separate art of dance to a group of people who otherwise School’s Principal, said of the residency: strands of arts education with other educational may have never had that chance to step on “Felt-making serves as a wonderful metaphor for the weaving together of goals of elementary school curriculum.” stage, feel the lights, and hear the applause.” Project Title: Shakespeare for Teens Project Title: Traditional Arts Apprenticeship in Fly Tying Grantee: Advice to the Players, Tamworth Grantees: Master Artist Ellis Hatch, Jr., Rochester Grant Amount: $10,000 Apprentice Michael Daun, Chocorua HAMPSHIRE’S CULTURAL Type of Grant: FY02 ArtLinks Grant Amount: $2,995 Program: Cross Program Initiative Type of Grant: FY01 Apprenticeship C Program: Traditional Arts ONSERVING NEW

According to Nesbitt, “a great deal of Master artist Ellis Hatch, Jr. preserves unplanned learning took place in the form the art of fly tying, a tradition central of growth in responsibility, commitment to the fish and game heritage of New to achieving goals, and the reward of Hampshire. References to fly fishing public recognition. These led to great appear as early as 200 AD but the self-confidence, self-worth and community tradition really came into its own in awareness to many of the students who England during the 19th century when were lacking in these areas. Several improvements to equipment, a strong were so committed to our production of interest in entomology, and the creation Romeo and Juliet that they voluntarily of new fly patterns came about. gave up parts of their school vacation week to attend rehearsals and work Tying flies requires an abundance of good Ellis Hatch, Jr. is also a dedicated backstage. Many of our students are supplies, a steady hand, and patience. teacher. As he says, “Few things give me dyslexic or have other issues with reading. Most fly tiers are also fishermen and thus greater pleasure than tying flies, except Memorization and the physically active know the environment they need to work perhaps the pleasure of sharing my nature of Shakespearean theatre have had within. Ellis Hatch, Jr. is widely recognized knowledge and skills with others. I am a great role in increasing their reading as accomplished fly tier, fisherman, and sure with the help of this apprenticeship, ability, comprehension, vocabulary and spokesperson for fishing, hunting, and the tradition will continue.” comfort handling language and movement conservation. He spends most of the that is often unfamiliar and difficult.” winter months tying flies and waiting for a chance to use them. This production was the program’s most successful one to date. They had to add Advice to the According to Shakespeare, “The play is a third student matinee after two sold Players’ production the thing.” Those participating in Advice out. They welcomed seven schools and of Romeo and Juliet to the Player’s Shakespeare for Teens home-school groups, held three post-show discussions with students and teachers, sold out two student Program would certainly agree. Under the professional tutelage of Director as well as another after the opening night matinees and involved Carolyn Nesbitt and guest artists, the of their community performances. This seven schools. young thespians learned much more built enthusiasm for their work among than theatre skills. schools and throughout the community. Photos courtesy of Nesbitt continues: “Our experience with Advice to the Players the ArtLinks initiative has been nothing but good. Largely, as a result of ArtLinks “Memorization and the physically active nature support, Advice to the Players has now The art of fly tying is all about fooling “Few things give me greater grown to include a summer indoor fish with perfect and exquisitely crafted of Shakespearean theatre have had a great role pleasure than tying flies, Shakespeare production and a new 5-day imitations of their favorite foods. summer acting camp for young children in increasing (the students’) reading ability, Ellis Hatch is a master of the art form. except perhaps the pleasure that has completely filled.” comprehension, vocabulary and comfort Photos by Lynn M. Graton of sharing my knowledge and handling language…” skills with others…” Project Title: “Quilts, an American Legacy: Pieces Project Title: Matapat Workshop of the Past” Grantee: Friends of the Arts Plymouth Grantee: Library Arts Center, Newport Grant Amount: $1,600 Grant Amount: $3,000 Type of Grant: FY02 Partnership Initiative Type of Grant: FY02 Project Grant Program: Traditional Arts Program: Traditional Arts In September 2001 The Friends of the during the A Traditional Arts Project grant helped sup- Arts Plymouth received funds to help Smithsonian Folklife port the exhibit, which included interpretive support a series of community and Festival events.” signage describing traditional quilt patterns school performances by the Quebecois Presenter Julien group Matapat, well known for their Olivier observed, and profiles on quilters. repertoire of traditional tunes. The “Those of us who Traditional Arts Program partnered with are part of the The exhibit began with a festive and the Friends to add a workshop for New Franco-American well-attended opening where the Hampshire-based traditional musicians community have a Newport postmaster presented a set of with a focus on a shared French-Canadian multiplicity of feelings, “first day of issue” Amish quilt stamps to musical heritage. The workshop was often contradictory, the Guild. A number of strategies were held at the Unitarian Church in Plymouth concerning our employed to enhance the educational where over 30 musicians spent an after- heritage—pride, selfishness, shame, The performances value of the project. Guild members noon enriching each other through the ignorance…. It was wonderful to have were enhanced by exchange of ideas, tunes, and styles. ‘the state’ take so deep an interest in offered active demonstrations of quilting adding a workshop techniques throughout the three-week our culture as to organize this day. It was Musician Mary Jo Slattery commented, component, which installation of the exhibit. A quilt frame energizing to bring the musicians together “The workshop continued and reinforced was set up for the general public to to learn from each other and from our brought together the sense of community among New try their hand at quilting. A lecture on visitors from Québec.” local New Hampshire Hampshire musicians that was begun assessing historic quilts was held in musicians for an combination with the guild’s regular afternoon of music meeting. School tours from area schools were offered and over 350 students sharing in Plymouth. visited the exhibit. In 2001, the Library This multi-faceted project was the result Arts Center in of a partnership between the Library Documentation was another aspect Newport hosted an Arts Center of Newport and the Soo-Nipi of the project and oral histories were exhibit of quilts spon- Quilter’s Guild. The project was built collected on two New Hampshire-born around the guild’s biennial quilt exhibit. quilters. Olive Dorr and Flora Kenyon, sored by the Soo-Nipi The theme of the exhibition—Pieces of who were both interviewed, recalled how Quilters Guild. the Past—lent itself to a serious look at their interest in sewing came from their In 2001, The Friends the history and tradition of quilting. strong and resourceful mothers, both of of the Silver Art Photos by While quilts are often exhibited in short whom sewed clothes for the family from Center at Plymouth Lynn M. Graton term shows in gymnasiums or agricultural