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NEWS – New Hampshire Creates LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – February 25, 2026 SB633-FN , originally introduced by Senator David Watters, was amended on the floor of the New Hampshire Senate on February 5 and approved that day.
The floor amendment was offered by Senator Timothy Lang and eliminated all of the text of the original bill, which would have established a voluntary surcharge on performing arts tickets to help fund the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts . The amended bill deals with the Granite Patron of the Arts Fund , which was created in the last budget cycle to support the Arts Council.
The Fund, which appears to now be live, enables companies to support the arts and receive a state tax credit equal to 50 percent of their contribution. The SB633-FN amendment clarifies that “Donations greater than or equal to $50,000 shall require the approval of the governor and executive council.
Expenditures greater than or equal to $50,000, and expenditures on employees of the division, shall require the approval of the governor, executive council, and the fiscal committee of the general court. ” The bill also requires the filing of quarterly expenditure reports.
In an email, Senator Lang said the goal of the amendment was to bypass the Governor and Executive Council for tax credit purchases under $50,000 , “to speed up the process, and to have quarterly reporting instead. ” The bill will go to the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Crossover Day (March 26) for consideration before the end of the 2026 legislative session.
Other arts-related bills still alive: Title: establishing a study committee to analyze past, present, and potential funding sources for the New Hampshire state council on the arts. Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration Status: In Committee – there’s still time to contact members !
Hearing: 1/15/2026 (starts at 5:10:03) Title: re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire. Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration Status: Passed Senate February 5, goes to the House on March 26 for consideration before the end of the Session.
Hearing: 1/14/2026 (starts at 4:00:57) NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTS LEGISLATION UPDATES – January 30, 2026 Title: establishing a voluntary surcharge program and fund for the division of the arts and state council on the arts. Committee: Senate Ways and Means Status: Referred to Interim Study Hearing: 1/14/2026 (starts at 32:45) Title: re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire.
Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration Status: Ought to Pass, 4-0; on February 5, 2026 Consent Calendar, page 4 Hearing: 1/14/2026 (starts at 4:00:57) Title: establishing a study committee to analyze past, present, and potential funding sources for the New Hampshire state council on the arts. Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration Status: In Committee – there’s still time to contact members !
Hearing: 1/15/2026 (starts at 5:10:03) NH CREATIVE SECTOR ADVOCACY – SIMPLE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE THIS WEEK Many thanks to Sal Prizio of Capitol Center for the Arts for this update. Act now! Susan Paschell has been doing some great work behind the scenes to track bills and advocate on behalf of the creative industries.
Below are some updates including three arts-related bills are scheduled for public hearings this week. The two Senate bills will be heard at the State House – the House bill will be heard at Granite Place . View the Senate hearings on YouTube: https://www.
youtube. com/channel/UCjBZdtrjRnQdmg-2MPMiWrA/videos View the House hearing on YouTube: https://www. youtube.
com/channel/UCxqjz56akoWRL_5vyaQDtvQ/videos Sign on Senate bills: https://gc. nh. gov/remotecommittee/senate.
aspx Sign on the House bill: https://gc. nh. gov/house/committees/remotetestimony/default.
aspx Title: establishing a voluntary surcharge program and fund for the division of the arts and state council on the arts. 1/14/2026 at 9:15 AM Location: State House Time: 9:15 AM Title: re-establishing the commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration 1/14/2026 at 1:00 PM Location: State House Time: 1:00 PM Title: establishing a study committee to analyze past, present, and potential funding sources for the New Hampshire state council on the arts.
House Executive Departments and Administration 1/15/2026 at 2:30 PM Location: Granite Place Room 231 Time: 2:30 PM URGE GOVERNOR AYOTTE TO VETO SB33 SB33, originally passed by the New Hampshire State Senate last year, would require local school districts to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for use by students in the district and outlining procedures to address complaints alleging that material is harmful or age-inappropriate for use in the district’s schools.
Originally referred to as a “book banning bill,” it was similar to 2025’s HB324, which Governor Ayotte vetoed.
