• Laura Hutchins, NHAAE New President !!
  The Alliance welcomed aboard our new President at our April 12 Board Meeting. Laura continues to represent NHAAE as Advocacy Committee Member to the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.
• Mary Lee, Executive Director, NHAAE
  NHAAE would like to thank Board Members for helping to secure an award from NH Department of Education and CCSSO! Thanks to Grants Team Members Pat Garvin and Pat Wild for their help! Mary wrote the proposal to the NH Dept. of Education and Council of Chief State School Officers' to develop an Arts Resource Guide for the Integrated Learning Project. NHAAE was awarded the contract for this competitive request for proposal in April. Mary has joined the Advocacy Committee at the NH Citizens for the Arts and will work with NHCFA in advocating for the arts through raising public and governmental awareness of needs and issues facing arts organizations, arts education and artists.
• Randy Armstrong, Councilor, NH State Council on the Arts
  Randy continues to play music and an active role in advancing the arts by serving as Councilor on the NH State Council on the Arts. He is monitoring the arts credits requirements for the State of New Hampshire. In October 2003, Randy presented and donated a music workshop to Franklin High School students at the Franklin Opera House. He learned that Franklin Schools were facing cuts to arts programs and wanted to contribute to arts education
• Patricia Garvin, Board Member, has resigned her position on our board. Thanks to Pat for contributions to arts education as a member of the Grants Team. Her skills were invaluable in helping us secure grants from Kennedy Center Alliance for the Arts and the State Council on the Arts. The Alliance wishes Pat the very best in her future endeavors as Economic Development Specialist at NH Community Development Finance Authority.
• Andrew Raeside, has stepped down as President of NHAAE. Thanks to Andrew for serving as President and helping to recruit board members, serving as liaison to the NH State Council on the Arts' Arts in Education Conference planning committee, and representing the Alliance at conferences around the state. Best to you as you continue as Arts Coordinator at Spaulding Youth Center, Tilton.
• William Krause, Executive Director, Mill Pond Center for the Arts, and Treasurer, NHAAE
  WELCOME A-Board to Bill! Bill joined our board in December 2003.
• Marcia McCaffrey, Arts Consultant, NH Department of Education
  Marcia has been monitoring and continues working on the proposed raising of the Minimum Standards for School Approval for Arts Credits with the DOE.

NHAAE Members make news in the arts! Have you had your 15 minutes of fame?
News from the year 2003 at NH Alliance for Arts Education:

NH State Council on the Arts awarded NHAAE an Annual Advancement grant to promote arts education through its website. The Alliance will update its pages and promote the use of online resources and the "PRINCIPALS TOOL KIT" a valuable advocacy tool for arts educators. Please visit our pages
for Advocacy, Resources, Bulletin Board and Newsletter.

NHAAE's PSA ARTS ADVOCACY AD CAMPAIGN is a current and on-going project to highlight the importance of the arts to NH's business community and promote arts education to New Hampshire citizens. The Radio and TV ad campaign was launched in January.
"TOMATO BOY":, as he is affectionately known to NHAAE members, starred in Public Service Announcement ad broadcasts in all regions of New Hampshire. Watch for TOMATO BOY! He will
be on appearing our website and in your region soon on Cable TV !!!

TOMATO BOY THANKS HIS SPONSORS:
* Randy Armstrong, Public Relations Rep, who produced the video
* NH Business Committee for the Arts for co-sponsoring
* Dorothy Ahlgren of ATLANTIC MEDIA, for artistic and technical support
* Jeff Warner, NHAAE Board Member and Folk Musician, for his rich voice
* WMUR TV and cable networks (Comcast's Bravo & A&E, Metrocast, Adelphia) for free airtime

Thanks to sponsors of our PSA RADIO AD:
* Genevieve Aichele, performer, for her melodious voice
* Alec Baldwin, actor, for his voice for arts
* Americans for the Arts, for continued support of the arts

Check for more 2003 events in arts and education for 2003 at our BULLETIN BOARD page and CALENDAR page!

WHAT HAPPENED in 2003 with NH ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION:

BOARD MEMBERS create ARTS NEWS:
* Randy Armstrong, Board Member, Appointed to NH State Council for the Arts.
Besides creating music for Randy Armstrong Trio and releasing a new CD, "NO REGRETS,"
Randy is playing an active role in advancing the arts by serving as a Councilor on the
NH State Council on the Arts.

* Candace Glickman, Miss NH 2003, was among the Top Ten candidates for the Miss America Pageant! Congratulations to Candace for running on the platform of integrating arts in education.

