3S Artspace

Chris Greiner

Executive Director, 3S Artspace, Ex-Officio Member

3S Artspace Founder and Executive Director, has a passion for and knowledge of contemporary arts and culture, and is dedicated to building community through the arts. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Music from New York University, Chris spent two years working at the renowned alternative music venue in New York City, The Knitting Factory where he assisted in the marketing and production of their Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, in addition to serving as a staff writer and researcher for Jazze.com. After moving to the Seacoast in 2001, Chris worked for over nine years at The Music Hall, most recently as the Box Office Manager and the associate curator of the monthly arts series “Scene@5.” Throughout this time, Chris has been a passionate and active member of the Seacoast’s arts and cultural community. Since 2005, he has served on the City of Portsmouth’s Cultural Commission, Art-Speak, twice producing their Overnight Art exhibition. He has been an active musician (performing regularly, as well as recording and producing a handful of albums), a producer of live music events, and a freelance music writer. In 2005, he co-founded the RPM Challenge, an annual creative challenge to musicians around the world to write and record an album in a month.

Celeste Ladd

3S Artspace Project Manager & Development Associate

3S Artspace Project Manager & Development associate, lives in downtown Portsmouth and has worked with 3S Artspace since 2011. She graduated from Bates College in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric. After graduation, Celeste worked for The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH as a box office associate and marketing intern. She then moved to Connecticut where she worked as the Recruiting Coordinator for Career Services at Connecticut College in New London, CT. In 2011, Celeste moved back to Portsmouth and began working with Opus Advisors as Project Manager for 3S Artspace. Eventually, Celeste transitioned in-house for 3S as the Project Manager and Development Associate. In her spare time, Celeste likes to travel as much as possible, spend time outdoors, and appreciate all of the art and culture that the Seacoast has to offer.