Pam Bartlett
New England Hooked Rugs

Pam Bartlett first began rug hooking in 1982 with noted instructor Hallie Hall of Contoocook, NH. Pam enjoys sharing her love of rug hooking and its history with people of all ages. She feels it is important to preserve the traditional arts, crafts, and skills that served the needs and provided comfort in every day life to previous generations. Pam is a certified rug hooking teacher with the Pearl K. McGown Rug Hooking Guild and has completed the teacher training program with the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia. She is a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and has taught her craft at schools and workshops in the U.S. and Canada. She has been awarded two Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants from the New Hampshire State Council on Arts to teach aspiring apprentices. She also teaches at her home studio in Loudon, N.H.

Pam’s work has been exhibited at venues in New Hampshire including Gallery 205, the Franklin Pierce Law School, both in Concord and at the American Independence Museum in Exeter. She has also exhibited her hooked rugs at the Shelburne Museum’s Green Mt. Rug Hooking Guild Annual Exhibit in Vermont and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Her hooked piece “Clew Bay, County Claire, Ireland” was a finalist at the Carnegie Center for Art and History’s annual exhibit in New Albany, Indiana. Pam has demonstrated at several museums in New Hampshire including Canterbury Shaker Village and Strawbery Banke Museum.

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

153 Mudgett Hill Rd
Loudon, NH 03307
603/783-9848
redhorserugs@comcast.net

Allan Batchelder
Dulcimer Making

Allan Batchelder builds dulcimers, a unique stringed instrument enjoyed for its beauty and delicate sound. The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman and means "sweet song.” The dulcimer is a very ancient instrument and related to the harp and the modern day piano. It can be played as a solo instrument or in ensemble with other instruments. There are many variations of the dulcimer played around the world. Allan makes two types that are part of the American tradition. The trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer was brought to Colonial America from Europe. It has courses of strings running horizontally and is played with delicate felt-covered hammers. The hourglass-shaped Appalachian dulcimer evolved in the mountains of the southern United States. It has fewer strings and is typically strummed. Allan began playing and building dulcimers in the late 1970s. He uses mostly locally obtained woods and hand wood-working techniques. His demonstrations include an emphasis on the importance of hand-made craft in modern times.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and performances at fairs and festivals, museums, and other community locations such as libraries and historical societies. Interested in demonstrating primarily to families and adult audiences.
Fees: $150 to $200 per day plus expenses (supplies and mileage).

PO Box 138
Stratham, NH 03885
603/502-0566
dulcimerab@yahoo.com

Galen Beale
Shaker Poplarware

Galen was taught the "fancy craft" of Shaker poplarware by Eldress Bertha Lindsay and Eldress Gertrude Sule, while she was working at Canterbury Shaker Village as an herbalist and craft coordinator. Along with Roger and Marjorie Gibbs, Galen worked to master the craft. Together they formed "Beale & Gibbs" around 1986. Galen has been demonstrating and producing poplarware containers for museums and collectors ever since. She has lectured on poplarware and taught classes at many of the Shaker villages and has spoken for Elderhostel groups, Shaker Seminar groups, and Shaker Studies’ courses. She co-authored the Berkshire House publication "Shaker Baskets and Poplarware".

Preferred activities and age groups: Presentations at community locations such as libraries, historic societies, fairs, festivals, and museums. Interested in offering educational demonstrations for all ages and hands-on workshops for adults.
Fees: Negotiable.

34 Oxbow Pond Road
Canterbury, NH 03224
603/783-4515
riverland2@aol.com

Barbara Beeler
Shaker Oval Boxes

Barbara Beeler makes bentwood boxes in the tradition of the Shakers. Shakers were well known for the quality of their oval-shaped bent wood boxes, which feature overlapping joinery fastened with copper tacks. Barbara is a New Hampshire native and learned to make Shaker boxes from Steve Allman, the former box maker for Canterbury Shaker Village. She works as an interpreter for Canterbury Shaker Village and is the lead box maker there. She has demonstrated this tradition at a variety of locations including the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, CT and the Parish Museum in Southampton, NY. Barbara represented New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at the expanded restaging Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton, N.H. Barbara also creates traditional Shaker-style full length cloaks in wool with sizes ranging from those for dolls, children, and adults.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations at schools, fairs, festivals, museums and other community locations. Hands-on workshops with sixth grade students through adults, including the elderly.
Fees: $125 to $200 per day. A separate materials fee may be added to workshops, depending upon what type of bentwood boxes are to be created.

