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The winter grounds of the 10-acre outdoor history museum Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH.

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rom arts and crafts to plein air painting and everything in between, artistic inspiration can be found around every river bend and mountaintop of New Hampshire. It may be one of the smallest states in the nation, yet New Hampshire’s regions are considered New England’s most diverse. In just a few hours, visitors can hit the beach, then climb up to the alpinelike climes of Mount Washington—Northeast’s highest peak.

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New Hampshire may have only 18 miles of shoreline, but its seacoast packs a lot of art into a small geographic area. Among the most charming and engrossing locales is Strawbery Banke Museum in downtown Portsmouth, a 10-acre outdoor history museum where 42 period buildings and homes, costumed role players, heritage gardens, traditional crafts and clothing and an array of fun activities take visitors back in time to Portsmouth of the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s

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and 1954. It’s at its most charming during the Annual Candlelight Stroll, December 6–7, 13–14 and 20–21 where 350 years of American history and winter traditions unfold around you.

Portsmouth is also home to a number of smaller studios and galleries, including Piscataqua Fine Arts, showing works by owner and printmaker Don Gorvett. Gorvett produces extraordinary reduction woodcut prints on a large French Tool etching press. The gallery shows other fine artists,

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by Conrad Marvin; and watercolor, gouache and oil paintings by Cait Giunta. Within the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery is the New Hampshire Art Association, one of the oldest statewide art associations with more than 450 members made up of painters, photographers, watercolorists, sculptors and printmakers working primarily in New England. The Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery offers rotating exhibitions of members’ works.

Throughout the summer, members works can also be seen at the Sheafe Warehouse Gallery at Prescott Park at the edge of the Piscataqua River.

Slightly farther inland from Portsmouth is the prestigious Philips Exeter Academy and its renowned Lamont Gallery, where art and learning intermingle on the historic campus with gallery talks, receptions and changing exhibitions.

Works by regional as well as national artists can be seen here, such as Strange Days: The Uncanny, the Curious and Quite Possibly Magic, which runs November 5-December 13. The exhibit features ceramic work by Angela Cunningham; drawings, paintings and prints by artist and (monster) filmmaker Haig Demarjian; photographs by Bill Franson; and paintings inspired by medieval religious art by Pauline Lim. Though New Hampshire doesn’t have any really “big” cities, Manchester, situated in New Hampshire’s Merrimack Valley, comes close.

Among its art treasures is the beloved Currier Museum of Art, displaying thousands of artworks. The Currier also owns the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Zimmerman House, complete with Wright-designed furnishings. The Currier’s Art Center offers courses and workshops, ranging

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from cartooning for preteens, to clay for kids, to oil painting for adults.

Just a few blocks away is the New Hampshire Institute of Art, founded in 1898 as the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. Today, the school is considered one of the finest, small art colleges and owns or operates 12 buildings in the downtown area. It also runs the Sharon Arts Center in Sharon and Peterborough, New Hampshire. The school confers bachelor of fine arts degrees, master of arts in art education and master of fine arts in visual arts, photography, creative writing and writing for stage and screen.

Throughout the year, the NHIA has rotating art exhibitions and hosts guest speakers. On November 20, at 6 p.m., Russian-born artist Sergei Isupov will discuss his experience as a free artist in the United States since 1994. The lecture

236 Hopkinton Road, Concord, NH 03301 Tuesday–Sunday 11–5 themillbrookgallery.com • 603-226-2046

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THE BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE November 10–December 13 Karl Drerup Art Gallery Opening November 10, 4–6pm

North Main Street, Plymouth, NH

603-535-2614 • kdag.art@plymouth.edu www.plymouth.edu/gallery

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Yet another great place to see art in downtown Manchester is The Framers Market, which combines custom framing services with a lovely art gallery. Serving this community since 1978, the Market settled into its beautifully renovated downtown storefront in 2008. Offering rotating exhibitions featuring regional and international artists, unique frame designs and in-home consultations, Framers Market is truly a one-stop shop. Visitors to Manchester should make a point to visit StudioVerne, also located downtown, where artist Verne Orlosk creates ethereal, colorful fused glassworks. With a background in design, Verne has worked as an art instructor, sharing her unique understanding of fused glass and passion for the process. For glimpses of the past, plus walking tours through the city’s archi-

tecturally fascinating neighborhoods, visit the Manchester Historic Association located in the historic Mill No. 3 on the Merrimack River. MHA also operates the Millyard Museum, where the permanent exhibition Woven in Time takes visitors on a 11,000-year journey from the natives who fished the Amoskeag Falls to the development of the mills and creation of Manchester as the largest planned city in New England.

Three miles west of downtown Manchester is the beautiful campus of Saint Anselm College, featuring the historic Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center. Once this building served as the college’s chapel, now it’s dedicated to fine art exhibitions, shown beneath a vaulted ceiling decorated with elaborately painted murals.

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603-777-3461 / www.exeter.edu/lamontgallery Gallery Hours: Mon.1-5pm, Tues.-Sat. 9am-5pm.

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Celebrating over a century of creating and collecting art at Saint Anselm College September 26, 2014-April 30, 2015 For further information about opening dates and programming, please consult our website.

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PHOTO BY: BILL FRANSON, EXETER NH

Strange Days:

Ernest Lawson, Winter, Tibbet’s Creek, c. 1915. Oil on canvas.

