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NH is known for its summer music, crafts and theatre traditions - and more. These are some of the Creative Economy member sites where you will find events and calendar listings featuring artists and cultural organizations.
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Shaping Our Heritage Exhibit Celebrates Traditional Arts Apprenticeships:
Shaping Our Heritage is an opportunity to learn more about the important craft, music and dance traditions being preserved by talented artists in New Hampshire. The exhibit features artwork by Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant master artists and apprentices, and photographs of artists in their workshops and communities. June 11 to July 20, 8:30am-4:30pm, Map Gallery, State Library, Concord. Find more information and a schedule of events here.
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Thank You Arts Organizations!
One of the highlights of the Business in the Arts Awards are the ArtsBags filled with cultural goodies from New Hampshire's cultural organizations. This year nearly 40 organizations contributed to make a dazzling array of books, tickets, shirts, dvd's and tote bags. See the complete list of organizations and items here.
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Thanks to Our Sponsor
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NHBCA Links...
Six new directors were elected to the NHBCA board at the annual meeting in May. See the complete list.
A listing of some NH Arts Organizations where you can link to their individual websites. |
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Greetings!,
After the Business in the Arts Awards festivities are finished and the details wrapped up and put away for another year, the summer's arts' riches stretch out before us. Traditional offerings include summer theatre, music festivals and arts and crafts fairs. Some take place in established indoor venues and others in outdoor spaces. Wherever you live or your NH travels take you, there is something for your cultural enjoyment. Check out our links to events in this newsletter.
Whether a traditional show or a newly created music festival or a pop up arts market, these happenings are a valued part of an already culturally diverse experience the rest of the year. All year long we reap the benefits of local creative economy efforts that work to promote the rich artistic and cultural life that we celebrate and enjoy.
The NHBCA was founded on the belief that art is of economic benefit as well as of enhancing quality of life and it has been gratifying to work with many of the creative communities' efforts in the state. Soon survey results from Americans for the Arts - both statewide and five area participants - will be released that will underscore that point.
The mission of the NHBCA is to educate, motivate and recognize business support of and in the arts. Your support of the arts allows us to encourage the diversity of the arts and the richness of the state's culture all year long.
Joan Goshgarian
Executive Director
joan@nhbca.com
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Business in the Arts Awards Gala Names Winners
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Photo left to right: The Provident Bank Allison Field, Chuck Withee, Steve Scott; Leadership Award Jamie Trowbridge; Boothby, Boothby Therapy Services Maren Boothby, Christopher Boothby; TD Bank Kelley Gelinas, Mary McLaughlin; Heartwood Media Chris Conroy.
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TD Bank, The Provident Bank, Boothby Therapy Services, and Heartwood Media were announced as the winners of the Business in the Arts Awards at a gala evening presentation by the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts on May 14 in Manchester. Approximately 325 business and arts leaders attended the 28th annual celebration who were also treated to a showcase including the Nashua Flute Choir, Portsmouth poet laureate John-Michael Albert, The Acting Loft and the Ukulele Social.
Read full press release. [Photo credit Althea Haropulos]
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The NHBCA is one of the organizers of the Arts, Culture and the Law Conference. Scheduled for June 28 this second annual conference is a one-day event that brings together individuals from both the legal and the arts/culture communities to discuss key legal issues. Throughout the day, blocks of 60- and 90-minute panel discussions addressing pertinent topics such as copyright, accounting and business information, and nonprofit management will take place; representatives from the legal and Arts/Culture industries will lead these panels.
Sessions will begin with five-minute presentations, with questions from attendees making up the balance of the content.
Click here for more information
Click here to register
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 How the Arts Prevailed
Connie Rosemont, president, NH Citizens for the Arts This spring, the NH House resoundingly turned back two efforts that would have turned New Hampshire into one of the most art-unfriendly states in the union. One bill, HB 1285, would have repealed the Percent for Art (State Art Fund) program - which sets aside money in major state construction projects for artwork in state-owned buildings. By a vote of 210-76 it was sent to interim study. The other bill, HB 1274, as originally written, would have eliminated the Department of Cultural Resources. All of that language was stripped away at the committee level and the wholly revised version passed 253-40. Here's what makes those tallies so stunning.... read more |
 NHCN Leadership Summit is October 11
Balancing Act: Sustaining Mission while Innovating is the message of the NH Center for Nonprofits 2012 Leadership Summit on October 11 in Concord. The NHBCA is once again chairing the planning of this annual event. Keynote speaker Paul Rosenberg will deliver his address in the morning, the Corporate Fund Nonprofit Management awards will be announced and the afternoon will host some NH "sages" who will build on the dialog and share their reflections. Click here to register. Sponsors include NHBCA members Citizens Bank Foundation, Public Service of New Hampshire, Nathan Wechsler & Company, Devine Millimet, RMC Research Corporation and Northeast Delta Dental. |
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DID YOU KNOW?...
Incorporation Guide
In 1989 in response to numerous requests for information relating to the forming of nonprofit arts organizations, the NHBCA's member law firms created "Incorporation and Tax Exemption for New Hampshire Arts and Other Non-Profit Organizations: An Introductory Guide. It was recently revised by the law firm of Devine Millimet & Branch with significant contributions by Jon B. Sparkman, Jason E. Cole and Justin T. Vartanian. The expertise, professionalism and dedication of these attorneys is greatly valued and appreciated. The Guide is available on our the NHBCA web site
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