Arts Alive! Receives National Grant

Arts Alive! Receives National Grant

Arts Alive! to Receive Funding and Assistance from National Endowment for the Arts

In its ongoing support of rural communities, the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council, announces the 2021 communities taking part in its national initiative, the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD). Keene is one of four communities selected for a multi-day design workshop to address small scale and tangible design and building projects in the downtown “Arts Corridor” concept. This project is being led by Arts Alive! in partnership with many individual artists and organizations.

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Sharing Arts Pottery Center News

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Sharing Arts Pottery Center News

We are close to making our year long dream of a new community pottery center for our region a reality. In the meantime, the Sharing Arts group has been busy. They now have a temporary kiln location set up in Dublin, ready for regular firings. They've had an intern help develop the studio procedures to pave the way to the studio opening, and they've developed some new classes to get your hands dirty while you wait.

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Arts Alive! in partnership with Antioch launches a study on the connection of arts and loneliness in the Monadnock Region

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Arts Alive! in partnership with Antioch launches a study on the connection of arts and loneliness in the Monadnock Region

We’re launching a study - take the survey on Arts & Loneliness today! Arts Alive! is partnering with Antioch University New England to examine the Monadnock Region’s participation levels in the arts, the common barriers to participation, and how participation and arts engagement impacts loneliness and connection.

Antioch team partners with Arts Alive!

Antioch team partners with Arts Alive!

Arts Alive! is excited to be pairing with Antioch University this year. We’re working with Dr. Tomoyo Kawano and Cierra Tunquist to support our Access to the Arts research. Tomoyo is the director of the dance movement therapy program in the applied psychology department, and Cierra is a student, with an undergrad degree in biomedical engineering.

Arts Alive! is on The Redfern Arts Center's new podcast

Arts Alive! is on The Redfern Arts Center's new podcast

It was our pleasure to participate in the 2nd episode of the Redfern Arts Center’s new podcast. This one is called “Getting Outside.” We talk about the impact of the pandemic on our organization and creative businesses around the region. Recording happened at the gazebo in Robinhood Park in Keene. Also featured are the Keene State College Concert Choir and NOVA Arts.