Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Artists Rally For Esdrás, As An Image Of A Young Musician Emerges

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Crafters of Color New Haven  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  Possible Futures Lucy Gellman | August 4th, 2025

Works-In-Progress Showing Reveals The History & The Magic Of Tap

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ArtsWest CT  |  Dance  |  Music Back Then Performance Theatre  |  West Haven Jayla Anderson | July 31st, 2025

Vocalist Aster Rhys, Maria Clara Laet, Christie Echols, Alexis Robbins, Megan Gessner. Jayla Anderson Photos.

"The Interview" Captures The Absurdity Of The Job Hunt

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Theater  |  Yale Summer Cabaret  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Olivia Tapia Ko | July 29th, 2025

Rethabile Headbush as Noluthando Princess Vavi / #587, Thando Mangcu as Dimakatso Leraba / #723. Richard Lee Photo.

Peabody Storytime Brings Black New Haven Voices Into Focus

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Yale Peabody Museum  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Natalie Clorio | July 27th, 2025

Natalie Clorio Photos.

Fueled By The Sun: How One Poet Turned Loss Into Lyricism

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  Creative Writing  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Politics  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Mya DeBerry | July 18th, 2025

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.

Parallel Play Makes Protest Feel Possible

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Politics  |  Possible Futures  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Mason Angkapatyakit | July 16th, 2025

Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez. Mason Angkapatyakit Photos.

In "Reverence," A History Of Hometown Heroes

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Dixwell  |  History  |  NXTHVN  |  Painting  |  Photography  |  Visual Arts Abiba Biao | July 3rd, 2025

Caribbean Fest Honors The Past, Lifts The Present

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Caribbean  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Caribbean Heritage Festival  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | July 1st, 2025

With "In Our Hands," A Curator Makes Room for Expression

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ConnCORP  |  Hamden  |  Visual Arts Emiliano Cáceres Manzano | July 1st, 2025

Preservation; Safekeeping. Emiliano Cáceres Manzano Photo.