Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
Cover art by author Rohanna Ssanyu and graphic designer Jessy Montoya.
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Betsy Rubiner with reporter Nelani Mejias, who is an alum of the Arts Paper's Youth Arts Journalism Initiative. Contributed Photo.
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The Fair Haven Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library on a recent Thursday. Solé Scott Photos.
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Tracey Massey and Michael Goubourn. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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June, Amelia, Inessa, and Liza Alford. Abiba Biao Photos.
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City Librarian Maria Bernhey in July 2023, on day one of her tenure as city librarian. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Top: The caged ladybugs waiting to be released Bottom: Sun Holland receiving a ladybug. Abiba Biao Photos.
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De-circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books at the Institute Library. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Destination Moon by Karen Hammer. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Lauren Canalori's third grade class at L.W. Beecher with LaundroMax's Chris Walker. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Frank Mitchell, Fiona Vernal, and Camesha Scruggs (from left to right) discuss the impact of African American Connecticut Explored at the New Haven Museum on Thursday. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Danielle Chapman (right) and the Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson at Best Video Film & Cultural Center.
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A page from Vie Privée et Criminelle d'Antoine-François Derues. Kapp Singer Photos.
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Destiny White, Erin Michaud and Jeremy Thanes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nohra Bernal, a children's author, reads from "Que Viene El Lobo.” Elena Unger Photos.
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State Rep. Dominique Johnson. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir, which is next to her, is the most banned and challenged book of 2022. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Krystal Marquis and Margo Hendricks ("I'm a badge thief!" she joked of wearing author Nicole Jackson's badge during the presentation). Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nzima Hutchings reading Hampton's words. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The evening also included embodied practice. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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City Librarian Maria Bernhey. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Rapunzel Jonae Hill doing story time. Abiba Biao Photos.
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From left to right: Illustrator Jean Marie Sanchez, Mermaid Margo Jones, Tierra Soap Co. maker Addy Reyes Ramos, and the YMCA's Erin Kelly. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sandy Fores, Melba Flores, Melba Perez, and Regina Starolis. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Rubén Rodríguez Ferreira. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Third graders from L. W. Beecher Museum Magnet School of Arts and Sciences. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Readers Saturday. Miranda Jeyaretnam Photos.
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Author Rosamond White, reading from her book Home: Where Is Home? Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Judge Clifton Graves and composer Joel Thompson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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IL Executive Director Jan Swiatek and architect Joe Banks, who has long supported the IL and is also a former board member at the New Haven Preservation Trust. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and Reginald Dwayne Betts Tuesday night. Screenshot from YouTube.
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Isabel Chenoweth/SCSU Photos.
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From left to right: counselor Justin Short, Montre Gilliam, Dorian Francis, Emmanuel Alvarez, Karaj Barton, and NHSO operations director John Leibensperger. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The free library box installed at the Learning Corridor in Newhallville. Tupac Shakur's face is painted on box.
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Officer Angela Vey was making a new kind of house call. She leaned back on the couch and took in her surroundings. On her lap sat Ky, a six-year-old Maltese-Yorkie mix with big, wet eyes. Two girls in matching pajamas pressed into her sides. One of them played with the book on her lap.
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After years of planning, renovation, and funding from the Elm City Innovation Collaborative and City of New Haven, Ives Squared will open at the New Haven Free Public Library on June 27. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Kennya Adams-Martin and Camille Ansley at a "Cedar Hill Paint Party" earlier this year. It was there that they decorated the first little free library. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Diane Brown on her way to receive an "I Love My Librarian" award. Markeshia Ricks for the New Haven Independent.
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Wordmaster Tom Zingarelli hands out prizes to The Stellar Spellers, as well as several other recepients. Lucy Gellman photos.
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Before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, a wisp of a girl easing herself into a seat and refusing to budge when a white passenger demanded her place. Sitting her ground for the greater good.
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