scraps of fabric. Carrying on this tradition hosted performances fairs, this exhibit featured over 50 quilts of resourcefulness, the Soo-Nipi Quilter’s and school visits by displayed in a professional gallery. Guild has also embraced the importance “Those of us who are part of the Franco-American community Interpretive text panels presented of sharing their heritage. As the program the Quebec group information on a half dozen historic quilts for the exhibit stated, “Sharing talents have a multiplicity of feelings—often contradictory—concerning our Matapat. patterns and two offered biographical and knowledge is a way of preserving heritage—pride, selfishness, shame, ignorance…. It was wonderful profiles on senior Guild members. this centuries-old art.” Photos by to have ‘the state’ take so deep an interest in our culture as to Lynn M. Graton organize this day.” Derrick James plays Project Title: General Support music by Shostakovich Project Title: Cultural Access Initiative Grantee: Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, at Apple Hill Grantee: VSA arts of New Hampshire, Concord East Sullivan Summer Festival. Grant Amount: $8,000 Grant Amount: $8,000 Photo by Robert Type of Grant: FY02 Annual Advancement Type of Grant: FY02-03 Operating Grant Sargent Fay Program: Arts Advancement Pam Locke of Program: Arts Advancement Concord enjoys a Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music A survey by the NEA found that 63% of On-site assessments to improve display of artwork at was founded in 1971, with a mission American adults wanted to attend more accessibility were piloted and positively to create the most beautiful possible concerts, museums, and theatre, ballet, received. Denise Doleac of the Children’s the Currier Museum music through performance and and opera performances. Because of Museum of Portsmouth commented: of Art during the teaching, and to “Play for Peace” – disabilities, however, many of these “When we actually went around on the launch of the to inspire friendship, peace, under- individuals did not participate in or Museum tour I was amazed to see the Cultural Access standing, and community between attend cultural events even though suggestions that we could implement Initiative. people of diverse backgrounds. they had interest. almost immediately that would be a great help to our visitors….” The internationally renowned VSA arts of New Hampshire uses the Photo by Apple Hill Chamber Players are the power of the arts to change attitudes Andrus Kevich founding artists-in-residence at about people with disabilities with a vision Apple Hill. They are Elise Kuder, of moving toward a fully inclusive society. violin; Michael Kelley, viola, Rupert Critical to their work of making the arts Forty-one people, Thompson, cello; Richard Hartshorne, more accessible to everyone, was the ranging from 10-45 double bass; and Eric Stumacher, establishment of a full-time position years old, auditioned piano/director. They perform in a dedicated to helping hundreds of New to perform with the series of concerts at Apple Hill in Hampshire cultural organizations to East Sullivan, reaching over 60,000 progress beyond simple physical entry company. Twelve people. They also perform concerts throughout the state for schools, retirement to holistic changes that would benefit all were selected. The homes, and hospitals. During the year they travel and perform all over the world,

ARTISTS & ART ORGANIZATIONS & ART ARTISTS people, including those with disabilities. company has con- but summers always find them at home in the Monadnock Region where, in addition With the help of State Arts Council funds ducted community RESOURCES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE’S RESOURCES FOR to presenting the Apple Hill Summer Festival, they conduct the Apple Hill Summer and a private foundation, VSA arts of Chamber Music School. auditions from India New Hampshire hired a Director of to Europe with this Established in 1988, the Apple Hill Playing for Peace Project has toured throughout the Cultural Access to implement its Cultural US, in Israel and surrounding Arab countries, in Northern Ireland, and other countries in Access Initiative. Working with other being the largest Europe and Asia, under the auspices of the US State Department and US Embassies. statewide partners, she promoted the turnout ever. Playing for Peace scholarships help to bring students of all ages from cultures in Initiative, recruited and trained regional conflict to attend the Apple Hill Summer Festival. access teams, assembled an information Photographs by binder for cultural organizations, posted Steve Hooper Pianist Lara Harb of Palestine, who was part of a group of students coached by Apple access information in AccessExpressed! Hill director Eric Stumacher, related her experience at Apple Hill this way: “I was and in the New England Directory, and experiencing something I felt was unfathomable before; I was experiencing peace— helped to establish the Cultural Access true peace. I felt so lucky because such true peace will probably not exist in the Middle Leadership category, recognizing East, at least for a exemplary implementation of program long time. It was as accessibility, for the NH Governors’ I had been given a “If only politicians could play together as effort- Arts Awards. “I was amazed to see the suggestions that we glimpse of some- thing others would lessly and delightfully as the Israeli, Jordanian could implement almost immediately…” only experience in and Egyptian musicians in your group, the world the future.” would be a safer and more harmonious place.” - Elie Wiesel THE EXCELLENCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTS vation of dedication to ward, designed by Joseph deRobertis (r). Rawn Spearman (l) who was designated Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure New Hampshire’s for 2001, holds his unique Governors’ Arts A Photo by Gary Samson Dudley Laufman has been calling and playing for traditional dances in New Hampshire for almost 55 years. His lifetime the preser New England social dance traditions was honored in 2001 with a New Hampshire Folk Heritage Award. Photo by Lynn M. Graton riters’ W . The NH Nutcracker story, New Hampshire Dream, a jazz tap ation: for the Arts, Concord Center Capitol c rtners: Hampshire of New VSA arts Office of the Governor, unding: of Service Public and Donors Private Individual rio; Poet Laureate Marie Harris; and a Projectits lifetime also presented achievement award at the event to writer Donald Murray. Project Title:Project Pa Awards Arts 2001 Governors’ Lo F the State bestows its Every other year, most prestigious on individuals, awards communities that have organizations and contributions to the made outstanding availability of the artsexcellence and in New Hampshire. Governors’ The 2001 Arts recipients were: Awards Rawn Spearman, Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Dudley Laufman, New Hampshire Folk Heritage Community Spirit The City of Manchester, Deborah Stuart, Distinguished Arts Leadership Henry Melville Fuller, Individual Arts Patron Genevieve Aichele, Arts in Education Governor and emcee presentedLaura Knoy of NH Public Radio one-of-a-kind awards created by New Hampshire artists to each honoree. The 2001 event was produced in partnership with VSA arts of New Hampshire. Featured performers included choral leading the audience conductor Lisa Wolff, in singing America; Spaulding Youth Center student dancers, choreographed by Kelly Doremus Stuart; Salt Water the T scene from Clara’s interpretation of the choreographed