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For a nonprofit organization, AVA Gallery and Art Center is well-established, but it isn’t particularly old for a gallery.Founded in 1973 in a Norwich barn, the nonprofit visual arts center has grown steadily, and sometimes swiftly. It now inhabits...

Forum, July 21: CraftStudies’ new home is far from ‘temporary’ Published: 7/20/2021 10:00:00 PM Modified: 7/20/2021 10:00:06 PM CraftStudies’ new home is far from ‘temporary’ While the AVA Gallery and Art Center worked tirelessly to keep the Upper Valley arts scene active throughout the pandemic, it also served as an important reminder of how our arts organizations in the Upper Valley have stepped up to support each other through hard times. At many turns, CraftStudies looked to AVA...

AVA director has brief engagement at Lebanon gallery, announces exit Heidi Reynolds, of Hanover, N.H., director of the AVA Gallery & Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Modified: 5/7/2021 9:43:05 PM LEBANON — Four months into her tenure as executive director at AVA Gallery and Art Center, Heidi Reynolds felt like she was starting to get her feet under he...

Upper Valley home sales — by total number and price — skyrocketed in 2020 San Jose Mercury News illustration Modified: 2/1/2021 6:30:13 PM Upper Valley real estate agent Amy Redpath in October had a home listed for sale in Hartland, and the sellers received eight offers. “I thought that was magic,” Redpath said about the response. But that was nothing compared to Redpath’s recent listing in Hartland, a four-bedroom, 2½ bath, 2,656-square-foot 1850 cape on a 2.8-acre lot that was list...