Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

In Westville, Refugee Artists Shine A Light On Afghan Voices

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  CRIW  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Refugees Lucy Gellman | June 3rd, 2024

Artists Carve Out Space for Healing

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Immigration  |  New Haven  |  The Arts Council of Greater New Haven Kapp Singer | May 15th, 2024

Members of the "Reimagining Freedom" cohort. From left to right: Yaneth Aleman, Jeniffer Perez-Caraballo, Mary Cyriac, Vanesa Suarez, and Nika Zarazvand. Photos Kapp Singer.

"The Far Country" Comes To Co-Op

Arts & Culture  |  Co-Op High School  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Immigration  |  New Haven Schools  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | May 10th, 2024

David Shih, Joyce Meimei Zheng, Destyne Miller and Amy Boratko. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Arts & Ideas Takes Flight

Arts & Culture  |  Circus  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Music  |  Theater Markeshia Ricks | April 1st, 2024

Quiala talks about all things Arts & Ideas Festival 2024 at the kickoff reception. Markeshia Ricks Photos.

Protesters Call for Ceasefire at IRIS Run for Refugees

Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Immigration  |  Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)  |  Protest  |  Refugees Kapp Singer | February 12th, 2024

Protesters criticize U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro before IRIS's Run for Refugees 5K. Photos Kapp Singer.

Semilla Collective Centers Joy As Resistance

Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Immigration  |  Semilla Collective Lucy Gellman | November 22nd, 2023

Members of the Tapacamino Colectivo include Fernando Guadarrama, Gregorio Quiros, Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, Maria Puente, and Ik' Balam. Lucy Gellman Photos.

An Artist Writes His Way Forward

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  Visual Arts Sebastian Ward | September 8th, 2023

Barongozi last year at the Folk Fest he and Jisu Sheen mounted at Havenly. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

At IRIS, Summer Learning Embraces A Global Community

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Immigration  |  Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)  |  Refugees  |  Wilbur Cross High School Lucy Gellman | August 11th, 2023

Abdul Wahab. Lucy Gellman Photos.

“Women Do Not Turn Up Dead:” Three Dozen Demand Justice For Roya Mohammadi

Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  New Haven  |  West Haven Lucy Gellman | June 27th, 2023

Vanesa Suarez and Camila Güiza-Chavez. Lucy Gellman Photos.