Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Ailey II Gets BRADA Moving

Ailey II  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Betsy Ross Arts & Design Academy  |  Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Shubert Theatre Lucy Gellman & Jayla Anderson | October 21st, 2025

Remembering Bitsie Clark, Who Connected New Haven Through The Arts

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Board of Alders  |  The Arts Council of Greater New Haven Lucy Gellman | October 13th, 2025

Top: Bitsie Clark in October 2023, at her 92nd birthday celebration at Bregamos Community Theatre. Bottom: Playwright Steve Driffin and Clark in 2022, when Death By 1,000 Cuts went to the Whitney Center. Lucy Gellman File Photos.

History Honored At ConnCAT Jazz & Gospel Brunch

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ConnCAT  |  ConnCORP  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Jazz  |  Music  |  Newhallville  |  Science Park Lucy Gellman | September 16th, 2025

Dixwell Fest Closes Out Summer With Community

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | September 15th, 2025

"Three Degrees" & A New Artistic Language

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Painting  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Prince Davenport | August 28th, 2025

"Beholder" Is A Celebration Of Blackness & Beauty

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ConnCORP  |  Culture & Community  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | August 25th, 2025

Elm's "Midsummer" Brings The Bard To Bollywood

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Edgerton Park  |  Elm Shakespeare Company  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Magda Lena Griffel | August 21st, 2025

Elm Shakespeare Company Photo.

An Artist Unpacks Lives Lost To, Interrupted By Injustice

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  City Gallery  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock Taylor Ikehara | August 20th, 2025

Taylor Ikehara Photos.

Black Wall Street Blooms Into Year Four

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Wall Street Festival  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | August 18th, 2025