Marina Forbes
Russian Iconography, Russian Arts, Culture & Fine Crafts

Marina Forbes is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, and an award-winning artist, educator and scholar who started painting at the age of 6 at the Hermitage Museum School of Arts and has lectured extensively on traditional arts, history and the rich tapestry of Russian culture. She is licensed with the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and, each year, she leads her cultural tours to Eastern Europe. During her visits to Eastern Europe, she regularly updates her knowledge and artistic skills, gathering unique photos and manuscripts, participating in icon and fresco restorations in old Orthodox churches and monasteries, visiting traditional craft factories, interviewing and working with master artists and scholars, and documenting traditional painting techniques (including floral and berry designs and decorative ornamentations from small villages famous for their unique craft traditions). Marina brings her extensive knowledge to her individualized icon painting classes and interactive and illustrated presentations on the 1,000 Years of Icon Painting tradition.

Marina is an accomplished icon painter, working for more than 25 years with egg tempera and 23K gold leaf applied on garlic juice on hand-carved wooden boards covered by home-made gesso. Many of her award-winning icons are on display in churches and in private collections in Eastern Europe and the United States. Marina teaches "The Art of Icon Painting" workshops for individual students and small groups of up to four students. She also works with traditional honey-based watercolors known for their brilliance of colors. Marina has a distinctive ability to generate energy and enthusiasm in the classroom or a lecture hall and to bring the spirit of traditional arts and folklore to life for learners of all ages. She is a unique and valuable resource for any school or civic organization wishing to introduce their audience to traditional culture and arts through memorable and thought-provoking interactive presentations and hands-on workshops.

Preferred activities and age groups: Activities include hands-on painting workshops, demonstrations, storytelling and master classes for adults or the whole community (adults, teens and families with children aged 6 and up) focusing on traditional arts, crafts, and culture. Illustrated interactive presentations, lectures, and storytelling are available for all age groups in age-appropriate formats and can be offered at the libraries, clubs, universities, schools and civic institutions. The preferred audiences for school art residencies and creative after-school programs on traditional arts, crafts and culture: K5-12. Special Master classes and hands-on workshops designed for teachers and art teachers are also available.
Fees: Fees for the school residencies; hands-on workshops, lectures, and storytelling performances are negotiable, please contact Marina for more info.

Rochester, NH
603/332-2255
marina@marinaforbes.com
www.marinaforbes.com

R.P. Hale
Historical & Interdisciplinary Arts

R.P. Hale is a multigenerational and interdisciplinary artist-craftsman who has taught his skills nationwide since 1976. His expertise includes: he is a concert harpsichordist and hammer dulcimer player, harpsichord/dulcimer maker, master calligrapher and illustrator, pen-and-ink artist, nationally-known wood-engraver, Intaglio and Letterpress printer, wood carver, maker of marbleized papers and fabrics, period re-enactor, linguist, solar and archaeo-astronomer, and historian. In 1999, the Smithsonian Institute recognized R.P. as one of the top musical instrument makers in the U.S., and included his work in their exhibit devoted to these craftsmen. His concerts reflect his wide-ranging musical interests from c.750 B.C. works from China to that of Sir William Herschel of the 1790s. Born to a Sonoran Mexican family of artists and printers, his programs “La História Cultural de México,” “El Calendro Azteca,” and “Astronomy, Math. Calendars, and Histories of the Maya,” respectively feature the history of Mexico as seen through the arts and traditional lore. R.P. received a Fellowship from the State Arts Council and in 2000 was invited to present his multi-faceted traditions at the Celebrate New Hampshire festival. He performs solo and is in heavy demand by ensembles for his improvised accompaniment skills at the harpsichord and organ. R.P. teaches—and wood-carves—at St. Paul's School and is Senior Educator at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, specializing in spectroscopy, star evolution, mathematics, physics, astronomy history and archaeoastronomy, and has built a spectroscopy/optics teaching lab there. He taught summers at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins WV for 33 years, in all the arts he is involved in, and is visiting faculty in art (printmaking, drawing, calligraphy) and astronomy at Davis and Elkins College.

Preferred activities and age groups: Lecture-demonstrations; workshops; master classes; residencies; living history programs and re-enactments of Leonardo DaVinci, Galileo Galilei, Sir William Herschel, and J.S. Bach; “Qui Es in Coelis: Music of Astronomy,” “History of Astronomy in Art,” “Maya and Aztec Cultures,” “Mesoamerican Art in Archaeoastronomy,” and “The Art and Science of Light and Color.” Printmaking sessions include linoleum-block, Intaglio, monoprint, wood engraving; paper-marbling, and hand-set type. Calligraphy includes Intro to Italic, Intro to 18th-Century Quill-Pen Writing, and other hands, illumination, design and applications. His programs integrate with history, sciences, mathematics, and languages.
Fees: $500-$3,200; Workshops and Master Classes: $500-$1,000; Re-enactment Presentations: $350-$1,500

59 Penacook St
Concord, NH 03301
603/225-7516
halerp@cs.com

Anne Jennison
Traditional Northeast Woodlands Native American Storyteller

Anne Jennison is a New Hampshire-based Native American storyteller, historian, educator, and craftsperson with European and Abenaki heritage. With Master’s degrees in both Storytelling and in History, Anne brings a wealth of knowledge - polished by more than 30 years of experience as a performing storyteller and as an educator - to her retelling of timeless Native American lesson stories and her presentations on Abenaki/Wabanaki history & culture. Anne believes that her growth and development as a human being has been deeply influenced by internalizing the content of the Northeastern lesson stories that she tells.

