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Letter from the Editor December is a special month for us at the Arts Council. Each year, since 1980, the organization has held an event at which individuals from the local creative community are recognized with Arts Awards for their outstanding work and achievements. Nominations are submitted by members of the public and award recipients are chosen by a panel that spends a day laboring over what must be very difficult decisions. The beauty of the awards and their presentation is that we’re introduced each year to dynamic individuals, people who spend every day thinking about art, in some way, shape, or form. In this issue of The Arts Paper, we’ve included biographical sketches and portraits of this year’s Arts Awards winners. For 25 years, Harold Shapiro has been photographing our award recipients, and in recog-
nition of his generosity, we’ve included in these pages a selection of the magnificent Arts Awards portraits Harold has taken. Hank Hoffman’s Artists Next Door feature this month introduces us to Syrian-American artist and architect Mohamad Hafez, whose remarkable work comments on the devastating civil war that rages on in his homeland. Art has always been a powerful vehicle for and instigator of social change, and we should encourage, appreciate, and celebrate that at every turn. An artist’s work can represent the voices of many or that of an entire movement and can tell stories in ways that the evening news can’t. I’m pleased to know that Hafez’s installation No Syrians Allowed was, as Hank tells us in his article, “widely seen as the highlight of the Alternative Space program at Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios in October.”
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On a lighter note, we’re pleased also to tell you, by way of a piece contributed by Lucy Gellman, about the late cinephile Herb Graff, whose film collection was donated last year to the Yale Film Studies Center by his son, Bennett Lovett-Graff. I’ve known Bennett for several years and had no idea that his father preserved a wealth of films that otherwise likely would have been lost. I’ve enjoyed learning a bit about him and his passion. Finally, we’re pleased to tell you a bit about the state’s Regional Initiative Grant program, which empowered nine Designated Regional Service Organizations, including the Arts Council, to disperse more than $300,000 in grant funds to 74 community-based art projects around the state. We’re thrilled to be facilitating projects that otherwise might not have been possible. The next issue of The Arts Paper will include a package of stories about mural projects. Lucile Bruce interviewed artist Kwadwo Adae, who recently traveled half-
On the Cover Mohamad Hafez’s Un-Faced. Hafez, a Syrian-American artist and architect who lives and works in New Haven, is the subject of Hank Hoffman’s Artists Next Door feature. See story on page 4.
The January-February issue of The Arts Paper will include a feature story about local artist Kwadwo Adae’s recent trip to the Indian state of Uttarakhan, where he painted a mural for and with schoolchildren at the Anjanisain Paryavaran Vidyalaya. Photo courtesy of Mr. Adae.
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Syrian Crisis Considered in Artist’s Work mohamad hafez’s streetscapes startle, raise awareness hank hoffman For artist and architect Mohamad Hafez, the Syrian civil war and the ensuing refugee crisis are not distant events known just through the nightly news. As a native Syrian who now lives in New Haven and has a green card and permanent U.S. residency, the ongoing turmoil and anguish is personal, impacting the lives of countless relatives and friends. It hit home with particular force about a year ago when his brother-in-law fled Syria, seeking refugee status in Sweden. Like Hafez, his brother-in-law is a highly educated man, an architect, with a well-established family in their home country. “A lot of people don’t know what it takes somebody to put their children in a little inflatable in the Mediterranean, what it takes somebody to sell everything they ever worked for and pay 5,000 euros for a smuggler to take a 2-year-old who might end up dead on a beach,” Hafez said to me in an interview at his New Haven home. “What is the state of devastation, what is the state of life, that gets somebody in that mental state?” As someone put it to him, “’We’re dead on the ground, regardless — at any moment, we could get a rocket falling on our heads, or a bomb — or, we’re dead in the sea,’” Hafez explained. “They look at it as, ‘We’ve got a chance to survive, so we’ll take it.’” When he visited his brother-in-law in Sweden while on a European business trip, Hafez heard the harrowing details of the flight from Syria. Shortly after he returned to the United States, Hafez began working on a series of pieces responding to the Syrian tragedy. Hafez’s installation No Syrians Allowed — which encompasses both mixed-media/multi-media wall sculptures he calls “streetscapes” and floor installations — was widely seen as the highlight of the Alternative Space program at Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios in October. No Syrians Allowed spoke to visitors both through the power of its aesthetics and the depth of emotion that it communicated. The work employs its depiction of devastated architecture as a metaphor for the havoc the four-year-old civil war has wreaked on Syrian society and culture. One piece, “A Refugee Nation,” situates a highly detailed architectural miniature within a battered old typewriter case resembling a suitcase. “Although we’ve migrated,” Hafez noted, “we all carry that baggage, so to speak, with us.” Hafez’s streetscapes are not depictions