by Drika Overton, a past NH Arts Council Fellow The Festival Pavilion features a variety of performers that come each summer for the Somersworth International Festival. Children’s Photos courtesy of Somersworth Festival Association system more suited to the larger audience system more suited to the larger they have attracted to their outdoor events. The new sound system is now in regular summer use at the Pavilion Stage’s “Kids Koncert” series. The Pavilion is used extensively as the primary location for concerts programs. It and children’s is used for many free admission activi- and has also been used ties each year, as the site of several fundraisers. It is also made available to local schools and other civic and not for profit groups for various activities. Over 6,000 people attend these community concerts each summer. ype of Grant: Grant Facilities 01 Cultural FY Program: Arts Advancement Arts Program: T Amount of Grant:Amount $4,250 Grantee: Grantee: Somersworth Association, Festival Somersworth Project Title:Project Pavilion to Festival Improvements Capital The SFA applied for a cultural facilities applied The SFA grant to construct an upstairs storage loft in the Pavilion to free up additional ground floor space and to improve the sound capability by introducing a sound The Somersworth Festival Association Somersworthstages the annual International Festival in the Children’s downtown streets of Somersworth, an underserved area of the state. In addition, they produce at the several events also located in Festival Pavilion, Somersworth. The Pavilion is a dual purpose structure with a footprint of 2,300 square feet. It features a 40x16 feet raised and covered outdoor concert half-shell, stage designed in the shape of a building and interior storage spaces. The was constructed in 1994, partly funded by a NH State Council on the Arts grant plus community and in-kind donations. Project Title: Photography Fellowship Project Title: Classical Guitar & Composition Fellowship Grantee: Alexandra de Steiguer, Farmington Grantee: Frank Wallace, Antrim Grant Amount: $5,000 Type of Grant: FY01 Individual Arts Fellowship Award Type of Grant: FY02 Individual Artist Fellowship Award Amount of Grant: $5,000 Program: Artist Services Program: Artist Services

De Steiguer is the caretaker at the Isle Performer/composer Frank Wallace His recent activities of Shoals during the long winter months. enjoys a career as a classical have grown to include This group of windswept islands, lying guitarist, singer and player of the composition, local nine miles off the New Hampshire coast, early guitars, namely, vihuela de teaching, and other is most recently a featured subject of her mano and lute. A graduate of the commercial endeavors. black-and-white photographs. Her images San Francisco Conservatory in In his application Wallace frequently explore their wind-swept 1974, he joined the guitar faculty wrote, “Increased terrain and tide-carved rocks. the New England Conservatory in awareness of my work 1976. In the early ‘80s he began could only help each “I have always had a powerful fascination full-time performance of medieval activity to be more with the sea”, writes de Steiguer. “The and renaissance music with his fulfilling, but primarily to variations of its movements reveal a ensemble LiveOak and Company. receive financial reward distinctly wild and untamed nature They performed early music at for my dearest love— that symbolizes an enduring freedom… major festivals such as The Utrecht composition—would be a such places are increasingly harder to Early Music Festival, Gegensburg spiritual boost as well as find, but through my work flows the Tage Alte Musik, Boston Early a practical benefit.” longing I have to honor their existence, Music Festival, and the Lute and I seek them out.” Wallace started the Society of America. Childbloom Guitar Photograph entitled, The Fellowship Award allowed Since 1994, self-taught photographer Since 1991, he has returned to the Program of Southern Shoals - Breakwater de Steiguer the freedom to focus on her Alexandra de Steiguer has been the sole classical guitar both as a composer New Hampshire as an extensive portfolio of the Isle of Shoals proprietor of Alex de Steiguer and as a master of the Romantic educational opportunity Photo by Alexandra to work towards the publication of a Photography. She develops prints and 19th century guitar, performing for children ages 5-12. book featuring her images. When asked de Steiguer frames all her images for gallery exhibits with soprano Nancy Knowles as Over 70 children have about the Fellowship award she replies, around New England. “I enjoy the private Duo LiveOak. In 1996 and 1997, enrolled in his classes since 1996. 2001 Fellow Frank “I feel very honored for the recognition. 2002 Fellow knowledge that the mat-board edges of Wallace published two books of his When asked about the Fellowship Creating art has been a satisfying and Wallace each piece have had the honor of being own arrangements of Renaissance award Wallace replies, “As I have a Alexandra de fulfilling way of life and I will continue burnished with a sperm whale tooth music. His compositions for classical family here, it is a great relief to be Photo courtesy of Steiguer looks to the following my personal vision wherever it found on a beach by my father’s father,” guitar will be published later this able to work here too.” may lead. How fortunate that there are Frank Wallace sea for inspiration. explains de Steiguer. year. His recordings have been programs such as [the Fellowship awards], released on Titanic Records, which promote the arts and give greater Photo courtesy of Musical Heritage Society, and flexibility to the individual artist.” Alexandra de Centaur Records. Steiguer

“I have always had a powerful fascination with …a spiritual boost as well as a the sea. The variations of its movements reveal practical benefit. a distinctly wild and untamed nature that symbolizes an enduring freedom.” also solicited via mail, newspaper articles Community members have made the (Opposite page) Project Title: Portsmouth Unabridged: and at local poetry hoots. Photographs poems part of their daily lives. The poems This photograph of a New Poems for an Old City by 2003 State Arts Council Fellow and are heard at seacoast poetry readings historic gundalow, Grantee: Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program Portsmouth resident Richard Haynes Jr. and Chamber of Commerce events. accompany some of the poems which A local businessman keeps the book by photographer Grant Amount: $3,000 inspired them. beside his bed in order to read it on a Richard Haynes, Jr. regular basis, and a couple read it aloud Type of Grant: FY02 Community-Artist The April, 2002 publication party for of Portsmouth, is one to each other as they cooked dinner. Partnership Grant Portsmouth Unabridged drew an enthusi- of the 22 images he Program: Community Arts astic full house. An exhibit of Haynes’ Portsmouth Unabridged is a perfect shot to help readers photographs later was hung in a local example of how the collaborative creative connect visual restaurant. The book continues to be process of artists engaging community sold locally at bookstores and a variety members and other artists in sharing images with site- of community sites, including the their vision and stories can build, reflect specific poems in Portsmouth Farmer’s Market. Portsmouth Unabridged upon, and celebrate community. the anthology. We map out a bright welcome of nouns— Photo by Richard steeple, square, Project Title: North Country Multi-Cultural Arts Program parking garage, park, peaveys, Haynes, Jr. Grantee: Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, Littleton brioche, hammer, moe, toast. Grant Amounts: $1,000; $3,500 Then Piscataqua, our long local verb, flows, rushes, silvers, boat-dances, Type of Grants: FY01 Mini Grant; Community bridges. Arts Project Program: Community Arts

