Introducing UConn Health’s New Art Curator
Andre Rochester says he wasn’t quite sure what to expect when someone he knew from the Greater Hartford Arts Council encouraged him to look into UConn Health’s open art curator position. “I’m glad that I did, because I see an opportunity to exercise this curation muscle that I’ve been building for these last 15 years…
Read MoreHartford Art Exhibit To Honor Black Culture
The 224 EcoSpace, a Hartford-based, minority-run small business focused on community, entrepreneurship, the arts and health and wellness, presents “Interpretations of Black Excellence.” The community is invited to the opening reception Thursday, Jan. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Collaboration Centre at The 224 EcoSpace, 224 Farmington Ave., Hartford. The exhibit will be…
Read MoreLegislators propose to more than double arts, culture and tourism funding to $58.5M
A bipartisan group of legislators has proposed a bill that would increase funding for tourism, arts and culture initiatives in Connecticut to $58.5 million, up from its current level of $21.4 million for 2022-23. The bill, HB 6321, is co-sponsored by state Sen. Christine Cohen (D-Guilford) who said that tourism, arts and culture have proven…
Read MoreHartford area fine arts museums pursue working together as they struggle to emerge from bruising pandemic.
Jeffrey N. Brown, the chief executive of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, leads one of three fine arts museums in the Hartford area that plan to collaborate on marketing, exhibitions and possibly fundraising to chart a course out of a pandemic that has left the institutionsstruggling. Here, Brown is shown at the entrance to…
Read MoreCOVID crippled Connecticut’s arts scene. Will over $1 million in Supporting Arts grants bring it back?
According to an article in the Hartford Courant “The Connecticut Office of the Arts has awarded over $1 million in Supporting Arts grants to 220 organizations around the state still getting back to normal following the COVID shutdowns of 2020 and ‘21. The funds awarded are designed to be used wherever they are most needed,…
Read MoreConnecticut Art Trail Approved as 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
November 1, 2022 Status qualifies the Trail for new grants and will help raise awareness of what member museums have to offer The Connecticut Art Trail is excited to announce that it has been approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. This status will allow the Trail to pursue new grants, improve its online presence, and…
Read More15th Annual Short Short Story Film Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2022 Revived Local Cinema Broadens Cultural Mission with Global Short Film Festival on November 19th Area independent cinema fans were encouraged when, after the pandemic-driven closure of the Bethel Cinema, Frank and Jamie Lockwood reopened the space as Greenwood Features earlier this year. Beyond screening independent films at the four-screen…
Read MoreTheaters Fight For Their Survival
In a recent article by the Hartford Courant Reporter Kenneth R. Gosselin says crisis is coming to the theater district in downtown Hartford. This alarming trend can be found in theater districts throughout the state of Connecticut. Rob Ruggiero of TheaterWorks says “It’s a critical moment that is heading toward crisis.” Prior to the pandemic…
Read MoreSupport Arts Champions November 8th!
If we want the arts to thrive, we need to support arts champions! Are you ready to support yours? The candidates we support this November will be legislators making decisions about budget priorities in 2023 and they’ll be the ones who will support policies that benefit the arts community. If we want the arts to be…
Read MoreUpdates from the Arts, Culture & Tourism Caucus
After the Arts, Culture, and Tourism summit on December 3, 2021 that brought together sector representatives, interested legislators, and state agency leaders to discuss the priorities, challenges, and issues of the sectors, the Arts, Culture, and Tourism (ACT) Caucus held another meeting on January 26, 2022. Review the Agenda During the December ACT Caucus summit,…
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