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of specific, real-world spaces. Rather, they continued. “So a lot of time I’m painting evoke a Syria of his imagination — rich with layers after layers. Scrubbing them, weathstories of everyday lives, ancient and conering them, then go with another layer — temporary culture, faith, defiance, tragedy, here comes another tenant!” and rebirth. His route into each piece is varied. Some Constructed out of found objects, plasstart with rough sketches or diagrams. ter, rigid foam, and paint, they resemble the The emotions he feels as he contemplates scenes of war-torn Middle Eastern cities an image of children in a refugee camp or so sadly familiar on the evening news. a mother cradling her dying child in her Contemporary devastation visited upon arms — he keeps a collection of photos a history-rich millennia — and more — of documenting the crisis — may also spur his architecture and social life. efforts. His skill at crafting architectural models Another significant source of inspiration is key to realizing this work. Ironically, the is street art and graffiti. When the uprisdesigns he executes ing against dictator in his professional Bashar al-Assad work as an architect began in 2011, revoare at the opposite lutionary graffiti was end of the spectrum a powerful — and from what he condangerous — way to ceives in his artistic defy the regime. work. For architec“When a system tural clients, he is that brutal, destrives for the “most fying them with a — Mohamad Hafez simple phrase could minimalist, cleanest architectural excost you your life, pression.” As an artist, Hafez endeavors to literally,” Hafez noted. In lieu of being back “model destruction and chaos in the most home amid the uprising against Assad, brutal way ever.” Hafez incorporates the concept of street The streetscapes can take anywhere art into his works. “I tried to make the calfrom a couple of weeks to a few months ligraphy pieces seem as though they are to complete. Once the architectural layout stenciled on a concrete wall.” is set, Hafez meditatively labors over the Phrases from the Qur’an may add details. “The more detail you put in it, the contrast to a piece by implying hope for more it absorbs,” he said. “It’s what makes the future or a reckoning for the crimes. the work rich.” The details tell stories, and Sometimes Hafez designs a work around represent marks left by generations of inthe phrase itself. For the streetscape “Unhabitants. Faced,” the wall of an exposed room bears “You cannot fake that. You have to repligraffiti of a Quranic verse reading, “Think cate it when you complete the work,” Hafez not that God doth not heed the deeds of
“When a system is that brutal, defying them with a simple phrase could cost you your life, literally.”
those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will fixedly stare in horror.” “I work with a lot of found objects that are mechanical in nature — maybe they come off an old radio I took apart,” Hafez said. “Some pieces might have been a transistor but in my eye at the right scale, it could look like shrapnel or a piece of a tank that is left after an explosion. Sometimes I start with a really intriguing object and build a scene around it. “I let the piece tell me what it wants to be. The beauty of this work is that it is very forgiving,” Hafez said. “You’re not working with conventional art rules. You’re relying on your architectural expertise — knowing how things go together, what a typical lantern or windowsill should look like — and also relying on pure emotion. What happened here? What is this trying to convey?” Many of the streetscapes have accompanying soundtracks. Hafez recorded these snapshots of everyday life in Damascus with his cell phone when he last visited home in 2011, before the war broke out. They include the sounds of children laughing and chatter in cafés with Arabic pop music playing in the background. The built-in audio player inside “A Refugee Nation” plays sounds recorded in the courtyard of the Great Omayyad Mosque of Damascus, including a call to prayer. Hafez often listens to these recordings — as well as cherished Syrian instrumental music — as he works on his art, a reminder of more normal times. Hafez’s streetscapes acknowledge the grim price of war. But by including the sounds of normal life, inspiring calligraphic
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phrases, and, in “Between Love and War,” elements resembling blossoming shaqa’iq An-Nu’man — a bright red flower associated in Arabic culture with rebirth after conflict — Hafez suggests the possibility of hope. “The work, in that sense, is not made to create a pessimistic image of destruction,” Hafez stated. “It’s about realizing the status quo but also to entice a strong willpower to plant a little hope in a brighter future out of this darkness.” Hafez seeks to raise humanitarian awareness about the issues involved. The best feedback he could receive would be to “entice somebody to lend a hand to a refugee, to give winter clothes for a child in the refugee camps.” His extended family has founded a nonprofit organization, Aid All Syrians (aidallsyrians.org), which is funding remote clinics and schools in the country. “This will end. Whether what we are seeing is the end of the end or the beginning of the end, that’s another matter,” Hafez said. “It might stretch on for years given the complexity of the situation. “I worry most about the generations to come. I worry about a bright future for a child who’s known nothing but destruction and living in camps,” Hafez said. “In the work we do with the nonprofits, we focus on that — we focus on the bright future. That’s the right investment.” n Mohamad Hafez’s A Refugee Nation (detail). Image courtesy of the artist.