THROUGH THE ARTS THROUGH We preposition the past— “I came expecting a business meeting, African Dancers BETTER COMMUNITIES BETTER COMMUNITIES when submarines, where strawberries, before Goodwin Park, Naval Prison, I got a magical experience!” This and Drummers, beneath Star, salt piles. summarizes the reaction of members and three days of Caregivers in Action, a Littleton – of workshops We discover that neighborhoods a human services council that was one and presentations are all about conjunction— of the partners in Building Bridges, a on tolerance nine or ninety years old, North Country residency with master education by native or newcomer, storyteller Len Cabral. Cabral enthralled Mary Munson of audiences at public performances, the Holocaust Museum in Houston. pocket garden or washington step, This poem, by Portsmouth’s former The Andean music poet laureate and editor of Portsmouth school assemblies, and community, queen anne house or dragon crane, State Arts Council grants supported these ensemble Inca Son, Unabridged, the anthology in which it teacher and classroom workshops from and the all-important “but” residencies as well as multiple community appears, is one of more than 90 site rural Lisbon to Colebrook and Pittsburg, featuring Cesar mentioned by poet Adrian, concerts and a tour by accordionist Gary specific poems by amateur and profes- near the Canadian border. The intent of Villalobos, was one Sredzienski to several senior centers, page twenty, “This town harbors sional poets ranging in age from nine-to the residency was to address issues of nursing homes and senior housing facilities of several multi-cul- what we need to carry on. Difference.” 100-years-old. The poems are a blend tolerance, diversity and connection to throughout the region. Sredzienski performs tural programs made Finally—and, and, and, of impressions of the port city’s past and the North Country, a largely rural area. one after another, present. Published together, they turn traditional Polish music and was featured possible throughout we poets write this crazy and –ology— the poet’s solitary act of writing into a The residency was part of a multicultural at New Hampshire’s 1999 celebration the North Country. new poems, old city, community of poet-citizens, participating initiative of the Arts Alliance of Northern at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in New Hampshire, the state’s only regional Washington, D.C. Fourteen communities and in the life of the city. Photo by Bruce arts service organization, and partners participated in this project which included tomorrow… Bedford This community arts project, which grew including their member organizations, 21 organizations working together to out of the Portsmouth Poet Laureate —Maren C. Tirabassi schools and community groups throughout make the tour possible. Program, involved three artist residencies the northern one-third of the state. and a workshop that encouraged partici- Programming also featured a five-day pation by children in the 5th grade, high “I came expecting a business meeting, I got a community residency with Andean school students, senior citizens and musician Cesar Villalobos and Inca Son, poets who wanted to learn more about magical experience!” writing site specific poetry. Poetry was two-day residencies with Bamidele Project Title: Traditional Arts Showcase for the Stratham Fair Project Title: Explore New Hampshire Grantee: Stratham Volunteer Fire Department Location: Nashua Welcome Center, F.E. Everett Turnpike, Exit 6 Grant Amount: $3,000 Partner: NH Department of Transportation Photograph of Type of Grant: FY01 Partnership Initiative Featured Artists: Rick Ayotte, Marvin Burnette, Kung Tai Tsay, Jafar Shoja Christopher Gowell's Program: Traditional Arts sculpture “La Dame de Notre Renaissance home crafts, gardening, as well as Nashua is the third Highway Welcome The Nashua performances of country western and Center to feature New Hampshire’s arts Historical Society pop music, “Midway” games, food and cultural resources. Earlier exhibitions contributed the booths, and carnival rides. may be seen in the welcome centers at research for the Salem and Seabrook. These exhibitions of historical displays, For the 2002 Fair, the Traditional Arts handcrafts by local artists and photographs which include a Program added a “Traditional Arts of cultural and natural attractions around replica of their Village,” which featured a variety of the state are made possible by a partnership 1803 post office

MARKETS FOR MARKETS FOR traditional craft demonstrations including between the Department of Transportation, box, thought to be canoe building, blacksmithing, granite Bureau of Highways, and the New the first in New splitting, brown ash basket-making, flax Hampshire State Council on the Arts. England. Another preparation, furniture making, and decoy display focuses on NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTS NEW HAMPSHIRE carving. Interpretive signage provided The State Arts Council curated the While visitors to the Stratham Fair look on, Nashua’s connec- information on the cultural history and exhibition and worked with exhibition tions with the writer Alice Ogden pounds an ash log to loosen the techniques involved in the tradition. designer Kathy Hanson on the installations. Jack Kerouac. layers of bark, which she will strip and weave Original artworks by Nashua area artists The response from the public was into baskets. include exquisite glass paperweights by Over 350 vehicles overwhelmingly positive. Bob Mitchell, Rick Ayotte, intricate pan-chang knots a day stop at the the Stratham Fair based coordinator, tied from red silk cords by Kung Tai Tsay, center. And while commented, “The Traditional Arts Village The “Traditional Arts Showcase” at the a forged steel candelabra by Jafar Shoja, people may stop got the attention of a lot of people that Stratham Fair built upon the success of and an elaborate beaded choker by Marvin for directions and have not paid much attention [to the Fair] the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Burnette of the Lakota Sioux nation. travel amenities, for years. The fact that these artisans and the expanded recreation of that they take a few were compensated for their time meant presentation at the 2000 Celebrate New extra minutes to that they were free to stop work to Hampshire festival held at the Hopkinton view the displays, making this one of the Français and her son respond to the myriad of questions that State Fairgrounds. Stratham Fair, which most visited art exhibitions in the state. Émile” on display at came from both young and old. For many serves Rockingham County, draws Fairgoers, this was obviously the first the Nashua Welcome between 40,000 to 60,000 visitors exposure they had ever had to these Center. annually to its four-day event each July. crafts and their questions were as primal Like the other agricultural fairs in New as was their amazement. For others, it Photo by Kathy Hampshire, the Stratham Fair features was a great opportunity to share stories Seward MacKay displays and demonstrations of farm of past experience or fond memories of equipment, livestock, community-based the activities of parents or grandparents.”