But on January 7, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed SB33 with an amendment that clarifies that visual arts and live performances of all kinds could be banned and/or challenged: … visual presentation, web-based content, live performance, or sound recording, including but not limited to books, magazines, motion picture films or videos, pamphlets, phonographic records, pictures, drawings, photographs, figures, statues, plays, dances , or other representations that are provided by the school district or by school employees, volunteers, guests, or speakers.
The bill now goes back to the State Senate for a concurrence vote or a Committee of Conference request. It is expected to pass the Senate and be sent to Governor Ayotte for action. The full Bill Docket is here .
EveryLibrary has created a page about this bill and a portal to send email to Governor Ayotte requesting that she veto the bill: https://www. everylibrary. org/nh_house_passes_book_ban_bill_sb33 Please take a few minutes to read the page and send an email to the Governor!
Many thanks to Genevieve Aichele of New Hampshire Theatre Project for the heads up. RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS If you encounter paywalls on any of the articles, please read them on our Facebook here: https://www. facebook.
com/NHArts. org Concord Monitor – December 22, 2025 (in print December 23) https://www. concordmonitor.
com/2025/12/22/state-arts-council-funding-cuts/ Boston Art Review – September 22, 2025 https://www. bostonartreview. com/read/nh-creative-culture-summit-2025-aimee-terravechia Concord Monitor – September 15, 2025 (in print September 16) https://www.
concordmonitor. com/2025/09/15/new-hampshire-creative-culture-summit-funding-advocacy/ Concord Monitor – September 8, 2025 https://www. concordmonitor.
com/2025/09/07/new-hampshire-creative-culture-summit/ Business New Hampshire Magazine – September 1, 2025 (August Issue) https://www. businessnhmagazine. com/article/budget-cuts-paint-ugly-picture-for-nhrsquos-arts-sector PBS NewsHour – August 28, 2025 https://www.
pbs. org/newshour/show/new-hampshire-arts-groups-face-double-budget-blow-as-state-slashes-funding New Hampshire Public Radio – August 22, 2025 https://www. nhpr.
org/arts-culture/2025-08-22/arts-funding-new-hampshire-folk-artist-rug-hooking-crafts-history-grants-apprenticeships New Hampshire Union Leader – August 15, 2025 https://www. unionleader. com/nh/arts_and_ent/nh-arts-organizations-reeling-from-state-funding-cuts-eyeing-uncertain-future/article_2fbbdf1d-446e-40c4-b203-9de68a50b7b4.
html Hello New Hampshire Arts Community, We are grateful for your support, especially the outpouring these last few months. Due to budget decisions within the NH State Legislature, the NH State Council on the Arts will no longer operate as we have in the past. The 2026 Fiscal Year began July 1st and there is only funding allocated for one staff person.
What has been a staff of seven will now be a staff of one. Instead of allocating general fund dollars that we typically use to achieve a federal match to support our staff, grant giving and to run programs, the legislators established a fund for private industry to make donations and receive a tax credit. The details of this fundraising effort are still being sorted out.
If you have any questions, please contact Arts Council Director Adele Sicilia at Adele. C. Sicilia@dncr.
nh. gov . Unfortunately, our last day at the State Arts Council will be Thursday, July 10.
It has been our privilege and honor to serve and support you – the arts community, schools, organizations, municipalities, healthcare facilities, artists, and the residents of our state. Thank you and best wishes, Carey, Emily, Kayla, Lisa, Allison, & Christina After easily passing the Senate on party-line votes and much drama in the House of Representatives, the state’s FY2026 – 2027 budget was passed on Thursday June 26.
Governor Kelly Ayotte signed the bills on Friday June 27. The budget slashes state funding for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts by 90% (to $150,000/year), and includes language to create the Granite Patron for the Arts Fund and an associated business tax credit.
Both measures make the Council ineligible to receive funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (over $1 million/year) because federal funds require a one-to-one match with state funds that cannot be privately contributed. The budget also eliminates the state’s Percent for Art program, which has been in existence since 1979. The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is now the lowest-funded State Arts Agency in the United States.
