Herbert Welsh for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to purchase 656 acres on the north slopes. Welsh led the Sunapee Chapter of SPNHF for more than 20 years, eventually expanding the land holding to 1185acres, which became the bulk of Mt. Sunapee State Park, For his health, beginning in 1915, Welsh began to walk from his home in Philadelphia to Sunapee, NH in June, a trek of roughly 400 miles, taking about 1 month and continued until 1929 at age 78. Welsh died on June 28, 1941 in Montpelier, Vermont. Herbert Welsh Herbert Welsh (1851 - 1941) was a United States
Welsh Artist of the Year Philippa Lawrence (conceptual sculpture/photography) Runner-up: Eleri Mills (painting) Winner: Walter Keeler (ceramics) Second prize: Virginia Head (drawing) Third prize: Daphne Hurn (painting) Winner: Ruth Harries (textiles) Runner-up: Elizabeth Forrest (sculpture) Winner: Sally Moore (painting) Winner: Brendan Stuart Burns (painting) Runner-up: Philip Nicol (painting) Winner: Rob Piercy (painting) Runner-up: Tony Goble (painting) Winner: Brendan Stuart Burns (painting) Runner-up: Clive Hicks-Jenkins (painting) Welsh Artist of the Year The Welsh Artist of the Year award is an annual art competition in Cardiff's St David's Hall, open to amateur and professional artists who have a link to Wales. It has been running annually since