Nashua artists Marvin Burnette and Kung Blacksmith Jack Page drew an audience “For many Fairgoers, “I’d have to say people are Tai-Tsay discuss their exhibited artworks of fascinated youngsters at the Stratham this was obviously the first with State Arts Council Director lingering longer now that the Fair with his traditional techniques. exposure they had ever had Rebecca L. Lawrence (l) and Department of artwork is here.” Photos by Lynn M. Graton Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray (r). to these crafts…” - Joyce Clement, Information Photo by Julie Mento Clerk, Nashua Welcome Center FISCAL YEARS 01-02 GRANTS Photo by Lynn M. Graton 2001 2002 is the nation’s highest honor for traditional aveled to Washington D.C. for a ceremony at D.C. aveled to Washington the Numbers the

erborough was named one of 15 National Heritage Fellows by National Heritage Fellows named one of 15 was erborough t the National Endowment for the Arts. This prestigious award, which award, the National Endowment for the Arts. This prestigious includes $10,000 in cash, McQuillenartists. folk tr Old New England, in a concert with his group, and played the Capitol allthat featured Fellows. of the 2002 National Heritage Biennial Milestone dance musician Bob McQuillen of On June 6, 2002 contra Pe By of applications Number Number of grants Amount Requested Amount Granted 357 Number of Participants InvolvedNumber of Artists 137 Artists InvolvedNumber of NH $1,410,484 InvolvedNumber of Teachers 1,055,910 4107 9734 377 Number of Students Served $468,617 $1,496,120 1438 142 1,531,711 351,655 $557,345 3788 13342 4134 558,161 eaching and sharing is an integral parteaching and sharing our support along with the funding from Colby-Sawyer Collage enabled the pursuit Colby-Sawyer Collage enabled the of an exciting multi-faceted project with contributed to my growth as a teacher and an artist. Since my return I have enjoyed sharing the results research of my with my students and look forward to presenting to the greater community in the very near future.” cultural ambassador and sharecultural ambassador my own expertise in ceramic making and history. T of my life and work.” phase of the projectFor the second he returned to Japan as an alumni of Kyoto University of Fine Art Graduate School, and focused his research on the porcelain producing villages located on the southern Arit, island of Kyushu, specifically in Imari, Hirado, and Karatsu. “I work recentlyextensively in ceramics and have discovered the expressive potential of porcelain forms fired in my wood-fired kiln. I am interested in visiting for the first time these important kiln sites, researching writing techniques, photographing and on aspects of Japanese porcelain.” Upon his return Jon Keenan wrote to the New Hampshirethe State Council on Arts, “Thank you for the support of my work in Brazil and Japan this summer. Y cultural ambassador and share my own expertise and share cultural ambassador making and history.” in ceramic “(This grant gave me an) opportunity to be a gave me an) opportunity “(This grant Keenan’s ceramics Keenan’s show influences of his learning experi- ences in Japan. The Fine Arts Department of the Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande-Nord invited Keenan as a visiting artist for two weeks in June 2002 to study both traditional and contemporary Brazilian ceramics. As an associate professor at DepartmentColby Sawyer College’s of Fine Arts, Keenan describes this first trip to Brazil as an “opportunity to be a International Cultural Exchange Study in Ceramics in Ceramics Study Exchange Cultural International ype of Grant: ype of Grant: Development Professional Mini-Grant, FY02 Program: Artist Services Artist Program: T Grant Amount: Amount: Grant $1,000 Grantee: Jon Keenan, Elkins Keenan, Title: Project Jon Grantee: Photos courtesy of Jon Keenan Studio potter Jon Keenan demonstrates his work to Brazilian onlookers. Program Grant Codes North Country Chamber Players...... AA-AAG ...... $7,525 NH Alliance for Arts Education...... AIE-SP...... $2,500 North Country Studio Conference ...... AA-AAG ...... $4,000 NH Alliance for Arts Education...... AIE-SP...... $5,000 Programs: AA=Arts Advancement, AS=Artist Services, AIE=Arts in Opera North ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 NH Federation of Musical Traditions ....FA-MINI ...... $500 Education, CA=Community Arts, FA=Traditional Folk Arts, Opera North ...... AA-CF ...... $1,000 NH Federation of Musical Traditions ....FA-MINI ...... $940 GAA=Governors’ Arts Awards Plymouth Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $980 NH Gathering of Scottish Clans ...... FA-PG ...... $1,800 Grant Types: AAG, PG, CAP, SP=Annual Project Grants; AIR=Artist Ronald W Smith ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 NH State Library ...... CA-PG...... $2,500 in Residence; AFG=Artist Fellowship; APP=Apprenticeships; Russell Elementary School ...... CA-MINI...... $575 NH Writers’ Project ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 ARTL=ArtLinks; CF=Cultural Facilities; MINI, PAGA, PAGO=mini- Town of Hebron ...... CA-MINI...... $325 Northern Forest Center...... FA-MINI ...... $900 grants; NW=New Works; OPP=General Support Trustees of ...... CA-PG...... $2,500 Rundlett Middle School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,500 Warren Village School...... AIE-AIR...... $940 Thomas Dunn...... AS-PAGA...... $250 VSA arts of New Hampshire ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 FY 01- 02 Grants by County Total for Grafton County ...... $92,664 VSA arts of New Hampshire ...... CA-PG...... $3,200 Hillsborough Total for Merrimack County ...... $77,401 FY 2001 Amherst Street School...... AIE-AIR...... $2,762 Andy’s Summer Playhouse ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Rockingham Grantee Program/Grant Amount Andy’s Summer Playhouse ...... AA-CF ...... $2,600 ABC Quilts ...... AA-AAG ...... $4,814 Belknap Antrim Celtic Celebration ...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Act 1 Theatre Group...... CA-PG...... $2,300 Belknap Mill Society ...... AA-CF ...... $3,550 Bob McQuillen ...... FA-APP ...... $1,372 Ballet Theatre Workshop ...... AS-NW ...... $2,500 Belknap Mill Society ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 Brookline Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,365 Children’s Museum of Portsmouth...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Fred Dolan ...... FA-APP ...... $2,500 Charles Baroody ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 Deerfield Historical Society ...... FA-MINI ...... $325 Gilmanton School...... AIE-AIR...... $933 Currier Museum of Art ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Epping Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,342 Meredith Recreation and Currier Museum of Art ...... AIE-SP...... $1,500 Epping High School ...... CA-MINI...... $500 Economic Development ...... CA-MINI...... $500 Dana Center ...... AA-PAGO ...... $500 Friends of the Music Hall ...