Friends of the Arts

Our mission is to present quality visual and performing arts that are affordable and accessible to children and adults both as observers and participants. We are dedicated to arts education, enrichment and improving the patronage and support of New Hampshire artists.


Help us build your community.

Some of the most vital lessons our children need can never be taught in a classroom. There is a world of possibilities for any child out there. Think about words like innovation, imagination, and inspiration. These are ways of thinking, and of problem-solving. They are the types of smarts that people need to find to know what they are good at; what they are happiest doing; and perhaps, to become leaders.All of these grow out of enrichment beyond the basic essentials in education. When you see graffiti, or a vandalized building, you are looking at the work of someone who needed to express themselves. There are plenty of good outlets for kids, but the truth is, far too many of them just never get a chance to know what is out there.

People who can think in terms of the arts know a lot more than just music and painting and dancing. They know how to speak a universal language. They know how to look at the whole composition of a problem, with its people, and its numbers, with its good things, and its bad. Most of all, they know how to find or create beauty when it is needed. When we lose our connection with the arts, we become cynical. We lose the ability to say who we are, and what our lives and our world are all about.Friends of the Arts is here to create access to the arts for everyone, especially children. We, the trustees have an awful lot going on in our lives, but we cannot help but contribute our time to something as important as this. We are honored to serve.