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Since 1965, the Office of the Arts has developed and strengthened the arts in Connecticut with the goal of making artistic expression widely available to residents and visitors.
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DOES EVERY STATE HAVE A STATE ARTS AGENCY?
All 50 states and the six U.S. jurisdictions (American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) have state arts agencies.
Advocacy - get federal updates and state legislative summaries
Research - learn about key topics such as Creative Economy Development, Arts Education, Arts Participation and Public Art & Percent for Art
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DID YOU MISS IT?
In case you missed it, here is a second chance to check out
our
special edition e-newsletter in which we announced our FY2017 grant recipients.
Congratulations to all!
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DO YOU KNOW YOUR REGIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION?
The Connecticut Office of the Arts partners with nine (9) Regional Service Organizations that serve as local field offices to constituents and citizens.
Find your town and reach out to your Regional to see what they can do for you, such as professional development, workshops, networking, calendar of local events, advocacy, funding opportunities and more!
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Arts & Cultural Collaborative, Waterbury Region
Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem (
shared
), Cheshire (
sha
r
ed
), Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston (
shared
), Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott & Woodbury
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Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport & Wilton
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Arts Council Greater New Haven
Bethany, Branford (
shared
), East Haven (
shared
), Guilford (
shared
), Hamden, Madison (
shared
), Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford (
shared
), Orange, Wallingford, West Haven & Woodbridge
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Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford
(shared)
, Newtown, Redding, Ridgfield & Sherman
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Greater Hartford Arts Council
Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, Southington, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor & Windsor Locks
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Windham Arts
Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Mansfield, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Stafford, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Willington, Windham & Woodstock
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N
orthwest Connecticut Arts Council
Barkhamsted, Bethlehem (
shared
), Burlington, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston (
shared
), Torrington, Warren, Washington & Winchester
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Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition
Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme (
shared
), Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme (
shared
), Preston, Salem (
shared
), Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown & Waterford
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Shoreline Arts Alliance
Branford (
shared
), Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Haven (shared), East Lyme (shared), Essex, Guilford (shared), Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison (shared), Middlefield, Middletown, North Branford (shared), Old Lyme (shared), Old Saybrook, Portland, Salem (shared) & Westbrook
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BE OUR GUEST.....
THE GALLERY AT CONSTITUTION PLAZA -
OPENING RECEPTION - August 11, 2016
The
Connecticut’s Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CHAP) of the Connecticut Historical Society is a long standing partner with the Connecticut Office of the Arts and helps us to reach and engage with the state's growing ethnically diverse populations. CHAP encourages and promotes traditional artists and their communities through research and program development.
The exhibition runs from August 11 - November 4, 2016 with an
Opening Reception on August 11th from 5:00-7:00 pm. RSVP to 860-236-5621 or
rsvp@chs.org
The exhibition features the work of Connecticut folk artists whose creativity expresses the history, cultures, values, and beliefs essential to their heritage. Their skills are learned from family and community members over years of observation, practice, and artistic participation.
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HOT SCHOOLS SUMMER INSTITUTE WRAP-UP
More than 200 people participated in the 23rd Annual Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools Summer Institute, held from July 11-15th at the Hartford Hilton. The Institute’s theme, “Storytelling: an Artful Journey,” was explored by the program’s core faculty, Connecticut teaching artists, and nationally recognized presenters.
Commissioner Smith, Kristina Newman-Scott, members of the Connecticut Office of the Arts Council and Foundation, and members of the DECD staff were in attendance. They joined sixteen HOT school teams from urban, suburban and rural districts and participants from Bridgeport Turnaround Arts Schools, Manchester School District, South Windsor School District, Japan, and Bonnie Koba’s arts education colleagues from Nevada and Virginia.
For more information about the Connecticut Office of the Arts HOT Schools Program, visit their
website.
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ART IN PUBLIC SPACES OPPORTUNITIES
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted
Deadline: September 7, 2016
Budget: $135,000
Project Summary:
Seeking artists for a public art opportunity associated with the Joyner Health Science Center at NCCC. Interior and/or exterior locations are under consideration for one or more artists. The project is open to both in-state and out-of-state artists with preference given to in-state artists.
More information about RFQ
opportunities visit the
Art in Public Spaces webpage and register a portfolio in the
Art in Public Spaces Registry.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY:
Innovation Places
The Innovation Places program builds on the successes of entrepreneurs and intends to further support their work to grow the innovation community in Connecticut. The program has three parts:
1. Planning Grants to help communities develop an Innovation Places Master Plan and Implementation Application. (up to $50,000)
2. Implementation Grants to provide a portion of the funding required to implement the Master Plan.
3. Agency alignment: Encouragement for State agencies and offices to favor applications for financial and technical assistance for projects and initiatives in areas designated as Innovation Places.
Eligible applicants include corporations, associations, partnerships, limited liability companies, benefit corporations, nonprofit organizations, municipalities, institutions of higher education or any other similar entity. This excludes individuals.
Applications must focus on one or more compact geographic areas within the same municipality having entrepreneurial and innovation potential.
For more information and guidelines, visit CTNext.
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In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the National Endowment for the Arts looks at the arts and culture of Connecticut.
CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS
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