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Arts Council Disperses $28,700 in Grants state’s regi program awards $303,200 through partner agencies david brensilver This past summer, arts journalist and Bethany resident Chris Arnott found himself in a conversation with Arts Council Executive Director Cindy Clair about the possibility of establishing an arts council in Bethany, to which he and his family had relocated from New Haven about a year earlier. A week or so later, Clair sent Arnott an email letting him know about the state’s new Regional Initiative Grant (REGI) program, which was designed to empower nine Designated Regional Services Organizations, including the Arts Council, to disperse small grant awards to eligible projects. The deadline, Clair pointed out, was the next day. Arnott called Melissa Canham-Clyne, the director of the Clark Memorial Library — whose newly formed Arts Task Force he’d recently joined — to let her know about the opportunity. Canham-Clyne had an idea for a multi-disciplinary art project based on Aesop’s Fables, for which Arnott has a great affinity. He knew he could make such a project work, Arnott said. “It’s not that far off from what I do at Café Nine,” referring to the storytelling series he hosts there. The Clark Memorial Library Arts Task Force’s community art project, The Art of Aesop’s Fables, is one of eight projects that in September were awarded state funding through the Arts Council. Canham-Clyne remembers the popularity of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program, in which the International Festival of Arts & Ideas — and, by extension, the City of New Haven — participated in 2006, reading Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. She was a branch manager in the New Haven Free Public Library system then. In Bethany, the Clark Memorial Library, of which she’s been the director since 2012, is increasingly moving toward being the town’s cultural center. While the REGI-funded project is still in the planning stages, Canham-Clyne hopes to create programs in which children create a play, teens use Instagram to reimagine and modernize fables, and adults participate in a collage project facilitated by local artists. The project is scheduled to launch on June
20 and wrap up on August 30, and, Arnott said, “could be a test for how much we can do in the future.” The state gave each of the nine Designated Regional Service Organizations $35,000 to disperse and awarded a total of $303,200 in REGI grants. “That’s a really big grant program for us,” John Cusano, the community development coordinator in the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of the Arts, said. Seventy-four projects are being funded through the program. While not all the money allocated to each region was awarded, the balance will likely be used to evaluate and document the program. Those eligible for grants included nonprofit arts organizations with operating budgets of less than $300,000, arts programs of larger nonprofit organizations, municipal arts departments, public schools, and parent-teacher organizations. The Arts Council awarded at total of $28,700. Grant awardees in the Greater New Haven region include the Clark Memorial Library Arts Task Force, Rashmi Talpade, Ball & Socket Arts, Collective Consciousness Theatre, Marrakech Inc. East Street Arts, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Arts for Healing Program, EcoWorks Inc., and Adam Christoferson. Applicants could apply for as relatively little as $1,000 and as much as $5,000. Each is required to make a 25-percent matching contribution. The REGI program was created because the state’s small-grant program had gotten lost over the past several years due to programmatic attrition. Cusano said his department wanted to make sure small grants were available and that the application process was relatively simple. Most important, Cusano said the state wanted to reach constituents — Chrissy Saari it doesn’t know very well and doesn’t often, if ever, reach. The Designated Regional Service Organizations, each of which assembled an independent review panel, helped the state reach those constituents. Chrissy Saari, who coordinated the program for the Arts Council, said, “The process for selecting panelists began with an overview of the demographics of the communities served within the New Haven region in order to best reflect the diversity within our region among panel members. We identified several areas of expertise we wished to represent within the panel as well, including knowledge of or experience with cross-sector partnerships, youth projects, educational activities, social services, and community arts programming. We
“The state is making a real effort to be more in touch with not just one part of its constituency interests, but to put a system in place that can inform the needs of a wider range of people.”
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sought both arts and non-arts perspectives.” From the state’s perspective, Cusano said, the goal was to make possible “small projects that really help shape the life of a community,” to spread the wealth, as it were, beyond the usual suspects. “The state is making a real effort to be more in touch with not just one part of its constituency interests,” Saari said, “but to put a system in place that can inform the needs of a wider range of people.” Ashley Sklar, the community-engagement and communications manager at the New Haven Free Public Library, served as a panelist for the Arts Council. “I was really interested in that community impact piece,” she said. “I think we were able to support a really great group of projects.” Collage artist Rashmi Talpade, who has organized workshops at the Wallingford Public Library and has run an arts program for the town’s Parks and Recreation Department, is putting together a community project called Wallingford Townscape: A Community Collage, in which residents will help create a three-panel, eight-by-threefoot photo collage of images that depict the city’s landscape, architecture, and neighborhoods. It’s an outgrowth of a sim-
ilarproject she did last winter in the Southington elementary schools. “This project for which I applied has been at the back of my mind for a long time,” she said. “I’ve been wanting to expand the arts in the community.” The project kicks off on January 13. Wallingford Public Library director Jane Fisher said the facility is in the process of designing a 2,400-square-foot “collaboratory” in which people will be able to come together to learn and be creative. “Our project with Rashmi just kind of dovetails so nicely with that direction that we see our library going in,” she said. Pointing out that people often say to her, “I can’t even draw a straight line,” Talpade wants them to realize they don’t need to. Her goals are to make the community “more art-aware” and to give residents “a sense of belonging.” The final creation, which is scheduled to be completed by May 15, “should look like a museum-quality piece … a very high-quality, polished finished piece,” she said. Beyond helping to facilitate the creation of community art projects, the REGI program serves as validation for good and engaging ideas. “Hopefully it sort of encourages risk and creative thinking,” Sklar said. n
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Thank You, Harold Shapiro! This year marks the 25th year that photographer Harold Shapiro has taken portraits of Arts Awards recipients. Harold is well known and respected around the region for his stunning photography. Each year, he generously shares his talent, capturing the spirit and uniqueness of each award recipient with his camera. Here’s a look back at some of the portraits Harold has taken over the years.