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Spaulding Youth Center ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,000 Francestown Elementary School ...... AIE-SP...... $598 Friends of the Music Hall ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Frank A Wallace ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Leslie MacNeal Bowles ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 Total for Belknap County ...... $16,183 Granite State Ballet ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 Lisa Grey ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 Laura Clayton ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Margaret Hodges ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Carroll Manchester Choral Society ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Merrimack School District ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,100 Edwin C Remick Foundation ...... FA-MINI ...... $540 Manchester Community Music School..AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Newmarket Main Street Corporation ....FA-PG ...... $3,000 Jacqueline Goss...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Manchester Historic Association...... FA-MINI ...... $250 Pawtuckaway Arts Festival ...... CA-MINI...... $750 Mountain Top Music Center ...... CA-MINI...... $500 McDonough Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $862 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Edwin C Remick Foundation ...... FA-PG ...... $1,500 Memorial School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,100 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... AS-NW ...... $2,500 Susan Lirakis Nicolay...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Monadnock Music ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 Pro Portsmouth Incorporated ...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Mountain View Middle School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,349 Robert Holzhauser ...... FA-APP ...... $3,000 Total for Carroll County ...... $8,040 Nashua Symphony Association Inc...... AA-AAG ...... $4,000 Susan H Pratt-Smith ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 New Boston Central School ...... AIE-SP...... $5,000 Cheshire New Boston Central School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,008 Total for Rockingham County ...... $53,881 AVA Gallery and Art Center ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 NH Institute of Art ...... AA-CF ...... $6,350 AVA Gallery and Art Center ...... CA-PG...... $1,500 NH Symphony Orchestra ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Strafford Colonial Theatre Group ...... AA-PAGO ...... $750 Palace Theatre Trust ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Amare Cantare ...... AA-AAG ...... $1,200 Cornelia Schwartz ...... AS-PAGA...... $184 Palace Theatre Trust ...... AA-CF ...... $4,000 Artists in Residence...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Julie Marden ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 Grafton Peterborough Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,192 Bell Center for Music & Arts...... AA-PAGO ...... $500 Kathryn W. Brown ...... AS-PAGA...... $250 Ammonoosuc Region Arts Council...... FA-MINI ...... $750 Peterborough Players Inc...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Bell Center for Music & Arts...... CA-PG...... $1,500 Keene Chorale Incorporated ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,000 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Riddle Brook School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,850 Dover Recreation Department ...... AA-CF ...... $8,000 Keene Public Library ...... FA-MINI ...... $200 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... CA-PG...... $3,500 Temple Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $738 Ellis Hatch Jr...... FA-APP ...... $2,995 Keene State College ...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... AIE-SP...... $4,500 Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative ...... AIE-AIR...... $630 Lorna Jo Stone ...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Lawrence Siegel...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... CA-CAP...... $4,000 Marcel Robidas ...... FA-APP ...... $2,996 Monadnock Humane Society ...... CA-PG...... $1,000 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Total for Hillsborough County ...... $119,676 Mark Favorite ...... FA-APP ...... $3,000 Mount Caesar School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,450 Brenda Garand ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Moharimet Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,406 Moving Company Dance Center ...... CA-PG...... $3,500 City Center Ballet ...... CA-MINI...... $187 Merrimack NH Dance Alliance ...... AA-PAGO ...... $375 Rodger Martin ...... AS-PAGA...... $158 Enfield Shaker Museum ...... FA-MINI ...... $1,000 Beaver Meadow School...... AIE-AIR...... $1,637 Oyster River High School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,054 Team Jaffrey ...... CA-MINI...... $500 Enfield Shaker Museum ...... CA-MINI...... $475 Bessie Rowell School...... AIE-SP...... $1,000 Somersworth Festival Association ...... CA-MINI...... $750 Town of Harrisville ...... CA-CAP...... $2,800 Friends of the Arts Plymouth, A Regional Arts Council ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 Capitol Center for the Arts ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Somersworth Festival Association ...... AA-CF ...... $4,250 Capitol Center for the Arts ...... AA-CF ...... $4,250 Total for Cheshire County...... $24,742 Friends of the Arts Plymouth, A Regional Arts Council ...... CA-PG...... $1,500 Colby Sawyer College ...... FA-MINI ...... $500 Total for Strafford County ...... $32,526 Concord Community Music School ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Coos Friends of the Arts Plymouth, David Price ...... FA-APP ...... $2,400 Sullivan Northern Forest Heritage Park Trust ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 A Regional Arts Council ...... AA-PAGO ...... $500 Dudley Laufman ...... FA-APP ...... $2,000 Acworth School...... AIE-AIR...... $1,024 Northern Forest Heritage Park Trust ...... FA-PG ...... $4,000 Haverhill Heritage Inc...... AA-CF ...... $3,500 Franklin Public Library ...... CA-MINI...... $275 Claremont Opera House...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Robert Morin ...... FA-APP ...... $2,480 Helen Learned...... FA-APP ...... $2,500 Friends of Brown Memorial Library ...... CA-MINI...... $750 Happy Valley School Incorporated ...... FA-MINI ...... $1,000 Weathervane Theatre Players ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 John Anderson ...... AS-PAGA...... $336 Lafayette Arts Council ...... AA-AAG ...... $1,261 Henniker Community School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,785 Library Arts Center ...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Kimball Jenkins Community Newport Opera House Association...... AA-AAG ...... $4,000 Total for Coos County...... $22,480 Lafayette Regional School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,110 Lebanon Opera House Improvement ....CA-PG...... $3,000 Arts School ...... AA-CF ...... $4,500 Lebanon Opera House Improvement ....AA-CF ...... $8,000 League of NH Craftsmen Inc...... AA-PAGO ...... $500 Total for Sullivan County ...... $21,024 Lisbon Regional School...