Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Juneteenth Flag Returns To The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 2nd, 2025

"A Glorious Homecoming," As Freddy Fixer Makes A Place For Everyone

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade  |  Newhallville Lucy Gellman | June 2nd, 2025

Adult Ed Gathers Its Global Community

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  New Haven Adult & Continuing Education Center  |  Refugees Abiba Biao | May 29th, 2025

Rita Kabali Wagener. Abiba Biao Photos.

West Rock/West Hills Celebrates An Early Summer

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Neighborhoods  |  West Hills  |  West Rock Lucy Gellman | May 27th, 2025

Jordan Cunningham and Alder Honda Smith, who he will forever call "Ms. Honda," a term of respect, no matter how old he gets. Lucy Gellman Photos.

For A New Haven Playwright, Rite & Ritual At Last Take Center Stage

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Incarceration  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | May 22nd, 2025

Curtis Brown Photography.

Clergy Speak Out As Avelo Deportation Contract Begins

Annex  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  East Haven  |  Faith & Spirituality Lucy Gellman | May 13th, 2025

NEA Cuts Hit New Haven Hard

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts For Learning CT  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Music Haven  |  Yale Rep Theatre  |  Yale University  |  Yale University Art Gallery Lucy Gellman | May 7th, 2025

Top: Anne Cubberly's Giant Puppets at the 2024 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which lost $65,000 of NEA grant funding. Bottom: Young cellist Amiel "AJ" Johnson, a sixth grader at Nathan Hale School and a student at Music Haven. Lucy Gellman File Photos.

The Bitsie Fund Announces 2025 Grants

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Frances "Bitsie" Clark The Bitsie Clark Fund for Artists | May 7th, 2025

Frances "Bitsie" Clark, who turned 93 on Oct. 30 of last year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

W.E.B. Launches Inaugural Neighborhood Festival

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Community Gardens  |  Culture & Community  |  Goffe Street Armory  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | May 6th, 2025

Patricia Bellamy-Mathis. Lucy Gellman Photos.