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CONTACT: Rebecca L. Lawrence, Director
NH State Council on the Arts
603-271-2789, Fax 603-271-3584
Rebecca.lawrence@dcr.nh.gov  www.nh.gov/nharts

 

Photographer Wendy Cahill Appointed to State Arts Council

Concord, NH -- The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts welcomes Wendy Cahill of Concord who recently was appointed by Governor Lynch and the Executive Council to serve as an Arts Councilor through November, 2012. The 15-member State Arts Council advises the New Hampshire Division of Arts and the Commissioner of Cultural Resources on all matters concerning the arts.

Cahill is a professional photographer with 15 years of experience in wedding and portrait photography. She graduated from the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, with a two-year certificate in the photography program. Cahill attended the New England Institute of Professional Photography and is a member of the New Hampshire Professional Photographers Association and the Professional Photographers of New England. She is the recipient of an award from the New Hampshire Professional Photographers Association and has exhibited her photographs at the Association’s annual print competitions.

Established in 1965, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is the state’s arts agency. Its mission is to promote the arts to protect and enrich New Hampshire’s unique quality of life. It is funded by the Governor and Legislature of the State of New Hampshire and by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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