Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

At City Hall, Artists Bring Attention To Mental Health Awareness Month

Arts & Culture  |  Elicker Administration  |  Public Health  |  Visual Arts Mya DeBerry | May 27th, 2025

Lynda Stannard’s painting “Lids Closed." Lucy Gellman Photos; all work by ArtShip artists.

Student Photographers Shift Their Focus

Arts & Culture  |  Education & Youth  |  Photography  |  Visual Arts  |  Yale Center For British Art  |  Yale Schwarzman Center  |  Yale University Grayce Howe | May 22nd, 2025

Grayce Howe Photos.

"Art Is Our Bread & Butter," As Two Businesses Put Down Westville Roots

Arts & Culture  |  Crafts  |  Culinary Arts  |  Economic Development  |  Visual Arts  |  Westville  |  Westville Renaissance Arts (WRVA) Lucy Gellman | May 21st, 2025

Library Launches Card Design Contest

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Graphic Design  |  New Haven Academy  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Visual Arts Mya DeBerry | May 13th, 2025

Yale Exhibition Showcases Beauty Through Disability

Arts & Culture  |  CT Student Journalism Collaborative  |  Disability justice  |  Visual Arts  |  Yale University Jay’Mi Vazquez | April 24th, 2025

Zine Workshop Centers Poetry, Power & Potential Of The Page

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Southern Connecticut State University  |  Visual Arts  |  Zines Nelani Mejias | April 22nd, 2025

In "Embroidery Art," Refugee Artists Weave A Story Of Resilience

Arts & Culture  |  Crafts  |  Culture & Community  |  Palestine Museum U.S.  |  Sewing  |  Visual Arts  |  Woodbridge Lucy Gellman | April 9th, 2025

Top: Ruba Al Behery (sketch by Amal Abu Hussain), "Palestinian henna party حفلة الحنة الفلسطينية". Bottom: A traditional Palestinian embroidery sampler woven by Nawal Ibrahim Al-Ahmad (on blue background) and a "Hellenistic Rooster" inspired by the Marisa Tomb Paintings and embroidered by Alia Abu-Rabia. Lucy Gellman Photos; all art by refugee artists in the Palestinian History Tapestry Project.

Ely Center Celebrates Ten—And Tin—In New Show

Arts & Culture  |  Ely Center of Contemporary Art  |  Visual Arts Grayce Howe | April 7th, 2025

Grayce Howe Photos.

With Tiles & Tin Can Luminaries, ECoCA Rings In A Decade

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Ely Center of Contemporary Art  |  Sculpture  |  Visual Arts  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Ruby Szekeres | March 31st, 2025