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Arts Alive awards 10 minigrants to local artists

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A panel of peers in the arts community selected 10 local artists and creative businesses to be awardees of an Arts Alive minigrant. This year, 33 total applicants sent artist bios and descriptions of their project for review. Selected projects received funding to either expand the artist’s or business’ professional abilities or increase the amount of people they reach with arts experiences.

“We’re really delighted that the minigrants program can open the doors for folks to pursue their dreams and reach their community,” says Jennifer Paone, Arts Alive Board Co-Chair

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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.

Let it Slide: this month includes Arts Alive!

August 7th at 6pm Arts Alive!’s director Jessica Gelter is taking the stage at the Showroom!

MC2 Charter School’s Let It Slide event is a wild night of improv storytelling and speechmaking combined with meme-inspired powerpoint presentations - and it's like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Plus it includes civic participation - audience members get to vote for their favorite story or storyteller. Back from its pandemic hiatus, this Let It Slide event is sharing the profits and love with several area nonprofits including - Hundred Nights, Keene Housing Kids Collaborative, MCVP, Culinary Journeys, MC2 Charter School, and Arts Alive!

“All of these nonprofits are awesome and everyone should come out to support this fun and interactive event - and see some of your community leaders try to not fail on stage.,” says Executive Director Jessica Gelter.

Any money raised by Arts Alive! event will be put into our mini grants for artists fund. We’ll be launching these mini grants this fall to help give artists a little boost towards making their creative dreams come true.

Get your tickets: https://thecolonial.org/event/let-it-slide/


Arts Alive! announces new mini-grant program

Arts Alive! announces new mini-grant program

Arts Alive! is offering $50-$250 mini-grants to artists and creative businesses in the Monadnock region. Applications are open from September 1-October 15, 2021. Grants will be awarded to projects that further either the artist or creative business - expanding their professional abilities or increasing how many people they can reach with arts experiences.