{"id":6715,"date":"2013-12-08T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2013-12-11T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:31:53","slug":"three-ksc-community-members-receive-governors-arts-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2013\/12\/08\/three-ksc-community-members-receive-governors-arts-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Three KSC Community Members Receive Governors Arts Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6716\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6716\" alt=\"Peter Ramsey photo\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2013\/12\/GovArtsAwards-PeterRamsay.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"245\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Ramsey \u201976 (photo by Gary Samson, head of the Photography Department for the NH Institute of Arts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three KSC community members\u2014<strong>Peter Ramsey \u201976<\/strong> and <strong>Thomas and Barbara Putnam<\/strong>\u2014were recent recipients of the Governors Arts Awards, which recognize outstanding accomplishments in arts education, arts patronage, cultural access leadership, distinguished arts leadership, youth arts leadership, community impact, and lifetime achievement as artists. Governor Maggie Hassan presented the awards during a ceremony and reception at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, hosted by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, in November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nh.gov\/nharts\/artsandartists\/gaa\/2013GAA\/bios\/ramsey.html\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Ramsey \u201976<\/a>, executive director of the Palace Theatre in Manchester, received the Community Impact Award for leading &#8220;the theatre through significant improvements to the facility and the creation of varied programming that ranges from showcasing nationally known artists to community-based productions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6717\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6717\" alt=\"Thomas and Barbara Putnam photo\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2013\/12\/GovArtsAwards-Putnams.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas and Barbara Putnam (photo by Gary Samson, head of the Photography Department for the NH Institute of Arts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nh.gov\/nharts\/artsandartists\/gaa\/2013GAA\/bios\/putnams.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas and Barbara Putnam<\/a>, whose generosity is apparent across the KSC campus, received the Individual Arts Patron Award for being &#8220;exceptional and generous arts patrons in every respect, supporting the arts with their time, their wisdom, and with funding both from their personal resources and through the Putnam Foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keene State is proud of Peter Ramsey and the Putnams for the outstanding contributions they have made to the College, our community, and our state!<\/p>\n<p>For the list of 2013 nominees, recipient bios, event images, and general information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nh.gov\/nharts\/artsandartists\/gaa\/2013GAA\/2013index.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Governors Arts Awards website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three KSC community members\u2014Peter Ramsey \u201976 and Thomas and Barbara Putnam\u2014were recent recipients of the Governors Arts Awards, which recognize outstanding accomplishments in arts education, arts patronage, cultural access leadership, distinguished arts leadership, youth arts leadership, community impact, and lifetime achievement as artists. Governor Maggie Hassan presented the awards during a ceremony and reception at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2013\/12\/08\/three-ksc-community-members-receive-governors-arts-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three KSC Community Members Receive Governors Arts Awards<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":6716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6715"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6722,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715\/revisions\/6722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}