State Senator Tony Hwang represents Connecticut's 28th Senatorial District, which includes the towns of Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston and Westport.
Take a moment to watch this
short video of Senator Hwang sharing his story on how the arts changes people lives at Connecticut Arts Day 2016.
The program is a dynamic arts-integrated resource for Connecticut public school teachers interested in bringing professional artists into the classroom to work with students. Using COA's Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools approach to teaching artist residency and unit design, teacher and teaching artist teams create curriculum units that animate the many Connecticut Freedom Trail sites and its relevance to present day issues.
For more information, contact Todd Levine at todd.levine@ct.gov or Bonnie Koba at bonnie.koba@ct.gov.
A NEW Art in Public Spaces Opportunity
Western Connecticut State University, Police Station - Danbury
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Budget: $23,000
Deadline: January 24, 2017
Project Summary: For purchase and/or commission opportunity. Focus on exterior wayfinding sculptural work of art.
HOW THE ARTS IMPROVES LIVES - It is not just our imagination!
Createquity has been described as "the strongest, most provocative, well-connected arts [blog] that exists today," and they just released an
interactive graphic -
the first of its kind - that explores the various benefits claimed for arts participation along with the strength of evidence backing those claims. Take a moment to see how the benefits stack up against each other.
The Eizabeth L Mahaffey Arts Administration Fellowship, which previously
recognized one Connecticut arts administrator with a $2,500 award to be used for professional development activities, has been updated to support one emerging (2-4 year) and one mid-career level (5-8 year) Connecticut arts administrator at $2,500 each.
Deadline to Apply is Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Information on our FY2018 grant offerings will be posted on our
website in mid-January.
Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts Announces New Director
We would like to congratulate Sarah Curran as she steps into her new role as Director of
Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. Curran brings to the job more than ten years of experience in arts programming, a creative interdisciplinary curatorial practice, wide knowledge of contemporary performance, and a deep understanding of academia.
