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

2005

Detail of Garden of Delite,32” x 32” Iris InkJet Print

Barbara RitaJenny, artist,Portsmouth

2005 Fellow

[ Volume XXIII Number 1 � Winter 2005 ]

Photo courtesy of Barbara Rita Jenny

ContentsT A B L E O F

From the Director ..................................................1

Arts Council News ..............................................2-3

AIE Conference ..................................................4-5

ArtLinks ..............................................................6-7

Traditional Arts Website ....................................8-9

Spotlight: Community Arts Scrapbook ..........10-11

2005 Governors’ Arts Awards ........................12-14

Spotlight: Cultural Conservation ..........................15

Lifetime Fellow Reflections ............................16-17

Around the State ............................................18-20

Regional/National News ................................21-23

Grant Deadlines ..................................................24

NH Arts NewsNH Arts News is published quarterly. It reaches 6000 people free of charge.To change address information, pleasee-mail, info@nharts.state.nh.us, or writeto NH Arts, New Hampshire StateCouncil on the Arts, 2 1⁄2 Beacon Street,2nd Floor, Concord, NH 03301-4974.

State of New HampshireDepartment of Cultural ResourcesDivision of the Arts© NH State Council on the ArtsConcord, New Hampshire USA

Editor: Yvonne StahrProduction Manager: Julie MentoGraphic Design: Brian Page,

Dharma CreativeContributors: Arts Council Staff

On the CoverBarbara Rita Jenny was the featuredspeaker at “Conversations withArtists” held at the Portsmouth PublicLibrary on October 14th. She was a finalist for Greater PiscataquaCommunity Foundation's AnnualArtist Advancement Grant Award.For more information visit the “artand artists” section of the State ArtsCouncil’s website

This newsletter is available electronicallyor in alternative formats. Please call

603/271-2789

DirectorF R O M T H E D I R E C T O R

Happy 2005! The State Arts Councilturns 40 this year on June 28th, the dayits enabling legislation was signed intolaw. We will be celebrating this milestonethroughout fiscal year 2005, startingwith a new logo, which debuts with thisissue of NH Arts News. Rather thanstaging one huge anniversary event, theState Arts Council will be focusing onways to celebrate over four decades ofgrantees. The inclusion of essays in this

newsletter by two Lifetime Fellows is one way of doing that. Over the years,grants from the State Arts Council haveassisted hundreds of individuals, nonprofitorganizations, schools, and communitiesthat continue to define the state’s culturallife through the arts.

In 1965, the State Legislature encouragedexpansion of the arts for New Hampshirecitizens. In fact, public funds contributedto a burst of new organizations founded inthe 1970s. Apple Hill Chamber Orchestrain East Sullivan, Pontine Movement Theatrein Portsmouth, Andy’s Summer Playhousein Wilton, AVA Gallery in Lebanon, TheBelknap Mill Society in Laconia, andVSA arts of NH capture the range of new arts organizations that sprung upthroughout the state in those years.

As our recent planning surveys and field-work underscored, however, increasing thenumber of arts organizations is no longera high priority. Now we need to focusmore on stabilizing existing successful,but fragile, arts organizations. We needto help prepare board members for theirleadership roles in sophisticated 21st

century organizations. We need toensure that resources for the arts reachinto less populous regions. We need tostrengthen support systems for individualartists, particularly emerging artists, to increase the state’s artist population. We need to help communities plan abetter future by integrating the arts intotheir master plans. As a first priority, we need to strengthen arts education in New Hampshire schools.

These are big goals for a small agency.We will be able to reach them only byexpanding our resources through partner-ships and diversified funding streams. Aswe take our first steps into the future, wedo so with the maturity that comes withbeing 40-years-old. We are no longer inthe expansive phase of big dreams anduncharted terrain. We understand thedimensions of public support for the artsin New Hampshire. We look to the nextgeneration to build on the foundation ofsupport that we have laid, grant by grant,service by service. For now, we mustmaintain and strengthen that foundation.For as we know, even walls of stone canshift and fall without constant care. And that must not happen.

Join us in celebrating 40 years of publicsupport for the arts in New Hampshire.Join us in working toward sustaining andstrengthening that support over the next40 years.

Rebecca L. LawrenceDirector

“Join us in celebrating 40 years of public support for

the arts in New Hampshire.”

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Garden of Delite,

32” x 32” Iris Ink

Jet Print

Photo courtesy of

Barbara Rita Jenny

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Arts Council NewsToni H. Pappas is the State ArtsCouncil’s Newest Member

The State Arts Council welcomes newcouncilor Toni H. Pappas of Manchester,who was appointed September 8th. Sheis an Account Executive at Business NH Magazine where she focuses on sales,community relations and trade shows. Priorto that she was an account executive withNetwork Publications, based in Nashua.

Pappas is President of the Board ofTrustees of the Manchester HistoricAssociation and a member of theManchester Rotary Club. She has been a trustee of the Norwin S. & Elizabeth N.Bean Foundation, board president of thePalace Theatre, vice chairman of theManchester YMCA, board director of theSwift Water Girl Scout Council, and statecommissioner on the Status of Women.In 1999, she participated in the NHBusiness Committee for the ArtsLeadership Arts Series.

Pappas taught for ten years in Manchesterand New York City. She is a graduate ofRutgers University in New Jersey anddid graduate work in education at BankStreet College in New York City.

A former State Representative, Pappas is currently serving her fourth term asHillsborough County Commissioner. She replaces M. Christine Dwyer on theState Arts Council, whose term expiredNovember, 2003. Pappas’ term expiresin November, 2008.

Arts News Readers ExpressAppreciation for E-News Service

Your fellow readers recommend that yousign up to receive the State Arts Council’se-mailed dispatches, including Opportunities(E-opps), Art Clips, Breaking News,Spotlights and more! This service allowsus to send you timely and importantnews about local and national trends,professional and funding opportunities,and late-breaking items. Read what peoplehave to say about E-News:

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Artist Services Welcomes NewAdvisory Committee Members

In November, the Artist ServicesProgram added six new members to itsAdvisory Committee.

Two members from the previous committee will stay on-board for at leastanother year (**).

� Karen Burgess Smith, Council liaison, Exeter

� Marguerite Mathews,** Chair, theatre artist and New Hampshire’sArtist Laureate, Durham

� Rick Agran, poet, Plymouth

� Kit Cornell, potter, Exeter

� Tim Gaudreau, eco-artist and photographer, Portsmouth

� Cleopatra Mathis,** poet, Hanover

� Marcia Murdock, choreographer/dance director, Keene

� Steve Schuch, performing and literary artist, Hillsborough

� Hilary Weisman Graham, filmmakerand screenwriter, Francestown

The committee meets at least threetimes a year to discuss and offer counselon grants and services for individualartists. The committee members areappointed for one-year terms, renewablefor up to three consecutive years.

