Strategic Plan

Our Mission 2024 - 2026

Arts Alive exists to ignite creativity and spark connections. We are driven by the idea that access to art, culture, and creativity is a human right.

Our Vision

The Monadnock region is a healthy and thriving community because everyone has access to cultural engagement, artistic outlets, and to their own human creativity.

Picture a Monadnock region where we can all attend arts and cultural events that interest us without barriers; where we all can imagine ourselves as creators or artists; and where we have the resources, materials, time, and space we need to create. We are each inspired by creative vision that uplifts our spirits daily; we each spark creativity in others by sharing our originality, knowledge, curiosity, processes, culture, inspirations, and the things that we create; and we value each other’s creative works and strive to live life surrounded by and filled with them.

We hold space for and nurture leaders and instigators, creators and culture-bearers. We do this so they will ignite creativity in others by sharing their inspiration, curiosity, knowledge, process, and creations. Arts Alive will always offer an accessible and equitable welcome into our community for anyone who is, is becoming, or dreams of becoming a leader, instigator, creator, or culture-bearer.

We serve individuals who spark others to dream, create, and engage! We help sustain creative leaders’ ability to thrive and connect in our region.

Our Values

These values are woven into everything we do:

Human creativity – Any framework for accessing immeasurable human experiences, because the arts and culture are expansive

Community – Diverse individuals coming together for shared experiences, because community is built by being and doing together

Connection – Giving and receiving authentically, because connection is a two-way street

Feeling – Activation of one’s hope and one’s heart in worthwhile ways, because empathy and expression are key elements of creation

Thinking – Deepening discovery and exploration of complexity, because the arts can open doors into new understanding

Past Plans

Community-driven strategic planning has been core to the Arts Alive ethos since our inception. Plans guide our programmatic and partnership choices, our fundraising initiatives, and our outreach. Each plan has played an active role in the day to day operations, organizational structure, and board meeting agendas.