1. Contact: Meghan Cary
Intern at Creative Haverhill
Email: Director@CreativeHaverhill.org
Phone: 978-420-3729
Address: 4 Summer St - room 309 - Haverhill, MA 01830
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Creative Haverhill has had a positive impact upon the financial growth of
downtown Haverhill through the creation of a Pop-Up Shop program as well as
the establishment of the Shops@90Wash, which provides artists with a rent-free
space to sell their works at the holidays. This has attracted many new visitors to
downtown who have also dined at local restaurants and shopped at other retail
stores. With large public art displays like the Essex Gateway Mural and the new
video documentary Public and Private Passions, Creative Haverhill has successfully
drawn new visitors to this growing downtown area.
David Zoffoli, executive director of Creative Haverhill, has been active in the arts
throughout his career. Zoffoli has taught and directed theater with Northern
Essex Community College and also performed onstage with many local theater
companies. This background led Zoffoli to passionately pursue funding of the arts
in the city of Haverhill, his hometown. He was a leader in the Adams Grant
application, which brought $40,000 to fund arts in Haverhill. As director of
Creative Haverhillfor the past two years, Zoffoli has already made a large
difference downtown by bringing art to empty storefronts, engaging the
community with several pop-up mobile art shops and permanent art such as a
Gateway Mural located on Essex Street.
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2. Contact: Meghan Cary
Intern at Creative Haverhill
Email: Director@CreativeHaverhill.org
Phone: 978-420-3729
Address: 4 Summer St - room 309 - Haverhill, MA 01830
In 2004, the Massachusetts State Legislature created the Adams Arts Program to
fund projects that create jobs and income, revitalize downtowns, and increase
tourism.Adams funded projectsdraw upon the assets of artists and artisans,
cultural organizations, and arts-related businesses to generate real income for
local communities including Haverhill,Newburyport, Boston, Lowell, New
Bedford, and Pittsfield. The Adams Art Program granted $40,000 to Haverhill in
2011 to assist with a renewal of their downtown area.
Don Toothaker is a self-taught photographer who works and lives in Haverhill,
MA. Using a digital capture and a photo-journalistic approach to every job,
Toothaker works tirelessly to represent each moment as an array of memorable
photographs. His goal is to capture something meaningful and lasting with each
photograph whether it is for a wedding, composing a portrait, or documenting an
event. Toothaker says on his website “I am very proud to say that I am a
photographer… it inspires every facet of my life”
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