MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, an artists' colony founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist Marian MacDowell (mostly though the efforts of the latter), is on 450 acres of woodland and field, within view of Mount Monadnock. “Three protected rivers flow through Peterborough and play host to more than 117 species of...
“A very important part of my work has to do with materials,” says David Lamb, New Hampshire's fifth Artist Laureate. Although many artists are inspired by the state's forested landscape, Lamb is one of the handful who make art from pieces of the landscape itself.
“There are many woods that I think are exemplary that we...
Months after our conversation about how many songs were inspired by our respective states, my Californian friend still sends them to me. All I've been able to reply with is "Granite State of Mind".
This got me wondering: why haven't New Hampshire's mountains and forests, rivers and snow and granite, inspired any well-known art since... uhh......
