We’ve been nominated for an Owl Award for the best art exhibit of the year!
Exhibitions , News
I’m very pleased to let you know that our exhibit, “Within These Walls: Educating Girls in Rural Morocco”, photographs by Amy Thompson Avishai, has been nominated for an Owl Award for the best art exhibit of the year! The Owl Awards recognize and celebrate achievements in the arts in the Upper Valley from the year September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. These awards, sponsored by “The Complete Hoot” arts publication, are especially meaningful because the nominations come from residents throughout the region.
Many of you will remember Thompson Avishai’s wonderful exhibit this past April (photo below) and the thought-provoking panel discussion we hosted with Dartmouth professors Diana Abouali and Jamila Chahboun from the Arabic and Middle Eastern Language and Literature Department at the college. The panel discussion continued way past the planned for time due to the interest of gallery visitors in the topic! No one wanted to leave or discontinue the excellent conversation and many people expressed how much they had learned from the gallery talk about the sensitive approach of the photographer in documenting the issue and the challenges faced by girls seeking educational opportunities in Morocco.

Thompson Avishai, who formerly worked as a photographer for the New York Times and our own Valley News, exhibited images made during a year she spent in Morocco documenting the education of Muslim girls under a Fulbright grant. This series has been recognized by Critical Mass-Top 50 Photographers 2006, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The International Museum of Women, and The Photo Resource Center, and is featured on photobetty and SocialDocumentary.net. Recently the photographer received two Prix de la Photographie awards for her work and she previously received the Paul Schutzer Memorial Award for advanced documentary work and was a featured photographer in National Geographic Magazine.
I’m enclosing the ballot form below for all the categories. Our section is in #21, letter d. If you were moved, challenged, or excited by any of the arts events listed on the ballot form, please vote, express your opinions, and support our many fine institutions and organizations !!!!!
The deadline for voting is Friday, September 28, so don’t delay, do it today. To cast your votes email: thecompletehoot@comcast.net. Simply list the number of each category with the letter of your choice, and write in your favorites for #24 and #25. THANKS FOR VOTING!
Special thanks, too, to everyone who has written me about the closing of the gallery. I so appreciate all the good wishes and comments about our 3+ years of exhibitions and classes and hope to see everyone around the Upper Valley at other art venues or events.
Sincerely,
Lia Rothstein
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OWL AWARDS BALLOT
MUSIC
1. Classical:
a. Yefim Bronfman, Hop
b. Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, Hop
c. Go for Baroque, Camerata New England
d. The Classicopia Concerts
e. Ryu Goto, LOH
2. Blues/Jazz:
a. Keb’ Mo’, LOH
b. Steve Martin and the Canyon Rangers, Hop
c. Paul Broadnax Quartet & Fred Haas, Tupelo
d. Skunk Hollow Jazz, Hartland
e. Guy Davis, Tupelo
3. Pop/Rock:
a. Melanie, Tupelo
b. Lindsey Buckingham, LOH
c. Richard Thompson, Tupelo
d. Lucinda Williams, LOH
4. Musical Series:
a. Jazz Series, Tupelo
b. SGNHS Sunday Concerts, SGNHS
c. Loch Lyme Concerts, Loch Lyme
d. 39th Summer Music Assoc, New London
e. Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
