NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTS NEWS [ Volume XXI Number 2 Autumn 2003 ] Enriching New Hampshire’s quality of life since 1965. 2003 Inside Regional Grant Workshops New Roster Artists PSNH Exhibits “Artists at Work 1935-1942” Meet the New Fellows FY04 Grants Announced Detail of Governors’ Arts Awards Nominees Sprawlviewer: Development Coming up in future issues Tim Gaudreau 2000-2001 Biennial Report 2003 Fellow AIE Conference Highlights New Hampshire State Council on the Arts PRSRT. STD 2 1/2 Beacon Street US POSTAGE PAID Concord, NH 03301-4974 CONCORD NH 03301 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED PERMIT #1478 Photo by by Tim Gaudreau T ABLE OFC ontents From the Director ..................................................1 Arts Council News ................................................2 FROM THE DIRECTOR Regional Grant Workshops ....................................3 New Roster Artists ..................................................4 Director Artists at Work Exhibit at PSNH ............................5 New Fellows ......................................................6-11 The entire FY2003 budget for the This was no accident. Government arts Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants ................12 Division of the Arts contained less than agencies, over the past 10 years, have Public Dollars for the Arts ..............................14-17 one percent, .052% to be precise, of New positioned their grants and services to Update: Percent for Art ........................................18 Hampshire’s general fund expenditures. focus on the public value of the arts. A The national average was .063%, yet this growing body of research demonstrates Spotlight ..............................................................20 small state investment paid off in an the benefits of arts education for boosting Governors Arts Awards....................................21-23 economic impact of $136 million dollars student performance, community arts for New Hampshire (New England for revitalizing towns and cities, after- State News ......................................................24-27 Council’s Creative Economy Report). school arts programs for diverting youth Grants Deadlines ..................................................28 “...this small state investment paid off NH Arts News On the Cover in an economic impact of $136 million NH Arts News is published quarterly. As the 2003 Fellowship year came to It reaches 6000 people free of charge. a close on June 30, Tim Gaudreau of To change address information, please Portsmouth sent us a report of his dollars for New Hampshire.” e-mail, [email protected], or write activities. His busy year included com- to NH Arts, New Hampshire State munity sculptural installations, founding Given this relationship, we are pleased Council on the Arts, 2 1/2 Beacon of the free Artist Lecture Series at the from risky behaviors, arts exhibitions and to report that the Governor and Street, Concord, NH 03301-4974. Portsmouth Public Library, development performances for attracting high spending Legislature have agreed in the FY2004 of his eco-art website www.wake-up.ws, tourists, vibrant arts environments for budget, which just was approved two State of New Hampshire numerous press interviews and spotlights, attracting businesses, and traditional arts months into the fiscal year, to restore the Department of Cultural Resources plus a cultural exchange trip to 14 for promoting family and community $50,000 for Cultural Facilities grants to Division of the Arts communities in India where he snapped values. These are the areas that make the arts budget. On behalf of the New © NH State Council on the Arts up to 7,000 images. sense for government investment. Concord, New Hampshire USA Hampshire State Arts Councilors and Gaudreau is staff, I would like to thank New Hampshire Government support of art for art’s sake currently working Citizens for the Arts for their advocacy is a luxury, but investing in the arts to on the development work and the elected officials who connect them with human needs is a of a large-scale responded to them by restoring these necessity. More and more elected officials public art project important funds. The restoration means are showing they understand that making in conjunction with that total grant funds were reduced by a that connection is an appropriate and Moose Mountain small percentage in FY2004, and those essential role for government to play Regional funds will be replaced in FY2005. in good times and bad. Greenways, based Editor: Yvonne Stahr The past budget session was a difficult in Farmington. Production Editor: Julie Mento one for states across the nation. But as Graphic Design: Brian Page, 2003 Fellow, Tim Gaudreau and his the debates played out in all areas of Dharma Creative Sprawlviewer: Development state spending, funding for arts