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 League of NH Craftsmen Inc...... FA-MINI ...... $1,000 Littleton Main Street Incorporated ...... CA-CAP...... $2,500 Maple Street Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,014 Newfound Lake Region Association ...... CA-MINI...... $500 New England College ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,700 FY 2002 Friends of the Arts Plymouth, Merrimack Strafford A Regional Arts Council ...... AIE-ARTL ...... $12,000 Alchemist’s Workshop ...... AA-AAG ...... $2,460 Alexandra de Steiguer ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Grantee Program/Grant Amount Friends of the Arts Plymouth, Beaver Meadow School...... AIE-AIR...... $2,695 Artists in Residence...... AA-PAGO ...... $1,000 Belknap A Regional Arts Council ...... FA-MINI ...... $1,600 Capitol Center for the Arts ...... CA-PG...... $1,500 Artists in Residence...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Belknap Mill Society ...... AA-CF ...... $1,960 Friends of the Arts Plymouth, Capitol Center for the Arts ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $10,000 Artists in Residence...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Belknap Mill Society ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $8,000 A Regional Arts Council ...... CA-PG...... $750 Concord Community Music School ...... AA-CF/AC...... $8,000 Christopher Kies ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Belknap Mill Society ...... CA-PG...... $1,925 Friends of the Arts Plymouth, Concord Community Music School ...... AA-PAGO ...... $1,000 Ellis Hatch Jr ...... FA-APP ...... $1,995 Fred Dolan ...... FA-APP ...... $1,200 A Regional Arts Council ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Concord Community Music School ...... CA-PG...... $2,450 Jana Merrithew ...... FA-APP ...... $247 NH Music Festival...... AA-OPP1 ...... $10,000 Grafton County Dan Dustin ...... FA-APP ...... $1,500 Jane Kaufmann ...... GAA ...... $500 Spaulding Youth Center Foundation ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,925 Senior Citizens Council ...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Dudley Laufman ...... FA-MINI ...... $650 John Reynolds...... FA-APP ...... $300 Haverhill Heritage Inc...... AA-CF ...... $6,500 Dunbarton Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,106 Kim Wintje ...... GAA ...... $500 Total for Belknap County ...... $25,010 Holderness Central School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,763 Early Education and Kimberlyn Casey ...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Jeanne Brink ...... FA-APP ...... $2,100 Intervention Network ...... CA-PG...... $1,850 Larry N. Davis ...... FA-APP ...... $525 Carroll Lafayette Regional School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,321 Franklin Public Library ...... CA-MINI...... $848 Marcel Robidas ...... FA-APP ...... $2,228 Advice to the Players...... AIE-ARTL ...... $10,000 Lebanon Opera House Improvement ....AA-CF ...... $8,000 Gordon Webster ...... FA-APP ...... $2,000 Marina Nazarova Forbes ...... FA-APP ...... $790 Arts Council of Tamworth...... AA-AAG ...... $5,000 Lebanon Opera House Improvement ....AA-AAG ...... $4,000 Henniker Community School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,448 Mark Favorite ...... FA-APP ...... $2,175 Conway Elementary School...... AIE-AIR...... $875 Main Street Plymouth Inc...... CA-MINI...... $500 Jon Keenan ...... AS-PAGA...... $1,000 NH Public Television...... AA-AAG ...... $7,000 Edwin C Remick Foundation ...... FA-PG ...... $750 Mascoma Valley Regional High School..AIE-ARTL ...... $10,000 Joseph De Robertis ...... GAA ...... $500 Oyster River School Dist ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,588 Mountain Top Music Center ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Newt Washburn ...... FA-APP ...... $1,890 Joy Raskin ...... GAA ...... $500 Rochester Opera House ...... CA-MINI...... $850 Richard A. Estes Jr...... FA-APP ...... $678 North Country Center for the Arts ...... AA-AAG ...... $1,760 League of NH Craftsmen Inc...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Rochester Opera House ...... AA-AAG ...... $2,050 Sandwich Historical Society ...... FA-PG ...... $375 North Country Chamber Players...... AA-OPP1 ...... $10,000 New England College Art Gallery ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 UNH Art Gallery...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Wakefield Arts Council ...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Opera North ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 NH Charitable Foundation ...... CA-PG...... $3,000 Piermont Village School ...... AIE-ARTL ...... $3,000 NH State Library ...... CA-PG...... $2,975 Total for Strafford County ...... $41,808 Total for Carroll County ...... $21,958 Ronald W Smith ...... GAA ...... $500 NH Writers’ Project ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Russell Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,557 Petit Papillon...... AA-AAG ...... $3,825 Sullivan Cheshire Steve Ferraris ...... AS-PAGA...... $450 Randall Clark ...... FA-APP ...... $235 Acworth School...... AIE-AIR...... $1,054 Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music ..AA-OPP1 ...... $8,000 Suzanne Dubroff...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Strathspey & Reel Society of NH ...... FA-MINI ...... $500 Elizabeth Charlebois ...... FA-APP ...... $890 Beth Lipman ...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Warren Village School...... AIE-AIR...... $957 Summer Music Associates...... CA-MINI...... $500 Library Arts Center ...... FA-PG ...... $3,000 Hideaki Miyamura ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 VSA arts of New Hampshire ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $12,000 Library Arts Center ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 Keene Chorale...... AA-AAG ...... $1,000 Total for Grafton County ...... $105,448 VSA arts of New Hampshire ...... AIE-ARTL ...... $12,000 Keene State College ...... AS-NW ...... $820 Total for Sullivan County ...... $10,029 Margaret A Johnson ...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Hillsborough Total for Merrimack County ...... $91,102 Moving Company Dance Center ...... CA-PG...... $1,500 Amherst Town Library...... CA-MINI...... $500 NH Dance Institute ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Andy’s Summer Playhouse ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 Rockingham Team Jaffrey ...... CA-MINI...... $500 Bob McQuillen ...... FA-APP ...... $1,240 Act 1 Theatre Group...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Tricinium Ltd...