Swallow Tail Designs
PO Box 739
Contoocook, NH 03229-0739
603/731-5216
bbeeler255@comcast.net

Andre Belanger
Traditional Sign Carving, Painting & Sculpture

Andre Belanger is a versatile artist with expertise in a variety of mediums. Working out of his workshop, Studio Works, located in Berlin, N.H. he makes one-of-a-kind custom signs in the tradition of early American sign makers for businesses, museums, private homes, and other needs. Andre uses traditional wood working techniques and hand tools. His signs can be left unpainted to showcase the beauty of the wood or painted with enduring colors for outdoor display. Andre is also contemporary landscape painter and sculptor. His artistic skills have brought him recognition and prestigious commissions in New Hampshire and beyond. In 2000, he demonstrated sign carving as part of the New Hampshire program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and demonstrated again at the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton, N.H. He has been commissioned to create artwork for the State Arts Council’s Percent for Art program and created the Community Spirit Award for the 2005 Governor’s Arts Award. In 2006, Andre was commissioned by the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund to design and fabricate the New Hampshire Profile Award, an award created to honor groups and individuals that embody the strength and character of the state symbol. Most recently, Andre designed the State of New Hampshire Medal of Honor that will be awarded posthumously to New Hampshire veterans lost in the line of duty. Andre also teaches drawing, painting and sculpture to students of various ages and abilities, including both gifted students and the developmentally disabled. He has given workshops at his studio and at various schools and institutions in multiple disciplines ranging from basic design to mural painting.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and hands on workshops at community locations such as libraries, historic societies, fairs, festivals, and museums for all ages. Available for single day presentations, multiple day commitments, and long term residencies.
Fees: Negotiable.

StudioWorks
276 Pleasant St
Berlin, NH 03570
603/752-2787
andrestudioworks@yahoo.com

Rhonda Besaw
Traditional and Contemporary Wabanaki Beadwork

Rhonda Besaw is an internationally known beadworker of Abenaki descent. The Abenaki are a northeastern Algonkian people and one of the 5 members of the Wabanaki confederacy (comprised of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and the Abenaki). Abenaki territory ranges from southern Quebec, NH, VT and northern MA. Rhonda’s ancestors are from southern Quebec, northern NH and all along the Connecticut River Valley in both NH and VT.

Beadwork has long been an expression of cultural identity. Rhonda is one of a relatively tiny number of beadworkers continuing to work in the traditional style of her people. Rhonda began doing beadwork in 1996, originally taught by a Mi’kmaq woman. Rhonda specializes in traditional regalia, beaded jewelry, beaded purses and beaded portraits. Her work has appeared at numerous museums, galleries and in private collections. Rhonda is a juried member for the League of NH Craftsmen and is the first Native American artist from NH to receive a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts- Native Arts program. Rhonda’s work has been featured in the Bead Society of Great Britain magazine, NHToDo magazine and Indian Country Today magazine, among others. Rhonda has given beadwork classes at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, NH and has given beadwork demonstrations at the MKIM and the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, ME.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations in a variety of community and informal settings; beadwork classes for adults. Interested in presenting to high school students and adults.
Fees: Negotiable

