Funding Vibrant Communities: Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Grants 2013
We recently announced the recipients of our Neighborhood Arts and Heritage grants—grants that provide funding for projects and programs throughout our 34-town s...
Category: Grantees
Defining Cultural Vibrancy in the Greater Hartford Community
I’m a guy who likes to keep his ear to the ground about all things culture in Greater Hartford. From exhibits to plays, I’m on a constant bustle to explore and ...
Spotlight On: The Mark Twain House & Museum’s Write to the Point!
Somehow we have already arrived at the halfway mark for Neighborhood Studios (and summer!) and with three weeks to go we visit our third studio partner, The Mar...
Spotlight On: Amistad Center for Art & Culture’s Snap! Photography
After swinging through Hartford Stage last week, next we travel just a few blocks away to The Amistad Center for Art & Culture’s Snap! Photography program. ...
Spotlight On: Hartford Stage’s Breakdancing Shakespeare
With all five Neighborhood Studios well underway, it’s time to drop in and take a closer look at each of our partners. First up, Hartford Stage returns to the G...
Spotlight On: Neighborhood Studios 2013
Besides fireworks and barbeques, the first week of July also kicks off the beginning of the Arts Council’s Neighborhood Studios, a six-week arts education appre...
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...
Writing and Imagination
Perusing the mighty universe of the internet one evening, I stumbled across a parody music video of the popular (and amazing) HBO show Game of Thrones. If you h...
The Story of Hartford Prints!
If you haven’t heard of Hartford Prints! before, well, you should. On its face, it’s a small paper goods shop and studio on Arbor Street in Hartford run by the ...
Why We Love Aetna Arts Week
Today kicks off one of our favorite arts events: Aetna Arts Week, a week-long celebration of arts, heritage and culture in and around the capital city. Each yea...