Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
David Chevan, surrounded by musicians. Members who performed Thursday included Chevan on bass; Hedda Rubenstein on flute and vocals; Dalton King on alto sax; Mark Kaplan on tenor sax; Noah Schwartz on clarinet; Isaiah Cooper on trombone; Anna Reisman and Cary Jacobs on flute; Eli Jackson, Steve Jacobs, and Tova Dreyfus on violin, and Eric Wolfe on trumpet. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Hill champion Ann Boyd with members of her family. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Rev. Bonita Grubbs speaking at a vigil for the Diyanet Mosque in 2019, after alleged arson destroyed part of the building during Ramadan. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Dr. Pamela Monk Kelley, Fred Harris, Sophie Edelstein, Lorena Mitchell and Myles Riley. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The family of community activist and former Hill Parents Association President Fred Harris poses for a portrait together in honor of the 40 years he has been serving the Hill Neighborhood. The International Festival of Arts & Ideas held its celebration of the Hill neighborhood last Saturday. Alisha Martindale Photos.
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Zulay Rodriguez at the Wilson Branch Library. Photos Lisa Reisman.
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Jamiah Green Photos. The words crawl in every direction across the figure’s coffee-colored skin, marking her arms and exposed torso in neat black lettering. It’s not a big deal, reads a phrase that stretches up her shoulder. You are the kind of woman your father would have thrown away, state three lines of text by her right breast, hovering just over the nipple. Which lifetime hurt you so bad? asks a sentence on her left arm.
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Sylvia Rifkin and Isidor "Izzy" Juda at the Towers in 2021. Lucy Gellman Photos. The last photo in the story is from Lisa Reisman, courtesy of the New Haven Independent.
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Stewart at Tuesday's dinner. She had high praise for the program, which will begin its second cycle in October. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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State Treasurer Erick Russell receives the Visionary Award. Kiomi Rincon Photos.
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Sun Queen and her goddaughter, Ka'meya Ingram. Ingram's sweatshirt is part of Sun Queen's "Black Girls Are Sunshine" brand. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Owner Hazel Lebron during Saturday's grand opening. Corey Schmidt Photos.
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Lyrical Faith during the performance. “When everything goes into flames, everybody looks to the artists," she said. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Anaily Amaro learning about Bomba for the first time. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tavares Bussey: “When I tell you, I am excited to get up in the morning and come to work, because I get to have a hands-on impact on the thing that gets them [students] up in the morning. That makes them want to be creative." Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Lynn Peterson, Kate Sutter and Rivkins Christopher, who are members of of SYREN Modern Dance. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sylvia Rifkin and Isidor "Izzy" Juda. Both are 100 years old. Lucy Gellman Photos
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Tracey Massey in her upstairs studio. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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10-year-old Emanuel Diaz, who came out to paint last Saturday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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James performing at the Hill Neighborhood Festival as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.
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Nazir Grayson, a junior site garden managers, works cleaning out a hive box that will be installed as part of a hive sponsorship
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"In Africa, we dance for nothing!" Joseph Kazadi exclaimed at one point in the show, ushering in dancing to Shakira's "Waka Waka." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Pamela Monk Kelley: "We need to learn more about our history.” Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Jazz legend Jesse Hameen II with some of the summer fellows. Site Projects Photo.
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