262 Lancaster Rd
Whitefield, NH 03598
603/837-3381
RhondaLBesaw@gmail.com
www.rhondabesaw.com

Scott Biron
Fly Tying

Scott Biron cut his teeth learning to tie flies and fly fish back in the1960s in the North County of New Hampshire. He has fished many of the streams north of Route 26 in NH and his favorite the Androscoggin River. Scott is an active fly tying instructor for NH Fish & Game and is popular tying and instructing in national, international and regional shows. He was awarded a 2017 NH Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant and studied fly tying including Traditional New England Streamer patterns and progressed to Classic Salmon Flies. Since then he has become a Master Artist in the Traditional Arts Program. He had an apprentice working under him during 2021.  Scott has a strong interest in historical NH fly tyers and their lost patterns and has published, researched, instructed as well as demonstrated many of these lost NH fly patterns. He enjoys instructing individuals of all ages in the art of fly tying and is known for including the history of these tyers and their flies in his instruction.  He has offered several classes on fly tying, tyers and their history through Colby Sawyer College. Scott is considered an expert on large group instruction and offers dozens of classes year round.  Scott is a member of the Catskill Fly Tyers Guild, an Ambassador for the American Museum of Fly Fishing and a member of the Center For The Arts- Lake Sunapee Region.  He is a regular contributor to the Fly Dressers Guild Journal, the NH Wildlife Journal and writes a monthly column for the Northwoods Sporting Journal.  Scott is on the Partridge of Redditch, Sprite Hooks, Cortland, Riversmith and Ewing Feather Birds Pro Teams.  He is on the Ambassador Pro Team for HMH Vises. Ewing has come out with a signature series line of feathers under Scott’s name.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and hands-on workshops for all ages.
Fees: Fee negotiable depending on length of demonstration, size of workshop, and miles traveled.

46 Hall Farm Road
New London, NH 03257
774/571-7439
nhflytyer@icloud.com
www.nhflytyer.com

Bob Boynton, Jr.
Ox Yokes & New England Square Dance Calling

Bob Boynton has been making oxen yokes and bows since 1980. He started by making a yoke for his own team of oxen and with his Yankee ingenuity went on to make equipment for others who needed it. Bob has demonstrated ox yoke making at Muster Field Farm Days in North Sutton, New Hampshire for 23 years. He represented New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in Hopkinton in 2000. An active community member, he built a delivery wagon for the Goffstown Historical Society and worked on the Dunbarton Hearse Restoration Committee. Bob is also a square dance caller. He began calling dances in 1983 and has taught square dancing to 4-H clubs and at camp grounds throughout New Hampshire. He specializes in a style of calling known as “Singing Squares.” His dances also include waltzes, fox trots and polkas. He is the regular caller for a small group of dedicated dancers who meet in Contoocook, NH.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations at schools, festivals, and community events for all age groups. Square dance calling for community gatherings and private functions for all ages. Can teach to square dance in one evening!
Fees: Ox yoke demonstrations – negotiable. Square dancing - minimum of $175 for caller and 3 musicians, more depending upon distance and length of event.

220 Mansion Rd
Dunbarton, NH 03046
603/774-4412
boyntonyokesnbows@gsinet.net
www.boyntonsyokesnbows.com

Margaret Brenner
Fly Tying

Peggy has been tying flies for over 20 years with a specialty in flies that fish well in New England, parts of the West, and the Florida Keys. She started with the basics, progressed to Classic Maine Streamers and now Classic Salmon flies. She has studied with fly tyers nationally including a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship with Larry Antonuk. Since then she has gone on to become a Master Artist in the Traditional Arts Program taking on her own apprentice while continuing to demonstrate and teach workshops nationally. She ties for a small group of customers, as well as giving instruction with a focus on ladies and children’s classes, presentations, and demonstrations.
Peggy was a featured fly tyer at the American Museum of Fly Fishing, as part of the 2013 exhibit, “A Graceful Rise” featuring women of the past, present, and future influential to the world of fly fishing. She has been a national leader in encouraging more women to be a part of the sport of fishing and craft of fly tying. Peggy is current President of the International Women’s Fly Fishing, and a board member of the IFFF Fly Tying group, and Past President and Advisor of United Fly Tyers, the oldest tying club in the country.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and hands-on workshops for all ages.
Fees: Fee negotiable depending on length of demonstration, size of workshop, and miles traveled.

