News & Opportunities
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Professional Alliance for Curators of Color
The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Foundation announced the Professional Alliance for Curators of Color (PACC), an initiative designed to support curators of color around the globe, has opened applications for its third edition.
Thrown Stone Awarded NEA Grant For “Invitation To The Conversation”
Thrown Stone launches its Invitation to the Conversation program.
All About the CT Communities Challenge Grant
CMSC Webinar: All About the CT Communities Challenge Grant, CT Main Street Center MARCH 30 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM
A Greek Celebration at Western CT State University
he tastes, sounds and art of Greece come to Western Connecticut State University on Tuesday, March 28, for the Macricostas Greek Celebration. The special evening of Greek culture is free and open to the public and will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in WCSU’s Higgins Hall Lobby, Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Advance registration is required.
Muse Squad Teams With Learning Streams
Homeschoolers have a new creative writing course! Muse Squad, a creative writing program just for kids, unites with Learning Streams, an alternative education center in Bethel, Connecticut. The whimsical facility is located at 145 Grassy Plain Street. The class meets twice a week, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 11 AM – 12:30 PM, May 17 – June 16.
Arts Workforce Initiative – Apply Today for an Apprenticeship
We are currently accepting submissions from individuals who are interested in a summer apprenticeship with a non-profit arts organization. The apprenticeship period is June – August 2023.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhbition at Western CT State University
Dan Baker, of Danbury, is an interdisciplinary artist who works in multiple practices, including photography, printmaking, painting, drawing and collage. In 2021, he earned a B.A. in Photography from WCSU, where he is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Visual Art. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at WCSU, he has worked in several advanced photography courses. “My work in the exhibition shows the ups and downs of everything that I have faced within my education. By mixing my background in photography, I attempt to show the emotion that I felt to create these works. I mix the mediums that I use to show what I want to express,” Baker said.
His work was exhibited at the Brookfield Craft Center in 2021 and at WCSU in “Covering Blue Note (1 & 2),” collaborative shows with the WCSU Department of Art and Department of Music in 2019. Baker’s short film, entitled “Perfect Lovers,” was shown on “The Marty Heiser Show” and “The Chris Pante Show” on Danbury, Bethel and Ridgefield Television. Upcoming in May 2023, he will have a solo exhibition of mixed media works at Art in Common Gallery, Ridgefield.
WCSU Presents Renowned Afghan Potter Matin Malikzada
Malikzada, a seventh-generation Afghan master potter, fled the Taliban to resettle in New Milford with help from New Milford Refugee Resettlement. His work is internationally recognized for its technical skill and elegant designs, and has been displayed all around the world, including in the Japan International Museum, Tokyo, Japan; the Islamic National Museum, Doha, Qatar; Leighton House and Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom; the Smithsonian Institute’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C.; and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Funding Roadmap Action Alert Reminder
Urge the Appropriations Committee to support the Funding Roadmap.
Student Art Show: Artist on the Rise 2023!
Over 200 people attended our reception and awards ceremony for our Student Art Show: Artist on the Rise 2023! Over 140 students from surrounding High Schools submitted works for display in the Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery in our Mill Building.
WCSU presents “Fairview,” a relevant and evocative play on social conditions in America
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Fairview” is “a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas and the insidiousness of white supremacy,” and is described by the New York Times as “dazzling and ruthless … a glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” The Pulitzer committee called the play “a hard-hitting drama that examines race in a highly conceptual, layered structure, ultimately bringing audiences into the actors’ community to face deep-seated prejudices.”
CT Residents and the Arts, Culture, and Humanities—Broader Population Survey Findings
In Spring 2022, Wilkening Consulting, CT Humanities, and the CT Office of the Arts surveyed more than 1,000 Connecticut adult residents that generally represent the population by educational attainment and age, race, and ethnicity. The survey was designed to help us learn more about who in Connecticut engages with the arts, culture, and humanities, what motivates them to do so, and the perceived impact and value Connecticut residents place on the arts, culture, and humanities in our state.