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Celluloid Hero lucy gellman Cue scene. It’s Passover nineteen-seventy-something, and the five members of the Graff family, plus five or 10 family friends, are gathered around a dinner table, reading methodically from a wine-splattered, weathered Hagaddah. A bespectacled child, young Bennett — or maybe it’s one of his siblings — has just worked up to the part of the story where the Jews have gathered before the Red Sea, listening to its methodical, heavy swoosh with a sudden, stricken fear in their hearts. The narrative moment has arrived. A touch of excitement hangs in the air as they await their fate. All together, family and friends rise from the table, making their way to a home-screening room outfitted with a projector. There, Bennett’s father has queued up The Ten Commandments to the parting of the Red Sea, a 15-minute, unforgettably Hestonized ordeal that the whole room watches in half-wonder, faces catching in the blue flicker of projected film. It wasn’t what some families would think of as normal, maybe, but it was tradition. This — “the coolest Passover seder ever,” according to a now-adult Bennett LovettGraff — is just a small part of the story
film collector’s legacy lives on
behind the Herb Graff Film Collection at the Yale Film Study Center (FSC), a recent acquisition of 500 reels of 16-millimeter film that Lovett-Graff donated in 2014, 14 years after his father’s death in 2000. The other half of the collection is still privately owned by his brother, Michael. Behind the collection, a hodgepodge of rich documentary material that spans much of the 20th century, is the story of an insatiably curious and wonderfully quirky man. Born in Boston and raised in Brooklyn, Herb Graff began collecting bits of film as a teenager, permanently impressed after seeing his first Charlie Chaplin film at age 10. It wasn’t just a passing phase: He continued the practice through his young adulthood and career as a shirt salesman, ultimately giving paid, after-hours film lectures around the country and leasing hundreds of documentary clips to institutions, organizations, and producers that couldn’t find them elsewhere. “I remember his collecting all my life,” Lovett-Graff said during a recent interview, his hands fluttering wildly through the air beside an untouched salad. “Since he was a film collector from before the day I was born, a film projector was always in the house. There was a screening room with
Still image from the 1982 Bonjour le Monde, directed by Walter Welebit. Image courtesy of the Yale Film Study Center.
seats and a very small projector room in the basement ... it was neither weird nor normal, but definitely off the beaten path. More intriguing than anything.” Along the way, the collection grew thematically vast and fascinating, holding not
only Herb’s attention but also his children’s. There were early Bugs Bunny cartoons that the three of them — Michael, Bennett, and Emily — loved to play on a big screen, comparing them to the cartoons that played on television at the same time. Betty Boop,
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Popeye, Felix the Cat, Crazy Cat, and Mighty Mouse joined the mix. For the adult tastes in the room, there were silent comedies with Chaplin and Buster Keaton stumbling across the screen; early Black musicals that featured recordings from Betsy Smith, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the Mills Brothers, and others; early bloopers and commercials that were never
released; films in which themes — blackness, Jewishness — popped up suddenly and unexpectedly, taking the viewer by delicious surprise (did you know Jimmy Cagney was fluent in Yiddish? Neither did most of Graff’s audiences); and newsreels — hundreds and hundreds of newsreels — related to U.S. history in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. “He never stopped collecting,” said
Lovett-Graff. “It slowed down significantly in his later years, but he never stopped. He knew that film was getting digitized, but I don’t think he ever envisioned anything like Netflix.” Now at the FSC, they are becoming a boon to both the Yale community and the greater New Haven population, which is invited to free annual screenings of the work. “It was a very interesting collection just based on the titles and based on the subject matter, and it was also a very well-organized and well-documented collection ... which is very rare in an archive,” shared Brian Meacham, archive and special collections manager at the FSC. “In that way I was very eager to take it on. Not only was the content of the collection interesting — it also seemed like one of those things that wouldn’t get out of hand and drag on forever because you had no idea what was in it or you had no idea what you were getting into.” As one of Lovett-Graff’s point-people on the collection — the others have been FSC Director Michael Kerbel and Yale film studies professor John MacKay — Meacham has seen the process all the way through, and is still getting to know the collection. It’s most valuable, he says, in filling several much-maligned “holes” in the FSC’s already robust holdings. “I think the collection fit very nicely into what we already have because it complements the places where we’re already
strong and also fills in gaps that we hadn’t yet filled,” he said. “We already had a fairly strong documentary collection, but not very many newsreels. We have a decent animated-short collection but not a lot of nonfiction shorts. We didn’t have any films that were proto music videos known as ‘soundies’ or ‘telescriptions.’ It’s great to have this cross-section of popular music from this era performed by very well-known and completely unknown musicians and performers.” What the center does with those pieces — many of which Meacham is just now discovering, as he and a small staff of interns go through thousands of short clips and documentary footage — is still in transition, but it has a strong public element. Earlier this year, a 14-short sort of Herb Graff festival was held at the Whitney Humanities Center, featuring bits of film many in the audience — save, perhaps, Lovett-Graff, Meacham and Kerbel — had never seen before. Another round is planned for 2016. “I think there are a number of audiences [for the collection],” Meacham said. “It’s in a day when you can seemingly have a lot of moving image material at your fingertips, it’s always nice to be able to demonstrate that there are millions of things out there that you can’t find online. “Holding onto the original is something that’s worth doing,” he said. n