266 North River Rd
Milford, NH 03055
603/320-3056
peggyb@pbandj.us
http://pbandj.us/sixsisters/flybox/

David Court
New England Blacksmithing

David Court began working as a blacksmith in 1971. A long family connection to New England and an intense interest in early American iron work provided him with ample examples of fine workmanship. The direct approach to the design and execution of antique iron appealed to him from the beginning. The mystery and magic of producing fine works with hammer, tongs, and open fire captivates him to this day. Over time his style of blacksmithing has broadened to incorporate a wide range of work but the austere qualities of early American iron still form the basics of his style. Court specializes in traditional joinery and especially forge welding. Court is a member and past officer with the New Hampshire League of Craftsmen, Artist Blacksmiths of North America (ABANA), The New England Blacksmiths and the American Crafts Council (ACC).

Preferred activities and age groups: Hands-on workshops, demonstrations and lectures at a variety of community settings primarily in the Merrimack Valley and at David's shop in Northfield. Commissions and private lessons available upon request. Interested in working with ages 12 and up.
Fees: Demonstrations & workshops: $400.00/day + Travel & Meals. Speaking engagements are negotiable.

291 Bay Hill Rd
Northfield, NH 03276
603/286-3097
dacourtblacksmith@gmail.com

Fred Dolan
Wildfowl Carving

Fred Dolan is a nationally recognized wood carver, specializing in waterfowl and song birds. Dolan has been carving for over twenty-five years and has been honored for his fine craftsmanship at numerous exhibits and gatherings of wildfowl carvers. He incorporates his extensive knowledge of wildlife conservation into his workshops and lectures. Dolan is a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and his carvings are in many private collections. He has received several Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants to teach apprentices. Dolan has demonstrated decoy carving at numerous festivals including the Lowell Folk Festival in Massachusetts and the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, Washington. He represented New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in Hopkinton in 2000. He was awarded a New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Governors’ Arts Award in Folk Heritage in 2017.

Preferred activities and age groups: Lecture and slide presentations on the history of New England decoys and their makers. Hands-on workshops with adults.
Fees: Negotiable.

161 Barn Door Gap Rd
Strafford, NH 03884
603/269-5221
wildfowl@tds.net
www.freddolandecoys.com

Deborah Dostie
Native American Bead Work

Deborah Bazin Dostie is a New Hampshire native of Native American descent who works in the Navajo tradition of beadwork. She first learned bead working from her Grandmother who taught her many Navajo traditions. The tradition of beading has stuck with Debbie, and it is where she says her hands and heart have found their home. Debbie is a juried member of the National Indian Arts and Crafts Association, and currently teaches and demonstrates at the Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, NH.
“In all of the Native American languages, there isn’t a definitive word for ‘art.’ Creating beauty is a natural rhythm of life, and my medium is beads. Inspired by Creation, Nature and all of my Relations, with beads, I honor the beauty that surrounds me. Beading is a spiritual process, each bead coming from my heart and speaking to my soul.” –Deborah Bazin Dostie

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations, Hands-on workshops at schools, community locations such as libraries, historic societies, etc., fairs and festivals, museum settings
Fees: $150/day, presentation

120 Merrimack St
Bristol, NH 03222
603/481-0656
navajobeader@metrocast.net
www.silverwolfcreations.net

Dan Dustin
Traditional Wooden Spoons & Hand Hewing

Dan Dustin has been making wooden spoons in New Hampshire for over 50 years.  He comes from a long line of men who split wood when they needed axe handles, sleigh runners, or shingles. His wooden spoons come out of this tradition.  Dustin’s spoons are worked green and split with the grain. This makes them beautiful, strong, flexible, and useful. Dan is also an instructor.  He has taught spoon making at New England College, the Kimball-Jenkins Art School and NHTI.

Hand-hewn beams were the norm in domestic architecture from the early Colonial period until sawmills became prevalent towards the mid-19th century. Dan can shape the beams with a broadaxe from the whole tree, or adze finish sawn beams in such a way that they retain the characteristics of the Colonial originals. 

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and lectures at schools, libraries, historic societies, museums, and lecture halls. Interested in working with groups of all ages.
Fees: Negotiable.