Out and About

In September, Community Arts CoordinatorJudy Rigmont attended the PerformingArts Exchange conference in Pittsburgh.In October, Rigmont also facilitated apanel, at the NH Main Street Center’sconference in Meredith, which focused onusing the arts as a catalyst for downtownrevitalization and economic development.

In October, Julie Mento, Artist ServicesCoordinator attended the Americans forthe Arts Forum for Emerging Leaders inAmherst, MA. These forums took placein 30 cities nationwide to discuss issuesspecific to young professionals and to helpcultivate the next generation of arts leaders.

Toni Pappas of

Manchester has

recently been

appointed State

Arts Councilor.

Photo by

Image Generation

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Arts and CulturalResources Get aMakeoverState Arts Council Marks its 40thYear with a New Logo

You may have noticed the new logo on thefront cover. The new design, which marksthe State Arts Council’s 40th year of publicsupport for the arts, was fashioned byBrian Page of Dharma Creative.

Grantees are required to use the logo onpromotional materials as acknowledge-ment of the support they receive fromthe State Arts Council.

The Department of CulturalResources Gets a New Logo

Established in 1985, the Department ofCultural Resources decided to adopt itsfirst logo. The design was created by

Heather Spear, Graphic Designer at theState Office of Information Technology.The circle was chosen as a symbol thatis all-encompassing and all-inclusive.

Council N

ews

I eagerly devour E-opps, and thislooks like a fantastic service. I thinkit will generate lots of networkingand a feeling of community.Bravo!!! Nancy Knowles

Arts in Education

Sixth grade students

and dancers from New

Boston Central School

performed and invited

the audience to join their

chorus line. These students

created original dances

based on old fairytales

by working with AIE

Artist and choreographer/

dancer Mihailo Djuric

and his dance company.

During a mid-September weekend, educators, parents, and artists convenedat a number of sites throughout Manchesterfor the 2004 Arts in Education (AIE)Conference. Southern NH University wasthe convening host site.

Devoted to thecontinuing profes-sional developmentand renewal ofeducators, artists,and parents, theannual AIEConference offersopportunities forteachers to meetwith artists andlearn about best

practices in arts education, artist residencyprojects and the power of the arts totransform the learning experiences of all students.

Friday afternoon and evening, NH teachingartists had the opportunity to demonstrate

and show theirwork. In theafternoon, visualand music artistsset up exhibittables and wereavailable to meetwith teachersand other artistsduring “Meet theArtists: Sharethe Work.” Thatevening, 15 performing NH

artists showcased their work on stage.

Guest speakers at the conference includedPatricia Schneider, poet, author andteaching artist, who opened the conference.In her keynote address she affirmed that,“Everyone is capable of creating art.” A link to a transcript of her talk can befound at www.nh.gov/nharts.

Principal of New Boston Central SchoolRick Mathews, spoke about how theschool implemented a fully arts-integratedapproach to learning. His talk set thestage for the day’s interdisciplinary artsworkshops taught by artist-educators andguest presenters at host sites throughoutthe city. Workshop topics ranged from“Silk Road Banners” to “Math and Art,An Arts Integration Model.”

The Apple Hill Chamber Players per-formed an evening “Playing for Peace”concert. In addition, the group conducteda chamber coaching workshop withthree student ensemble groups fromTimberlane High School of Plaistow andthe University of New Hampshire.

Christine Noon, consultant for the NH Department of Education English forSpeakers of Other Languages (ESOL)programs, coordinated an exhibit of artwork by students enrolled in ESOLprograms at the Currier Museum ArtSchool. The arts proved to be an effectivemeans of crossing language boundaries.“The visual arts gives them an opportunityto express themselves no matter whattheir level of fluency…in English,” saidNoon about these student artists.

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Conference attendees enjoyed a gourmetdining experience prepared and served bythe students of Southern NH University’sCulinary Arts School, under the supervisionof Chef Perin Long. Dinner speaker MayorRobert Baines of Manchester, a strongadvocate for arts education, stated, “I would have never made it throughhigh school without music and the artsin my life.” The Mayor is a former musiceducator and school principal.

The conference closed at the CurrierMuseum of Art, where attendees participated in a dialogue with fouraccomplished teen artists from the

Currier Museum’s Open Studio Program.Later, Susan Leidy and Debbie Gibbs ofthe Currier Museum of Art demonstratedthe Museum’s new on-line searchablecollection and fine arts coordinator forthe Manchester School District ChrisMartin, shared information onManchester arts education initiatives.

The State Arts Council and the AIEConference Committee are grateful tothe following contributors of time, space,and funds that made this conferencepossible: Southern NH University, theArts Alliance of Northern NH,the NH Department ofEducation, the NH Alliance for Arts Education, the NHAssociation of Strings Teachers,the Gruber Foundation,Margaritas Restaurants, LangerPlace Creative Mill, ManchesterCommunity Cable TV and theNational Endowment for the Arts.

For information on nextSeptember's conference, or toadd your name to the mailinglist, please contact AIECoordinator Catherine O’Brian,at 603/271-0795 orcobrian@nharts.state.nh.us. Informationand registration details will also be postedon the State Arts Council’s website.

Chi Potter, a Vietnamese

dancer and AIE Roster

Artist demonstrates a tra-

ditional dance movement

with a young student.

"Meet the Artists: Share

the Work” exhibits and

demonstrations took

place in Southern NH

University's small gym.

Photos by Julie Mento

Arts in Education ConferenceThe City as Canvas: 2004 Arts in Education Conference Takes the Stage in Manchester

Nigerian visual artist

Segun Olorunfemi,

living in Harrisville,

takes part in the Silk

Road “Luxurious

Commodities”

workshop with

Rachel Lehr and

Betsy Grob Giberson.

Photo by

Rebecca L. Lawrence

Student dancers from the Aangikam Dance

Company in Nashua, brought the house

down at the Showcase. AIE Roster Artist

Jasmine Shah teaches traditional dance and

the Indian culture in schools and communities.

Photo by Julie Mento

(Photo above)

AIE Roster Artist and Master Puppeteer

Andrew Periale demonstrates his work at

“Meet the Artists: Share the Work.”

AIE Roster Artists and musicians, Regina

Delaney and Skip Gorman, played music

together. Delaney brings Irish music and

culture into schools and Skip Gorman sings

songs and tells stories of the Western cowboy.

