Connect to the Arts Community

One of the most important parts of Arts Alive's mission is to bring the arts and culture community together - and to speak as the expert on arts, culture, and creative economy in the region. We offer artist and maker business training workshops, convenings of the creative community, and advocacy for the creative economy and arts. Having a strong and well supported arts community is important. Members get discounts to our programs and often are the first to hear about opportunities in our community!

At the bottom of this page are other resources to connect the arts community. To get listed, send us an email!

artists

Arts Alive helps creatives connect to the resources they need - from workshops to field trips, we make learning serious fun. Our events are a great way to learn new skills, learn about resources available to you, and connect with other creatives.

artlovers

Arts Alive runs the Arts Ambassadors program where folks who LOVE the arts can get together, and learn and share ways to be great arts supporters. We gather with food, we get to know each other by doing fun arts activities together, and we learn about ways to get involved and support arts of all kinds across our region.

Arts Ambassadors are contributing members of Arts Alive - and folks who want to spread the love for the arts!

nonprofits

Each year Arts Alive hosts an annual Arts Leadership Summit for nonprofit arts workers and volunteers. The day is full of learning and activities to connect organizations across the region to each other and to the emerging conversations in the arts sector and our region.

For those who would like more frequent connections to other nonprofit leaders, we host a regular virtual coffee meetup for nonprofit leaders on Friday mornings. Email nina@monadnockartsalive.org to get on the invite list!

Institutions that host programs for artists

  • Jaffrey Civic Center

  • Keene Public Library

  • Peterborough Town Library

  • Thorne Sagendorph Gallery at Keene State College

  • Hancock Library

  • Aloha Yoga

  • Everglow Wellness

  • Brattleboro Museum and Art Center

  • Dublin Community Center

  • MUSE Gallery

  • MAXT Makerspace and Sharing Arts Ceramics Center

  • River Gallery School

Art Festivals & Events

  • Keene Music Festival

  • Uplift Festival

  • The Thing in the Spring, Keene

  • ArtWalk, Keene

  • Children in the Arts Festival, Peterborough

  • Monadnock Art Tour

  • River Valley Artisans Tour

  • Fall Foliage Art Tour

  • Art in the Park, Keene

  • Artwalk in the Park, Peterborough

  • The Night Market, Peterborough

Local Organizations & Cooperatives

  • Friends of Public Art

  • Monadnock Area Artists Association

  • Creative Ventures

  • Walpole Artisans Collective

  • Monadnock Art

  • River Valley Artisans

State & Regional Organizations

  • New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

  • New Hampshire Arts Alliance

  • Arts4NH (statewide arts advocacy group)

  • New Hampshire Arts Learning Network

  • New Hampshire Creative Communities Network

  • Creative Ground

  • New England Foundation for the Arts

  • New England Presenters and Arts Presenters of Northern New England