Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

NEA Cuts Hit New Haven Hard

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts For Learning CT  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Music Haven  |  Yale Rep Theatre  |  Yale University  |  Yale University Art Gallery Lucy Gellman | May 7th, 2025

Top: Anne Cubberly's Giant Puppets at the 2024 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which lost $65,000 of NEA grant funding. Bottom: Young cellist Amiel "AJ" Johnson, a sixth grader at Nathan Hale School and a student at Music Haven. Lucy Gellman File Photos.

The Bitsie Fund Announces 2025 Grants

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Frances "Bitsie" Clark The Bitsie Clark Fund for Artists | May 7th, 2025

Frances "Bitsie" Clark, who turned 93 on Oct. 30 of last year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

W.E.B. Launches Inaugural Neighborhood Festival

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Community Gardens  |  Culture & Community  |  Goffe Street Armory  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | May 6th, 2025

Patricia Bellamy-Mathis. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Fair Haven Day Shines On In Third Year

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Fair Haven School  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas Lucy Gellman | May 5th, 2025

In Budget Hearing, Teachers Give A Master Class On Schools Funding

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Education  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Board Of Education  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Politics Lucy Gellman | May 2nd, 2025

Seeing Sounds Brings The Jam To NMS

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program Nelani Mejias | April 30th, 2025

Nelani Mejias Photos.

Salt & Pepper Gospel Singers Celebrate 40 Years

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Music  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | April 29th, 2025

With New Apprenticeship, Havenly Shifts The Childcare Discussion

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Havenly Lucy Gellman | April 25th, 2025

HSC Students Bring Puerto Rican History To Life

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  High School in the Community  |  Public art Lucy Gellman | April 21st, 2025

Juniors Jonaily Colón and Japhet Gonzalez. Lucy Gellman Photos.