One-on-One with Executive Director Dayna Snell
1. How did you become involved with Queen Anne Nzinga Center? I began working at my full time job at DCF in 1988. I was new to the department and part o...
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Art Around Town: Young@Art CT
Open mic nights, poetry slams, fine art studios for teens. This all exists at Young @ Art CT in downtown Manchester. Y@A CT provides a space for teens to congre...
Art Around Town: Farmington Valley Art Center
I recently found a little piece of Vermont right here in Greater Hartford. I paid a visit to the Farmington Valley Arts Center (FVAC), a community art center an...
Art Around Town: Southington Community Cultural Arts
Vacant buildings can spark creativity. That’s exactly what happened in Southington after town offices moved to a new municipal center and the Town Hall an...
Art Around Town: Windsor Art Center
I’m discovering something. Community Art Centers are tucked into some of the most interesting buildings. This has been the case for each art center I’ve written...
Art Around Town: Art Connection Studio
Innovation is all around us. Sometimes you can unexpectedly find it in old typewriter factories. Formerly the Underwood Computing Machine Factory, 56 Arbor Stre...
The Gift of Giving Tuesday
Remember being a kid? Remember when the holidays seemed, like, a million years away? And when you’re all grown up all of a sudden it’s BAM. TheyR...
Funding to 'Drive' Arts Innovation
Over the last two years I’ve been analyzing the Arts Council’s overall investment strategy and considering ways our organization can provide the most meaningful...
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...
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 ...