Photo by Julie Mento

Michael Amaral, a

grade 4 Conval

District student from

Brazil, painted this

self-portrait. It was

on display at the

Currier Museum’s

Art School and

viewed by conference

participants. Michael’s

first language is

Portuguese and his

ESOL teacher is

Sue Henley.

Photo by

Christine Noon

As the recipient of

an FY02-03 $10,000

ArtLinks Grant

Award, Mascoma

Valley Regional

High School in

Enfield developed

a new high

school course

“Experiencing the

Arts” to provide a

work/learning

curriculum.

The new course

broadens students’

cultural experiences

and educated them

about the possibilities

of careers in the arts.

Photos by

Christopher Morse

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ArtLinks“Experiencing the Arts” from Shakespeare to Raku: Model ArtLinks Project at Mascoma High School

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New York puppet

artist Erin Orr

leading Mascoma

Experiencing the

Arts student Kate

Griffin in making a

shadow puppet

during a residency

sponsored by

Dartmouth College's

Outreach for

Mascoma’s

Experiencing the

Arts program.

ArtLinks

At Mascoma Valley Regional HighSchool in Canaan, Experiencing the Artsstudents are part of an experiential artseducation and enrichment program thatgot its original impetus from an ArtLinksgrant that the school received four yearsago from the State Arts Council.

Experiencing the Arts director ChristopherMorse has developed exceptional artistresidencies and arts experiences as part

of a new elective called Experiencing theArts. The program not only enables eventsat Mascoma Valley, but also takes studentsto arts events in the wider community.The class has attended events and performances at partnership sitesincluding the Lebanon Opera House, the Hopkins Center for the Arts, the HoodGallery of Art, and AVA Gallery in Lebanon.Other teachers have commented that,before this program, few students hadever visited any of these venues, eventhough they are all within easy drivingdistance. Mascoma Valley Regional HighSchool serves the towns of Enfield,Canaan, and Grantham.

The program has also partnered with thestudent theatre group Advice to the Playersand performed an improvisationalShakespeare performance in schoolcalled “No Holds Bard.” Other residencieshave included Perry Alley Theatre, theOrchid Ensemble, puppet artist Erin Orr,and a performance by WOFA: Percussionand Dance from West Africa. Longerresidency experiences took place withRoster Artist and sculptor Mark Ragonese,and Vermont Raku potter Richard Foye.

The program has also brought legendaryfolk singer Peggy Seeger to the highschool, plus the class gets exposure tothe works of artists and writers such asTom Waits and Chris Elliott. Frequently,class time is spent working on groupprojects, such as painting a mural, working in ceramics, building a monumental hand sculpture, sharing and critiquing each other’s writings, andseeking out talent for school performances.The class has seen an improved level ofparticipation and creativity with thisatmosphere in the classroom.

Mascoma High School Art and Experiencing the

Arts students (clockwise from left, Leah Plant,

Vicky Wiley, Amber Weber, Annie Talliferro)

making shadow puppets during a residency

sponsored by Dartmouth College's Outreach

for Mascoma's Experiencing the Arts program.

Most ArtLinks grants provide two to threeyears of funding in order to give granteestime to develop their documentation,evaluation and assessment strategies.

Funding for this grant is made possiblethrough the National Endowment for theArts Challenge America Initiative and aState match. To find out more about theArtLinks Grants Program and other Artsin Education grants, or to request anapplication, contact Catherine O'Brian at cobrian@nharts.state.nh.us or 603/271-0795.

Mascoma Valley Regional High School’s

Ancient History teacher, Todd Guilford, had

requested that Experiencing the Arts sponsor

the Orchid Ensemble assembly after he

attended a conference on the Heart of the Silk

Road. After the assembly for the entire school,

the group stayed to answer questions about

the Silk Road.

Experiencing the Arts students haveeven taken the initiative in staging theirown arts events. Funded by bake saleearnings, they invited the entire studentbody to vote on finalists in the “Cash forDragons” art competition that displayed18 works depicting dragons drawn byArt 1 students. Students plan to focustheir next competition on Surrealism and allow the entire student body achance to enter.

The next phase for Mascoma Valley is toformalize the broader community impact,make cross curriculum connections, andinclude the community beyond the highschool’s student body.

For more information on the MascomaValley ArtLinks program, contactExperiencing the Arts DirectorChristopher Morse at 603/632-4308,603/523-7997, or visitwww.ExperiencingtheArts.com.

ArtLinks supports partnerships betweencommunity organizations, arts organiza-tions, and schools, to provide qualityarts programs for middle and highschool youth in under-served regions.

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Harpist Regina

Delaney preserves

Irish music, song and

dance traditions.

Photos by

Lynn M. Graton

In Educational Activities people canexplore New Hampshire Firsts & Bests,which is a listing of 60 events or naturaloccurrences that happened in NewHampshire and are of national significance.

The Traditional Music Collection supportstraditional musicians around the state byproviding a searchabledatabase of their independ-ently produced recordingsand information on how toobtain them. Visitors cansearch the database byartist’s name or genre.

Resources provides agrowing listing of links to other websites on New Hampshire’s cultural heritage.

For more information, suggestions, or comments,please contact: Lynn Martin Graton,Traditional ArtsCoordinator, Telephone: 603/271-8418 Email: lmartin@nharts.state.nh.us

Traditional Arts WebsiteNew Folklife Website Explores New Hampshire’s Living Traditions

“The website will be of particular interestto educators and students seekinginformation on the cultural heritage ofNew Hampshire’s many communities,”says Traditional Arts Coordinator LynnMartin Graton. “The fluid medium of awebsite allows us to keep adding moreinformation as we conduct new research.We hope this will keep people comingback to the website to learn more.”

“The goal of the Traditional Arts Programis to support folk and traditional arts sothat they continue to be a visible andmeaningful part of our lives,” saidGraton. “We hope that the informationprovided on the website will inspireyoung people to go out and discovertraditions in their own community andelsewhere around the state. We hopethat tradition bearers are inspired tocontinue their efforts to preserve ourcollective heritage.”

With major funding provided by theNational Endowment for the Arts, theState Arts Council has created the NewHampshire Folklife website, a uniqueresource to help people understandmore about traditional arts and folklife inNew Hampshire. The website has beenin development for over two years andgrew out of the work that the TraditionalArts program did for the New Hampshirepresentation of the 1999 SmithsonianFolklife Festival.

www.nh.gov/folklife

PixelMEDIA, based in Portsmouth,designed the first phase of the NewHampshire Folklife website, with contentand images provided by the State ArtsCouncil’s Traditional Arts Program.

