The Andover Cultural Council approved grants for the following programs for 2021.
All 2021 grantees are invited to share additional publicity information per an email sent March 8, 2021.
Andover Center for History and Culture
Andover History at Home

Andover Choral Society
Voices Diverse and Beautiful – Music of the Merrimack Valley
The Andover Choral Society is working with many performing arts organizations across the Merrimack Valley. The list of participants is not finalized yet but the following groups have confirmed their participation.
- Acting Out
- Free Christian Church – Andover
- Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra
- New England Classical Singers
- Spotlight Playhouse
- Synai Ministries
- Third Baptist Church – Lawrence
- Voices of Hope
This concert will provide our community with music to uplift them during the pandemic with performances from musicians and singers from the Merrimack Valley.
The Spring 2021 concert will be aired on community access TV in Andover, Lawrence, North Andover, Haverhill and Derry NH. We also post our concerts on our YouTube channel and our website, and distribute CDs to area assisted living facilities for the enjoyment of their residents.
Andover High School
Custom Creations for Clubs
Andover Senior Center
Hanging Display for Community Art Shows
Our project is a Capital project with the purchase of the Walker Art Display System. We are matching the funds received from the Cultural Council with donations from the Andover Senior Community Friends to purchase this system. This will allow the Robb Center (Senior Center) to be a venue for art shows. Groups of all generations and cultures will be invited to display works of art in varying mediums.
Delvena Theater Company
Jack the Ripper

Francesca Lionetta
What is Opera Anyway? Podcast
Production Team:
- Josh Lau, Host
- Jeremy Lopez and Noah Sesling, Production Team
- Reagan Casteel, Overture Composer
- Francesca Lionetta, Director
Our logo is designed by Francesca Lionetta and Hannah Stokes
Our podcast is designed for lifelong learners who are interested in learning more about opera! Through diverse programming, listeners will learn many ways to answer the question: “what is opera, anyway?”.
What is Opera, Anyway? offers a virtual after-school program for students ages 8-18 and will continue to expand our youth and adult education programming in the coming months. Interested parties can subscribe to our website or follow us on social media for updates!

Friends of Memorial Hall Library
Virtual Art Afternoons with Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious
- Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame – 1/6/21 recording
- African American History in American Art – 2/3/21 recording
- Frida Kahlo: Love, Pain and Painting – 3/3/21 recording
- Introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright and NH’s Zimmerman House – 4/7/21 – register to attend
Recordings of the lectures will remain available at https://mhl.org/videos#art
This project was a collaboration of Memorial Hall Library and Andover Elder Services.
Katie Simko
First Sight
Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild
Collaboration with Andover High School Drama

Natural Deathcare Collaborative
Making Art While Grieving Death: Community in Isolation
Lead artists: Ruth Faas, Heather Massey, & Jasmine Tanguay, of the Natural Deathcare Collaborative
Art-making has long helped humans reckon with death, and is even more vital in current times. Our two-part program addresses cultural, artistic, and practical responses to mortality and loss.
The extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic have left us afraid, isolated and unable to connect with each other in traditional ways. We hope to empower the community with innovative pathways to strengthen personal and social resources during times of loss.
Nicolette Nordin Heavey
The Advisor Within: A Cross Cultural Collaboration
Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestra
Virtual Season

Shawsheen River Watershed Association
Art by the River
The Spotlight Playhouse
2021 Production
Timothy Kane
All Together Drumming
West Elementary School
Virtual Visit with Author Dan Gutman

Wonderland Spectacle
Mary French Reservation and Ward Reservation | Wonderland Spectacle Co. Art and Nature Videos for Kids
Lead artists: Kari Percival and Greg Cook
The videos invite viewers on family hikes into Mary French Reservation and Ward Reservation, to explore the bog and swamp, and to learn about the frogs, dragonflies and other wildlife of the areas.