Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

On Juneteenth, Past & Present Meet On The Green

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  History  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 22nd, 2026

Juneteenth Flag Soars On The Green

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 1st, 2026

Juneteenth Taps Into The Village

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 23rd, 2025

Juneteenth Joy, As Hip Hop History Comes Alive

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Graffiti  |  Juneteenth  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2025

Juneteenth Flag Returns To The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 2nd, 2025

Juneteenth Coalition Makes Unity A Vibe

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Abiba Biao | June 19th, 2024

Shayla Streater, Amayah Smith, Nevaé Brightly, Lilah Jackson and Santana Brightly. Abiba Biao Photos.

At ConnCORP Juneteenth, It's All In The Family

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  ConnCORP  |  Culture & Community  |  Hamden  |  Juneteenth  |  WNHH  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jayla Anderson | June 21st, 2023

ConnCORP's Juneteenth & 5 Year Anniversary Committee. Jayla Anderson Photos.

Hip Hop Conference Finds Community In Music History

History  |  Juneteenth  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  hip hop Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2023

Dancer Reina Pelle. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Youth March Rings In Juneteenth With Dancing

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Juneteenth  |  Music  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 19th, 2023

The Village Drill Team & Drum Corps, helmed by Tayvon Berryman. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Juneteenth Flag Soars To New Heights On The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 6th, 2023

At The Liberation Table, Dinner And Dialogue Sound Like Freedom

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Downtown  |  Juneteenth  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Abiba Biao | June 28th, 2022

Participants at the Liberation Table. Abiba Biao Photos.

Juneteenth Coalition Starts A Conversation

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Citywide Youth Coalition  |  Dixwell  |  Downtown  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth Lucy Gellman & Danielle Campbell | June 22nd, 2022

Juneteenth Flag Flies High On The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Elicker Administration  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2022

On Juneteenth, A Newhallville Champion Receives Her Due

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth  |  Newhallville Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2022

Virtual Juneteenth Keeps The Tradition

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Citywide Youth Coalition  |  Ice The Beef  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth Liney Kindler | June 22nd, 2021

Screenshot from ceremony.

Love Reigns At Black Gay Pride

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Culture & Community  |  Drag  |  Goffe Street Park  |  Juneteenth  |  LGBTQ  |  Pride Month  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | June 21st, 2021

Students Bring Juneteenth To Whalley Avenue

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Education & Youth  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven Schools Lucy Gellman | June 21st, 2021

Young artist Dominic Brown with SEJ member Vy Tran. Longtime SEJ member Marquise McCullough is in the background. He graduated from Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School last year. Lucy Gellman Photos.

New Haven Voices Open Arts & Ideas

COVID-19  |  Downtown  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth  |  Music Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2021

Kennedy of the Kennedy Administration. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Our 2020 Top Ten

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Artspace New Haven  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  CTCore  |  Citywide Youth Coalition  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Juneteenth  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Music  |  Paul Bryant Hudson  |  Public Health  |  Public art  |  Sculpture  |  Visual Arts  |  chad browne-springer Lucy Gellman | December 26th, 2020

A Call To History, And Its Soundtrack

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Juneteenth  |  Music Lucy Gellman | June 23rd, 2020

A Juneteenth Reminder: Protect Your Joy

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Education & Youth  |  Juneteenth Rachel Ababio | June 22nd, 2020

On Juneteenth, Black Womxn Call In The Ancestors

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  CTCore  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Goffe Street Armory  |  Hanifa Washington  |  Juneteenth  |  One Village Healing  |  Raven Blake  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Arturo Pineda | June 20th, 2020

Hundreds March To The Beat Of Liberation

Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  COVID-19  |  Juneteenth Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2020

Juneteenth Honors The Elders, Invites In The Youth

Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Juneteenth  |  Music Lucy Gellman | June 24th, 2019

Mrs. Frazier Gets Her Due

Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Downtown  |  Juneteenth  |  New Haven  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | June 18th, 2018

Mrs. Jeffie Frazier: "We are so powerful—we’re just not together. Please come together. That’s a blessing for me if you would.”