Featured Art -- April 2025
Racial Unity Team
Art & Poetry Challenge
It is often through the arts that we develop a deeper personal understanding of the lived experiences of others and begin to embrace our shared humanity. The Racial Unity Team’s Art & Poetry Challenge for NH residents is just that opportunity. The Art & Poetry Challenge – the living, breathing proof of the power of the arts — is a state-wide annual contest launched 7 years ago to provide an opportunity for NH residents of all ages to think about and express feelings of racial unity through art and poetry. Residents as young as 5 through adulthood create art (paintings, drawings, cartoons, sculptures) or write poems related to a theme around racial unity. Each year we take the Exhibit on the road, and we will be on display at the Amherst Town Library in April 2025.
The 2024 theme was “Belonging.” We encouraged people to consider:
- What does it feel like to belong?
- What does it feel like to not belong?
- How can we help others feel a greater sense of belonging?
- Do you ever feel like you don’t belong because of your identity?
The 2024 exhibit features work from artists and poets from our Amherst Community.
First, second, and third place winners were selected and received $300, $200, and $100 respectively in elementary (K-2 and 3-5), middle school, high school, and adult categories of both art and poetry. Entries were judged by a team of professionals in the visual and word arts world.
To learn more about the work of the Racial Unity Team and the Art & Poetry Challenge
display, visit their website:
https://racialunityteam.com/art-and-poetry-challenge
Contact Name: Kelly Touhey-Childress
Email Address: kelly.racialunityteam@gmail.com
