Arts Innovation Day Recap: Why the Comfort Zone is Not the End Zone
by Amanda Young, Wadsworth Atheneum “I specialize in taking people outside of their comfort zone…only to show them how powerful they can be when they get there....
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Arts Innovation Day Recap
“You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.” A quote attributed to Albert Einstein that could...
Neighborhood Studios Part 6: Performing
This post is the sixth in our Neighborhood Studios blog series to share the journeys of seven people who have participated in Neighborhood Studios, the Greater ...
Neighborhood Studios Part 5: Truth
This post is the fifth in our Neighborhood Studios blog series to share the journeys of seven people who have participated in Neighborhood Studios, the Greater ...
Neighborhood Studios Part 4: Perspective
This post is the fourth in our Neighborhood Studios blog series to share the journeys of seven people who have participated in Neighborhood Studios, the Greater...
Neighborhood Studios Part 3: Self-Expression, Self-Reflection
This post is the third in our Neighborhood Studios blog series to share the journeys of seven people who have participated in Neighborhood Studios, the Greater ...
Neighborhood Studios Part 2: Independence
This post is the second in our Neighborhood Studios blog series to share the journeys of seven people who have participated in Neighborhood Studios, the Greater...
Neighborhood Studios Part 1: Knowledge
Neighborhood Studios is a journey through the arts and beyond. The experience you have and the people you meet have a lasting impact. As one apprentice told us,...
Making Moves with Breakdancing Shakespeare
That’s right. Breakdancing and Shakespeare. B-Boys and the Bard. It was a summer of breaking, beatboxing, and soliloquies for a group of 16 teens. They spent ho...
Stories from the Mark Twain House
There are so many ways you can share your story. It can be poetic. It can be humorous, heartbreaking or horrific. You can reveal it in a letter, write a book, s...