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2015 Arts Awards Winners photos by harold shapiro We at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Arts Awards, the theme of which is Art Recharged, in recognition of the power of individuals and groups to respond to artistic and logistical challenges through reinvention. C. Newton Schenck III Award for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts In addition to sharing the concert stage with some of the most iconic names in jazz, Willie Ruff has served that musical style and our community as an educator, an explorer, a writer, and an ambassador, inspiring audiences and connecting new generations of performers to history and possibility. Willie graduated from the Yale School of Music and afterward joined pianist Dwike Mitchell, whom he’d met in the Army before college, in Lionel Hampton’s band. The two soon struck out on their own as the Mitchell-Ruff Duo and shared stages with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sarah Vaughan. With Mitchell, Willie brought jazz to new audiences around the world, most notably in the Soviet Union in 1959 — three years before Benny Goodman traveled there — and China in 1989. In 1971, Willie joined the faculty at his alma mater and, a year later, created the Duke Ellington Fellowship, which has brought such legendary musicians as Ellington himself, Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach to Yale and into New Haven schools, introducing thousands of young people to the traditions and heritage of African American music. Willie has more recently connected seemingly disparate traditions to one another, linking the centuries-old Gaelic psalm singing of Scotland with African American spirituals and Native American vocal forms. His 1991 memoir, A Call to Assembly: The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller, earned Willie the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ Deems Taylor Award, which recognizes excellence in works about music. We look forward to Willie sharing much more with us. Over the course of two decades, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas has introduced us to extraordinary music, dance, and theater, expanding our artistic horizons and broadening our understanding of other cultures. After the Special Olympics World Summer Games came to New Haven in 1995, three visionary women — Jean Handley, Roslyn Meyer, and Anne Calabresi — founded the festival as a way to continue bringing people together and to realize the promise of our community. The next year, under artistic adviser Norman Frisch, the festival presented an impressive lineup that included Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Paris-based Cirque Baroque, Ellis and Branford Marsalis, Ruben Bladés, and the Beijing Opera. In 1998, under the artistic leadership of Paul Collard, the festival gained more international credibility staging the National Theatre’s coveted production of Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen. In the ensuing years, and since 2005 under
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the direction of Mary Lou Aleskie, the festival has attracted some of the world’s most globally beloved artists, from Mark Morris to Angélique Kidjo, Yo-Yo Ma, and the National Theatre of Scotland. It has also presented the work of such local artists as bassist and composer Ben Allison, playwright and hip-hop poet Aaron Jafferis, and A Broken Umbrella Theatre, which creates site-specific plays here in New Haven. From free performances to thought-provoking conversations, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas continues to thrill and challenge us, connecting us to one another and to the wider world. For 20 years as curator of the John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, a place he literally called home, Paul Clabby opened the gallery’s doors to regional artists and arts organizations, providing them with space for imaginative exhibitions and offering us an opportunity to engage with remarkable works of art. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a product of Yale University’s Summer School of Music and Art in Norfolk, Connecticut, Paul is an artist whose work has been shown in ex-
hibits throughout the state. He’s organized workshops, adult-education programs, and exhibitions of work by area high-school and college students, encouraging artists young and older to create art. And he’s lent his expertise to the New England Artists’ Trust, helping to bring the fifth Artists Congress to fruition here in New Haven in 1999, and to the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, curating the organization’s first visual-art program, Shifting Affinities: Science, Public Policy & Art, in 2004. Through thematic shows, invitational exhibits, and retrospectives at the John Slade Ely House, Paul provided space and support to hundreds of regional artists over the years. Three times, he welcomed to the gallery Community Partners in Action’s Prison Art Program, an initiative that helps incarcerated individuals look inward and express themselves constructively. For 20 years at the John Slade Ely House, Paul carefully and thoughtfully balanced the needs of artists and arts organizations including Connecticut Women Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Calligraphy Guild of New Haven, the New Haven Brush and Palette Club, and the