The next phase of the website will concentrate on new activities for theLearning Center section of the website,so log on for future developments!

Here are the sections to visit:

About Folklife provides general information on folklife and traditionalarts, including a glossary of terms.

Folklife in New Hampshire providesinformation on exhibits and festivals, witha special section on the New Hampshireprogram of the 1999 SmithsonianFolklife Festival and the 2000 CelebrateNew Hampshire Festival that took placeat the Hopkinton Fairgrounds.

The Learning Center is the most dynamic area of the website and providesinformation on traditional arts and folklifein New Hampshire. Visitors can selectfrom basic categories such as Music &Dance Traditions, Craft Traditions, FoodTraditions, Occupational Traditions, and more, to find information on a variety of activities and art forms.

Newt Washburn's hands have made hundreds

of ash baskets.

Tatting lace with an old fashioned brass

shuttle is a tradition requiring patience and

and a love of fine work.

Community Arts

These students from

the Pemi-Youth

Center are absorbed

in the process of

creating art.

Photos by

Cynthia Robinson

These students from the Pemi-Youth Center are

absorbed in the process of creating art. Main

Street Plymouth arranged for the NH Electric

Coop to hang the banners downtown for six

weeks.

The Red Sox are not the only ones who had a banner year. As part of the pARTner program coordinated by the Friends ofthe Arts, a regional arts council based in Plymouth, students atPlymouth Elementary School had the opportunity to discussthe concept of public art and create banner designs. Each ofthe 22 classes pooled their designs resulting in 22 originaldesigns that were sent to artist JoAnn Moran, who transferredthe outline drawings onto 11 two-sided banners. The studentsand their art teacher, Lynn Haust, then welcomed JoAnn to leada three-day banner painting residency program. Each classpainted on the banners, creating a true collaborative project.

Plymouth Assistant Principal Kathy Boyle said, “This was awin-win for all concerned, especially the students.”

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As part of the Friends of the Arts after school program, Beyond the Bell,

four additional banners were created and painted during the residency

week. The banner designs were based on the theme "Art: Part of a

Healthy Life" and connected with Plymouth Elementary School’s

theme of wellness for this school year.

Approximately 450 students at Plymouth Elementary School

and ten students in the after-school project at Pemi-Youth

Center participated in the banner project. Fifteen Friends of

the Arts volunteers and teachers assisted students in the

painting process.

Spotlight: Community Arts Scr apbook Plymouth Friends of the Arts has a Banner Year

A wonderful bonus of the project was a plan touse this version as a model for future communitypublic art projects. Thanks to a Community ArtsProject Grant from the State Arts Council to support this project, two local artists were able toshadow the visiting artist enabling them to learnall about her process. Friends of the Arts plans to work with these artists to recreate this bannerproject for the towns of Campton and Meredith next year.

Other project partners included: Communities for Alcohol andDrug Free Youth (CADY), Plymouth Rotary Club, Rand's True ValueHardware, Pemi Baker Academy and the Pemi Youth Center.

Main Street

Plymouth arranged

for the NH Electric

Coop to hang the

banners downtown.

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Award Categories

The Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Awardrecognizes a New Hampshire artist, inany discipline, who has made a significantcontribution to his or her art form and tothe arts community of New Hampshire,reflecting a lifetime of achievement.

New Hampshire Folk Heritage Awardrecognizes a New Hampshire traditionalfolk artist who has made a significantcontribution to his or her art form and tohis or her cultural community, reflecting alifetime of achievement. Traditional artforms are those art forms, passed informallyfrom generation to generation, that reflectthe culture of a particular communitydefined by ethnic heritage, occupational,religious, geographic, or familial groups.

The Individual Arts Patron Awardrecognizes a New Hampshire resident whohas made a significant contribution to the

support of the arts in New Hampshire.Contributions may include donations

of money, time, goods, or servicesthat over time have signifi-

cantly increased fundingfor the arts.

The Distinguished Arts Leadership Awardrecognizes an individualwho has played a sustained role in theadvancement, direction,or management of New

Hampshire nonprofit artsorganization. Examples

include Executive Director,Artistic Director, and Board President.

The Arts Education Award recognizes anorganization, individual, school district orcommunity that has made an outstandingcontribution to arts education during the past five years. Contributions mightinclude increased financial commitmentto arts education or innovation in the classroom.

The Community Spirit Award recognizesthe city, town, or village government orcommunity wide non-arts organization(e.g., Chamber of Commerce, Main Streetorganization) that significantly fosteredthe arts within the last five years throughfunding and/or program initiatives.Examples include: major municipal supportto a cultural facility or public art program,unique public/private partnerships topromote cultural tourism, significantincreases in local public support for the arts.

Cultural Access Leadership Award,sponsored in partnership with VSA ArtsNew Hampshire, recognizes a NewHampshire non-profit arts organizationfor practicing exemplary cultural accessthat includes and exceeds physicalaccess. Programmatic access involvesadapting the presentation of art-making,art exhibits, musical performances, andtheatrical productions so that peoplewith and without disabilities have thesame opportunities to experience thearts, as audience and artists. The awardcelebrates sustained leadership in thearts that includes people with disabilities,their families, and their friends.

Governors’ Arts AwardsThe 2005 Governors’ Arts Awards Call forNominations Deadline is April 22, 2005The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts issues a call for nominations for the 2005Governors’ Arts Awards. The honorary awards recognize outstanding contributions tothe excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in New Hampshire.

Eligibility

Individual Nominees must be residents ofNew Hampshire or have made significantcontributions to the arts while residentsof the state, and not have previouslyreceived a Governors’ Arts Award.Posthumous nominations may not be made.

Organizational Nominees must be physically located in New Hampshire.

With the exception of the CommunitySpirit and Cultural Access LeadershipAwards, self-nominations are not eligible.

How to Make a Nomination

Complete a nomination form (availablein several formats). Make six (6) copies ofthe completed form and use the originaland copies as cover sheets for each ofthe seven (7) copies of the narrative andattachments that make up your nomination.

Prepare up to two (2) pages stating your nominee’s accomplishments andcontributions to the excellence, growth,support, and availability of the arts inNew Hampshire as they relate to one ofthe award categories. Be as specific aspossible in addressing the different criteria for each award.

