262 Central Ave, Open: Tues - Sat 12:30-6:30, Sun 12:30-2 plus classes/events

art cafe session with live music

Instead of food, art supplies are on the menu! Get creative with a wide array of inspiration, and guided prompts to make something unique. Come solo or with family or friends! Reservations recommended, and required for Saturday Live Music Sessions


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Enjoy a relaxing session in our restoration room with a professional service or some down time in our massage chair with your choice of the sunlight therapy lamp or projected night stars. Our sliding scale ensures everyone can access this form of self-care.

A Circle for You or Someone You Know
Aplomb Creative Circles Free Workshops

Trauma-Informed Creative Groups

Registration open!

Join our free group art workshops designed to offer grounding, connection, and creative healing alongside others with shared lived experiences. Come as you are, no prior art-making experience is needed. Participation does not require sharing personal stories. These sessions are not therapy or mental health support groups but we have many resources listed here.

Art Celebrating Strength

The Aplomb Project is a 501(c)3 organization that uses the transformative power of art to uplift trauma survivors, offer expressive healing, and foster an inclusive creative community.


If you or someone you know has experienced trauma and are looking for support, here are some reputable organzations that are available to help.


The Splatter Space is so satisfying

Book a Splatter Space Session! Discover how freeing and cathartic throwing paint can feel. Release stress, move your body, and splatter onto the canvas or walls. Made for one person or two with four colors, an included canvas, coverings for your clothes, shoes, face, a phone protector, and your choice of music!

Aplomb stands for self-confidence, self-assurance and poise; especially under the most trying circumstances.


Through collaborative artistic expression, The Aplomb Project pays tribute to those who have experienced life-altering trauma. Contemporary portrait artist, Danielle Festa, captures the resilience of trauma survivors, gifting the resulting oil portrait to the voluntary participants to celebrate their courage and strength.

Throughout the year, the Aplomb Project sustains survivor support and empowerment with a healing centered approach to creative and mindful events and prompts via the Aplomb Community open to survivors and allies.

Do you know how to best support survivors?

Chances are you know or will know a trauma survivor. Do you know the right things to say and what to avoid? We asked survivors and compiled a guide to help you navigate.


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The Aplomb Project is a non-profit a 501(c)3 organization that uses the transformative power of art to uplift trauma survivors, promote creative healing, and present inclusive artistic opportunities. All contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.


Aplomb Gallery resides at Cocheco (CO-chi-co) on N’dakinna (n-DA-ki-na), now called Dover, New Hampshire, which is the unceded traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki (a-BEN-a-ki), Pennacook and Wabanaki Peoples, past and present. We acknowledge and honor with gratitude the land, waterways, living beings and the Aln8bak (Al-nuh-bak), the people who have stewarded N’dakinna (n-DA-ki-na) for many millennia.