New Haven Paint and Clay Club, presenting vibrant exhibitions that will live on in our memories. Through her artist residency at the Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop, sculptor Susan Clinard has transformed a historic space and engaged audiences while creating a body of work that captures and reflects the struggles of human experience. Two pieces she made in the aftermath of the violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, are poetic memorials to those we lost and powerful symbols of the power of artistic catharsis. Susan is an invaluable resource and inspiration to the young people who visit the museum, her work a catalyst for discussions about art and the process of creative expression. Before moving to the area in 2007, Susan studied sculpture and cultural anthropology at the University of Michigan, then moved to Chicago, exhibiting and teaching at the city’s celebrated School of the Art Institute of Chicago and elsewhere. In Chicago she worked as a social worker with foster children, an experience that informed her ability to
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find strength and beauty in those whose struggles we can hardly comprehend. Her inimitable work has been exhibited in cities throughout the United States and beyond, commissioned by such notable organizations as the Carnegie Foundation in New York, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in California, the cities of Chicago and Bridgeport, and Forest City Enterprises — which developed Winchester Lofts, the former Winchester Repeating Arms Co. here in New Haven — and is held in private collections around the world. With simple materials and found objects, Susan tells stories that mine the depths of the human condition and reflect the complex and troubled world in which we live. We are fortunate to have her in our midst. In opening The Space more than 10 years ago, Steve Rodgers gave artists and audiences of all ages a welcoming place in which to share the live-performance experience. With the addition of the Outer Space and the Ballroom, he’s expanded the region’s dynamic original-music scene. After high school, Steve and his brother Jon hit the road with their band, Mighty Purple, playing thousands of shows, opening for the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, the Cranberries, and the Barenaked Ladies, and releasing nine albums, including live recordings made at Toad’s Place and the barn at the Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop. After touring relentlessly, Steve settled again in his native Hamden and began hosting impromptu open–mic performances. While he was evicted from one space by a landlord who didn’t share his vision, Steve had recognized the need for a venue that would showcase original music. The Space opened its doors in 2003 and immediately provided a safe, alcohol-free environment for musicians of all ages to perform and connect. In 2011 and 2012, respectively, Steve opened The Outer Space and The Ballroom at The Outer Space, giving older audiences places to socialize and hear live music performed by national touring acts. Steve’s dedication to championing live, original music, and to creating opportunities for artists of all ages, is reflected by the many individuals who share his vision and have volunteered tirelessly to further the cause. In an age in which venues catering to original music are becoming more difficult to find, Steve pushes forward, supporting those, who, like him, are compelled to write and share new music with the world. At her Wooster Square studio and through a partnership with the Fair Haven-based BalletHaven, virtuoso flamenco dancer Melinda Marquez celebrates, teaches, and creates access to the beloved style, embracing it as a rich cultural tradition and as a vehicle for enriching lives and fostering personal development. After beginning her dance training in Detroit, Melinda studied classical dance at the Harkness Ballet in New York and at age 19 turned down an offer to join the celebrated Frankfurt Ballet in Germany to instead pursue a career in the flamenco style. Mentored by Roberto Lorca, she studied in New York and in Spain and began performing alongside such giants of the art form as Maria Alba, Jose Molina, Luis Rivera, and Orlando Romero, and with the outstanding musicians who accompany flamenco
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dancers. As a young artist, Melinda received a coveted choreography fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and was a founding principal of Spanish Dance Arts Company, now Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, with Lorca and Santana. As a teacher, through classes and tablaos, where professionals and students come together to dance and learn, at her Melinda Marquez Flamenco Dance Center and at such important training institutions as the Joffrey Ballet School, the American Academy of Ballet, and Barnard College, where she’s an
adjunct professor in the dance department, Melinda has shared her love of the flamenco style with individuals of all ages and skill levels. At Ballet Hispanico, in New York, she helped design programs for the organization’s public-school initiatives. And through BalletHaven, she exposes young women to the flamenco style and helps nurture their creativity, preparing them for whatever lies ahead, onstage and off. Melinda’s presence in New Haven reminds us that art is a language spoken around the world. n
The 2015 Arts Awards are scheduled for Friday, December 4, at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave., in New Haven. A social hour at 11 a.m. will be followed by the luncheon at 11:45 a.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the Arts Council at 203-772-2788.
Steve Rodgers
Melinda Marquez International Festival of Arts & Ideas
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The Guilford Art Center presents its annual shopping event, Artistry: American Craft for the Holidays, featuring handmade products by more than 250 artists from across the United States. Proceeds benefit the organization’s community and education initiatives. Image courtesy of Guilford Art Center.