Gather additional written documentationto support your nomination, which mustinclude at least 3 letters of support for thenomination. Other written materials mightinclude newspaper articles, brochures,statistics, biographical information, etc.If applicable, you may also include two(2) sets of slides, a CD with images in JPGformat, catalogues, or recordings of anartist’s work. NOTE: Visuals may also be submittedelectronically as TIFF or JPG files tocjohnson@nharts.state.nh.us.

Collate the nomination form, narrative,and written attachments into seven (7)

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Arts A

wards

The original gilded

eagle, carved out of

butternut wood,

New Hampshire’s first

example of official

public art, is on dis-

play at NH Historical

Society’s Tuck

Library in Concord.

Each year, artists are

selected to design

and create the

Governors’ Arts

Awards based on

this eagle.

Photo courtesy of

the NH Historical

Society

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packets for each member of the awardselection committee to review prior totheir meeting. Place audio/visual materialsand catalogues, if included, in a separatepacket. Audio/visual materials and catalogues will be shared at the reviewmeeting. Materials will not be returned,do not send one-of-a-kind valuablematerials. Please be selective. In thepast, the strongest nominations haveprovided the judges with carefully selected, relevant information and clear,persuasive narratives.

In addition to the paper copies submitted,the 2-page narrative must be available ondisk or electronically in 16 pt. accessiblefont, double-spaced. (Arial, Helvetica,Times New Roman or Verdana)

Nominees for the Cultural AccessLeadership Award may be visited by a member of the Award SelectionCommittee as part of the review process.

Deadline

Nominations must be postmarked nolater than April 22, 2005 or hand-deliveredto the NH State Council on the Arts by4:15 PM on that day.

Selection

An awards selection committee, appointed by State Arts CouncilChairman James Patrick Kelly, willreview the nominations and make theirrecommendations to the Governor.

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The Rochester Heritage

Trust received a

Cultural Conservation

Grant to hire a conser-

vator to assess the

condition of the historic

murals that once

decorated the walls of

the 1908 Rochester

Opera House.

Photo courtesy of the

Rochester Heritage Trust

This statue, depicting

a young boy startled

by a turtle, was an

original design element

in the early 1900’s

gardens of the The

Fells/Hay Estate in

Newbury. To preserve

it, the Friends of the

John Hay National

Wildlife Refuge had a

duplicate statue cast

and placed the original

on display indoors.

Photo courtesy of

Friends of the

John Hay National

Wildlife Refuge

The New Hampshire General Courtpassed the Conservation License PlateProgram in 1998 as a way to supplementexisting state conservation and preser-vation programs with additional fundingthrough the public's voluntary purchaseof conservation license plates, popularlyknown as Moose Plates. Wildlife andnature artist Jim Collins of Plaistow createdthe design for the conservation licenseplate that depicts a bull moose.

The Moose Plate has proven successfulat building revenue to support the protection of critical resources in NewHampshire, from scenic lands to historicsites to wildlife to cultural facilities andartworks. As of June 30, 2004, conser-vation-minded citizens had purchased35,423 plates. These revenues are distributed through five State agencies.Among them, the Department of

Cultural Resources funds cultural conservation projects through the StateLibrary, the Division of HistoricalResources, and the State Arts Council.

Within the last two years, since establishingthe Cultural Conservation grant program,the State Arts Council has awarded$119,070 to fund conservation projects,ranging from the restoration of the MilfordBandstand to restoring a wooden sculptureby New Hampshire artist Winslow Eaves,owned by the Concord Public Library.

To date, the State Arts Council hasawarded Cultural Conservation grants tothe following government entities andnonprofit arts organizations: FranklinOpera House, Friends of the John HayNational Wildlife Refuge, League of NewHampshire Craftsmen, Lebanon OperaHouse Improvement, Rochester HeritageTrust, The Town of Canaan, ConcordPublic Library Foundation, The Town ofMilford, Library Arts Center, andRichards Free Library.

The annual fee to NH motorists for aconservation license plate is $30, which istax deductible, plus a one-time fee of $8collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles.To date, Conservation License platescan be purchased in 84 town officesaround the state. For more informationgo to: www.mooseplate.com.

The State Arts Council accepts applicationsfrom all levels of government and nonprofitcultural organizations thatmanage publicly owned historic cultural facilities, artsdocuments or artworks thatcontribute to the state’s culturalheritage. The next deadline for applying for a CulturalConservation grant is May 2,2005. For more informationabout this and other grantsadministered through theOrganizational SupportProgram, contact Yvonne Stahr at 603/271-0791, orystahr@nharts.state.nh.us.

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Past Recipients of Governors’ Arts Awards

2003 Edwin and Mary Scheier, EllisHatch, Jr., Hilda Fleisher, JaniceHastings, The Town of Littleton,Timberlane Regional SchoolDistrict, Children’s Museum of Portsmouth

2001 Rawn Spearman, DudleyLaufman, Genevieve Aichele,Henry Melville Fuller, City ofManchester, Deborah Stuart

1999 Tomie dePaola, Larry & HenryRiendeau, Patricia Lindberg, Peter Karagianis, The City ofClaremont, Edith Grodin

1997 John Woodsum Hatch, BobMcQuillen, Nancy Brennan, The City of Rochester, Grace A. Casey, Arthur Hall

1995 Donald Hall, Newt Washburn,David Bresnahan, Elaine Krasker,Town of Newport

1993 Herbert Waters, Peggy Senter,David & Rosamond Putnam,Exeter Arts Committee Board of Selectmen

1991 Robert Hughes, Dwight Graves,Kimon S. Zachos, Greater DoverChamber of Commerce

1989 Karl Drerup, Alton School Board,May & Sam Gruber, City ofNashua

1980 Lotte Jacobi, Federated Arts, NH Youth Orchestra

Presentation and Celebration

Governor John Lynch will be invited to present the Governors’ Arts Awards inOctober of 2005. All nominees will be recognized. Each award recipient (groups willshare a single award) will receive an original artwork by a New Hampshire artist,which interprets the two eagles designed for the top of the State House dome. Theoriginal 1819 eagle, now housed at the New Hampshire Historical Society, was thestate’s first public art commission.

Spotlight: Cultural ConservationMoose Plates Help to Conserve Arts Resources

20 Artist Reflections

Artist Reflections

I had a strong inclination for the artsat a very young age. Blessed withsupportive and nurturing parents, I attended children’s programs atthe Currier Museum of Art and theMuseum of Fine Arts in Boston.Upon seeing the works of sculptorConstantine Brancusi, I knew Iwanted to be a visual artist. I wasaccepted at both the Rhode IslandSchool of Design and the Schoolfor American Crafts

in Rochester, New York. I chose Rochester in partbecause of its distance fromManchester, but primarilyfor the opportunity tostudy with Wendell Castle,a wood artist exploringthe line between furnitureand sculpture. As Wendell’sstudent and apprentice, Iwas nurtured and trainedin exactly the way that Ineeded. This experience,complemented by coursesin the Fine Arts Program,enhanced my perspectiveand abilities.

