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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.

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Arts Incubation Stories: MAxT Makerspace

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Arts Incubation Stories: MAxT Makerspace

When Peterborough native Roy Schlieben moved back to his hometown nearly a decade ago, he joined a committee exploring the idea of opening a makerspace there. Partnering with Arts Alive! for fiscal sponsorship enabled the project to launch quickly. Here’s the story!

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Arts Incubation Stories: Ashuelot Concerts

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Arts Incubation Stories: Ashuelot Concerts

A spotlight on a local organization that was incubated by Arts Alive!’s fiscal sponsorship arts incubation program. “(The program) was Instrumental in us being able to establish and operate as a nonprofit,” said Burns. “We learned important lessons to operate as a legal entity. It allowed us to start to build our organization around what we were doing, organize, establish plans and garner the support of the community. (Arts Alive!) provided a sounding board and was a source of advice.”