About City Arts Nashua

City Arts Nashua's mission is to promote Greater Nashua's artistic and cultural community, including visual arts, theater arts, musicians, and writers, with the goal of increasing awareness and building an expanded audience. City Arts Nashua's objective is to act as a catalyst to help the arts thrive and to promote cooperation, coordination and common ground for artists, arts organizations and audiences.

CAN believes that it is most effective in providing support by fostering an environment of "cultural self-sufficiency". It is in this spirit that we provide the kinds of resources that can be used and duplicated by the artist/organization without having to rely on CAN for execution such as fundraising assistance, providing guidance for writing grants and developing marketing materials.

For more information email info@cityartsnashua.org.

Marjorie Bollinger Hogan - President
Marjorie has a Master of Music in Applied Flute from the Hartt School at University of Hartford and a BA in Music from University of South Florida. Marjorie has performed with numerous area orchestras and chamber ensembles and is currently Principal Flute of the Merrimack Valley Symphony. Marjorie is also the Music Director of the Merrimack Valley Flute Choir and teaches flute lessons in Nashua.

Jay Minkarah - Vice President
Jay currently serves as Economic Director for the City of Manchester. Jay's educational background is in urban planning and law, and he is an active member of the New Hampshire Bar, although he does not choose to currently practice law. Jay is also on the Board of Trustees for the Nashua Symphony Association, the Hunt Building Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors for Yellow Taxi Productions.

Robin-Ann Peters - Secretary
Robin Ann Peters is an international freelance photographer, and host of WSMN radio show "Art in Action". She graduated from Hallmark Institute of Photography and has press credentials with the American Press Association. Her lifestyle portrait work has been featured in worldwide magazines including Your Business at Home, Empowering Women, and Success from Home She is the author of 'Nashua Then & Now' published in 2005 by Arcadia Publishing. Ms. Peters is a Nashua native, granddaughter of Charlie & Rita Forrence of the Gate City Fence company.

Joe Cartier
Joe is a Financial Consultant with Wachovia Securities, LLC. He and his family are 20 year residents of Nashua. Joe is a past trustee of the Nashua Symphony and has a broad background in financial services including extensive experience in higher education fundraising, planned giving and capital campaign management .

Roy Goodman
Roy is a published poet, and is on the Simple Gifts Coffee House team. He has a BA in Liberal Arts from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Sue Hurwitz
Sue is a founding member of the chamber group Resonance, and the flute ensemble, Lilly. She has been a vocal soloist with the Actorsinger's Chorus, and a flute soloist with the Souhegan Valley Chorus, at A Taste of the Arts, and at the Museum of Fine Arts, among many others. Sue is a Special Education Teacher, whose ultimate goal is to be a Music Therapist.

Michele Mortensen
Michele is the Development Advisor for the Andover Chamber Music Series in Andover, Massachusetts and the former Acting Executive Director of City Arts Nashua. She holds a Bachelor's degree in music from UMass Lowell, and a Master's in Arts Administration from Goucher College. A former professional musician and educator, she has over twenty years experience in non-profit management.

Liz Racioppi
Liz is principal for Bellwether Strategic Marketing and is also co-owner of the Elizabeth Grady Skin Care salon located in Tyngsboro, MA. She is committed to community enrichment, and has volunteered extensively in numerous charities including the Nashua chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Nashua Soup Kitchen, and the Mass Audubon Society. Liz has a BA in Business Management from Southern New Hampshire University.

Dean Shalhoup
Dean Shalhoup is the Nashua Telegraph�s community features writer, and also writes a weekly column, which appears on Saturdays, about Nashua people, places, and things. He started his career at The Telegraph in the fall of 1972. He became sports editor in 1976, then the newspaper's first full-time staff photographer in 1979. He was named chief photographer in 1993, and became the Telegraph's Nashua community features writer. He has received numerous awards over his career, largely for spot news photography. In 2005, he received the first annual Albert Spendlove Award, given in recognition of long and meritorious service to The Telegraph.