25 x 30 inches. Permanent Collection, Chapel Art Center.

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Reverie: Realizing a Collection, highlights the college’s history and showcases selections from the Chapel Art Center’s permanent collection. Reverie will unfold in a series of three installments, each studying a different aspect of the gallery’s collection and is on view through April 8, 2015.

A short drive north is the state capital of Concord, which leads to the Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden and its stunning, everchanging outdoor exhibits spread over a picturesque farm and small lake. Three interior galleries house pieces from 70 regionally and internationally recognized artists. A diverse collection of works range from contemporary to realistic expressions. On view are paintings, indoor and

outdoor sculpture, pottery, mobiles and jewelry.

In the nearby village of Contoocook, known for its small town blend of historic structures and local businesses, visitors are encouraged to seek out the eclectic 3 On Main. The store’s motto “unique-useful-inspired” is evident in every corner, particularly with its handpicked home goods, one-of-a-kind jewelry and works from local artists. Looking to add a touch of fall to your home décor or to find unique holiday gifts? Look no further. And when your afternoon of shopping is complete and you’re ready to resume gallery hopping, the Hollis Arts Society is not far away, hosting a permanent exhibition in the Community Council Building in Nashua and rotating exhibits of members’ works every few months. Founded in 2007, the Society meets monthly in Hollis and offers workshops and

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events throughout the year, and mounts an annual juried show.

Venturing further west takes you into the gorgeous Monadnock region, an ideal spot for fall and early winter weekends. Your art itinerary continues at the Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, a professional intaglio print workshop collaborating with book publishers, galleries, museums and artists to create original prints and multiples.

Since 1985, Peter Pettengill has collaborated with artists and publishers in producing original etchings, monotypes and relief prints. Artists include Louise Bourgeois, John Cage, Walton Ford, Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman and many others.

Traveling north, to just shy of the Vermont border, leads travelers to the ultimate Ivy League college town of Hanover, built around Dartmouth College and the famed Hood Museum of Art.

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Adjacent to the college is the Hanover Inn—a beautifully restored boutique hotel, itself a work of art, with an intriguing history dating back to 1769. For a small New Hampshire town, Hanover has, literally, everything—art, spas, hiking, skiing, shopping—and the Hanover Inn is home to one of the premier dining destinations in the area—the farm-to-table restaurant Pine, created by renowned chef-restaurateur Michael Schlow and run with precision by culinary ‘artist’ chef Justin Dain.

An easy drive from Hanover is the lively town of Lebanon, where you’ll enjoy the studio of Carrie Fradkin. Transfixed by color in a variety

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The gallery exhibits works from students and faculty along with artists and designers from around the world. At Jackson Art Studio & Gallery, in Jackson itself, visitors enjoy a glimpse of the modern, eclectic works of local artists, and can also create artwork of their own through studio classes taught by professional artists, in addition to social Sip & Paint events. The studio, which has more than 25 local exhibiting artists, features artists demonstrations each weekend.

New Hampshire is an exciting state! There’s more happening here than you may realize. This sample “art-inerary” is one of many that await the stalwart traveler. Fall is a perfect time to explore—the air is crisp, fresh, invigorating. In New Hampshire, it pays to look over the next crest, investigate around the next bend. Hidden surprises are everywhere.

—Alexandra Pecci

New Hampshire Art Association Supporting & Promoting Visual Arts for 75 years

15th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition November 4-28

Opening Reception Nov. 7 5-8 pm

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December 2-January 2 Opening Reception Dec. 5 5-8 pm

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Nissitissit Bridge in Brookline, NH. Courtesy of morguefile.com.

of media, Fradkin’s intricate mosaic work is the current manifestation of this passion. Through commissions, residential installations and instruction, Fradkin is able to share her vibrant palette. She is also proud to work with “Recovering Your Life through Craft,” a program for caregivers, people with chronic illness and their families offered through the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

New Hampshire’s lake and White Mountains regions are famous for their natural beauty and wealth of outdoor activities. They’re art destinations, as well, and we suggest starting in lovely Meredith where the lakes gallery at chi-lin offers contemporary New England and Asian art, as well as the Satori tearoom—a tranquil Japanese garden where guests can enjoy the finest of teas— and a few sweet treats. The tea garden is also part of the Greater Meredith Sculpture Walk. Be sure to visit the gallery the night before Halloween, October 30 from 5–7 p.m., for Landscapes from East to West artist reception paired with a wine tasting event at nearby Hermit Woods Winery. In historic Plymouth, originally named New Plymouth after the original colony in Massachusetts, visitors will find the Karl Drerup Art Gallery and Exhibitions Program at Plymouth State University, as well as the Silver Center for the Arts Lobby and Karl’s Shoebox Gallery. In an effort to foster dialogue between students, educators, artists and community members, the gallery presents exhibits such as The Beehive Collective, November 10–December 13. Curated by the PSU Museum Studies class, led by Jayme Yahr, professor of art history, the exhibit translates complex global stories into collaboratively drawn images.

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery 136 State St., Portsmouth, NH 603-431-4230 nhartassocation.org

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JacksoN art features contemporary work from local artists & artisans. The studio offers classes for all ages & abilities.....Try a new Sip & Paint Class!

Located in Jackson, NH, 1 mile N. of the Village www.JacksoNartNH.com (603) 387-3463