After graduating with a Master of FineArts from Rochester, I proceeded west toSan Francisco where I set up a studio.Within a year I had my first solo exhibition.Living in the Bay Area in the late 60’s

was an exciting time and, through perseverance and a strong supportive

community, I was able to eke out a living through odd jobs, bartering formy artwork, and a few commissions.

A second and successful solo exhibitionfollowed which allowed me more timeto spend on my artwork and to begindreaming about building a home.

Ultimately, the concept of home broughtme back to New Hampshire with my firstwife Mona and I began building a homein New Boston. The land, which wasvery close to my childhood summerhome where my love for wood began,set me on the path of working with wooddirectly from the forest. Over a 10-yearperiod we built a house and studios usinga lot of recycled materials, inspired andinfluenced by the visionary architects

that I had been exposedto in art school and inthe Bay Area.

My work has evolved frommassive single tree sectioncarvings of the early 70sand 80s to allegoricaland whimsical paintedwood constructions thatbecome sculptural furniture pieces. New Hampshire hasbeen my home for mostof my life and I havefound a deep connectionto community and landhere. My New Hampshire

State Council on the Arts Fellowshipshave given me both a validation of myability to communicate through visualpoetry and much-needed financial assistance to further my career, forwhich I am very grateful.

Jon Brooks, New Boston

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Brooks’ playfully

sculptural chairs are

well recognized

across New England

and beyond.

Photo courtesy of

Jon Brooks

Lifetime Fellow,

Jon Brooks of

New Boston.

Photo by

Gary Samson

(Photo center)

Brooks’ home and studios were built over a

10 year period using many recycled materials.

Photo by Studio Northeast

Editor’s Note: We have invited each of the 10 newly named Lifetime Fellows to sharetheir thoughts on their art and what receiving State Arts Council Fellowships meantto them. These essays will be featured in this and upcoming issues of NH Arts News.

Lifetime Fellow,

Jim Coates of

Lyndeborough.

Photos courtesy of

Jim Coates

Tiverton Tower,

16' x 5' x 5'. wood,

wire, straw, and

granite, 2002 Private

collection.

Lifetime Fellow, Jon Brooks

I have always been interested in archi-tectural forms (primitive, modern andcontemporary) and the broad concept ofshelter. Past work has included drawings,objects and installa-tions. During the lastten years this workhas dealt with contemporary shelterforms, often makingreferences to thefragile relationshipbetween nature andhuman socialdependence on shelter (both physicallyand psychologically).The juxtaposition oforganic material andgeometric formsrelate to the elementsof chaos and order inthe natural environment, as well as thehuman desire to force order onto nature.

I continue to use natural materials toemphasize the temporal and fragile qualitiesof the forms although, in the past fiveyears, I have turned to a more personalinterpretation of my relationship to shelterand nature. This interpretation of shelterhas evolved to include the nurturingqualities of the open woodland landscape.As numerous poets and environmentalistsbefore me have acknowledged, the visual

and audible experiences of a woodlandenvironment have the profound abilityto shelter and comfort. A survey of mycompleted works from the past 20 years

reflects a continuedinterest in the minimal forms, bothsimple and formal,that are found in lifeand in the naturalenvironment.

The three FellowshipsI received from theState Arts Councilover a period of timein my early careerwere instrumental inassisting me with thepurchase of equipmentand travel expensesassociated with exhibitions of my work.

On the other hand, it is difficult to articu-late what the awards meant in terms ofacknowledgement and encouragement.The ongoing programs that are supportedby the State Arts Council are obviouslyimportant to individual artists and artsorganizations. On a larger scale, theyare enormously important to the culturalwell-being of our collective communities.I thank all of the Council staff andadministrators for this support.

Jim Coates, Lyndeborough

Lifetime Fellow, Jim Coates

Biographical note: Jim Coates lives and works in Lyndeborough. He completedhis M.F.A. at Clemson University and his B.F.A. at the University of SouthCarolina. He has exhibited his temporary site-specific works nationally andthroughout the northeast. He has received sculpture fellowships from the SouthCarolina State Arts Commission, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, andthe New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and in 1988, he was awarded anartist residency at the MacDowell Colony. Jim Coates is Professor of Sculptureat the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

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Congratulations to…

Poet Charles Simic, who is the recentrecipient of the 2004 Sarah Josepha HaleAward, presented by the trustees of the

Richards Free Library in Newport. Theaward recognizes a distinguished bodyof work written in the field of literatureand letters by a New England-basedartist. Simic has published more thansixty books and has garnered fellowshipsfrom the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and theNational Endowment for the Arts. He isa Professor of English at the Universityof New Hampshire.

Candace Glickman, Miss New Hampshireof 2003, who was honored recently bythe National Music Foundation for herefforts to incorporate an interdisciplinaryapproach to the arts in education. The

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Students and instructors in the FilmDepartment at the New HamptonSchool, who won six international awardsfor a film they created during the 2003Performance PLUS summer performingarts training program. The 24-minutefilm, Gaining Miles, premiered in NewYork, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, andPortland, OR.

Harry Kozlowski of Hooksett andConcord musician and composer Patrick Hebert, co-founders of HighlandCommunity Broadcasting, who havelaunched the new community radio stationWCNH-LP-FM at 94.7 FM. The low powerstation broadcasts around the clock tothe greater Concord area and plays classical music, plus a jazz program onSaturday mornings.

Welcome to…

Matthew Hammond of Manchester, thenew director of the Merrimack ConcertBand, who took up the conductor’sbaton in mid-September. He performswith the Granite State Brass Quintet andis the music director for the NewHampshire Wind Ensemble.

Anne Billings of Bradford, VT, who was selected to be the first ExecutiveDirector of Alumni Hall Cultural andInterpretive Center in Haverhill. She willlay the groundwork for a program of cultural events in both the visual andperforming arts as well as develop permanent interpretive displays of valleyhistory and attractions for visitors to theinterpretive center, which is scheduled toopen next June. Billings has experiencein nonprofit agency and retail management.Alumni Hall, the 19th century GraftonCounty Courthouse and the 20th centuryHaverhill Academy gymnasium andauditorium, has been preserved andrevitalized for 21st century use as a cultural and visitors interpretive centerthrough the efforts of Haverhill Heritage, Inc.

award was presented by Chairman of theState Board of Education, Fred Bramante.Glickman has worked with others acrossthe country in advocating for arts in education. She is a board member for theNH Alliance for Arts Education and acommunications art major at the Universityof New Hampshire in Manchester.

