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Welcome to the NH State Council on the Arts Website

A state agency enhancing the quality of life in New Hampshire by stimulating economic growth through the arts, investing in the creativity of students, making the arts accessible to underserved populations, and preserving heritage arts.

What's New?

Upcoming Artist Entrepreneurial Workshop – Wednesday, May 23, 10am-noon
Social Media for Artists: Promoting Yourself and Your Work. No charge; registration required.

Registration open: Traditional Arts Conference - June 9, 2012:
A one-day conference at the McLane Center, NH Audubon, Concord; tailored to the interests of traditional crafts people, musicians and dancers. No charge; registration required.

Shaping Our Heritage: An exhibit celebrating Traditional Arts Apprenticeships in New Hampshire
Opening Reception: June 8 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. RSVP requested.
Exhibit oOpen to the public: June 11 – July 20, Map Gallery, NH State Library, 20 Park Street, Concord
Wednesday, Craft Demonstrations open to the public - 11 am - 2 pm.

In Other News…

Challenge America Fast-Track Grant Deadline May 24
From the National Endowment for the Arts

Registration Now Open for the Arts, Culture & the Law Conference 2012
June 28 at the UNH School of Law in Concord. Scholarships Available


Spotlights
Arts & Economic Prosperity IV Survey Conservation of Laconia Library Stained Glass Outreach to North Country Nursing Homes Hampton Beach State Park Public Art
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About Us

The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is a Division of the Department of Cultural Resources. Our enabling legislation charges us to ensure that the arts play a significant role in the welfare of people in the Granite State. Our mission is to promote the arts to protect and enrich New Hampshire’s unique quality of life.

The State Arts Council provides a wide variety of services, competitive grants, and technical assistance to non-profit organizations, schools health care facilities and to individual artists, helping to ensure that the arts thrive in New Hampshire and are accessible to all. Funding for our grants and services is provided by the New Hampshire Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

The State Arts Council is part of a network of 50 state arts agencies and 6 arts agencies seated in US jurisdictions. All state arts agencies share similar goals that support increasing public access to the arts and ensuring that every community in America enjoys the cultural, civic, economic and educational benefits of a thriving arts sector. The National Endowment for the Arts provides leadership and support for the work of state arts agencies through its State Partnership Grant Program.  Important research and advocacy for the work of state arts agencies is carried out by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, a non-profit membership organization based in Washington D.C.

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New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
19 Pillsbury Street - 1st Floor, Concord, NH 03301
TTY/TDD 800.735.2964 :: Tel 603.271.2789 :: Fax 603.271.3584