One-on-One with Sustainable Artist Anita Balkun
Recycled art is a pretty big deal in Hartford. A few months ago, we featured recyclable clothing designed by Trashion Fashion at ARTini, and back in December th...
Category: Art Everywhere
The 14 Best Tweets from the 2014 Grantmakers in the Arts conference
I had the great opportunity of attending the 2014 Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) conference in Houston during the first half of this week. GIA provides leadershi...
What Does Art Mean to You?
It’s an interesting question, open to a lot of interpretation. What does art mean to you? Art is, in itself, subjective. So in an effort to encourage mo...
2014 Featured Musician: Kate Callahan
Sometimes thank you just isn’t enough. Every year as a gift for donors who contribute $100 or more to our United Arts campaign, we commission local musician(s) ...
The Story of PARK(ing) Day
Like all great stories, this one starts with a great idea. But not my idea—Liz’s idea. She came across PARK(ing) Day and thought it would be a cool projec...
Feel Your ART Beat—Aetna Arts Week: May 19-25
It’s time to get your ART beating again throughout Greater Hartford! Aetna Arts Week, a week-long celebration of the arts in and around downtown Hartford, kicks...
Take pART: United Arts 2013
Each year the Greater Hartford Arts Council runs a “United Arts” campaign—donors can make one gift that supports our entire arts, heritage and cultu...
Letterpress 101
This week wraps up our 2013 Pick Your Print contest, and by next Wednesday we’ll have a winning concept ready to be turned into a piece of letterpress art...
"Supposing is Good, But Finding Out is Better"
ARE YOU #TEAMTWAIN? There’s only one week left to decide the design of our 2013 United Arts Print for our Pick Your Print campaign, but there’s stil...
Who Says a Dinosaur Can't Live in a City?
ARE YOU #TEAMSTEGO? Our Pick Your Print poll to decide the design for this year’s United Arts print is really heating up! To add some fire to the already ...