Media reports about the budget can be found at the following links (if you hit paywalls at the New Hampshire Union Leader , Concord Monitor , and Boston Globe , try clearing your browser cache. If that doesn’t work, please email nharts. org@gmail.
com and I’ll send article text): https://newhampshirebulletin. com/2025/06/27/ayotte-signs-two-year-state-budget-closing-turbulent-final-chapter/ https://indepthnh. org/2025/06/27/ayotte-signs-budget-and-32-more-bills-this-week-democrats-criticize-budget/ https://www.
unionleader. com/news/politics/statehouse_dome/state-house-dome-heres-the-anatomy-of-a-budget-deal/article_3451e1d9-5889-466b-a0f9-5e9ac5265f88. html https://newhampshirebulletin.
com/2025/06/26/new-hampshire-republicans-eke-out-turbulent-budget-victory-democrats-denounce-cuts/ https://indepthnh. org/2025/06/26/new-state-budget-barely-squeaks-through/ https://www. nhpr.
org/2025-06-26/working-until-deadline-lawmakers-and-ayotte-reach-deal-to-pass-state-budget https://www. unionleader. com/news/politics/state/compromise-budget-companion-bills-barely-get-to-finish-line/article_be8f9241-311a-4e41-8b78-ba9c1ad13a46.
html https://concordmonitor. com/nh-state-budget-vote-2026-2027-legislature-final-version-kelly-ayotte-62001409 https://www. bostonglobe.
com/2025/06/26/metro/nh-budget-ayotte-compromise-republicans-democrats-gop/ Many thanks for your tireless advocacy during this process. Please watch this page, New Hampshire Creates on Facebook , and Arts4NH for updates. LEGISLATURE TO VOTE ON FY2026 – 2027 STATE BUDGET THIS THURSDAY New Hampshire state legislators will vote on the state’s FY2026 – 2027 budget this Thursday, June 26.
The budget, as agreed to by the Committee of Conference, includes a 90% cut in funding for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts , from $1,440,146 in General Funds authorized for FY2025 to $150,000 for each year of the new biennium.
The budget agreement retains the Council in state law, but it funds it at such a nominal level that it will not be able to access $1+ million annually in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts ( federal funding requires a one-to-one state match with state funds ).
In addition, the creation of the Granite Patron for the Arts Fund , a fundraising mechanism with an associated tax credit for corporate donors, will put the Council in direct competition with the nonprofit arts and cultural organizations it was created to serve. Even if funds are raised, they could not be used to match federal dollars – federal statute requires that private funds cannot be used to match federal funds.
At last Thursday’s meeting of the Committee of Conference, Senator Timothy Lang said that he already has two corporate sponsors ready to donate to the Fund . We wonder: are these potential donors already supporting community-based nonprofit arts organizations and will they pull that support in favor of this new scheme to fund the Council, to get a larger tax credit than they’d get on their federal taxes?
The agreed-upon budget destroys the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. There will be no grantmaking , no support for nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists and their small businesses , no Poetry Out Loud , no creative economy work , no arts education and arts in health promotion, no fostering of the state’s traditional arts , no Percent for Art . Six out of seven employees will lose their jobs.
For all intents and purposes NHSCA is gone if this budget is passed by the House and Senate and signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte. Please contact your Reps and Senator in the next few days to express your feelings about the destruction of the Arts Council and ask that they vote against the bills. Find your legislators here (House and Senate will be listed when you choose your town): https://gc.
nh. gov/house/members/ Also, please contact Governor Ayotte: https://new-hampshire. my.
salesforce-sites. com/…/GOV… Thank you for your continued advocacy! FY2026 – 2027 BUDGET COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE CONCLUDES ITS BUSINESS The FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference has concluded its business.
HB1 and HB2 as amended will go to the House and Senate next week for action. While the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts isn’t a big ticket item, there are other issues that may make passage difficult, particularly in the House. Please contact your Reps and Senator in the next few days to express your feelings about the destruction of the Arts Council (and the Percent for Art program), and ask that they vote AGAINST the bills.
Find your legislators here (House and Senate will be listed when you choose your town): https://gc. nh. gov/house/members/ Also, please contact Governor Kelly Ayotte : https://new-hampshire.
my. salesforce-sites. com/…/GOV… Thank you for your continued advocacy!
“WE’RE THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THE STATE SHOULDN’T BE IN THE BUSINESS OF FUNDING ARTS. ” ~ REP.
