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Arts Alive adopts two documentaries within fiscal sponsorship program

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Arts Alive offers fiscal sponsorship to new arts organizations working their way towards independence as nonprofits and to artists exploring community-centered projects and creating work in the Monadnock region. Recently, Arts Alive adopted two new incubation projects as part of the program, and both happen to be documentaries!

Contenders

Brought to you by Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters’ filmmaker Brantley Palmer, Contenders will be a compelling, feature length documentary on the story of Fall Mountain Regional High School’s football team in Langdon, NH. The 90-minute documentary captures the turnaround of the program under a new head coach and the unwavering support of the Fall Mountain school district community. This inherently human sports story of perseverance, teamwork, and character building aims to bring passion, creativity, and spirit of the community to film festival screens following completion by summer 2025.

Esther Topaz

Esther Topaz: Sculpting a Life brings together local creators, musicians, and film editors to explore the impact of trauma on an artist’s life and career. Through the documentary, Sojourner Films aims to educate a national audience about art, war, and inherited trauma through the impactful story of artist and Holocaust survivor Esther Topaz. Noted scholars share their expertise on the Vichy government’s role in the 20th century genocide of Jewish people and many others in Europe during and leading up to WWII. Lawrence Benaquist, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor in the Keene State College’s film studies program heads the project, which is now in post-production.

Esther Topaz: Sculpting a Life was also one of our minigrant awardees from 2023! All funds for the mini grants program are raised through NH Gives in June. Check out more incubated and “graduated” projects, from dance and poetry to music and community initiatives, at monadnockartsalive.org/arts-incubation.

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Arts Alive! Announces recipients of its first ever “Mini-Grants” program

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Arts Alive! Announces recipients of its first ever “Mini-Grants” program

Arts Alive! announces the seven recipients of its first ever mini-grants program. Announced at the end of August, the mini-grants program was Arts Alive!’s attempt to connect with and learn more about the individual artists across the Monadnock region. The result of the application process, was almost 30 project proposals of community arts initiatives, creative independent projects, and ideas to invest in creative businesses. In November, a jury met to determine which of the almost 30 projects that applied would receive funding. The following projects were selected to receive a modest amount of funding to support projects and programs that increase access to the arts across the Monadnock region.

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Arts Incubation Stories: MAxT Makerspace

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Arts Incubation Stories: MAxT Makerspace

When Peterborough native Roy Schlieben moved back to his hometown nearly a decade ago, he joined a committee exploring the idea of opening a makerspace there. Partnering with Arts Alive! for fiscal sponsorship enabled the project to launch quickly. Here’s the story!

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Arts Incubation Stories: Ashuelot Concerts

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Arts Incubation Stories: Ashuelot Concerts

A spotlight on a local organization that was incubated by Arts Alive!’s fiscal sponsorship arts incubation program. “(The program) was Instrumental in us being able to establish and operate as a nonprofit,” said Burns. “We learned important lessons to operate as a legal entity. It allowed us to start to build our organization around what we were doing, organize, establish plans and garner the support of the community. (Arts Alive!) provided a sounding board and was a source of advice.”