The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Newburyport is pleased to present “Banking on Art” featuring artwork by the students at Newburyport High School. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through May 31, 2013 at The Provident Bank’s Newburyport branch located at 66 Storey Avenue.

The public is invited to an Artists’ Reception honoring the students on Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 66 Storey Avenue, Newburyport. Light refreshments will be served.

by Anna Blumenscheid

Each year the talented student artists from Newburyport High School display their works, which include a variety of mediums such as paintings, photography and graphic design.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16^th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all The Provident Bank branch lobbies. The Bank receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. For more information please contact Leanne Corning, Newburyport Branch Manager at 978-225-1401.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, and additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

Rainbow After the Rain by Mary Casey

(Hampton, NH) –The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Hampton is pleased to present the artwork of Winnacunnet High School students. The artwork will be on display to the public during regular bank hours through June 7, 2013 in the lobby of The Provident Bank located at 321 Lafayette Road in Hampton.

The public is invited to an Artists’ Reception honoring the Winnacunnet High School student artists on Thursday, May 16, 2013, from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank at 321 Lafayette Road. Light refreshments will be served.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Hampton is pleased to present the works of Winnacunnet High School student artists, under the direction of art teachers Jill Berry and Linda Varney. The Student Art Show showcases the students’ creativity and skills, and includes artwork from classes such as Drawing, Painting, Watercolor and AP Studio Art. The work is a retrospective of the art that the students have produced during the 2012-2013 school year. There is a wide variety of subject matter, techniques, and mediums in the show. The students exhibiting are from the 10th, 11th and 12th grade.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, now in its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art
exhibitions placed in each of The Provident Bank lobbies. It receives no commissions for artwork sold and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. The Provident Bank has been recognized for its commitment to building a creative community with a 2012 New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (NHBCA) Business in the Arts Award for its Lobby for the Arts program as well as for its support of
local arts and cultural organizations throughout the Seacoast New Hampshire region. For more information, please contact Scott Beattie, Hampton Branch Manager, at 603-758-1630 or visit TheProvidentBank.com

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually-owned, full-service community bank with a focus in commercial lending and business services with offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire. Additional lending offices are in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire. The Bank is dedicated to the goal of being the highest-performing bank, providing excellence in service to our customers, our communities and our employees. All deposits are insured in full through a combination of insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). For more information, please visit TheProvidentBank.com.

Rose Rugosa by Carol Van Loon

(Portsmouth, NH)—The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Portsmouth is pleased to present “Two Ways of Seeing: Photography and Printmaking” featuring the artwork of Carol Van Loon and Holly Elkins. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through the end of May, 2013 in the lobby of The Provident Bank’s Portsmouth branch, located at 21 Daniel Street.

The public is invited to an Artists’ Reception honoring Carol Van Loon and Holly Elkins on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 21 Daniel Street, Portsmouth. Light refreshments will be served.

Carol Van Loon’s black and white photography shows the contrast, form and pattern in the world. She uses her vision to capture evocative scenes of landscapes, coastal environments and structures that convey stillness, permanence and sometimes abandonment. Holly Elkins is a printmaker who carves linoleum blocks with fun and floral images. She also works in extreme detail using graphite and colored pencil to create large drawings.

Monks Hood by Holly Elkins

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all The Provident Bank branch lobbies. The Bank receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. For more information please Steve Smith, Portsmouth Market Manager at 603-334-1259.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, and additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

The Provident Bank’s Exeter branch located at 95 Portsmouth Avenue will be hosting “Art for a Cure for DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy)”, a special fundraising event featuring nature-themed artwork and photography by local students and art teachers, professional artists, and community members.

The artwork will be on display at the Exeter branch for one week beginning on Monday, April 1, 2013. A closing reception and silent auction will take place Friday, April 5, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Proceeds from the event will benefit “Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy”, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a devastating childhood disease that affects 1 in every 3,500 males born worldwide, resulting in about 20,000 new cases each year.

Two local boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – Lucas Currier, a fifth-grader at Newfields Elementary School, and Cameron Yurik, a third-grader at Swasey Central School in Brentwood – are among those youngsters hoping for a cure.

Lucas and Cameron were the inspiration for the Art for a Cure fundraiser, a project created by 14-year-old Rebecca Gowing, an eighth-grader at the Cooperative Middle School in Stratham and the daughter of Laura and Jamie Gowing of Newfields.

Rebecca is the driving force behind the this project, with support from her former elementary school art teacher, Crystal Buswell, who now teaches both Lucas and Cameron in art classes at their schools.