Ruth Chevion of Hopkinton, whose recycledmetal artwork was accepted by theFuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA,for exhibition in “Trashformations East,”which is opening January 15th. In fivemonths, the exhibition will travel to variousother museums.

Matthew Hammond

is the new director of

the Merrimack

Concert Band.

Photo courtesy of

the Merrimack

Concert Band

Anne Billings is

the first Executive

Director of Alumni

Hall Cultural and

Interpretive Center

in Haverhill.

Photo by

Edith Celley

Around the State

(Photo center)

Eye Chart, 10" X 20",

Found Rusty Metal

on Corrugated Paper

by Ruth Chevion.

Thanks to an

opportunity that

she learned about

through the State

Arts Council's E-News,

the Fuller Craft

Museum in Brockton,

MA will exhibit

Chevion's work

in January.

Photo by

Ruth Chevion

The Richards Free

Library in Newport

recently presented

the 2004 Sarah

Josepha Hale Award

to poet Charles Simic.

Photo by Sara Barrett

Students and instructors at the New Hampton

School won six international awards for their

film Gaining Miles.

Photo by Morgan Murphy

Rem

embe

ring

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Welcome to… (cont.)

Elizabeth Shepard-Rabadam ofPortsmouth, the first coordinator hiredby Art-Speak, Portsmouth’s CulturalCommission. Beth previously worked atHarvard University on transportation andhousing strategic plans, institutionalmaster planning, and neighborhoodplanning. She has also been a preserva-tion planner on the Historic BuryingGrounds Initiative for the City of Bostonand a museum administrator for HistoricNew England. Beth will be workingclosely with the Art-Speak board on initiatives related to cultural space andthe promotion of Portsmouth’s artists.

Remembering…

Linn Downs, 1954-2004

On October 14th, New Hampshire lost avalued arts community member with thepassing of Linn Downs of Thornton. She was 50-years-old. Downs served asExecutive Director of the North CountryChamber Players based in Littleton.Under her direction the Chamber Playersplayed a series of school concerts duringtheir fall and winter visits to the NorthCountry. She had recently joined theboard of the Arts Alliance of NorthernNew Hampshire. “We will miss Linn terribly,” says Alliance executive directorFrumie Selchen. “She was funny, focused,smart, persistent, and passionate abouther work. She really cared about excellence and was deeply dedicated tochildren and the arts. And she reallybelieved in working with others to makeimportant things happen.” Downs had astrong background in business, marketing,

and education. From 1977 to 1985,Downs worked in the corporate sector asa translation coordinator and manager.She then switched careers and taughtSpanish in the Waterville Valley School,Plymouth Elementary School, andHolderness School. She also taught atthe Maple Cottage School in Campton, the Montessori School in Plymouth, andat Plymouth State University. Downs was the founder of the Close Knit Pressin Campton.

Frederick C. “K.D.” Bell, 1943-2004

Drummer, songwriter, and vocalistFrederick C. “K.D.” Bell, of Milton, NH,known as “Mr. Alabama Blues,” passedaway this past September at age 61. As soon as he was old enough to hit theroad, he moved from his native state toMiami where he accompanied JamesBrown, LaVerne Baker, and the Coasters.Over the years, he performed with ClydeMcFadden, Mighty Sam McLain, TheMarvelettes, Johnny Nash, and manyother renown musicians. He studieddrums with Sonny Payne of the CountBasie Band and drummed for Luther“Guitar Jr.” Johnson, Wilson Pickett, The Drifters, and Ben E. King, to name afew. He was dubbed “King Drummer” bysome of these blues greats, resulting inthe nickname “K.D.” Well known for hisstylish clothes, Bell performed regularlyat the former Stormy Monday blues cafein Merrimack. Fans who have heard himfrom Portsmouth to Keene will miss theauthentic blues and funk flavor that hebrought to the state.

For the past two

years Linn Downs

served as Executive

Director of the North

Country Chamber

Players in Littleton.

Photo courtesy of

Yukio Endo

Regional NewsArtists Complete their Arts & CommunityLandscape Project In October, Bethlehem artists, poetStephen Dignazio and furniture-maker/sculptor Ron Smith, together with NorthYarmouth, ME sculptor Evan W. Haynes,completed a new series of sculptures inMarble Mill park along the Missisquoi Riverin Swanton, VT. The installation, entitledStone Canoe Sculpture, is composed of‘Swanton Red’ local marble carved into15 individual stone seats that, placedtogether, form the outline of a canoe.

The artwork had been in developmentfor over two years with the NorthernForest Canoe Trail, in collaboration withthe Town of Swanton. The project wassponsored by a partnership of NewEngland Foundation for the Arts (NEFA),National Park Service, and the NationalEndowment for the Arts, with additionalsupport from the Vermont Arts Counciland the LEF Foundation.

The Stone Canoe idea developed throughthe site’s history as a portage and fishing

site as well as the location of the formerBarney Marble Mill that cut the locallyquarried ‘Swanton Red’ marble.

Also completed were the Swanton DamWarnings, bright orange floating barrelswith paddles that rotate in the river’scurrent. Inspired by the practical needfor dam warnings and signage directingpaddlers, the artists created ten polystyrenecast orange barrels that they floated andstrung across theMissisquoi River in July.On the barrel paddles,the artists added colorfultext that on the upstreamside warned canoeistswhen they were nearingSwanton Dam. Viewedfrom downstream, thepaddle text included linesfrom a poem that wouldchange as the paddlesrotated in the river current.

This Arts & CommunityLandscapes (ACL) envi-ronmental public art projectis part of the developingNorthern Forest CanoeTrail, which seeks to renew the bond betweenpeople and rivers in the Northern Forestof New York, Vermont, New Hampshire,and Maine, by re-establishing a long-distance recreational water trail alongNative American and historic travel routes.

ACL is an artist residency programadministrated by NEFA that addresseslocal and regional environmental concernsthrough site-specific art. Once selected,each artist works as part of a team withthe National Park Service, communitypartners, and local citizens to implementthe project. For more information visitwww.nefa.org.

The interior carving

of the 'Stone Canoe

Sculpture' created

with local 'Swanton

Red' marble forms

the outline of a canoe,

while providing func-

tional seating for

park users.

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Residency Artists

unveil the 'Stone Canoe Sculpture' with project

partners: NEFA, National Park Service and

Northern Forest Canoe Trail staff.