364 Dustin Rd
Contoocook, NH 03229
603/746-5683
https://dandustin.com

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

Sara Glines
Traditional Dolls

Sara Boothman Glines is a traditional doll maker. Her dolls, called “SaraSally Dolls,” are based upon her family’s multi-generational history of living and working in the foothills and valley near Mount Adams, Mount Madison, and the town of Randolph in Coos County. Glines, her sister Rebecca Boothman Parker (Becky) and Sue Boothman Hawkins (1950-2004) worked together to develop two series of doll figures. One series represents family members and their stories; the other depicts favorite White Mountain activities and vocations. As much as possible, Glines uses authentic, local products for the dolls, their clothing and accessories. Each doll is a limited edition, and most are made to order or completed for display at a specific event. For her inspiration, Glines, has researched, interviewed family members, and collected historic photographs. She is active in her community demonstrating at local crafts fairs and events. She represented New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations in schools and hands-on workshops with children and adults focusing on creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking.
Fees: Negotiable.

172 Randolph Hill Rd
Randolph, NH 03593
603/466-5033
sarasally2@gmail.com

Sherry Gould
Western Abenaki Brown Ash Baskets

Sherry Gould is a New Hampshire native, an enrolled member of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation. Her Dyer grandparents were brown ash utilitarian Abenaki basket makers known locally as ‘gypsies’. Sherry studied Abenaki fancy baskets in 2004 and 2007 with master artist and Native American Historian Jeanie Brink through the State Council Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The Abenaki have both unique utilitarian and fancy basket styles, and Sherry has been fortunate to study with masters of both traditions. Together Sherry and her husband, William Gould, studied utilitarian Abenaki basket making in 2006 under Master artist, and kin, Newt Washburn of Bethlehem, NH. Newt was a recipient of a National Heritage Award in 2005 for his craftsmanship and work in preserving the Abenaki split ash basket making techniques. Newt Washburn's Sweetser family basket style has been prominent in Northern New England since 1850. As the master basket makers pass on, Sherry and her husband feel very privileged to be able to make these baskets and teach other Abenaki to make them too. She demonstrates and gives workshops across the state at many cultural and historical events, and has taught many apprentices through the State Council Apprenticeship program. Sherry was the first Native American to be a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

Preferred activities and age groups:Demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and lectures at community locations such as libraries, historic societies, schools, fairs and festivals, museum settings, and lecture halls; for young children with adequate adult assistance through the elderly.
Fees: $200.00 plus costs for materials for hands on projects, or other negotiated fee

3210 State Rte 114
Bradford, NH 03221
603/938-2613
sherrygould@tds.net
https://abenakiart.org/sherry-gould
https://srtag.org/user/sherrygould/

Molly Grant
Cordwainer, Shoemaker

Molly Grant began leatherworking in her early 20's, first by working on her own and then by apprenticing at the Black Swan Leather shop in Portsmouth, NH, where she learned the basic skills of traditional leatherworking. Molly first saw Cordwainer Shoes when she was ten years old at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's Fair, known nationally as the oldest craft fair in the nation. She became a juried member in 1989, and participated by showing her line of handbags. There, she had the opportunity to meet Paul Mathews, owner of the Cordwainer Shop. Within a few months' time Molly was traveling to craft shows nationally with Paul and learning the Cordwainer art. Molly still makes handbags, but the main business is footwear and teaching shoemaking workshops at the shop and at craft schools across the country.
Today, Molly is the owner of the Cordwainer shop where in addition to making shoes for national clients, she demonstrates and leads workshops.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and hands-on workshops for all ages.
Fees: Fee negotiable depending on length of demonstration, size of workshop, and miles traveled.