Prior to retiring from teaching, Anne taught American History, World History, Cultural Anthropology, Storytelling, and Native American Studies courses for 20 years - at both the high school and college level. Since retiring from classroom teaching, Anne continues to be an active public educator through her appearances at schools, colleges, powwows, museums, historical societies, and libraries.

Anne is an affiliate faculty member for the University of New Hampshire Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Minor, a member of the Indigenous NH Collaborative Collective, and a co-creator of the "People of the Dawnland" interpretive exhibit about the Abenaki/Wabanaki peoples at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. Currently Anne also acts as a consultant for Strawbery Banke Museum’s Abenaki Heritage Initiative as the museum continues to grow its “People of the Dawnland” Abenaki exhibit and expand its interpretation of Abenaki history and culture - past and present. At Strawbery Banke Museum, Anne is also a co-producer of their now permanently sponsored annual Dawnland StoryFest - New England’s only Native American Storytelling Festival.

In addition to Northeast Woodlands Native American storytelling and Abenaki/Wabanaki history & culture presentations, Anne has also given many demonstrations of Abenaki/Wabanaki crafts such as cornhusk doll making, coiled cornhusk basketry, and birch bark basket making. Her performances, presentations, and workshops have been given for such sponsors as: the NH Humanities Council, UNH, the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET.org), Boston University, Historic New England, the Highland Center for the Arts, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, New England College, the White Mountain Storytelling Festival, and many other venues throughout New England.

Preferred Activities and Age Groups: Multi-age family and community groups, adults of all ages, middle school, high school, and college students. (Storytelling best for ages 6 through adult. Presentations and workshops best for middle school through adult). All in-person performances, presentations, and workshops need to be held in wheelchair accessible, ADA compliant venues.
Performance Fees: Traditional Northeast Woodlands Native American storytelling performances or Abenaki/Wabanaki History & Culture presentations begin at $350.00. Performances and Presentations are available in person OR via Zoom (live in real time). Storytelling performances or Abenaki/Wabanaki history & culture presentations can be pre-recorded (with some performance copyright limits) to include in museum exhibits, etc. There is an additional charge for round-trip mileage for travel from Lee, New Hampshire.
Consulting Fees begin at $500.00 - $1500.00, depending on the size and scope of the project. Contact Anne directly to discuss the possible variations for curriculum development and/or review projects, museum work, book projects, scholarly or magazine articles, storytelling skills workshops, individual storytelling performance coaching, audiobook narration, etc.

34 High Road Lee, NH 03861
603/817-8306
http://annejennison.com

Matthew Thomas
New England History

Matthew Thomas has been a respected author and lecturer since 1974. He has published eleven books, lectured to hundreds of groups and organizations throughout the northeast, and is well versed on aspects of New England history and crafts. His lectures include: Social Life in the 18th and 19th Century New England; Barrel Making; Old Meeting Houses; Historic Taverns & Inns; Powder Houses of New England; Cemeteries & Burial Customs; New Hampshire Town Pounds; Historical Old New England Towns & Cities, and Infamous New England Citizens.

Photo: Historic Frye's Measure Mill in Wilton, N.H.

Preferred activities and age groups: Lectures at community locations such as libraries, historic societies, fairs, festivals, and museums for all ages.
Fees: Negotiable.

225 South Rd
Fremont, NH 03044
603/895-4032
spiritof1776mt@msn.com

Patryc Wiggins
French Tapestry Weaving & Precision Machining Advocate

Newport native and third generation mill worker turned tapestry artist and independent scholar, Patryc weaves the precision valley history and culture into her interdisciplinary community projects. Her work over the past three decades as artist/administrator of the Mill Tapestry Project and producer/director of large scale community arts ventures, led to her appointment as first-time Director of the Economic Corp. of Newport. Community murals, Newport's Precision Manufacturing Exhibit, a downtown lighting project, published literature, and historic preservation of significant downtown structures are examples of permanent works which present Newport's distinct heritage to the public. Patryc works with the Western region of New Hampshire to explore the history, economy, sociology, ecology, anthropology, landscape, architecture and culture of place, highlighting the importance of precision manufacturing to the region's transition to renewable energy technologies and sustainable economic development. Patryc is founder/President of the Guild Institute and a Dartmouth graduate student.

Preferred activities and age groups: Lecture-demonstrations; site visits; collaboratively designed community residencies involving schools; workers, women, elders, ethnic groups and groups marginalized by the mainstream.
Fees: By arrangement ($250-400 per day). I am open to negotiating depending on the populations served and length of residency.

PO Box 190
Guild, NH 03754
603/863-8857
patryc.wiggins2@gmail.com