Photos by Amy Sanford

“We will miss Linn terribly...She was funny, focused,

smart, persistent, and passionate about her work.”Frumie Selchen, Alliance Excutive Director

Preservation of the 1793 Dwelling House at

Canterbury Shaker Village was made possible

by a $250,000 Save America's Treasures grant.

Photo courtesy of Canterbury

Shaker Village

National NewsSave America’s Treasures Awards $14.5 million in GrantsThe President’s Committee on the Artsand the Humanities (PCAH), NationalPark Service, National Endowment forthe Arts, National Endowment for theHumanities, and Institute ofMuseum and Library Servicesjointly announced the awardingof $14.5 million in federalSave America’s Treasures(SAT) grants on October 11.

Through the congressionallyappropriated SAT program,awards were made to 35 historic properties and sites and 25 nationally significant collections of artifacts, documents and artistic works.

In New Hampshire, past recipients ofSAT grants have included: the CheshireMills complex and the HarrisvilleNational Historic Landmark District,

that received $250,000 in2001 for building repairs; andCanterbury Shaker Village,that received $250,000 in2000 for repairs and preserva-tion of the 1793 Dwelling House.

Over the six-year life of theprogram more than 600 projectshave been funded—ranging

from historic homes, sites and otherstructures; to documents, paintings, films,and sculpture; to clothing, jewelry, crafts;to planes, trains, and automobiles.

Save America’s Treasures received 390 grant applications from eligible federal agencies; state, local, and tribalgovernments; and nonprofit organizationsin 2004. To be successful a project mustbe of national significance, demonstratean urgent preservation need, have aneducational or other public benefit, anddemonstrate the likely availability of non-federal matching funds. In addition tothese awards, Congress also designatesprojects for SAT funds, and in 2004$17.9 million was awarded to 99 projectsin 39 states.

Guidelines and applications for the 2005Save America’s Treasures FederalGrants can be found online at:www2.cr.nps.gov/treasures/index.htm.For more information contact KimberCraine at 202/682-5661 or send an e-mailto kcraine@pcah.gov.

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Andy and Mim

Hampton of Concord

run their pottery

studio as a small

business and actively

market their work

around the country.

Andy works on his

craft after a full day

of doing other work.

In New Hampshire,

craft artists rely on

public gatherings,

such as this one at

Canterbury Wool

Day, where they can

network with each

other while demon-

strating and selling

their work. According

to a recent study,

many craft artists feel

that craft shows have

become a high-risk

marketing strategy.

Photos by

Lynn M. Graton

The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)conducted a nationwide research project in2004. They found that, despite a changingmarketplace, a sluggish economy, and agrowing array of challenges, workingcraft artists across the U.S. are largelyconfident about their future.

Among the key findings are:

� Only a quarter of the respondents havereserves to carry their businesses andfamilies for six months or more if theirbusiness was interrupted;

� 30% have no fire insurance or personalliability insurance, and 18% have nohealth insurance. The risks for whichcraft artists are least well-insured areproduct liability, disability, life, andtheft. The cost of premiums is by farthe most often-cited reason for havinginadequate insurance;

� Only four in ten of all respondentssaid that their formal education adequately prepared them for managing self-employment;

� Craft shows have become a high-riskmarketing strategy; professional craftartists report the most growth from retailsales in their own studio or showrooms.

Working with organizational developmentconsultant and former craftsman CraigDreeszen, CERF conducted 10 face-to-facefocus groups organized around the countryand worked with 31 organizations that

forwarded the survey to theirconstituents. A total of 1,650craft artists in 49 states participated in the surveyand focus group conversations.

Commenting on the value of these findingsand the services that CERF provides tocraft artists, State Arts Council TraditionalArts Coordinator Lynn Martin Gratonnoted, “The market in New Hampshireincludes a wide spectrum of forms andapproaches: from \traditional to contem-porary fine crafts. Some artists make it afull-time commitment while others, likepotter Andy Hampton, work on theircrafts after a full day of other work. Still others make crafts with family andfriends in their spare time.” She concluded,“regardless of how they approach it, all craftspeople benefit from access toinformation, training and resources.”

CERF’s mission is to strengthen andsustain the careers of craft artists acrossthe United States. For more information,e-mail them at info@craftemergency.org,or visit them on the web at: www.craftemergency.org.

National Survey on the Status and Needs of Craft Artists

Congress Finalizes Small Increases in Fundingfor NEA and Arts EducationCongress finalized FY 2005 funding withthe passage of a nine-bill “omnibus,” whichrolled several spending bills into one large$388 billion package. Cultural funding wasone of the few domestic spending areasthat will realize some small increases.The National Endowment for the Artswill get an increase of $292,000, bringingits budget for FY2005 up to $121.263million. This total includes $1.972 million

for American Masterpieces, which willsponsor presentations of the classicAmerican works in communities all aroundthe country. The Challenge America program will be funded at $21.427 million.Arts in Education programs through theU.S. Department of Education will havea budget of $35.6 million and the Officeof Museum Services: $34.8 million.

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New Hampshire State Council on the ArtsWinter/Early Spring DeadlinesAcross Programs

Grant Name Deadline AmountMini-Grant January 3 & Quarterly* $250 - $1,000Peer Mentorships Ongoing $500 - $750

Arts in Education Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountArtist in Residence Grant February 4, 2005 $1,000 - $5,000AIE Leadership Project Grant February 4, 2005 $500 - $5,000

Community Arts Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountDevelopment Grant April 1, 2005 $3,500 - $7,000Project Grant April 1, 2005 $1,000 - $3,500

Organizational Support Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountProject/Planning Grant March 1, 2005 $1,000 - $7,000

Traditional Arts Program

Grant Name Deadline AmountProject Grant March 11, 2005 $1,000 - $4,000Apprenticeship Grant March 25, 2005 $3,450

Deadline for:

Artist Roster and Traditional Arts Listing

Applications April 1, 2005

*Quarterly DeadlinesJanuary 3, 2005 for projects April 1, 2005 & afterApril 1, 2005 for projects July 1, 2005 & afterJuly 1, 2005 for projects October 1, 2005 & afterOctober 1, 2005 for projects January 1, 2006 & after

For grant guidelines

and application

forms visit,

www.nh.gov/nharts

For more informa-

tion: 603/271-2789

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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 unique qualityof life through the arts. The Director ofthe New 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, BarringtonRichard 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 Arts Rebecca L. Lawrence, Director2 1⁄2 Beacon Street, 2nd FloorConcord, 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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