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Brendan Carey Block...... AS-PAGA...... $500 American Independence Museum ...... CA-MINI...... $300 UNH-Redfern Arts Center ...... AA-AAG ...... $2,050 Brendan Carey Block...... FA-APP ...... $998 Ballet Theatre Workshop ...... AS-NW ...... $2,500 Brookline Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,500 Carol Aronson Shore...... GAA ...... $500 Total for Cheshire County...... $24,150 Currier Museum of Art ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $12,000 Children’s Museum of Portsmouth...... AA-OPP1 ...... $10,000 Currier Museum of Art ...... CA-PG...... $2,000 Dominique Gagne ...... AS-PAGA...... $500 Coos Dr. Crisp School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,250 Epping Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,230 Family Resource Center at Gorham ...... AIE-ARTL ...... $10,000 Elsa Voelcker ...... AS-PAGA...... $423 Friends of the Music Hall ...... CA-PG...... $2,975 Gorham Congregational Church UCC ..CA-MINI...... $1,000 Emerald Lake Arts Council ...... FA-MINI ...... $300 Friends of the Music Hall ...... AA-AAG ...... $6,460 Biennium Milestone James H. Hamm ...... FA-APP ...... $600 Giorgi Alaykov...... FA-APP ...... $2,200 Friends of the Music Hall ...... AA-CF ...... $5,540 Lancaster School ...... CA-CAP...... $2,400 Goffstown Main Street Program Inc. ....CA-MINI...... $500 Lucie Therrien...... FA-APP ...... $2,400 The New England Council, Northern Forest Heritage Park Trust ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 Hancock Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,628 Michael Dwyer ...... FA-APP ...... $158 in partnership with the New Northern Forest Heritage Park Trust ...... FA-PG ...... $3,000 Lisa Wolff ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 NH Theatre Project...... AA-AAG ...... $6,000 People Against Violent Episodes, Inc. ....AIE-ARTL ...... $12,000 Manchester Choral Society ...... AA-AAG ...... $1,000 NH Theatre Project...... CA-PG...... $2,500 England Foundation for the St. Kieran Community Manchester Community Music School..AA-AAG ...... $5,085 NH Theatre Project...... CA-CAP...... $3,000 Arts, published a new study Center for the Arts ...... AA-CF ...... $8,000 Manchester Historic Association...... FA-MINI ...... $500 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... AS-NW ...... $2,500 establishing the concept of Tri-County CAP/No Country Memorial School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,750 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Elderly Program...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 Merrimack High School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,705 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... CA-MINI...... $400 the Creative Economy. This Weathervane Theatre Players ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $10,000 Monadnock Music ...... AA-PAGO ...... $500 Pontine Movement Theatre ...... CA-PG...... $2,500 new research showed that Monadnock Music ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $8,000 Portsmouth Athenaeum ...... CA-PG...... $1,900 Total for Coos County...... $53,085 Mountain View Middle School ...... AIE/AIR ...... $3,461 Ronald P. Raiselis...... FA-APP ...... $1,875 the creative workforce in New Nashua Symphony Association Inc...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Stratham Volunteer Fire Dept ...... FA-MINI ...... $300 England was growing faster Grafton New Boston Central School ...... AIE-AIR...... $2,220 Stratham Volunteer Fire Dept ...... FA-MINI ...... $300 than other economic clusters, Ammonoosuc Region Arts Council...... CA-MINI...... $375 NH Philharmonic Orchestra ...... AA-AAG ...... $3,280 Stratham Volunteer Fire Dept ...... FA-MINI ...... $500 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... CA-MINI...... $1,000 NH Symphony Orchestra ...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 Stratham Volunteer Fire Dept ...... FA-PG ...... $3,000 such as computer software, Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... FA-PG ...... $2,000 Palace Theatre Trust ...... AA-CF ...... $8,000 Susan Pratt-Smith ...... GAA ...... $500 making it a key economic Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... AA-PAGO ...... $1,000 Peterborough Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $3,080 asset to the region. Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... AIE-SP...... $7,250 Peterborough Players Inc...... AA-AAG ...... $8,000 Total for Rockingham County...... $71,118 Arts Alliance of Northern NH...... CA-PG...... $3,500 Peterborough Players Inc...... AA-CF ...... $4,000 Barbara Dimmick ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 /Dana Center...... AA-AAG ...... $5,085 Brooke Eastman ...... FA-APP ...... $810 Sharon Arts Center ...... AA-OPP1 ...... $8,000 Cleopatra Mathis ...... AS-AFG ...... $5,000 Temple Elementary School ...... AIE-AIR...... $1,482

Total for Hillsborough County ...... $113,637 F Y01-02 FINANCIAL EEUS20 2002 National EndowmentfortheArtsGrants L State ofNHAppropriation REVENUES 2001 nieSrie $7 $4,098 $4,771 $13,120 $6,585 $579 $33,298 $0 $642,541 $20,963 $5,985 R T Subtotal $568,886 Governors ArtsAwards $16,965 Online Services Special Projects Organizational Dues R $35,820 $51,920 P P $5,388 $287,953 C R Pa $35,000 $45,131 Mini Grants ArtLinks $0 $278,803 Across Programs $4,859 Tr C $69,000 Arts inEducation Program Artist Services $63,177 Program Arts AdvancementProgram Grants/Program Services $40,000 Subtotal $506,987 $428,970 Indirect Expense $1,178,404 $70,530 A Tr $44,300 Phone/Postage $19,902 $347,300 $402,378 Space Rental/Equipment/Supplies $1,081,455 $525,253 Salaries/Benefits/COLA members) (9staff $0 Administration $14,652 EXPENDITURES $44,300 $71,700 $349,700 T F Subtotal, NewRevenues Dept. ofTransportation-Welcome Center America Challenge $71,700 L Arts Projects-Underserved Communities Arts inEducation Basic State Grant ederal Carry Forward anels/Evaluations $17,251 $23,120 pe tt ud (267 ($4,287) ($2,657) apsed State Funds aesi/okAt nrsrcue 3,0 $22,000 $30,000 eadership/Folk ArtsInfrastructure ublications $17,066 $15,029 tlEpniue $,7,7 $1,167,794 $1,075,873 otal Expenditures $1,244,343 $1,141,812 otal Revenue vneoe xedtrs 6,3 $76,549 $65,939 evenue overExpenditures sac eeomn $,2 $2,075 $19,500 $1,125 $19,500 esearch &Development egional Grant-NEFA dtFe 41 $0 $491 udit Fee muiyAt rga $750 $31,950 onferences/Workshops $14,090 $6,617 $37,550 ommunity ArtsProgram dtoa rsPorm 4,4 $40,619 $41,543 aditional ArtsProgram avel $8,828 $13,067 tesi ntaie $,0 $9,400 $5,000 rtnership Initiatives $60,357 $65,939 $0 $1,500 $588,412 $655,891 contract pricefornewconstruction PERCENT FOR ART NON-LAPSING FUND rwr $34,622$7,310 2002 $23,750 Ca 2001 $69,768 T Administration $0 Artwork $0 EXPENDITURES T Administration $0 Ca $0 New Construction REVENUE F unding forcommissionedorpurchasedart tl $34,622$7,310 otals otals $199,627 $118,989 site, www.nh.gov/nharts. NH ArtistRoster toreplace themwith onlinepublications onitsweb It alsostoppedprinting hardcopy versions ofitsGrant Guidelinesand The State ArtsCouncil launched its e-news service inMay, 2001. Biennium Milestone rr rr -vrnnlpigfns 9,3 $111,679 $95,239 $95,239 non-lapsingfunds y-over $129,859 y-over-non-lapsing funds or majorrenovationstocertainstatebuildings work comesfrom1/2of1percentthebid Steve Hooper Photographs by ever.turnout being thelargest withthis to Europe India auditions from ducted community company hascon- selected.The were company. Twelve withthe to perform years old,auditioned 10-45 ranging from people, Forty-one V.Audrey Sylvester Photo by T atNH Media Library the atriumof for that hecreated large metalfeathers holds oneofseveral Joseph DeRobertis echnical Institute.