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Museums/Galleries

The Currier Museum of Art profile Photos
The Currier's collection includes European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs, sculpture, and art by New Hampshire artists and inspired by New Hampshire. You'll find works by William Merritt Chase, Frederic Edwin Church, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Gilbert Stuart, Andrew Wyeth, Joos van Cleve, John Constable, Jan Gossaert, Claude Monet, Laura Alma-Tadema, Albert Bierstadt, Edmund C. Tarbell, and Jasper Francis Cropsey. You'll find artist information and a description for many of the works.
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Hood Museum of Art profile Photos Video Audio
This museum at Dartmouth College has works by American and European artists; Ancient and Asian art; as well as art from Africa, Oceania, and the New World. You can view selected objects from the permanent collection as well as images from current and past exhibits.
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The Button Factory profile Photos
Look at the work of some of the artists working out of this studio in Portsmouth.
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Organizations

Furnituremasters profile Photos Video
Learn about some NH artists who make furniture! You will find biographical information and images of some of their works.
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NH Society of Photographic Artists profile Photos
Organizational information as well as news, events and an online gallery.
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NH State Council on the Arts profile Photos
Information on programs, grants, arts in education, and art sites.
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Seacoast Artist Association profile Photos
Information about artists and art events in the Seacoast.
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NH Art Listings

NH Fine Artists profile Photos
You can look at NH artist's work by either name or medium.
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Seacoast NH: Artists profile Photos
Information about Seacoast artists, events, and venues.
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Artists

Aponovich, James profile Photos
Biography of the Nashua artist and images of some of his works.
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Begley, Dale Tremblay profile Photos
Online gallery of the work of this Pelham, NH portrait artist.
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Baumgart, Richard profile Photos
The homepage of this New London, NH artist includes an online gallery.
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Cain, Marty profile Photos
Biography of the artist who creates labyrinths and images of some of her works. You will also find information about labyrinths.
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Carlson, Susan profile Photos
Profile of the artist and images of some of her works.
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Dugan, Sharon profile Photos
Biography of the basketmaker and images of her work.
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Gaudreau, Tim profile Photos
This homepage for the photographer contains biographical information and images of some of his works.
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Goldenberg, Roger profile Photos
Biographical information as well as an online gallery of the painter's work.
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Haynes, Richard profile Photos
Biography of the painter/photographer and images of some of his works.
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Horton, Nancy profile Photos
Homepage for this Portsmouth, NH photographer. Includes images of some of her works.
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Ingraham, Erick profile Photos
Information about this Jaffrey artist and children's book illustrator as well as an online gallery of his work. You will also find information about booking the artist for a school visit.
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Jacobsmeyer, John profile Photos
Profile of the artist and images of some of his works.
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Lussier, Jo-Anne T. profile Photos
Images and info about this NH artist.
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McCann, Margaret profile Photos
Profile of the artist and images of some of her works as well as a poem by the artist.
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Miyamura, Hideaki profile Photos
Online gallery of some of the Rindge, NH potter's works.
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Orsillo, Bob profile Photos
Images and info about this Nottingham artist.
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Osgood, Jere profile Photos
Biography of this New Hampshire furniture maker and images of some of his works.
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Osgood, Jere profile
Oral history interview with the Wilton, NH craftsman from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
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Salniker, Steve profile Photos
Information about the artist and images of some of his work with pinhole photography.
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Squier, Robert profile Photos
Profile of the illustrator and images of some of his works.
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Stark, Cowan profile Photos
Homepage for this NH photographer.
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Wells, Karin profile Photos
Images and artist info about this Peterborough portrait artist.
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Wintje, Kim profile Photos
The homepage of this Farmington, NH multimedia artist includes biographical information and images of some of her works.
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Online Video

Creative Collaboration
Furniture master David Lamb and artist-laureate James Aponovich were brought together to make a dream become reality. See why the end result drew a lot of attention from the art world. Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Artist and Economist Russ Thibeault
He’s an economist by day and an artist by night. Thibeault took up watercolor painting at age 40. His one-man show, "Beauty in a Small Place: Images of Perley Pond," focuses on more than a year of work at a tiny roadside pond in downtown Laconia. Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

The State of the Arts: Making it in NH
Profile two New Hampshire actors, Patrick Tierney and Bob Shea. Also, a discussion with Marguerite Matthews of the Pontine Movement Theatre, Author James Patrick Kelly, and Susie Lowe-Stockwell, Executive Director of the League of NH Craftsmen.
Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Painter Samuel Bak
Painter Samuel Bak has often been referred to as "the Holocaust artist". He survived in a Jewish ghetto in Poland while most of those around him perished, and has spent much of his life coming to terms with his experiences and interpreting them through art. Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Painting with Paper: The Art of Kathy Moon
What do you do with old National Geographic magazines? Make art, of course. Meet the New Hampshire artist who paints amazing pictures...with paper. Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

The Untold Story of Maxfield Parish
A look at the life and work of Maxfield Parish. Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Profile of American
sculptor and coin designer Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Making it in NH: Basketmaker Sharon Dugan
Sharon Dugan learned to make baskets from her mother. The Sanbornton artist shows Outlook photojournalist Steve Giordani how the baskets are made.
Source: NHPTV NH Outlook

Hood Museum of Art
You'll find a collection of panoramic video tours of exhibitions along with audio of lectures and gallery talks. Source: Hood Museum of Art


Lesson Plans

Online Curriculum
This online curriculum from the Currier Gallery of Art focuses on the themes of Portraiture, Landscape, New Hampshire Artists and New Hampshire Artists’ Colonies. You'll find background information, vocabulary words, concepts and activity suggestions related to works of art in the collection at the Currier Museum of Art. Source: Currier Gallery of Art

Spirit of the Basket Tree: Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine
This activity is designed to introduce students to the five steps involved in exploring a work of art: careful observation, analysis, research, interpretation, and critique. Source: Hood Museum of Art Note: PDF File

European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art
In this activity students stage a tableau vivant (living picture) of a work of European art as a way to look carefully and closely at it. Source: Hood Museum of Art Note: PDF File

Dressing Up Culture: Molas from Kuna Yala
These information sheets are designed for children ages 8 to12. They provide an introduction to molas, background on the Kuna women who create molas, images of Kuna Yala, information on how molas are made, and what makes a mola a work of art. Source: Hood Museum of Art Note: PDF File