Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

A New Haven Poet Gives Voice To Henrietta Lacks

Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Public Health  |  Public art Lucy Gellman | October 22nd, 2021

Reginald Dwayne Betts Named 2021 MacArthur Fellow

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  Poetry Lucy Gellman | September 28th, 2021

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Photo.

"We Are Definitely In A State Of Emergency"

Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  Downtown  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | September 9th, 2021

The poet Sun Queen sits on the steps of City Hall, dressed in white with pops of yellow at her crown and feet. The pages, drawn in electric blue lettering, flap in the wind. She begins to flip through them, revealing a deconstructed poem that is also a prayer.

In Year Four, Black And Brown Queer Camp Centers Self-Care

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Citywide Youth Coalition  |  Education & Youth  |  LGBTQ  |  New Haven Pride Center Lucy Gellman | July 7th, 2021

Adrian Huq (in foreground) and Jaeana Bethea. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Black Lives Matter Awards Its First Two Scholarships

Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Culture & Community  |  James Hillhouse High School  |  Mutual aid  |  Newhallville Lucy Gellman | July 5th, 2021

Two "Five Star" Murals Take Shape In Hill

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  CT Murals  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Public art  |  The Hill  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | June 17th, 2021

10-year-old Emanuel Diaz, who came out to paint last Saturday. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Activists, Parent Advocates Decry Principal's Use Of The N-Word

Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Education  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Board Of Education Lucy Gellman | June 16th, 2021

ESUMS teacher Kirsten Hopes-McFadden (in the blue) and Nijija-Ife Waters at Tuesday's gathering. Lucy Gellman Photos. 

Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental Keeps The Beat

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Dance  |  Musicians  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Alma Mendoza | May 25th, 2021

At Artspace, Du Bois' Data Portraits Drive Black History Home

Arts & Culture  |  Artspace New Haven  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Downtown  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | May 12th, 2021