News & Updates
2018 Business Supports the Arts Awards Breakfast October 11th
The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut will celebrate arts from around the region at the 12th annual awards breakfast on Oct. 11 at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury. The Business Supports the Arts Award goes to Makery Coworking on Bank Street in New Milford. The Makery Coworking began as a …
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Open House & Member Sale: Brookfield Craft Center
On October 13, 2018 from 12-5 pm, art enthusiasts can visit northwestern Connecticut’s historic Brookfield Craft Center (BCC). Explore over a dozen fine crafts and meet artists on the faculty.
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THE CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS AWARDS OVER $1 MILLION IN GRANTS STATEWIDE
We are still accepting applications to the Access category of the Arts Learning grant program. Arts Learning: Access grants provide funding, from $500 up $1,000, for exposure to the arts through field trips, school or classroom visits, performance(s), and/or lecture demonstrations by artists or artist groups or arts venues.
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It Takes a Village
I have always been happy with my decision to transplant my family from New York to raise my son’s in Danbury, Connecticut. I have enjoyed relationships with many local organizations over the years.
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Ridgefield Writers Conference Aims to Inspire Through Artistry and Craft
Amid today’s publishing pressures and challenges, what are the writer’s best sources of inspiration, and how can they rekindle their imagination when inspiration wanes? The fall 2018 Ridgefield Writers Conference explores these and other tough questions through the author/editor relationship.
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Art and Culture Matters
While candidates spend lots of time talking about jobs, the economy, and education, they rarely talk about arts and culture as part of their vision.
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Good to Great grant program funding for Capital Projects
The Good to Great grant program provides funding for Capital Projects that link art, history and tourism in ways that enhance the visitors’ experience of a cultural venue and/or historic site.
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Sherman Chamber Ensemble Shares The Heart and Soul of Beethoven Two Way
The Sherman Chamber Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Eliot Bailen, will present the second concert of its Summer Masterpiece Series – featuring works by Ludwig von Beethoven, Shulamit Ran and Franz Joseph Hayden.
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Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Appoints Cybele Maylone as Executive Director
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Appoints Cybele Maylone Executive Director Art News by Claire Selvin | July 10, 2018 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, named Cybele Maylone, previously the executive director of...
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Clay Handbuilding
Villiage Center for the Arts Clay Handbuilding Art News by Rbaldwin | July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018, 3 Sessions, Tuesday, July 10, 17, 24 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM It’s summer, time to give yourself a gift of unplugging, creating and building with your...
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READI Music Conference
READI Music Conference Art News by RBaldwin | June 29, 2018 We are very excited about the upcoming R.E.A.D.I Music Conference that will take place on July 28! At 10 am, our first blast promoting the event is scheduled to go out. Please check out...
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To Mexico & Back
Brookfield Craft Center to host art exhibition: To Mexico & Back: Alison Palmer’s Paper and Clay Art News by RBaldwin | June 22, 2018 June 22,- Brookfield Craft Center is pleased to present a unique exhibit of clay and papier-mache works by...
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