Classes & Workshops 1253 Whitney 1253 Whitney Ave., Hamden. 203-780-8890. 1253whitney.com. Thursday Social Dance. A rotating schedule of contra, square, and swing dance. Beginner-friendly, live music by local musicians, refreshments, dance callers and teachers, and a fun time at a local culture center with a beautifully renovated dance hall. Come meet your neighbors with a social dance, a traditional way to meet new people. Every Thursday, through December 24. 7-10:15 p.m. See website for class information. La Luna Milonga. A night of music and tango dancing, with professional tango dancer and instructor Mariana Fresno. Lesson from 7-8 p.m., with the dance beginning at 8 p.m. Mariana serves as DJ. Refreshments provided. Classes held the second Saturday of the month, through December 12. 7 p.m.-12 a.m. See website for class information. ACES Educational Center for the Arts 55 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-777-5451. aces.org/eca. Acting Classes for Kids and Teens. Pantomime, improvisation, theater games, movement, and the staging of a one-act play. Age groupings: 7-11 and 12-15 years. Performance at end of session. Call Ingrid Schaeffer at 203-795-9011 or email ingrids@optonline.net for more information. Classes held every Saturday through May 7, 2016. 9 a.m.12:30 p.m.
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Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center, 117 Frontage Road, Orange. 203-934-0878. ctnsi.com. Classes and Workshops. Fall semester classes run through December and include Drawing and Painting Birds, Drawing Butterflies in Colored Pencil, and Drawing Mammals. Instructors are Dorie Petrochko and Jan Prentice. Classes are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Call, visit website, or send email to ctnsiprogramcoordinator@comcast. net or ctnsi@gmail.com for schedule and fee information. Institute Library 847 Chapel St., New Haven. 203-562-4045. institutelibrary.org. Storysharing at the Institute Library. The group gives its members an opportunity to share stories in a very informal atmosphere. The stories may be of any kind — traditional folk tales, myths, stories of personal experience, etc. The group is open to all levels of experience, so people with no formal experience of storytelling can try things out in a supportive atmosphere. The third Thursday of each month, through December 17. Free, registration requested: eventbrite.com/e/storysharing-at-the-institute-library-tickets-16262893753. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Long Wharf Theatre 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven. 203-787-7027. longwharf.org. Theater Classes at Long Wharf. Long Wharf Theatre
in New Haven is hosting fantastic workshops for young people this fall! Show your skills or try something new! Classes include Shakespeare Performance, Intro to Sketch Comedy Writing, and Movement. Dates and class descriptions can be found at longwharf.org/studio-school. Classes ongoing through December 13. $45 per class or all three classes for $120. Discounts available! Call 203-777-7027 for details. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Spectrum Gallery and Store 61 Main St., Centerbrook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org. Ornament Workshop. A special evening for Arts Center Killingworth and Spectrum Gallery members and donors. Enjoy wine and desserts. Members admitted free with one guest. General public $5 for materials. Become a member online to receive 10 percent off art classes, workshops, and intensives, as well as 10 percent off store purchases. December 11. 7-9 p.m.
Exhibitions College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center Wesleyan Univeraity Center for the Arts, 343 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-2330. wesleyan.edu/ceas/exhibitions. “Tripod Complex” Exhibition. This exhibition features monumental scrolls by Ian Boyden ’95 that are his meditation on the remains of ancient trees after
a forest fire in Washington state. On view Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m., through December 11. Free. Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org. Selected Members Exhibit. Five active members of the New Haven Paint & Clay Club will show their work in the gallery at Creative Arts Workshop. Exhibitors include Barbara Groff, William Meddick, Ralph Schwartz, Peter Seltzer, and Cheryl Weymann. Every third year since 2003, the club has sponsored this exhibit. Note change of venue this year. On view through December 23. CAW hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Many pieces available for purchase. No charge for admission. DaSilva Gallery 897-899 Whalley Ave., New Haven. 203-387-2539. dasilva-gallery.com. Faustin Adeniran. Exhibition on view December 5-31. Opening reception for Faustin Adeniran on Saturday, December 5, 6-8 p.m. Free. Davison Art Center, Aslop House Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, 301 High St., Middletown. 860685-2500. wesleyan.edu/dac. “Phantom Bodies” — Photographs by Tanya Marcuse. This exhibition brings together Undergarments and Armor (2002-2004) and Wax Bodies (2006-2008), two projects for which Tanya Marcuse created haunting photographs evoking absent bodies. On view through December 13. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.
