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.
Justin Farmer on West Rock Avenue last week. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Members of Singing Resistance New Haven. Claire Armstrong Photos.
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Maxim Schmidt, an artist and curator, with the beginnings of his sign. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sha McAllister. “New Haven is good soil,” she said. “It shows the richness of its talent, creativity, and art in its people.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nelani Mejias at the New Haven People's Center. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Sun Queen and her goddaughter, Ka'meya Ingram, at a Black History Month open mic at the Hill Museum of Arts in February 2023. Ingram's sweatshirt is part of Sun Queen's "Black Girls Are Sunshine" brand. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez. Mason Angkapatyakit Photos.
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Skylar Dunn and Lucy Gardner in "The Feminist Theatre Project." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Adriane Jefferson: "The work we have done together will continue on, and I will always carry this city’s spirit with me. This is not a goodbye—it is a celebration of all we have accomplished and all that is still to come." Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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CWYC's Alyssa-Marie Cajigas, Addys Castillo, and Ta’LannaMonique “TMo” Lawson-Dickerson. SUBLIME by CLo Photos.
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Tony Kosloski's "Equation of Death" at 51 Chestnut St. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Kiana Flores on Election Day, outside of the Ward 1 polling place. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Brennan at Café Flora at BLOOM. "Investing in the arts in schools needs to be something of a priority," he said. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Photo courtesy of Kristina Wong.
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Divider of ocean facts and messages created by NHCM members. Adrian Huq Photos.
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Shafiq Abdussabur, Salwa Abdussabur, Brianna Williams and Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Erycka Ortiz and Alyssa-Marie Cajigas Rivera Ortiz. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Inside the Black and Brown Power Center on Chapel Street, Evan Fritz could see a new attendee coming toward the door. From where he stood inside the room, he scrambled over to the entrance, grabbing a chair as he ushered him into the space.
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Rafael Feliciano-Roman. Screenshot from Connecticut General Assembly YouTube.
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Tom Goldenberg at his home in New Haven's East Rock neighborhood. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Thabisa at Westville's 2021 Artwalk. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Inez Alvarez and Lorrice Grant on Tuesday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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“The argument now is like, human rights are debatable. I just don’t think that’s the case," Biao said. Lucy Gellman.
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U.S. Attorney Vanessa Avery. In the background, from left to right, are Director of Youth Services Ala Ochumare, Deputy Director Juancarlos Soto, and Marketing and Development Manager Laura Boccadoro. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Shamar Sheppard, Erin Trimble, Marlo Rose Johnson, Barbara Vereen, Alaysha Clark, Babz Rawls-Ivy, and Avery Roberson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Greater New Haven NAACP President Dori Dumas, Professor Gary Ford, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, and Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The URU The Right to Be Inc. banner hangs outside of the New Haven Fire Department's (NHFD) Grand Avenue headquarters and reads "As a leader in your community, your friends and family believe what you say and follow your example." Arturo Pineda Photos.
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A student dressed as a ballot box marches down Audubon Street as part of ATLAS's Get Out The Vote Puppet Parade. Arturo Pineda Photos.
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Addys Castillo performs a traditional dance with Movimento Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC) to close out the voter rally.
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Alexis Robbins stands alone in the white-walled studio, feet spread apart. A window is propped open behind her, exposing the velvet blue of night. She places her right hand to her chest, fingers fanned out as far as they’ll go. She steps forward, an offering. Arms extend. They look as though they are holding a precious and delicate weight.
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Monte Frank has a routine when he gets into work, or hops on his bike and fastens his helmet for a long ride. He flips through his playlists—there are several—chooses one, and hits shuffle. A little Miles Davis coasts over his headphones. Then some Muddy Waters, B.B. King. The list shuffles forward to the Grateful Dead, then spits out country, Americana, and a little old-school rock.
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A week out from Connecticut’s Nov. 6 election, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Ned Lamont is reaching into the fond recesses of his memory—not for data or talking points on the state's pension crisis and solutions for statewide debt, but for several well-loved songs that help him relax on the campaign trail.
