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Arts Education and Teacher Grants

 Each year the Center for the Arts funds Arts Education Programs

Teacher Grants  to bring Arts Programs into their classrooms, 

and School-Wide Arts Grants to fund programs which supplement the curriculum


Arts Education Programs

Richard Haynes visits KRMS

Abenaki Culture Presentation

Richard Haynes visits KRMS

Kearsarge Regional Middle School 8th graders were treated to a special presentation by African American Artist Richard Haynes, in collaboration with his exhibit at Colby-Sawyer College this winter. He shared his inspirational life's journey and sharing his process for creating art that tells a story.

Labyrinth Project at KRHS

Abenaki Culture Presentation

Richard Haynes visits KRMS

Kearsarge Regional High School is host to this mindfulness tool: a 24 foot Labyrinth, a modified Chartres pattern with 7 circuits!    

Walking the labyrinth is an ancient practice used by many different cultures for centering, relieving stress and providing a tool for  intention.  

Study will extend to historical contexts, mathematical configurations, as a wellness tool to be used to clear the mind, promoting clarity and throughout the visual arts as a tool to inspire creativity. 

Abenaki Culture Presentation

Abenaki Culture Presentation

Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

Special Presentation by Abenaki Culture Bearer Jesse Bruchac to the students of the Kearsarge Regional Elementary, Middle and High Schools and the Sunapee Middle-High School

See the program here!


Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

  Through the efforts of music teacher Matt Mitchell and sponsored by the Center for the Arts, The Portsmouth Brass Quintet visited the Simonds Elementary School.


The experience will hopefully inspire students to study one of the instruments in the coming years.

Memorial Flag Project

Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

CheeNulKa in New London

A beautiful memorial project remembering 

those who were lost to 

Covid in 2020

by the St Andrews Youth Group. 

See the Video here!

CheeNulKa in New London

Portsmouth Brass Quintet at Simonds School

CheeNulKa in New London

Kearsarge Students continue learning about Native American culture online this year with the help of Wampanoag CheeNulKa

Shakespeare Project

Memorial Day Ceremony

Shakespeare Project

See the 2020 Online Production HERE!

Annual Presentation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream by students from the Kearsarge Regional Elementary Schools in 

New London and Bradford, under the direction of Nicole Densmore

This year its Virtual!

Poetry Club

Memorial Day Ceremony

Shakespeare Project

2020 After School Writing Club culminating in a publication of student Poetry at Sutton Central School under the direction of Thom Smith

See the video HERE!

View the Poetry Book Here!

Memorial Day Ceremony

Memorial Day Ceremony

Memorial Day Ceremony

A Special 2020 Virtual Ceremony with Sgt Dan Clark and the students of KRES and KRMS

Watch it HERE


Woodwinds Project

Woodwinds Project

Memorial Day Ceremony

David Coffin-"Music of the King's Court"

JAZZ Presentation

Woodwinds Project

JAZZ Presentation

A Special Concert by the East Bay Jazz Ensemble 

See it HERE

Arts Education Fund

School and Teacher Grants

Arts Education Grant Guidelines

The Center for the Arts Arts Education Grants program was created to provide teachers and/or administrators the opportunity to expose children to the arts. The purpose of the grant program is also to encourage active participation in the arts. It is designed to encourage teachers and administrators to create projects that will not only expose students to the arts but also to motivate and inspire their students to think creatively and act creatively as they are involved in these projects or programs. The goal is to provide experiences for students to become familiar with all aspects of the arts. The visual arts, creative writing and  literature experiences, and the performing arts would be considered appropriate for this grant opportunity. 


A detailed description should be given as to how the requested funding will be used. 

{Describe the costs of the program not to exceed Teacher Grants $500.00/School Grants $1500}


How to apply: 

Any teacher or administrator in one of the 12 towns of the Lake Sunapee Region: Andover, Bradford, Danbury, Grantham, New London, Newbury, Newport, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Warner, or Wilmot, may apply. An explanation of the project must be included and the application completed.


A committee will review the application and the criteria for the award will be explained as follows:

Does the project address the arts in a manner which will include opportunities for all students? 


Does it have opportunities for students to be active in the application of the creative goals of the project?


How will the money be used?


What is the time frame for the implementation of the project?


Does it enhance or integrate with the current curricula in the school or district?


How will the project/program be judged a successful experience?



Download Application and Mail to:

Arts Education Grants

Center for the Arts

P O Box 872

New London, NH 03257


or Email to:


education@cfanh.org


Subject Line "Arts Education Grants"


*Center for the Arts Board Members and their families are ineligible

Teacher/School Grant Application

Arts Education Grant Application (pdf)Download

For more information and to submit applications email us at education@cfanh.org

  info@centerfortheartsnh.org P O Box 872 New London, NH 03257  

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