Information about the art show and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy can be found at www.facebook.com/ArtToCureDMD. For those unable to attend the silent auction on April 5th, the site provides a creative opportunity to support “Art for the Cure DMD” through online donations to “Liberate DMD Ladybugs,” and also features other art-themed activities designed by Rebecca

(Seabrook, NH) — The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Seabrook is pleased to present “Deco Art” featuring artwork by James Lambert. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through June 2013 at The Provident Bank’s Seabrook branch located at One Provident Way off of Route 1.

The public is invited to an Artist’s Reception honoring James Lambert on Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, One Provident Way, Seabrook. Light refreshments will be served.
James Lambert was born and raised in New York City. He was educated at the Museum of Modern Art School, High School of Music and Art and New York Community College where he studied commercial art and production. James moved to Amesbury, MA in 1971 and over his 35 year career, he has worked as a graphic designer, art director, advertising manager and photographer. In retirement, he began expressing his own particular artistic vision in graphic constructions that merge textures in three dimensions using shadows, contrasting materials and sparse color in unified composition. He also creates bright, colorful, three dimensional, wet-watercolor floral works using shadows for definition.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all The Provident Bank branch lobbies. The Bank receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. For more information please contact Derek Scialdone, Seabrook Branch Manager at 603-760-1501.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, and additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

'The Tree Knows' by Renee Schneider

(Amesbury, MA)—The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Amesbury is pleased to present “Alternate Realms of Possibility” featuring the artwork of Becca Donohue, Elizabeth Wilson Jackson and Renee Schneider. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through May 8, 2013 in the lobbies of The Provident Bank’s Amesbury branches, located at 5 Market Street and the corner of Route 110 and Main Street.

The public is invited to an Artists’ Reception honoring Becca Donohue, Elizabeth Wilson Jackson and Renee Schneider on Monday, April 8, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 5 Market Street, Amesbury. Light refreshments will be served.

Becca Donohue is a junior at The Boston Institute of Art, majoring in photography and is also an art education major at Lesley University. She has been a serious photographer since the 8th grade. “Lola”, her camera, is her best friend. Becca’s specialty is showing the world a different perspective on common objects and situations, while capturing moments in time that would be otherwise lost or unnoticed.

Elizabeth Wilson Jackson is an Amesbury resident and a local artist. She has worn many hats and travelled through multiple professions, only to be drawn back time and again to her one true calling; to create by any medium necessary. “Bio-Karmic Meditation Art” is a highly stylized and methodical process that Elizabeth has developed to provoke an experiential observation of the unconscious self. It is the esoteric reflection of the human condition as it reacts to cause and effect.

Renee Schneider is a resident of Amesbury and a local artist. She has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, and a Master’s of Education in Creative Art and Learning. She has worked as a graphic artist and also worked as a kindergarten teacher for several years. Now, combining her love of art, and teaching, she owns and operates Colorful Kids, in Amesbury, providing private art lessons to children while she continues to develop her own art. Renee’s art is an eclectic mix of acrylic painting and mixed media. She is known for her whimsical style and vibrant color. She has also written and illustrated, ‘Swing Time’, her first published children’s book. Her other talents include commissioned portraits of people or pets, and also mural painting.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all The Provident Bank branch lobbies. The Bank receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. For more information please Anne Bonaventura, Amesbury Market Manager at 978-834-8540.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, and additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

(Hampton, NH) – The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Hampton is pleased to present “A Journey to Harmony and Peace,“ an exhibit of wildlife photography by Mehmet Oktay Kaya. The photographs are on display to the public during regular bank hours through the middle of May at The Provident Bank’s Hampton branch located at 321 Lafayette Road.

The public is invited to an Artist’s Reception honoring Mehmet Oktay Kaya on Thursday, April 4, 2013, from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 321 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Light refreshments will be served.

Mehmet Oktay Kaya was born in Istanbul and spent many years in London and Paris working as a project engineer. During this time, he traveled to almost every country in Europe. He moved to the United States in 2000 and fell in love with the nature in North America and began to take wildlife photographs. Mehmet prefers taking photos that convey the sophisticated simplicity of wildlife and does not use Photoshop to alter any of his works. He has donated images to many organizations that aim to protect the future of wildlife including Sea Shephard, NOAA and Nature Conservatory. Mehmet currently lives in Hampton, New Hampshire where he teaches and mentors on the subject of wildlife photography.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, now in its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art
exhibitions placed in each of The Provident Bank lobbies. It receives no commissions for artwork sold
and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. The Provident Bank has been recognized for its commitment to building a creative community with a 2012 New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (NHBCA) Business in the Arts Award for its Lobby for the Arts program as well as for its support of
local arts and cultural organizations throughout the Seacoast New Hampshire region. For more information, please contact Scott Beattie, Hampton Branch Manager, at 603-758-1630 or visit TheProvidentBank.com

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank offices in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, and additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

(Newburyport, MA) — The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Newburyport presents “Athens and The Jewels of the Aegean,” featuring the work of Marc Page. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through April 19, 2013 at The Provident Bank’s Newburyport branch located at 66 Storey Avenue.

