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May 1, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Rebecca Lawrence
Rebecca.lawrence@dcr.nh.gov
603-271-2789

New Hampshire Arts Organizations Awarded over $800,000 in Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that, with its second round of grants, New Hampshire arts organizations will receive eight grants totaling $844,800 in fiscal 2008. The largest grant, $719,800 , goes to the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts for its statewide efforts to support and promote the arts. These funds help support artist residencies in schools and communities, artist fellowship and professional development grants, folk arts apprenticeships and projects, the Poetry Out Loud recitation competition, and a variety of other grants and services that reach communities throughout the state. This partnership grant is matched with state appropriations made possible by New Hampshire’s Governor and Legislature.

The other seven grants, amounting to $125,000, went to Monadnock Music in Peterborough, the Hopkins Center in Hanover, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, The Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund in Concord, the art museum at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, and Opera North in Lebanon.

The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. Its mission is to promote the arts to protect and enrich New Hampshire’s unique quality of life. To learn more about its grants and programs go to, www.nh.gov/nharts

See below for a complete listing of NEA grants to New Hampshire.

National Endowment for the Arts FY08 Grants to New Hampshire

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Concord, NH
$719,800
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support The American Century A to Z, a festival of American chamber music. Composers Joseph Schwantner and David Del Tredici, music writers Tim Page and Anthony Tommasini, soprano Bethany Beardslee, and mezzo-soprano DAnna Fortunato will participate in festival performances and activities at the Peterborough Town House.

Dartmouth College (on behalf of Hopkins Center)
Hanover, NH
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center. Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater artists, dance companies, choreographers, and musicians from around the world.

MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support artist residencies. Artists will receive a working studio and room and board for as long as two months.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support free community concerts in rural southwestern New Hampshire towns. Summer concerts by soloists, ensembles, and chamber orchestras will be performed in churches and meeting houses each week during the two months of the festival.

Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund
Concord, NH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of a memorial to the Old Man of the Mountain, a beloved cliff-side formation that collapsed in 2003. Artist Shelly Bradbury and designer Ron Magers were selected through a national competition undertaken in partnership with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

Opera North
Lebanon, NH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Young Artist Program for singers. The professional development project will provide opportunities for singers to perform in supporting operatic roles, primary roles in family matinee productions, and community outreach activities.

Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition, A Figural Presence, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be composed of 20 to 30 contemporary American figurative artworks, including painting, drawing, and sculpture, tracing the enduring aesthetic values within the representational mode.

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