DAN MCGUIRE, JUNE 18, 2025 Close to the end of yesterday’s meeting of the FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference, Senate President Sharon Carson said that she received an email from Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Commissioner Sarah Stewart stating that the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts had received notification of a $1 million+ grant from the National Endowment for the Arts .
Senator Carson asked if the Council can go to the Joint Fiscal Committee after the budget is completed to ask for State General Funds to match the NEA grant (NEA Partnership Grants to states must be matched dollar-for-dollar and private/corporate funds cannot be used for match). Legislative Budget Assistant staff clarified that without an HB2 amendment giving express permission to ask for General Funds, they can’t.
There was a short discussion about crafting an amendment, and it seemed like the Senate members of the Committee were in agreement. However, when the House members were asked if they agree, Representative McGuire said “We’re the people who think the state shouldn’t be in the business of funding arts,” and as he has many times, said arts organizations should get their money from charitable gaming.
The discussion ended there with the Senate acceding to the House on the issue. The discussion begins a bit after 6:32 PM in the video below (8:34:21). If you want to express your displeasure with his comments, Rep.
McGuire can be reached at Dan. McGuire@gc. nh.
gov and 603-782-4918.
FY2026 – 2027 BUDGET COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE AGREES TO SENATE ARTS COUNCIL PLAN The New Hampshire Legislature’s FY2026 – 2027 state budget Committee of Conference agreed today to the Senate’s plan for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Division of the Arts, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources), which guts the agency , funding it at $150,000 each year ( a 90% cut from the $1,440,146 authorized for FY2025.
) The agreement retains the Council in state law, but it funds it at such a nominal level that it will not be able to access nearly $1 million annually in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts ( federal funding requires a one-to-one state match with state funds ).
In addition, the creation of the Granite Patron for the Arts Fund , a fundraising mechanism, will – when operationalized, which will take considerable time – put the Council in direct competition with the nonprofit arts and cultural organizations it was created to serve. Even if funds are raised, they could not be used to match federal dollars – federal statute requires that private funds cannot be used to match federal funds.
The $150,000/year will barely cover salary and benefits for one employee . Six employees will lose their jobs, even though the positions will remain authorized. There will be no grantmaking, no support for nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists and their small businesses, no Poetry Out Loud, no creative economy work, no arts education and arts in health promotion, no fostering of the state’s traditional arts.
For all intents and purposes the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is gone. Governor Kelly Ayotte is our last resort. Please contact her and ask her to do something.
We need her support now. https://new-hampshire. my.
salesforce-sites. com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call 603-271-2121. Thank you for your tireless advocacy!
BUDGET COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE TO RETURN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 AT 10 AM The FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference spent most of Tuesday in party caucuses and will return Wednesday, June 18 at 10 AM . Click/tap this link to watch the live stream: https://www. youtube.
com/live/SVoD154m_eg? feature=shared Updated Committee documents can be found here: https://gc. nh.
gov/LBA/budget/FY2026_2027_budget. aspx Contact info for the Committee of Conference can be found by scrolling down on this page. Please note that some of the contact info, which was copied from the House and Senate rosters, may be incorrect.
We apologize for any bouncing emails, we’re doing our best. Thank you for your continued advocacy! BUDGET COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE TO RETURN TUESDAY, JUNE 17 AT 10 AM The New Hampshire Legislature’s FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference will return at 10 AM Tuesday, June 17.
They skipped over the HB2 New Hampshire State Council on the Arts items on Monday, saying “all the arts stuff we have to argue about,” and didn’t return to them. The meeting will be held in Rooms 210 – 211 of the Legislative Office Building in Concord and will be live streamed on YouTube here: https://www. youtube.
com/live/yigq3bvDOyw? si=7fGfmm9k6NhFedY9 Please scroll down for Committee contact info. Please note that the House and Senate roster sites are still down for security reasons.
If you need contact information for your Reps or Senator, you’ll have to Google your town and “New Hampshire House” or “New Hampshire Senate. ” BUDGET COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE RETURNS MONDAY, JUNE 16 AT 10 AM The New Hampshire Legislature’s FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference will return at 10 AM Monday, June 16.
