Tips for a winning Arts Award Application

1) Look at the questions on the application as an opportunity to tell your story. Share the passion we know you have for the arts with our judges. Don’t be shy about expressing it. Details matter!

2) A picture is worth a thousand words. Send us images that demonstrate the significance of your accomplishments! These might also be used in the Annual Arts Awards program happening on Monday, May 6.

3) Invite others to contribute to your application with a letter of support or testimonial. We know it takes a village to make things happen in the arts. Ask your partners, supporters or those who benefit from your work to weigh in!

NHBCA Arts Awards Recipients from recent years…

  • 2023: Summit Supply (Brentwood), Savings Bank of Walpole (Keene), McLane Middleton (Manchester), Derek Lucci (Amherst), Kimball Jenkins (Concord)

  • 2022: The Factory on Willow (Manchester), The New London Inn (New London), Bellwether Community Credit Union (Manchester), Bank of America (Nashua), James Chase (Manchester), Andres Institute (Brookline)

  • 2021: Ruffner Real Estate (Exeter), Tiny Bully (Greenland), Concord Pediatric Dentistry (Concord), Service Credit Union (Portsmouth), Performing Arts Venues Group (Concord), Richard Haynes (Portsmouth), Leadership Award: Mark Stebbins and Jeff Johnston

  • 2020: Echo Communications (Sunapee), B2W Software (Portsmouth), Bank of New Hampshire (Concord), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (Lebanon), Rochester Museum of Fine Arts (Rochester), Clark Todd (Concord)

  • 2019: The Art Center (Dover), Fiduciary Trust of New England (Manchester), Keene Sentinel (Keene), The Duprey Companies (Concord), Leadership Award: Elizabeth Hitchcock

  • 2018: Experimac (Portsmouth), Tanger Outlets(Tilton), Mount Sunapee Resort (Sunapee), TD Bank, Leadership Award: Barbara Couch

  • 2017: Sullivan Creative (Concord) Bellows-Nichols Insurance (Peterborough), Filtrine Manufacturing Company (Keene), Grappone Automotive Group (Concord)

  • 2016: Drum Center of Portsmouth, Portwalk Place (Portsmouth), New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, C&S Wholesale Grocers (Keene)

  • 2015: Dancing Lion Chocolate (Manchester), Orr & Reno (Concord), Lake Sunapee Bank (Newport), Lincoln Financial Group (Concord), Leadership Award: Arthur Sullivan

  • 2014: Hampshire Hardwoods (Concord), Sequoya Technologies Group (Peterborough), People’s United Bank (Manchester), Timken (Keene), Leadership Award: Michael A. L’Ecuyer

  • 2013: McGowan Fine Art (Concord), Laconia Harley-Davidson (Laconia), PixelMEDIA (Portsmouth), Hypertherm, Inc. (Hanover), Leadership Award: David A. Jensen

  • 2012: Heartwood Media (Manchester), Boothby Therapy Services (Laconia), The Provident Bank (Portsmouth), TD Bank (Manchester), Leadership Award: Jamie Trowbridge

  • 2011: Fin Brand Positioning (Portsmouth), New Hampshire Magazine (Manchester), Bellwether Community Credit Union (Manchester), Margaritas Mexican Restaurant (Portsmouth)

  • 2010: Monadnock Living (Francestown), Persian Rug Galleries (Nashua), RiverStone Resources (Manchester), NextEra Energy (Seabrook), Leadership Award: Stephen Duprey

  • 2009: One Washington Center (Dover), HippoPress (Manchester),Merrimack County Savings Bank (Concord), Citizens Bank (Manchester)