Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts. | | Weekly Highlights // July 9, 2025 | | | | |
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JAM – Junction Arts & Media is the Upper Valley’s non-profit media arts organization growing from the roots of Community Access Television (CATV) and White River Indie Films (WRIF). JAM envisions a community in the Upper Valley in which all people have voice, agency, and a sense of belonging enhanced by the positive potential of media.
Learn more about JAM's mission and how we've worked towards it in the 2024 Annual Report!
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Upper Valley history
Delight in the extremely early-2000s vibes of the first video CATV (now JAM) ever posted to the world wide web! Watch the 2007 CATV staff introduce their production equipment and media software as a free community resource and remind us that the CATV/JAM mission, to build community through the media arts, is enduring.
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Storytelling
Ask yourself "Why or Why Not," the latest theme of Ava Gallery’s “The Mudroom,” a series where storytellers share true, autobiographical stories that must be told live––not memorized nor read. Explore the unique perspectives around this lifelong question with tales told by seven engaging storytellers. 6/12/25 produced by Jordyn Fitch for JAM.
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National holidays
Celebrate freedom, resilience, and community with JAM’s coverage of the joint Bethel, Hartford, and Lebanon 2025 Juneteenth gathering. With speeches by VT State Senator Joe Major, Reverend Leon Dunkley, and other community members, the day's festivities also included food, games, and music. 6/21/25 produced by Rick Russell for JAM.
| | Pictured: Norwich Selectboard 6/25/25 | | This week's civic highlight: Watch the Norwich Selectboard discuss edits to an animal control ordinance and zoning and subdivision regulations. Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH | | |
@ JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks
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JAM Podcast
TWO NEW EPISODES! The official podcast of the Upper Valley Nighthawks, member of the NECBL. Produced at the JAM Audio Studio in WRJ, VT. Last week, Minnesota teammates Jack Spanier and Tyler Hemmesch discuss their time in the UV. This week, 2019 broadcaster Dan Byford and Asst. General Managers Jacob Anes and Jack Hinckley discuss their journeys.
Can't get enough baseball? Watch the Nighthawks' games on our channel!
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JAM storytelling event
Thu Jul 24 6-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
All storytellers are invited to share a 5-minute story from their life in this bi-monthly story circle! The theme is "Newcomer." Sponsored by GMEDC Upper Valley Welcome Wagon. Contact us at: storyjam@uvjam.org
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Art exhibit
Weekdays 9AM-5PM
Sep 1 - Sep 29
FREE @JAM
View 2025 WRIF Emerging Filmmaker Natalie Jones' installation exploring textures of bodies of water and depicting environments in continual change. RSVP for the opening on First Friday 9/6/25!
| | JAM events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, NH Charitable Foundation, the Couch Family Foundation, and by charitable contributions from community members like you! | |
Youth media arts camps
July 14 - Aug 1
Registration now open
We still have spaces for high schoolers to dive into advanced filmmaking and animation this summer! 1 & 2-week camps.
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NEW! Adult media ed
Sep 6 - Nov 25
Registration now open
This fall, take your media skills to the next level! Intended for adults (16+), these courses range from film editing, screenwriting, podcasting, drone cinematography, songwriting, and more!
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JAM media education programs are made possible in part by grants from Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Jane B. Cooke Trust, the Joyful Living Fund, Adimab LLC, the Couch Family Foundation,
and donations from community members like you!
| | | | The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups to the historic theater in White River Junction, VT. JAM partners with Shaker Bridge Theatre to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional media production services when available. | | |
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 creative voice, actively participate in local democracy, 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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Summer is here... Look cool for a worthy cause! Check out the selection of mugs, hoodies, t-shirts, crop-tops and more available at Strong Rabbit Design. A portion of all proceeds supports JAM's nonprofit work to build community in the Upper Valley through media arts.
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