About the Library Arts Center

Kate Luppold oversees all aspects of the Library Arts Center’s programs, working directly with artists and instructors to create exceptional arts programming, along with general administration of all aspects of the non-profit.  Since 2008, Kate has been responsible for the planning of all exhibits and studio classes, as well as executing all fundraising for the Center—including a major endowment-building initiative in celebration of the Center’s 50th anniversary in 2017.  She is an active participant in the Arts & Business Alliance in the region, and is currently part of the core team working to develop the Sunapee Region Arts Atlas—an arts and culture asset map of the region.  Kate was selected to participate in a creative cohort from Sullivan County in 2017 to explore and initiate endeavors in Creative Placemaking with the National Association of Counties, and traveled with the group for a national training.   This experience has helped amplify the Arts Center’s continued commitment to Creative Placemaking.  Kate is a native of Newport, and is proud to continue in the director’s position that was once held by her grandmother, Marie Bugbee, continuing the legacy of promoting community arts.  She is a graduate of the BFA program of the University of New Hampshire.

Fran Huot has been on staff at the Library Arts Center since 2008.  From website design, to creation and production of all marketing materials, including show cards and newsletters, she works to make the Arts Center’s programs visible in the greater community. Fran relocated to New Hampshire in 2005, and is a Newport resident passionate about the role the arts play in community vitality and economic development.  She works on several committees, and with the board of directors, to help develop, organize and produce the organization’s programming and fundraisers, and currently works alongside Kate and other members of the core team developing the Sunapee Region Arts Atlas.  She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.