Art banner shows unified and hopeful region

by Lisa Scails | Dec 2, 2020 | Cultural Alliance News, Influencers

Arts banner in Danbury shows the region unified and hopeful Paul Steinmetz |  November 9, 2020 Municipal and community leaders joined to support local arts with the unveiling of a new map that pictures the region as a quilt sewn together with words of hope and...

Call for Artists! Deadline October 9th ~ The Arts Are > Greater Than.

by Lisa Scails | Sep 26, 2020 | Cultural Alliance News, Influencers, Placemakers, support for the arts

Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut calling artists for online exhibit to demonstrate community resilience Paul Steinmetz | September 18, 2020 The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut is asking artists to contribute to an online show meant to uplift and show...

Forward into the Light

by Lisa Scails | Aug 6, 2020 | CT Office of the Arts, Influencers

Forward into the Light Call to Action   Lisa Scails  August 3, 2020 To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s constitutional right to vote, buildings and landmarks across the country will light up in purple and gold on August...

House Proposes Budget Increase to the NEA for FY 2021

by Lisa Scails | Jul 7, 2020 | Influencers

House Proposes Budget Increase to the NEA for FY 2021 Americans for the Arts Arts Action Fund  | July 7, 2020 Earlier today, the U.S House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee strongly rejected President Trump’s fourth consecutive annual budget request to...

‘Walking the walk’: Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut calls on artists to combat injustice

by Lisa Scails | Jun 16, 2020 | Cultural Alliance News, Influencers

‘Walking the walk’: Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut calls on artists to combat injustice Rob Ryser | June 11, 2020 Newstimes DANBURY — The western Connecticut arts sector was already struggling in a world turned upside down by the coronavirus...

Connecticut Poet Laureate, Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From The Academy of American Poets

by Lisa Scails | Jun 16, 2020 | Influencers

Margaret Gibson, Connecticut Poet Laureate, Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From The Academy of American Poets Margaret Gibson  June 11, 2020 The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Margaret Gibson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut, has been awarded a...