Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

City's Second Poet Laureate Has A Vision For Youth

Arts & Culture  |  ConnCAT  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Abiba Biao | October 9th, 2025

City Boycotts Avelo; PRU Cuts Ties With Avelo As Sponsor

Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Immigration  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | August 1st, 2025

"This Is Our New Home:" Camryn's Corner At Last Unveiled

Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Elicker Administration  |  New Haven Board of Alders  |  Newhallville Lucy Gellman | July 2nd, 2025

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.

City Arts Director Tapped To Lead Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Politics Lucy Gellman | February 3rd, 2025

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.

A Year As Poet Laureate

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | December 20th, 2024

Sharmont "Influence" Little performs with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in Nov. 2024. Photo by Matt Fried, courtesy of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Meet New Haven's New City Historian

Arts & Culture  |  Beinecke Library  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  History Lucy Gellman | July 5th, 2024

Morand outside of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Lucy Gellman.

After Four Years, New Haven Unveils Its Columbus Replacement

Arts & Culture  |  Elicker Administration  |  Immigration  |  Public art  |  Wooster Square Kapp Singer | June 10th, 2024

Marc-Anthony Massaro (front) and Mike Luzzi (back) reveal Indicando la Via al Futuro (Pointing the Way to the Future). Photos Kapp Singer.

Elm City Names Its Inaugural Poet Laureate

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Kulturally Lit Lucy Gellman | September 12th, 2023