5 Lessons All Artists Can Learn from Neighborhood Studios
Neighborhood Studios, the six-week summer apprenticeship for emerging artists in the Greater Hartford area, kicked off this week with a panel of teachers sharin...
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Q&A: Fiber Art Demystified
Last night we held an opening reception for our current exhibit, “Jazz Tones,” featuring ornate works of fiber art from the Connecticut Fiber...
Everything You Need To Do In Hartford By July 1st
Wednesdays get a lot of flack. Between the start of the week and one-too-many days before the weekend, there’s not a whole lot of mid-week love to go arou...
How The Arts = Happiness
Step inside any art museum, say MoMA or the Wadsworth, and the regions of your brain associated with pleasure, memory, emotion, and vision immediately light up ...
The 10 Best Tweets from the Americans for the Arts Convention
Last weekend marked the annual Americans for the Arts Convention and if you’re like me, you obsessively followed the #AFTACON hashtag on Twitter to read t...
Living in the Moment with Art Therapy
“Art was intimidating for me,” says Pamela Atwood, Director of Dementia Care Services at Hebrew Health Care, “I was always told I couldn’...
Art Therapy for Unlocking Memories
From drawing to performing, the arts have the potential to stimulate cognitive functioning and inspire creativity. This holds especially true for people ...