PO Box 110
Deerfield, NH 03037
603/463-7742
info@cordwainershop.com
cordwainershop.com/about.html

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

Diane Smith Howes
Barn Frame Loom Weaving, Hand Spinning & Dyeing

Diane Smith Howes has been weaving for twenty years and has been demonstrating weaving, spinning, and natural dyeing all over New England for about 15 years. She specializes in traditional hand weaving using pieces of original textile equipment and spinning flax and wool on antique wheels. In 2015, Diane completed an apprenticeship with master weaver Craig Evans to study traditional hand weaving in early New England through a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant from the NH State Council on the Arts. She has taken a class in traditional hand weaving from Marshfield School of Weaving in Vermont and in 2012 earned her Master’s certificate in Hand Weaving from the Hill Institute in Massachusetts.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and lectures at community locations such as libraries, historical societies, fairs, festivals, and museums. Interested in working with school aged children 6th grade through high school, college students, adults and seniors.
Fees: $200/day plus mileage

57 Pine St
Danville, NH 03819
603/382-2270
howesfarm@comcast.net

Laurel Jamieson
Spinning, Weaving, Fiber Arts

Laurel Jamieson learned to spin fiber over 30 years ago when she took a class from Pamela Grob at The Fiber Studio in Henniker, NH. Since then she has been captivated by learning the techniques and history of many spinning techniques including drop and support spindles. Today she specializes in the process of turning a raw sheep’s fleece into a functioning textile. She is experienced in scouring, carding, combing, spinning, plying, dying, knitting, and weaving. Laurel is an avid historian who actively researches textiles from modern day through the Bronze and Iron Age.
Laurel has been a public school elementary teacher in the Manchester School District for nearly 20 years. She has integrated fiber arts into her curriculum every year, aligning the spinning and wool work with curriculum standards. She has given numerous spinning and dying demonstrations at Strawbery Banke, the Currier Museum of Art Summer Camp, the Spencer Pierce Little House, the Berwick School District, and many living history and farm museums. She has taught weaving at the NH Institute of Art in Manchester and she is currently head of a knitting club and mentoring program at Weston Elementary School comprised of 33 students and 7 mentors. Laurel spends time each summer in Scotland.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and hands-on workshops for all ages.
Fees: $150-$200/ day

332 Walnut St
Manchester, NH 03104
603/661-6997
lwjamieson@comcast.net

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

Garry Kalajian
New England Blacksmithing

Garry Kalajian began blacksmithing full time in 1993. His work is comprised of pieces based both on historical and original designs, and is distinguished by a faithful application of traditional tools and techniques. Past commissions include door hardware, lighting fixtures, and hearth furnishings.
Mr. Kalajian has been a resident artist at Bow Middle School and Holderness School where he is now an adjunct instructor. He is the lead instructor at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, N.H., an organization devoted to teaching 19th century skills. He has been awarded three Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts as a Master artist. He frequently demonstrates at public events including the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s annual fair at Mt. Sunapee State Park. He has led workshops across the US and also in Canada and Sweden.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations for all ages. If a suitable space exists, hands-on workshops for small groups of middle school age and older.
Fees: Please contact the artist.

267 Forest St
Bradford, NH 03221
603/938-2602
garry.kalajian@gmail.com
www.araratforge.com

Dona Larsen
Norwegian Knitting & Cooking

Dona Larsen preserves her Norwegian heritage through knitting and cooking. She specializes in the making of Norwegian wool sweaters with traditional decorative patterns and embroidered borders. Her sweaters are one-of-a-kind masterpieces of skill and artistry. Dona is active in Berlin’s Norwegian community. Dona demonstrated knitting and cooking as part of the New Hampshire presentation at the 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She demonstrated again in 2000 at the expanded recreation of the Smithsonian program at the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in Hopkinton, N.H. She has also worked as a “moose guide” for North Country visitors and is familiar with the folklore and habits of one of our state’s most recognizable symbols.

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

68 Marne Ave
Berlin, NH 03570
603/752-2655
donasq@aol.com

Alice Ogden
Brown Ash Baskets

Alice Ogden is a nationally recognized basket maker, specializing in making baskets from locally grown and harvested black ash trees. She uses the traditional methods of pounding and stripping off layers of growth rings from the ash logs, stripping the splints to finer weavers, and carving handles out of white oak logs.
She has been making baskets for over 35 years. She is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and was the maker of the 2013 League of NH Craftsmen annual ornament, making over 4,500 basket ornaments. Alice displayed a Christmas ornament made from split ash on the White House Christmas tree as part of the “year of the American Crafts” in 1995. She has received many awards for her baskets, including an artist fellowship from the New England Foundation for the Arts and was a 2012 Fellow by the NH State Council of the Arts. She was in the Cole/Ware basket exhibit at the Smithsonian and is featured in the Smithsonian book “A Measure of the Earth”. She enjoys sharing her skills with school age children and has many projects that fit into the school curriculum, touching science, math, history and art lessons. She has been teaching through the AIR program since 1992.

