With its long narrow shape, its arched ceiling and glass
skylight, the newly restored map gallery in the New Hampshire State Library
seems almost to encapsulate its contents. That sensation feels appropriate for
the first exhibit to go on display there. Shaping Our Heritage, which celebrates
the state's traditional art forms, is like a beautifully preserved slice of New
Hampshire heritage under glass.
The exhibit, organized by the State Council on the Arts and on display Monday through July 20, is both expansive and pithy, featuring time-honored arts and crafts including hooked rugs, hand-woven baskets, fishing flies, furniture and even a dogsled. To represent musical traditions,Industrialisierung des werkzeugbaus. there are colorful Vietnamese dance costumes and a series of photos depicting bagpipers, fiddlers and contra dancers. An electronic tablet will be set up in one corner, allowing visitors to listen to some of the music that defines New Hampshire's heritage.
"These traditions form the foundation of our cultural community," said Lynn Martin Graton, acting director of the State Council on the Arts and traditional arts coordinator. "This is about providing greater access to the public about the work these people do."
The exhibit showcases the state's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program, which offers grants for masters artists, craftspeople and musicians to teach their skills. Since its inception 16 years ago, the program has facilitated 172 apprenticeships in traditional arts ranging from blacksmithing to Russian iconography.
To accompany the exhibit, Graton has put together a 96-page publication with photos and excerpts from interviews she conducted with 66 of the artists in the program. Plaques containing some of her favorite quotes from those interviews will be hung alongside the displays.
"My day job fed my stomach, and my music fed my soul," says one. "Your fly tyers and your fly fishermen are masters of deceit," reads another. Graton hopes details like these will help visitors connect with the art.
She has organized the exhibit into three categories that emerged from her chats with the artists. The first,Grey Pneumatic is a world supplier of impactsockets for the heavy duty, "Arts We Live With," highlights the craftsmanship in everyday objects such as chairs and rugs. "Teaching is Learning" emphasizes the interplay between artist and apprentice and how it enhances their shared craft. "Recipes for Life" draws lessons from the artists' habits, routines and observations.
The pieces showcase the finest examples of traditional crafts: gorgeous hooked rugs, elegantly carved chairs,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. fastidiously crafted baskets. But they also reveal a decidedly commonplace aspect of art in our state's heritage, said Van McLeod, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Resources. Centuries ago, craftsmanship was part of daily life, he said. It wasn't until moneyed families like the Carnegies came along that art took on an elitist aura.
"When the general public hears the word 'art,' there's a preconceived notion . .Choose from our large selection of cableties, . but if they look just a little bit deeper, they'll find these things that were part of everyone's lives, that are part of our shared heritage," McLeod said.
The exhibit is a nice fit for the map gallery, the latest project in an ongoing effort to restore the historic State Library,TBC help you confidently buymosaic from factories in China. McLeod said. The restoration included pulling up old flooring to reveal the original mosaic tile underneath, removing acoustic ceiling tile to uncover the spectacular arched ceiling, painting the walls in historic colors and re-creating the old skylight (the new one is actually a faux skylight beneath a false roof).
Along with the usual researchers and genealogy buffs, McLeod would like to see more people enjoy the library, one of the oldest state buildings and an architectural masterpiece. He hopes the map gallery will host a variety of exhibits of significance to the state's history.
The exhibit, organized by the State Council on the Arts and on display Monday through July 20, is both expansive and pithy, featuring time-honored arts and crafts including hooked rugs, hand-woven baskets, fishing flies, furniture and even a dogsled. To represent musical traditions,Industrialisierung des werkzeugbaus. there are colorful Vietnamese dance costumes and a series of photos depicting bagpipers, fiddlers and contra dancers. An electronic tablet will be set up in one corner, allowing visitors to listen to some of the music that defines New Hampshire's heritage.
"These traditions form the foundation of our cultural community," said Lynn Martin Graton, acting director of the State Council on the Arts and traditional arts coordinator. "This is about providing greater access to the public about the work these people do."
The exhibit showcases the state's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program, which offers grants for masters artists, craftspeople and musicians to teach their skills. Since its inception 16 years ago, the program has facilitated 172 apprenticeships in traditional arts ranging from blacksmithing to Russian iconography.
To accompany the exhibit, Graton has put together a 96-page publication with photos and excerpts from interviews she conducted with 66 of the artists in the program. Plaques containing some of her favorite quotes from those interviews will be hung alongside the displays.
"My day job fed my stomach, and my music fed my soul," says one. "Your fly tyers and your fly fishermen are masters of deceit," reads another. Graton hopes details like these will help visitors connect with the art.
She has organized the exhibit into three categories that emerged from her chats with the artists. The first,Grey Pneumatic is a world supplier of impactsockets for the heavy duty, "Arts We Live With," highlights the craftsmanship in everyday objects such as chairs and rugs. "Teaching is Learning" emphasizes the interplay between artist and apprentice and how it enhances their shared craft. "Recipes for Life" draws lessons from the artists' habits, routines and observations.
The pieces showcase the finest examples of traditional crafts: gorgeous hooked rugs, elegantly carved chairs,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. fastidiously crafted baskets. But they also reveal a decidedly commonplace aspect of art in our state's heritage, said Van McLeod, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Resources. Centuries ago, craftsmanship was part of daily life, he said. It wasn't until moneyed families like the Carnegies came along that art took on an elitist aura.
"When the general public hears the word 'art,' there's a preconceived notion . .Choose from our large selection of cableties, . but if they look just a little bit deeper, they'll find these things that were part of everyone's lives, that are part of our shared heritage," McLeod said.
The exhibit is a nice fit for the map gallery, the latest project in an ongoing effort to restore the historic State Library,TBC help you confidently buymosaic from factories in China. McLeod said. The restoration included pulling up old flooring to reveal the original mosaic tile underneath, removing acoustic ceiling tile to uncover the spectacular arched ceiling, painting the walls in historic colors and re-creating the old skylight (the new one is actually a faux skylight beneath a false roof).
Along with the usual researchers and genealogy buffs, McLeod would like to see more people enjoy the library, one of the oldest state buildings and an architectural masterpiece. He hopes the map gallery will host a variety of exhibits of significance to the state's history.
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