The public is invited to an Artist’s Reception honoring Marc Page on March 28, 2013, from 5:30-7:00 pm at 66 Storey Avenue in Newburyport. Light refreshments will be served.

The images featured in Marc Page’s exhibit document his trip through Athens, Mykonos, Crete, Patmos, Rhodes and Santorini, Greece as well as Kuşadasi, Turkey. He is a professional editorial photographer based out of West Newbury, Massachusetts. To find out more about Marc and to see more of his work please visit www.113west.com.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all Provident Bank branch lobbies. It receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. For more information please contact Leanne Corning, Newburyport Market Manager at 978-225-1401.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank based in Amesbury, Massachusetts, with offices also in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, with additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

'Shades of a Dream' by Sharon Marston

(Exeter, NH) — The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Exeter presents “Seeking Optimism,” an exhibit featuring the work of artist Sharon Marston. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through the end of March 2013 at The Provident Bank’s Exeter branch located at 95 Portsmouth Avenue.

The public is invited to an Artist’s Reception honoring Sharon Marston on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 95 Portsmouth Avenue, Exeter. Light refreshments will be served.

Sharon Marston grew up in the Exeter area and has been creating art for over 30 years. After graduating from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine in May of 1995, she exhibited in shows and took on freelance work, much of which consisted of digital paintings and graphic design. She has been painting with acrylics on canvas and woods since she was old enough to hold a paintbrush. Her work is inspired by light and the way it comes together with the natural world to evoke feelings of serenity and tranquil drama. Sharon currently lives in a small New Hampshire town with her family on a farm. Home is her favorite place to be; surrounded by woodlands and open fields. Her surroundings give her ample inspiration and freedom to create the art that fills her soul. Sharon recently joined the Art Licensing Group of New Hampshire and is focused on art licensing and seeing her images enhance a variety of products worldwide. More information about her can be found at sharonmarston.net.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all The Provident Bank branch lobbies. It receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. The Provident Bank has been recognized for its commitment to building a creative community with a 2012 New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (NHBCA) Business in the Arts Award for its Lobby for the Arts program as well as for its support of local arts and cultural organizations throughout the Seacoast New Hampshire region. For more information please contact Matt Halfmann, Exeter Branch Manager, at 603-760-1511.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank based in Amesbury, Massachusetts, with offices in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire with additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.

(Hampton, NH) — The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts in Hampton presents an exhibit featuring the work of Marston School, Hampton Academy and Sacred Heart School art students. The exhibit is on display to the public during regular bank hours through February 28, 2013 at The Provident Bank’s Hampton branch located at 321 Lafayette Road.

The public is invited to an Artists’ Reception honoring the students on Thursday, February 7, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 pm at The Provident Bank, 321 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Light refreshments will be served.

The Hampton Arts Network (HAN), Art Experience and The Provident Bank have combined efforts in sponsoring a juried art exhibit, showcasing the work of middle school art students from the Marston School, Hampton Academy and Sacred Heart School. Visitors to The Provident Bank, prior to the reception, will have the opportunity to select their favorites in two grade categories, 3-5 and 6-8, and the recipient of the People’s Choice vote. All awards will be announced at the reception on February 7th.

The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts program, celebrating its 16th year, is an ongoing series of local art exhibits displayed at all Provident Bank branch lobbies. It receives no commissions for artwork sold, and pays all expenses associated with the exhibit. The Provident Bank has been recognized for its commitment to building a creative community with a 2012 New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (NHBCA) Business in the Arts Award for its Lobby for the Arts program as well as for its support of local arts and cultural organizations throughout the Seacoast New Hampshire region. For more information please contact Scott Beattie, Hampton Branch Manager, at 603-758-1630.

Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is an independent, mutually owned full-service community bank based in Amesbury, Massachusetts, with offices in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire with additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua New Hampshire.

Deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). This combination of FDIC and DIF insurance provides customers of The Provident Bank with full deposit insurance.