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Screenshot from Facebook. This is the third piece on the role of arts—rhetoric, photography, film, and media—on the gubernatorial campaign trail. For the previous pieces, click here, here and here. Joe Ganim is standing on a table or stage—you can't quite tell which—in the dusky yellow light of an old building. The ceiling above him is tile, studded with low lights. He’s looking up and out into a crowd, eyes fixed on some point in the distance. Symphonic strings build under him.
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Lucy Gellman Photos. More state funding to their nonprofit organizations. Assurances that creative school programs won’t be cut. Better partnerships between organizations who do community-oriented work. A commitment to changing the line item funding formula so money gets spread a little more evenly.
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Ned Lamont and David Stemerman at Tuesday's forum. Tim Herbst is pictured in the background. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Lamont at ConnCAT: Sometimes it's ok to be a black sheep. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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More public concerts on city greens. New arts funding in urban school districts. A cut to state line item funding to benefit smaller museums that really need the money.
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Amie Mulungula. His hero, Jay Kemp, is pictured behind him. Karen Marks Photo.
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Katie Heinlein: “Each piece had a place...gun control should be more like that." Karen Marks Photos.
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State Rep. Robyn Porter was one in a packed lineup of speakers to speak at a #SaveSCOTUS rally Tuesday evening. She challenged those at the rally not just to call their legislators, but to reach out to family members and friends in other states and urge them to call their legislators as well. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ash Cruz, who is a published poet, works through what he would depict if he'd been at Stonewall in 1969. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Gladys Mwilelo: “Tearing families apart is like switching off a light on someone who is looking for direction at night." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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"In Africa, we dance for nothing!" Joseph Kazadi exclaimed at one point in the show, ushering in dancing to Shakira's "Waka Waka." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nelson Pinos and Hector Paul Flores Sunday night. “It’s part of who we are, and part of our ethos," said Flores at the event. "We’re not activists, we’re not organizers. We’re musicians, so we want to amplify the work of those at the grassroots when we can.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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"I’d want women to know that they’re not alone," said panelist Keesa Figgs Desilva in an interview before the panel. During the panel, she added: "Let's bring these women home." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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On Feb. 27, Durbin and other museum advocates from across the country stormed the Hill to talk to legislators about museum funding. Here's why. Photos courtesy Amy Durbin.
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The 28 pairs of eyes don’t have a starting point.Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Terrence Riggins as Kenyatta Shakur and Tamika Pettway as Nina in Sunset Baby. The show runs Feb. 22, 23 and 25, March 1-3 and 8-11 at Collective Consciousness Theatre. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Fatima Rojas' portrait of her daughter on a family hike. "It represents the life, the struggle, the maternity of some of us," she said of the exhibition. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Maafa: Ghosts of the Atlantic II , 48 x 36 in. Acrylic/mixed media on canvas. Photo courtesy WCGMF.
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Earlier this week, we watched as a once-heralded artistic director was accused of sexual misconduct and swiftly fired from his organization. We watched as a champion of gender equity and fact-finding missions took charge, calculating the organization’s next steps and guiding it through an opening night performance and continued community programming.
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Tracy Carter: “I’m here because women rock, I’m here for women’s rights.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Artist Ana Henriques, with members Shirley Louise-May, Catherine Bailey, and Ann Wiley in the background. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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John Keefer's "Airstrike" installed at Giampietro Gallery. Stephen Urchick Photo.
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Nelson Pinos and Jesus Morales Sanchez at the event Thursday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The winners at the ceremony. Art Perlo Photo.
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Soto advocates for Yale University to become a sanctuary campus at a protest last year. Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent.
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Francesca Fernandez McKenzie and James Udom in the foreground, Sohina Sidhu behind them. Setariki Wainiqolo, Curtis Williams and Sean Boyce Johnson are in the background. T. Charles Erickson Photo.
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Soto advocates for Yale University to become a sanctuary campus at a protest last year. Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent.
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The candidates in place. Christopher Peak for the New Haven Independent.
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