The meeting will be held in Rooms 210 – 211 of the Legislative Office Building in Concord and will be live streamed on YouTube here: The House’s budget eliminates the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Arts Division, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) from state law.
The Senate version retains the Council in statute but only funds it at $150,000/year and also creates a private fundraising mechanism with related tax credit for donors. Both the small appropriation and fundraising scheme would make the Council ineligible for federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (funds have to be matched 1:1 and private funds cannot be used for match).
There’s still time to contact members of the Committee to ask them to retain the Council in statute and restore funding to the levels in Governor Kelly Ayotte’s budget. Please contact them even if they’re not your own Reps or Senator! Please note that additional Reps and Senators have been added to the Committee, so if you’ve already emailed or called please do so again to make sure you contact everyone.
Rep. Jose Cambrils (R-Loudon) Email: Jose4NH@comcast. net Phone: 603-731-8287 Rep.
Dan McGuire (R-Epsom) Email: Dan. McGuire@gc. nh.
gov Phone: 603-782-4918 Rep. Maureen Mooney (R-Merrimack) Email: VoteMooney@yahoo. com Phone: 603-233-0319 Rep.
Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) Email: Jason@Osborne4NH. com Phone: 603-391-2138 Rep. Joe Sweeney (R-Salem) Email: Joe.
Sweeney@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-327-7184 Rep.
Mary Jane Wallner (D-Concord) Email: mjwallner@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-225-5249 Rep.
Kenneth Wyler (R-Kingston, Committee Chair) Email: kweyler@aol. com Phone: 603-642-3518 Senator Regina Birdsell (R-Hampstead) Email: Regina. Birdsell@leg.
state. nh. us Phone: 603-271-3479 Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) Email: Carson@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-271-3266 Senator James Gray (R-Rochester) Email: Gray@gc. nh.
gov Phone: 603-271-4980 Senator Timothy Lang (R-Sanbornton) Email: tim@votetimlang. com Phone: 603-566-9802 Senator Tara Reardon (D-Concord) Email: hontgr@gmail. com Phone: 603-496-2685 Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) Email: Rosenwald@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-271-7587 Please also contact your own Reps and Senator and the Governor’s office and ask them to talk with Committee members: Find your House members here: https://gc. nh.
gov/house/members/ Find your Senator here: https://gc. nh. gov/senate/members/wml.
aspx https://new-hampshire. my. salesforce-sites.
com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call the Governor at 603-271-2121 Time is running out – send your emails and make your calls NOW! Thank you! COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE BREAKS UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 16 AT 10 AM The New Hampshire Legislature’s FY2026 – 2027 Budget Committee of Conference just broke for the weekend and will return at 10 AM Monday, June 16.
There was no discussion of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts today. Monday’s meeting will be live streamed on YouTube here: https://www. youtube.
com/live/1SIDO6pM17w? feature=shared This means there’s still time to contact members of the Committee to ask them to retain the Council in statute and restore funding to the levels in Governor Kelly Ayotte’s budget. Please contact them even if they’re not your own Reps or Senator!
The House’s budget eliminates the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Arts Division, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) from state law. The Senate version retains the Council in statute but only funds it at $150,000/year and also creates a private fundraising mechanism with related tax credit for donors.
Both the small appropriation and fundraising scheme would make the Council ineligible for federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (funds have to be matched 1:1 and private funds cannot be used for match). Rep. Jose Cambrils (R-Loudon) Email: Jose4NH@comcast.
net Phone: 603-731-8287 Rep. Dan McGuire (R-Epsom) Email: Dan. McGuire@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-782-4918 Rep. Joe Sweeney (R-Salem) Email: Joe.
Sweeney@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-327-7184 Rep.
Mary Jane Wallner (D-Concord) Email: mjwallner@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-225-5249 Rep.