6. Music Festivals:
a. HOPFest, Hop
b. Hartland Jazz Festival, Hartland
c. New World Festival, Chandler
d. Munsey Blue Grass Festival, LOH
7. Community Concerts:
a. Songs of Ecstasy, Counterpoint
b. Spring Concert with Paul Ayres, Bel Canto
c. Mozart Requiem, St. Thomas Church
d. Brahms Requiem, Handel Society
e. Something Old. . ., Full Circle
f. Winter Concert, Thetford Chamber Singers
THEATRE
8. Drama:
a. Romeo and Juliet, Red,Les Liaisons Dangeureuses, Northern Stage
b. Endgame, Parish Players
c. The Uninvited, Bradford Theatre
d. Dust Rings a Bell, Time Stands Still, Shaker Bridge Theatre
e. Our Town, Mousetrap, NL Barn Theatre
10. Comedy:
a. Relatively Speaking, Private Eyes,Regrets Only, Santaland Diaries, Shaker Bridge Theatre
b. Boeing Boeing, Northern Stage
11. Musical:
a. Annie, Chicago, Northern Stage
b. Ragtime, Legally Blonde, Oklahoma! NL Barn Theatre
c. The King and I, Opera North
d. Sweeney Todd, NCCT
12. Edgy Theatre or Musical:
a. Hair, NL Barn Theatre
b. M. Butterfly, Northern Stage
c. Sweeney Todd, NCCT
d. Endgame, Parish Players
e. Re-Entry, Dartmouth
13. Community Performance:
a. Sweeney Todd, NCCT
b. Christmas Revels, Revels North
c. Cabin Fever Follies, Pentangle
14. Youth Performances:
a. Play Time, Trumbull Hall Troupe
b. Beauty and the Beast,Junior Interns, NL Barn
c. Music Man, NCCT
d. Much Ado About Nothing, The Bard’s Troupe
e. Peter Pan, Chandler Arts
15. Multi-Genre Productions:
a. Christmas Revels, Revels North
b. Undue Influence, Dartmouth Dance Theatre
c. 69 Degrees South, Phantom, Hop
d. Angel Reapers, Martha Clarke, Hop
DANCE
16. Professional:
a. SamulNori, Hop
b. Brain Storm, Everett Dance Theatre, Hop
c. India Jazz Suites, Hop
d. Swan Lake, Moscow Festival Ballet, LOH
e. Fantastical Botanica, MOMIX, Hop
17. Community Dance Companies:
a. Clara’s Dream, Cinderella, City Center Ballet
b. Museum Pieces (at AVA), Flock Dance
c. Annual Belly Dance Show, Gina Capossela
d. Raq-On Festival, Raq-on Dance
e. Masquerade, Ballet Studio 260
FESTIVALS
18. Film Festivals:
a. Telluride, Hop
b. WRIF Festival, WRJ, VT
c. Woodstock VT Film Series,Billings
d. Banff Mountain Film Festival, LOH
19. Festivals:
a. HOP Fest, Hop
b. New World Festival, Chandler
c. 4th Annual Trek to Taste, Woodstock
d. 4th Annual Summer Fest, ArtisTree
e. Digital Media Festival, Woodstock
f. Bookstock, Woodstock
g. Point to Point, Harpoon Brewery
h. 2nd Annual Gay Pride, Chandler
ART
20. Art-Special Events:
a. Sculptural Visions, SGNHS
b. Fine Woodworking & Forest Festival, Billings/Woodstock
c. Fine Art Fine Food, Utility Club, Lyme
d. Hands-on Pianos, Hop
e. SculpFest, Carving Studio, Rutland
21. Art-Special Exhibits:
a. Embracing Elegance: 1885-1920,Hood
b. Nine Generations, Nuance Gallery
c. Men of Fire, Pollock and Orozco, Hood
d. Within These Walls: The Education of Girls in Morocco; photos by Amy Thompson Avishai,
PHOTOSTOP
e. Zack’s Place, Northlight Editions
f. Regional Native American Artists, AVA
g. Jessie Pollock, Picture Gallery, SGNHS
SPECIAL EVENTS
22. Special Events, Speakers:
a. David McCullough, SGNHS
b. Jules Feiffer, VT Humanities Council
c. Forum on Shakers, Enfield Shaker Museum
d. Summer Forums: Polarization, ILEAD
23. Family Community Programs:
a. Jr Vet for a Day, Billings Farm & Museum
b. LOH Summer Thursdays
c. SGNHS Summer Concerts
d. VINS camps & programs
e. The Fells, John Hay’s Estate, Newbury, NH
f. League of NH Craftsmen Wellness Program
g. Upper Valley Music Center
24. What new businesses do you think deserve recognition?
25. What are your two favorite restaurants in the Upper Valley?





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