* Laura Hutchins, NHAAE Pres. Elect, named OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR by NH Art Educators Association. Laura's many talents involve: Art Educator at Newfound Regional High, Advocacy Committee Member to the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, member of the
2003-04 NH Scholastic Art Awards Program Advisory Board, and presenter of workshops on Critical Links arts education research.

* Janet Curcio Wilson, has created, designed and implemented The Inspired Learning Through the ARTS Professional Development Model for interdisciplinary arts. This year The Brentwood School in Merrimack, NH and The Epping Middle School 6th grade staff have been involved in arts workshops
and multiple intelligence training using this model. Janet is The Director of Professional Development
for VSA arts of NH and is available for public speaking engagements on a variety of arts in education related topics, including Art Adaptations and Art and Disabilities. She can be reached at 603-529-4200

NHAAE EVENTS:
September 12-14:
Arts in Education Conference was held in Jackson. NHAAE partnered with NH State Council for the Arts, NH Dept. of Education, the Alliance for Arts Education of Northern NH, and the NH Humanities Council to present a statewide professional development conference to teachers, artists, administrators, parents and community members. 250 people attended. NHAAE displayed its updated website & featured online info on the PRINCIPAL'S TOOLKIT, a resource for advocacy and arts. NHAAE board members, Laura Hutchins and Marcia McCaffrey, presented a workshop on "Critical Links," arts education research.


August 23:
NHAAE Board Retreat was held at Spaulding Youth Center. Ray Doughty, Arts Consultant, SC Alliance for Arts Education, was invited a second time to return to NH--to lead board members in a daylong workshop focussed on: board development , NHAAE Survey for Arts Educators, Board Recruitment Packet and developing unity of purpose. Anne Taylor, Executive Director, of VT Alliance for Arts Education was invited to provide guidance and resources. Thanks to Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network for providing funds for organizational development.

June 19:
Annual Meeting and H-arts Group Performance was held at Concord Community Music School. Board Members, students, and parents enjoyed music and dance performed by H-arts. This youth group was founded and directed by Board Member, Candace Glickman (Miss NH). Potluck dinner was delicious!

May 15:
NHAAE's Arts Education Leadership Forum: Partnerships through Shared Values & Visions Arts was held, in partnership with the NH Dept. of Education and the NH State Council on the Arts. Goals met: to inspire leadership, to work collaboratively, to involve students as partners and leaders, to learn about successful state partnership models, to generate ideas for partnerships and projects and to identify potential partners for projects.

Keynote speaker, Dr. William Preble, addressed school climate and arts integration. Mayor Robert Baines welcomed the Forum participants. Introductions were made by Nicholas Donahue, Commissioner of NH Dept. of Education; Marcia McCaffrey, NH Dept. of Education Arts Consultant; Candace Glickman, Miss NH; Karen Burgess-Smith, Academic Vice-President of NH Institute for Art; and Mary Lee, Executive Director, NHAAE. A panel of 5 arts leaders presented to participants. 50 administrators, artists and arts advocates brought back next steps to their schools, organizations and communities. The Forum was well received and arts advocacy networks formed for the future partnerships. A list of arts and educational organizations' mission statements were distributed to Forum participants.
Thanks to funds from the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. Support was provided from: NH State Council on the Arts and the NH Dept. of Education.

April 10:
Arts Awareness Day & Breakfast with NH Legislators was held in partnership with NH Citizens for the Arts and many other educational and arts organizations from NH. Candace Glickman, NHAAE Board Member, directed her youth dance group, "H-arts" in a dance performance. Her talented students drew attention to the event, held at the NH Historical Society. NHAAE's new video ad to promote arts education, "TOMATO BOY" was first shown to the public.

March 15:
The 8th NH Young Writers Conference was held at Plymouth State College. Students and teachers met to discuss their poetry and fiction writing with a variety of professionals at this daylong event supported by our organization. Kate Donahue, NHAAE Board Member and Creative Writing Teacher at Plymouth Regional High, and Scott Hutchison, English Teacher at Gilford High, co-directors of the conference presented a stellar slate of keynote speaker and seminar leaders.

January 25:
The 8th Annual Integrated Arts Conference was held at Silver Cultural Arts Center. We rang in the New Year by continuing to partner with Plymouth State College. This year, board member Laura Hutchins presented a workshop, "Where Dreams Come True: The Transforming Power of the Visual Arts." She led participants on a journey through the recently published compendium of arts education research to discover how to become an effective advocate for arts in their schools and communities.