Preferred activities and age groups: Lecture-demonstrations; workshops; master classes; residencies for all ages. Grades K-12, colleges, adults, senior citizens; Basket guilds across the country
Fees: Negotiable

35 Flaghole Road
West Franklin, NH 03235
603/934-5012
alice@aliceogden.com
www.aliceogden.com

Diane Louise Paul
Handcrafted Leatherwork

Diane Louise Paul, a self-taught leather artisan with an incredible eye for detail and craftsmanship, creates exquisite one-of-a-kind leather goods that are both functional and works of art. With years of experience honing her skills using vintage and antique leather-making tools. Diane has mastered the art of creating lasting and durable pieces that showcase her technical expertise. For eighteen consecutive years, she has been recognized as one of the top traditional American craftsmen by Early American Life magazine due to her outstanding workmanship and commitment to preserving age-old techniques that date back to before the Civil War. She is a double juried member of the esteemed League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, having successfully met its high standards for creativity, innovation, and technical expertise in both leather and metal jewelry crafting. Diane is one of the skilled craftsmen showcased in the 75th Anniversary documentary about the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, A League of Our Own. She has also been featured in WMUR’s New Hampshire Chronicle, demonstrating her expertise in leather work. As a prominent craftswoman, Diane has been recognized for her exceptional talent and dedication to her craft. Her passion for leatherwork has earned her multiple awards over the years. In addition to being featured in the documentary and local television programs, Diane's skill with leather-craft have taken her all over the states of New England where she demonstrated at many events.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations at schools, fairs and festivals, museums and other community locations such as libraries and historical societies for all ages.
Fees: Negotiable

PO Box 1102
North Hampton, NH 03862
603-531-1405
DLPleather@aol.com
www.DianeLouisePaul.com

Helen Pervanas
Greek Cooking

Helen Pervanas preserves the Greek heritage of her family through cooking. If you have always wanted to learn how to make Greek specialty dishes like pita and baklava, she offers workshops on traditional greek cooking. Her demonstrations and workshops provide you with traditional Greek recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation and show you step-by-step how to prepare them. Demonstrations and workshops can be customized for any size group, allowing participants to pick and choose the recipes that will be prepared. Specialty Greek dishes and desserts include: baklava, spanokopita, finikia, pastichio, meatballs, and backed lamb dishes to name a few.
Photo: Helen Pervanas (on right) with her mother Chrysanthe Nagios.

Preferred activities and age groups: Hands-on workshops and presentations for groups of all ages at schools, fairs and festivals, museums, libraries, historical societies and other community locations.
Fees: Fees vary based upon time and /or selected recipes.

17 Birkdale Rd
Bedford, NH 03110
603/472-2249
pervanas@comcast.net

Russell E Pope
New England Blacksmithing

Perfecting his skill for over 30 years, Russell Pope remains one of a few full-time blacksmiths in the United States. He specializes in decorative functional hand forged ironwork. Russell was raised in North Conway, N.H. and started his shop Elements of Steel in 1975 in Newmarket, N.H.. Russell is an active member and former president of the New England Blacksmiths Guild and a member of the American Blacksmiths Association of North America (ABANA). In 2000, Russell demonstrated traditional blacksmithing for the New Hampshire program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and was commissioned to make an archway gate for the festival site. He demonstrated again at the expanded recreation of the Smithsonian program at the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in Hopkinton, N.H.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations at fairs, festivals, and museums for all ages.
Fees: Negotiable

32 North Main St
Newmarket, NH 03857
603/659-2595
www.elementsofsteel.com

Ron Raiselis
Cooperage (Wooden Barrel Making)