Kenneth Wyler (R-Kingston, Committee Chair) Email: kweyler@aol. com Phone: 603-642-3518 Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) Email: Carson@gc. nh.
gov Phone: 603-271-3266 Senator James Gray (R-Rochester) Email: Gray@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-271-4980 Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) Email: Rosenwald@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-271-7587 Please also contact your own Reps and Senator and the Governor’s office and ask them to talk with Committee members: Find your House members here: https://gc. nh.
gov/house/members/ Find your Senator here: https://gc. nh. gov/senate/members/wml.
aspx https://new-hampshire. my. salesforce-sites.
com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call the Governor at 603-271-2121 Time is running out – send your emails and make your calls NOW! Thank you!
COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE APPOINTED FOR FY2026 – 2027 STATE BUDGET The Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and President of the New Hampshire Senate have appointed members to the Committee of Conference, which will convene to iron out the differences between the House’s version of the FY2026 – 2027 budget and the Senate’s.
The Committee’s work must be done and agreed-upon bills sent to Governor Kelly Ayotte before the state’s new fiscal year begins on July 1. The House’s budget eliminates the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Arts Division, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) from state law.
The Senate version retains the Council in statute but only funds it at $150,000/year and also creates a private fundraising mechanism with related tax credit for donors. Both the small appropriation and fundraising scheme would make the Council ineligible for federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (funds have to be matched 1:1 and private funds cannot be used for match).
It’s time to contact members of the Committee of Conference to ask them to retain the Council in statute and restore funding to the levels in Governor Kelly Ayotte’s budget. The following members have been appointed by the Speaker of the House: Jose Cambrils (R-Loudon) Email: Jose4NH@comcast. net Phone: 603-731-8287 Dan McGuire (R-Epsom) Email: Dan.
McGuire@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-782-4918 Joe Sweeney (R-Salem) Email: Joe.
Sweeney@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-327-7184 Mary Jane Wallner (D-Concord) Email: mjwallner@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-225-5249 Kenneth Wyler (R-Kingston, likely to become Chair of the Committee) Email: kweyler@aol. com Phone: 603-642-3518 Jess Edwards (R-Auburn) Email: jess.
edwards@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-370-7885 Keith Erf (R-Weare) Email: Keith.
Erf@gc. nh. gov John Janigian (R-Salem) Email: John.
Janigian@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-770-8230 Erica Layon (R-Derry) Email: Erica.
Layon@gc. nh. gov Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) Email: Jason@Osborne4NH.
com Phone: 603-391-2138 The following members have been appointed by the President of the Senate: Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) Email: Carson@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-271-3266 Senator James Gray (R-Rochester) Email: Gray@gc.
nh. gov Phone: 603-271-4980 Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) Email: Rosenwald@gc. nh.
gov Phone: 603-271-7587 Senator Regina Birdsell (R-Nashua) Email: Birdsell@gc. nh. gov Phone: 603-271-3479 Please also contact your own Reps and Senator and the Governor’s office: Find your House members here: https://gc.
nh. gov/house/members/ Find your Senator here: https://gc. nh.
gov/senate/members/wml. aspx https://new-hampshire. my.
salesforce-sites. com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call the Governor at 603-271-2121 Time is running out – send your emails and make your calls NOW! Thank you!
FORMER DIRECTOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PENS OP-ED From today’s New Hampshire Union Leader (June 9, 2025): THE STATE of New Hampshire is poised to become the only state in the country without a state arts agency.
The Arts Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR), known as the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA), must be restored per Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s recommendation in the state’s FY2026–2027 budget. I served as the gubernatorial-appointed director of NHSCA for nine years (July 2014–August 2023).
During that time, I witnessed first-hand the positive impact the agency has on the state’s nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, our communities, and the economy. NHSCA’s grant making — a combination of state and federal funds — leverages over $50 million in spending by grantee organizations annually, contributing greatly to local economies and the state’s larger creative economy. But NHSCA doesn’t just make grants.
In fact, the agency functions similarly to the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, providing services and support to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and individual artists to help them manage their businesses, make necessary connections, serve their communities, and grow.
Many of these organizations and artists are small or just starting out, located in the most underserved areas of our state, and benefit significantly from this assistance. NHSCA also assists municipalities, helping local and regional arts commissions, economic development and planning organizations, hospitals, and schools support and enhance arts and cultural businesses and offerings.
This assistance results in increased tourism, patronage of local businesses, and enhanced community cohesion and pride.
