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Coös Youth Grantmaking program awards first grants

April 11, 2019

Tilly Players, after-school program at Boys & Girls Club of the North Country and After School Kids in Whitefield receive support from youth-led program of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund

The Mayhew Program residential summer program helps at-risk boys believe in themselves, work well with others and strive to reach their potential. (Courtesy photo.)

The power of a very generous crowd

January 4, 2019

Here are just a few examples of what happens in New Hampshire communities when people give, and work, together

Sachiko Akiyama of Portsmouth, NH, winner of the 2018 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant. (Photo by Tammy Byron.)

Sachiko Akiyama awarded 2018 Artist Advancement Grant

October 31, 2018

Portsmouth sculptor awarded grant that helps cultivate the Piscataqua region’s arts community, boost artists’ careers and helps keep them living and working in the area

Doug and Joanne Wise of Grantham, members of the Spaulding-Potter Legacy Society. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Dreaming with Purpose

August 31, 2018

Joanne and Doug Wise are members of the Charitable Foundation's Spaulding-Potter Legacy Society, a group of generous citizens who have who have bequeathed resources to strengthen New Hampshire communities. They share their thoughts on global citizenship, community work — and dreaming with purpose

Alan Chong, director and CEO, Currier Museum of Art. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Museums are for everyone

June 21, 2018

Dr. Alan Chong on why the power of art should be accessible to all

JerriAnne Boggis, executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, at the memorial to Harriet E. Wilson of Milford, the first African-American woman to publish a novel in the United States. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

On a mission to tell the truth about our history

June 3, 2018

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is working to ensure a richer understanding of our shared heritage

Bequest supports music education

February 8, 2018

David Brooks loved music. He left a legacy to make sure New Hampshire kids get the chance to love music, too

More than 52,000 people attended performances and events at the Colonial Theatre in downtown Keene during its 2016-2017 season. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Arts matter

January 10, 2018

In New Hampshire, nonprofit arts and culture organizations improve the quality of life — and pack an impressive economic punch

Cathy McLaurin of Danville, NH, winner of the 2017 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant. (Photo by Tammy Byron.)

Cathy McLaurin receives 2017 Artist Advancement Grant

September 27, 2017

A preacher, a Monet, a legal struggle and an artist’s imagination

Drawing and illustration by Jacqueline Perry, grade 11 Keene High school student — 'Nostalgic.’ Perry's artwork 'Nostalgic' was among the 23 statewide winners in the Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire — awarded the National Silver Medal Award.

Scholastic Art Awards celebrate student artists

August 10, 2017

New Hampshire artists bring home 32 medals from national competition

A docent from the Currier Museum of Art asks a group of sixth-graders from Brookline what might be happening in “The Storm” by Claude-Joseph Vernet. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Providing bus fare to art, and empathy

June 26, 2017

The Currier Museum's Yellow School Bus Scholarships help more than a thousand kids each year visit the museum

African Burial Grounds Monument (Photo by Cheryl Senter)

Honoring Black History Month

February 10, 2017

New Hampshire nonprofits offer events to illuminate the past and inform the present

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