and Rebecca L. Lawrence Contributors: Arts Council Staff cultural agencies, with a few notable Director, Division of the Arts Photo of Tim by Lesley Gaudreau exceptions, remained level or grew with small to significant increases. This newsletter is available electronically or in alternative formats. Please call 603/271-2789 1 Wo Mark Your Calendar Coordinators for each program will “The New Hampshire State Council on be on hand to hold breakout sessions. for Regional Grant This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with Arts Council staff and get specific the Arts welcomes Gary Samson... and Workshops questions answered. Follow-up The State Arts Council will hold five appointments may be made for more Randy Armstrong... as arts councilors...” regional grant workshops this October. in-depth consultations. These annual workshops provide Pre-registration is recommended. valuable information on updates to Please call 271-2789, or e-mail grants guidelines and services. Artists, [email protected]. For representatives of arts organizations, speech/hearing impaired, call TTY/TDD Arts Council News communities, schools and all who are 1/800-735-2964. All locations are interested in learning about public funding rkshops Musician Randy Armstrong Randy Armstrong, whose world music physically accessible. If you need for arts projects are encouraged to and Photographer/Filmmaker performances consistently garner critical special assistance or adapted materials attend these free sessions. Gary Samson Appointed to acclaim, performs on more than 25 (e.g., sign language interpretation, or State Arts Council instruments from around the world as The workshops will include an overview large-print text), please let the State Arts well as acoustic-synthesizer and classical of the State Arts Council's work, updates Council know three weeks prior to the The New Hampshire State Council on guitars. He has been a composer and on national art news, and details on workshop date. the Arts welcomes Gary Samson of performer with DOAH World Music each of our five program categories: Concord and Randy Armstrong of October 20 – Lakes Region, Ensemble and the Armstrong-Nahrmann Organizational Support, Arts in Dover who recently were appointed by 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Group as well as adjunct faculty at Education, Artist Services, Community Governor Benson and the Executive Belknap Mill, Phillips Exeter Academy and Plymouth Arts, and Traditional Arts. This year, Council to serve as Arts Councilors The Mill Plaza, Laconia State College. He scored the original new dimensions have been added to the through November, 2007. The 15-member music soundtrack for the four-part PBS workshops, including valuable tips on October 21 – Dartmouth/ State Arts Council advises the New series Dinner on the Diner, and has been navigating the Arts Council’s website Lake Sunapee Region, Hampshire Division of Arts and the the recipient of numerous grants and along with basic tips on writing effective 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm New Arts Councilor, Commissioner of Cultural Resources commissions. Armstrong, a member of grant proposals to the Council. Library Arts Center, Gary Samson on all matters concerning the arts. the State Arts Council’s Artist Roster, 58 N. Main St, Newport Gary Samson is a fine arts photographer, performs solo and with his acoustic Photo courtesy of October 23 – North Country, filmmaker and photographic historian. world fusion trio and conducts workshops Gary Samson 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm His photographs have been included in at schools, universities, and cultural Littleton Community Center, numerous exhibitions both at home institutions in New Hampshire and at 120 Main St, Littleton and abroad and are in the permanent concert venues throughout the country, collections of the Currier Museum of Art, including Carnegie Recital Hall and October 28 – Merrimack Valley Region, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Lincoln Center. 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm State of New Hampshire’s Percent for A Moving Experience for the Public Service of New Art Program, the Art Gallery at the State Arts Council Hampshire (PSNH), University of New Hampshire, and private Energy Park, Five Rivers collections. He has produced 10 films, We have had minimal disruption of Auditorium, 780 North including one on internationally services and are now mostly unpacked, Commercial St, Manchester renowned photographer Lotte Jacobi. organized and settled into our new New Arts Councilor, Samson catalogued Jacobi’s archive of comfortable offices at 2 1/2 Beacon St. October 30 – Seacoast Region, Randy Armstrong 47,000 negatives for donation to the There’s plenty of free parking so please 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm University of New Hampshire. His films stop by