Posts by Connecticut Arts Alliance
Meet Our Members: Out Film CT
For over thirty years, Out Film CT has entertained, educated, and promoted community. Outstanding LGBTQ cinema and other theatrical events throughout the year culminate in the nine-day Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival.
Read MoreMeet Our Members: The Amistad Center for Arts & Culture
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture owns and exhibits a vital collection of nearly 7,000 works of art, artifacts, and popular culture objects that document the experience, expressions, and history of people of African descent in America.
Read MoreA Year of Accomplishments with CAA
Connecticut began 2019 with the inauguration of Governor Ned Lamont following an election in which CAA’s Create the Vote CT campaign encouraged candidates and voters to consider the impact of arts and culture on our towns and cities, schools, and economy. As a result of CAA’s efforts, the new Governor formed an Arts, Culture and Tourism Transition Policy…
Read MoreThank Your Legislators and Arts Office
Earlier this month, the Department of Economic and Community Development announced state Office of the Arts grants in four categories for fiscal year 2020. The interactive map below shows grant awards and the location of recipients. (Click here if the map doesn’t load.) [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W0Nwx91tkSX7VnBbGW-XcGlgDuit_SUl&w=640&h=480] If your organization received a grant, we encourage you to…
Read MoreOut-of-Session Advocacy
In Connecticut, our General Assembly—composed of a Senate and a House of Representatives—convene for regular sessions in the winter and spring. In even-numbered years (like 2020), the General Assembly is in session from February to May. In odd-numbered years (like 2019), when the state budget must be drafted and approved, the regular session runs from…
Read MoreFederal Legislation Update
Several pieces of Federal legislation are pending which will affect the creative sector. Our thanks to Americans for the Arts for providing these updates through our State Advocacy Captain, CAA Administrator Darren Farrington. NEA Appropriations In June, the U.S. House of Representatives passed ten appropriations bills, including an Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Bill which…
Read More2019 Legislative Session Update
The 2019 Connecticut General Assembly session ended in June, and it included a few significant wins and changes for the creative sector. The most encouraging legislative development was the name change of the Tourism Caucus to the Arts, Culture and Tourism Caucus . The unanimous vote for the name change recognizes the important impact that arts and…
Read MoreMeet Our Members: The Wadsworth Atheneum
Founded in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford is home to a collection of nearly 50,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years. The Wadsworth is the oldest continuously-operating public art museum in the United States.
Read MoreMeet Our Members: Artreach
Artreach has been supporting mental health and wellness through the creative and performing arts since 1985. Second Step Players comedy troupe has been a mainstay since the company’s inception, and the group performs original sketch comedy about mental health issues throughout Connecticut and in tours around the country.
Read MoreMeet Our Members: Greater New Britain Arts Alliance
Greater New Britain Arts Alliance promotes the creative, performing, and visual arts in New Britain, Berlin, Newington, Plainville, and Southington.
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