Ron Raiselis is one of the few active coopers (wooden barrel maker) in the United States. The word “cooper” is most likely derived from the Latin word for vat "cupa." In New England, coopers arrived with the first English settlers in the 1620s and their work was essential to commerce and daily life. Ron’s great Grandfather, Benedict Raiselis, immigrated to the United States from Lithuania and took up the cooper’s trade in Meriden, Connecticut. Benedict made many of his own tools which Ron still occasionally uses today. Ron began started his journey as a cooper at Sturbridge Village in the 1970s and trained with cooper Lenny Julian. Ron has gone on to become a master cooper himself and is an expert at making barrels for dry goods and barrels that can hold liquid, called tight kegs or wet cooperage. Ron has served as the resident cooper at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. since 1985, where he maintains a traditional cooperage shop. He demonstrates for school children and other visitors to the museum. He has been demonstrating the trade of cooperage at many living history museums in New Hampshire, Maine, and beyond for over 20 years.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations and lectures at schools, fairs, festivals, museums, and other community settings for all ages. Interested in working with school aged children - middle school through high school.
Fees: Negotiable

PO Box 4054
Portsmouth, NH 03802
603/502-6350
rpraiselis@gmail.com

Jon Siegel
Traditional Furniture: Wood Turning

Jon Siegel is a wood turner. His fascination with wood began at age 14 when his father bought him a lathe from Sears. Siegel is now accomplished at his craft and makes wood turnings for furniture and architectural applications, original furniture, and enjoys teaching and demonstrating wood turning. He has demonstrated at the World Turning Conference in Wilmington, DE; the American Association of Woodturners National Symposia in Providence, RI and Akron, OH; and five times at the New England Turning Symposia held in New Hampshire. Siegel represented New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at the Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton. He is a founding member of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers, a group dedicated to woodworking education, and a long time member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. Machining metal is another of Siegel’s interests. He has a full machine shop next to his wood shop where he restores antique machinery and makes tools for himself and others. In 1995, he and his wife Patrice started Big Tree Tools, Inc., a company dedicated to providing innovative tools and accessories for wood workers and turners. He is also an avid pool player and makes custom pool cues.

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

258 Breezy Hill Rd
Wilmot, NH 03287
603/768-5882
big@proctornet.com
www.bigtreeturnings.com

Jay Trayner
Wooden Boat Building & Restoration

Jay Trayner specializes in restoring wooden boats. He grew up in Connecticut and developed an interest in boats at a young age. He took classes from the noted boat builder John Gardner at Mystic Seaport. After high school, he furthered his boatbuilding education in Eastport, Maine. This led him to a career in boat building with a specialty of preserving wooden boats. He also makes canoe paddles and caned seats for his canoes. A versatile woodworker, Jay does fine interior work including stairs.

Preferred activities and age groups: Demonstrations at community locations such as libraries, historic societies, fairs, festivals, and museums for all ages. Workshops for high school students to adults.
Fees: Negotiable

30 West Joppa Rd
Warner, NH 03278
603/491-0033
trainer.jay@gmail.com

Kung-Tai Tsay
Chinese Knot Tying & Chinese Dance

Kung Tai Tsay is both a talented crafts person and accomplished dancer. In her craft work, she specializes in the intricate art of Chinese knot tying. In Chinese tradition, ornamental knots tied with colorful cordage and tassels often adorn wall plaques, scroll weights, and other items. Kung Tai has been tying ornamental knots for many years and is expert in a variety of styles. Kung Tai has been involved with Chinese dance since the early 1990s when she began to study with Chinese dance masters in the Boston area. In 1999, Kung Tai was invited to represent New Hampshire at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and she also demonstrated at the expanded recreation Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton, N.H. In 2008, she received a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant to study classical Chinese dance with master dancer Chu Ling. Kung Tai Tsay is founder of the LeeRen Dance Troupe, a non profit organization dedicated to using dance as a means of communication across different cultures.

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

11 Shadowbrook Dr
Nashua, NH 03062
603/889-5885
tsay@mac.com