Celebrate Culture: Fall Aetna Arts Week 2012
Fall into Aetna Arts Week: November 11-17! From the music you play on your iPod when you’re at the gym or in the car to the picturesque foliage autumn in New En...
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The Sexy and Inspiring Venus in Fur at TheaterWorks
After eating my lunch, I love to stroll through downtown Hartford to refocus and reorganize my thoughts so I can tackle the rest of the afternoon in stride. Per...
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's Beloved ARTini
Have you ever wondered how the art that surrounds you actually came to exist? I know I walk by the paintings behind my desk so frequently that I simply don’t st...
Congratulations to The Mark Twain House & Museum: Still Revolutionary
The Connecticut public has spoken (and affirmed themselves as mustache aficionados). Earlier today (Aug 23, 2012), Governor Malloy announced that The Mark Twain...
The Spectacle and Magic of Breakdancing Shakespeare
William Shakespeare—two seemingly innocent names when strung together represent the bane of many high schoolers English careers. From the iambic pentameter to t...
Spotlight On: Snap! Photography
Ten Neighborhood Studios apprentices from all over the Greater Hartford area came together this summer for the Snap! Photography program hosted by the Amistad C...
Spotlight On: Artists Collective's Youth Jazz Orchestra & Performing Dance Ensemble
For six weeks this summer, twenty apprentices are enrolled in the Artists Collective’s two Neighborhood Studios programs: Youth Jazz Orchestra and Performing Da...
Spotlight On: Real Art Ways' Eye On Video
For the past three weeks, ten Apprentices have immersed themselves in the world of film while working at Real Art Ways in the Neighborhood Studios Eye On Video ...
Spotlight On: Hartford Stage's Breakdancing Shakespeare
Hello Arts Council blog readers! To kick things off, let me introduce myself. I’m Gina, a sophomore at the University of Connecticut and this is my fourth year ...
Spotlight On: Neighborhood Studios
This week officially kicks-off the Arts Council’s Neighborhood Studios, a six-week arts education apprenticeship program, for 2012! For the next 5 weeks, we wil...