New Hampshire State Arts Standards Revision Update
Writing teams in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts are composing revisions to the NH Curricular Frameworks in the Arts
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Funding for the Arts under ESSA Title IV-A
Title IV, Part A is a federal funding source available to all New Hampshire public school districts and public charter schools. The...
Birds of Prey
Sunapee Central Elementary School Collaborators: Pam Larpenter (grade 3 classroom teacher), Michele Shepherd (grade 3 classroom teacher),...
Say it Loud
We all have a monologue about why arts education is important. And since we say it so many times, it can sound stale and rehearsed. How...
State Library Initiates Summer Arts Engagement
During the school year, students are exposed to the arts in a variety of ways: in their classrooms, through special presentations, and...
"Phenomenal Women": Portsmouth Teens Explore Their Own Potential
"I'm going to keep making art of course. Art lets me show people that I'm just like them" ~AIR Participant Teenage girls spent eight...
Bringing Arts Education to the North Conway Community
"What makes this so rewarding for me is that the lives of some of these children could make them eligible for quilts and that several of...
Superheroes and NH Wildlife: Creating Comics in the Classroom
"Marek Bennett inspired me and my friend, Brody, to make more comics. Our comic books were on imaginary creatures... The title of our...
Roses From Concrete
From September through October 2012, SNHU's McIninch Art Gallery presented the exhibit "Roses from Concrete: Entrepreneurship of Urban...
Lebanon HS Ceramics Students Learn From a Master
"I feel like I learned more from one day with Dave than in some of my other classes all year" ~Devin What? Lebanon High School students...
Students of Madison Elementary Connect with the Outdoors and Their Inner Poet
Madison Elementary School recently hosted two local artists--Mark Ragonese and Brieghan Gardner--for a school-wide integrated creative...
New Interest in an Ancient Artform: High School Students Explore Stained Glass
As a new art teacher at Merrimack High School, professional glass artist Carolyn Rordam had a dream of bringing glass art to her...
Jazz, Color, and the Harlem Renaissance: What Do Paintings Sound Like?
"It's a conversation between two forms of art. They're similar languages." — AIR Volunteer Artist Portsmouth Middle School students...
Kids and Caregivers Create: Open Studio at the AVA Gallery
“The secret is out: CAOS provides a joyous opportunity for creative exploration in the company of family and friends. Its unhurried...
Teaching Self-Worth: artVentures
“I was the shy kid who got bullied by 8th graders every day. I was the kid without a father who was insecure. I was the kid who dropped...
Award-winning Youth Theatre in Keene
“MoCo is my second home. I have met so many incredible friends here and the teachers inspire me.” —MoCo Arts student MoCo Arts in Keene...
Artist in Residence at the NH Children's Museum
Students at Lyndeborough Central School worked with artist and sculptor Nate Walker to create art for the walls of the school’s new...
Students of East Kingston Elementary Unleash Imaginations with Public Art
Art Teacher Merrilyn San Soucie had a dream to create a dynamic artwork for the large exterior wall of East Kingston Elementary School....
The Fuller School Community Mural
How can our tile mural represent our community? "Well, if that tile was missing, there would be a hole in the mural. If I were not here,...
250 Years of Tamworth on Display in Community Mosaic
The Tamworth 250th Mosaic, a project of the Arts Council of Tamworth, was created in 2016 by hundreds of children and adults alongside...
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