Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts. | |
Weekly Highlights // December 3, 2024 | |
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This #GivingTuesday let's celebrate!
JAM has welcomed thousands of community members and visitors in 2024! We've offered many free and low-cost programs and events this year including media arts classes & camps, artist lectures, Halloween-a-thon, TWIST 'Zine & Comic Fair, Story JAM, scriptwriter's group, poetry readings, our beloved annual film festival, WRIF, and so much more – all while providing on-location coverage of 600+ Upper Valley selectboard and school board meetings, fostering civic engagement in grassroots democracy.
| This #GivingTuesday we invite you to donate any amount - no gift is too small - to our annual fund so that JAM will continue to offer robust community programming in 2025! | |
Local recreation
From Little League to Lego Club, Hartford Parks & Recreation Department has been bringing the community together for 50 years. Enjoy reminiscences from Bill "Downtown" Brown, the first asst. director in 1974, staff Scott Hausler and Tatum Barnes, kids currently participating and many others as they recollect how HP&R has united Hartford's villages and encourages healthy living and creativity.
Produced by JAM's Jordyn Fitch for Hartford Parks & Recreation
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Quality of life
End-of-Life "Doula" Kasey March explains the role of this unique service offering social, emotional, and practical support for end-of-life care. March shares her experiences gently guiding individuals and families through the challenging conversations and choices they face, sharing practices that offer healing and ease, and illuminating paths to find an end-of-life doula.
"Across the Fence" shared by UVM Extension and WCAX-TV.
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JAM's first feature film!
Travis, a musician living out of his car, gets his keyboard broken at an open mic then gets a job as a custodian at a fancy music studio to start saving up for a new one.
Loren Howard wrote the screenplay in 2022, then pitched his concept to JAM's Pitchfest competition and was awarded $1,000 and JAM staff support to help turn his first feature film dream into reality in 2023.
Written, directed & edited by Loren Howard; co-produced by JAM
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Pictured: SAU88 Budget Meeting 11/23/24 | |
This week's civic highlight: The SAU88 (Lebanon, NH) School Board conducted its budget meeting for the 2025-26 school year at Lebanon Middle School on 11/23, starting with the pledge of allegiance. Tune into JAM's coverage of your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH | |
Celebration of local creativity
Fri, Dec 13 6PM - 10PM
ALL ARE WELCOME! FREE @JAM
In 2022, CATV joined with WRIF, moved to downtown WRJ, and with your support launched JAM, a creative hub for all ages. Help us celebrate our 2nd birthday and YOUR creativity in a JAM-style awards party! Optional dress code: paJAMa formal!
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Art and video exhibit
On display Dec 3 - 31 weekdays
FREE @JAM
Paintings by Emily Neidin Fava, for whom the Newberry Arts Space (which houses JAM) is dedicated, will be on display during open hours through December. Her paintings will be accompanied by a video in memoriam created by her father, Roy Fava.
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JAM events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, and NH Charitable Foundation and by charitable contributions from community members like you! | |
Family fun workshop
Saturday, Dec 7 10AM-12:PM
FREE @Norwich Public Library
Families are invited to drop by and learn basic stop motion animation using legos! Recommended for elementary and middle school aged kids. 100% free thanks to generous support from the Norwich Lions Club. This event was made possible with funding from the Norwich Lions Club and in partnership with Norwich Public Library Youth Services.
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Filmmaker Contest
WRIF Emerging Filmmakers
Feb 13-16, 2025
Now open for submission
WRIF (now a program of JAM) welcomes submissions for the Emerging Filmmakers Contest at the WRIF 2025 Film Festival February 13-16 at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, VT. Selected shorts will be screened before feature films, and cash prizes, supported by the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College, Bio X Cell and Stettenheim Foundation will be awarded.
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JAM media education programs are made possible in part by grants from Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Jane B. Cook1992 Trust, Adimab Lab, AARP, the Norwich Lions Club, and charitable contributions from community members. | |
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"I've really enjoyed my participation with JAM. The other participants have been
enthusiastic and so has the staff. It's been nice to pick up expertise and share my own."
—Cynthia Day, JAM Digital Media Creation for Seniors – Fall 2024
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How does my gift help JAM?
When you make a gift to JAM – Junction Arts & Media, your donation enables JAM to empower all Upper Valley residents to have a voice, actively participate in local government, and find joy and belonging in the Upper Valley community. JAM is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your gift may be tax-deductible.
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