= A series of sketchbooks, live-drawn @ public events around New Hampshire, where residents “explore the changing nature of communities & the role of community centers in strengthening New Hampshire’s towns & cities”!
HOSTED BY: NH-CDFA + NH Humanities
PRE-ORDER the new book:
New Hampshire Sketchbook: Community Conversations from the Granite State
RECENT POSTS:
New Hampshire Sketchbook🆕
NEW BOOK OUT 26 MARCH 2026! // What happens when neighbors & strangers gather for wide-ranging conversations about the big ideas that shape our lives? Cartoonist Marek Bennett live-draws six New Hampshire communities on a mission to find out…
Whitefield FALL FESTIVAL 🍂 Community Day
Live-Sketching a town-wide celebration, 6 months after our first event…
NH Sketchbook: INTRODUCTION
A quick note from the new book… “Gathering, listening, honoring, learning from each other… These are ancient practices of human community.”
Portsmouth Sketchbook
Talking community in NH’s oldest city…
Squam Lake Sketchbook
Discussing community at the water’s edge…
North Conway Sketchbook
Circling up @ the Gibson Center…
Harrisville Sketchbook
Gathering in the mills to talk about community…
Nashua Sketchbook
Come meet the families & neighbors of Arlington Street Community Center!
Whitefield Sketchbook
Artwork from our 8 April 2025 event.
Community Conversations: Starting Questions
What does “COMMUNITY” mean to you? What’s your community made of? // Conversation-starters from our public events.
More COMMUNITY Posts:
Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion”
Drawn from a quote in the introduction to D. Soyini Madison’s “Critical Ethnography”…
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