NHSCA provides arts education services and programs such as Poetry Out Loud, coordinates arts in health services, manages the state’s art collection of over 600 pieces, runs the Percent for Art program, supports traditional arts, and works in partnership with other agencies like the New Hampshire Veterans Home, Department of Corrections, and Health and Human Services.
The New Hampshire House voted to totally eliminate the agency from statute and the Senate voted to provide only a nominal General Fund appropriation. The Senate version of the budget will result in six of the agency’s seven employees being let go, perhaps as early as June 26.
Because federal funds must be matched dollar-for-dollar with state funds, nearly $1 million a year from the National Endowment for the Arts will be distributed to other states instead of here.
This last-minute Senate Finance Committee amendment also created the Granite Patron of the Arts Fund and an associated tax credit, resulting in a situation where NHSCA would be directly competing for funding against the nonprofits it was created to support. DNCR, the state treasurer, and the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) will have to create the rules and processes to administer the new programs.
This will likely take months. Finally, any funds raised would not be able to be used to match federal dollars — by federal statute private funds may not be used for this purpose. At this point, all organizations that rely on state arts funding will receive none in FY2026, including the 52 that have budgeted for funds from the Public Value Partnership operating support program, requiring them to truncate or eliminate programming.
The budgets proposed by both the Senate and House destroy the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. A Committee of Conference, when convened, should restore NHSCA’s FY2026 – FY2027 funding to the levels in Governor Ayotte’s budget.
The governor’s budget will be enough to draw down federal funds, make some grants, maintain staffing, and continue to provide essential services to this vital part of New Hampshire’s community life and economy. Ginnie Lupi served as director of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts from 2014 to 2023. She lives in Concord.
We expect the next step in the budget process will be the creation of a Committee of Conference, which will convene to iron out the differences between the House’s version of the budget (which eliminates NHSCA from state law) and the Senate’s.
We don’t know who will be assigned to the Committee, so in the interim please email or call your House Reps and Senator and ask that they communicate with the Committee when it’s convened, asking that the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Arts Division, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) be restored in state law and funded at the levels recommended in Governor Kelly Ayotte’s budget proposal.
Please include the Governor in your advocacy. Find your House members here: https://gc. nh.
gov/house/members/ Find your Senator here: https://gc. nh. gov/senate/members/wml.
aspx https://new-hampshire. my. salesforce-sites.
com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call the Governor at 603-271-2121 It’s not over yet – be strong and keep advocating for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts! Thank you!
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE SENATE VOTES TO DESTROY NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS Tonight the New Hampshire State Senate approved its version of the state’s FY2026 – 2027 budget, which, for all intents and purposes, eliminates the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts . Yes, the Senate’s budget does restore the Council in state law, which is a good thing.
But it funds it at such a nominal level ($150,000/year) that it will not be able to access nearly $1 million annually in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts ( federal funding requires a one-to-one match with state funds ).
In addition, the creation of the Granite Patron for the Arts Fund , a fundraising mechanism, will put the Council in direct competition with the nonprofit arts and cultural organizations it was created to serve. Even if funds are raised, they could not be used to match federal dollars – federal statute requires that private funds cannot be used to match federal funds.
We expect the next step will be the creation of a Committee of Conference, which will convene to iron out the differences between the House’s version of the budget (which eliminates NHSCA from state law) and the Senate’s.
We don’t know who will be assigned to the Committee, so in the interim please email or call your House Reps and Senator and ask that they communicate with the Committee when it’s convened, asking that the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (Arts Division, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) be restored in state law and funded at the levels recommended in Governor Kelly Ayotte’s budget proposal.
Please include the Governor in your advocacy. Find your House members here: https://gc. nh.
gov/house/members/ Find your Senator here: https://gc. nh. gov/senate/members/wml.
aspx https://new-hampshire. my. salesforce-sites.
com/support/GOV_Opinion You can also call the Governor at 603-271-2121 It’s not over yet – be strong and keep advocating for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts! Thank you! TODAY: NEW HAMPSHIRE
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Businesses subject to Business Profits and Business Enterprise Taxes in New Hampshire. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Granite Patron of the Arts Tax Credit is funded by New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in New Hampshire. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.