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yale institute of sacred music presents
Dona nobis pacem Advent concert
yale camerata
Marguerite L. Brooks, conductor Music of Bach, Mozart, Pärt, and more Saturday, December 5 · 7:30 pm Battell Chapel 400 College St., New Haven
Christmas in Lübeck yale schola cantorum
Simon Carrington, guest conductor Music of Buxtehude and more Friday, December 11 · 5 pm Christ Church New Haven 84 Broadway at Elm, New Haven Preconcert talk at 4 pm Both concerts are free; no tickets required. ism.yale.edu
MASTER OF ARTS IN ART THERAPY Information Session January 28 Aquinas Hall, Second Floor, Flach Room No. 111 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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pastels. Many pieces available for purchase. Opening reception: Tuesday, December 8, 7-9 p.m., includes raffle of art-related items and presentation of awards. On view through January 5. Viewing hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. If library is closed due to inclement weather, reception will be cancelled and possibly rescheduled. New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-562-4183. newhavenmuseum.org. From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven. This exhibition highlights an astonishing variety of goods that were, and some that still are, produced in the Elm City. Featuring more than 100 objects, advertisements, trade cards, and photographs, with a wide-ranging and sometimes humorous look at the products made in New Haven. On view through December 31. Open Monday-Saturday and the first Sunday of the month. Adults $4, seniors $3, students $2, those younger than 12 admitted free. The Nation’s Greatest Hits: 100 Years of New Haven’s Shubert Theatre. The New Haven Museum spotlights one of the Elm City’s most beloved cultural institutions and celebrates the “Golden Age” of theater. On view through February 27, 2016. Dates, hours, and admission fees vary. See website for details. Spectrum Gallery and Store 61 Main St., Centerbrook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org. Let There Be Light Holiday Show. Featuring fine artists, sculptors, photographers, and mixed-media artists who use reflective surfaces, glass, or mirrors, or depict light in unique ways. Included in the Artisan’s Store is an assortment of pottery, glassware, and ceramics with servingware, home décor, jewelry, fiber art, and fine wood gift items. Visit online for art classes and events. On view through January 10. Open Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Painting in Time: Discovery, Analysis, and Interpretation of a Roman Shield from Dura-Europos, an exhibit on view at the Whitney Humanities Center through December 18, examines a Roman shield decorated with painted scenes of the Trojan War. Image courtesy of the Whitney Humanities Center.
Environmental Science Center, Yale University 21 Sachem St., New Haven. 203-689-5342. “Many Voices, One Song” — Painting Exhibition by Ava Orphanoudakis. The creative process for Ava is an act of contemplation inspired and guided by her love for nature and her deep concern for the environment. Painting is one way that she honors and give thanks to the earth. In this latest series of mixed-media works, Ava focuses on the earth’s elements. Her aim is to express the interconnectedness within nature. On view through December 18. Open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Main Gallery Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355.
wesleyan.edu/cfa/zilkha. “R. Luke Dubois — In Real Time” Exhibition. Genre-defying composer, artist, and performer R. Luke DuBois creates maps, scores, and videos that use real-time data flows and media footage to raise questions of artistic agency, privacy, and fair use. On view through December 13. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Free. Hamden Art League at Miller Library Senior Center 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. 203-494-2316. www.hamdenartleague.com Annual Silverbells Exhibition and Sale. A wide array of original art by Hamden Art League members will be on display, including paintings in oils, watercolors, and acrylics, as well as mixed media, graphics, and
The Grove Arts Interstices, 760 Chapel St., New Haven. 203-812-9093. grovenewhaven.com. Serendipity: Marks of Abstraction. Artist Carmen Lund, MFA, has devoted her creative lifetime to close observation of nature, from which she creates abstract paintings and collages. The various levels of abstraction inspire openness to possibility. Paintings by Annie Sailer and drawings by Giada Crispiels further explore the theme of abstraction from nature. Curated by Elinor Slomba. On view through January 10, 2016. Open business hours Monday-Friday (8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) and weekends by appointment. Free and open to the public. Union Station 50 Union Ave., New Haven. 203-676-5007. Views from the Metro-North. Photography exhibit: Connecticut views from the Metro-North train, by Joanna Stuart. On view through December 21. Open 4-6 p.m.
Whitney Humanities Center 53 Wall St., New Haven. 203-432-0670. whc.yale.edu/gallery-whitney. Painting in Time: Discovery, Analysis, and Interpretation of a Roman Shield. The current exhibit presents a multi-disciplinary study of one of the site’s most unique artifacts and one of archaeology’s rarest finds — a wooden Roman shield painted with scenes from the Trojan War. On view through December 18. During fall and spring term, the Gallery at the Whitney is open to the public Monday and Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., or by appointment by calling 203-4320670. Free admission. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-432-5050. peabody.yale.edu. Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace. Through more than 150 objects, many of which have never been on display, this exhibition explores the fascinating history of the samurai from their violent beginnings to the 250-year Great Peace that marked the final period of their reign. On view through January 3, 2016. Open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 12-5 p.m. $5-$9.
Film 1 Tuesday Religion and Social Change on Film Film screening followed by discussion. 4:30 p.m. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu/calendar.
Kids & Families Spectrum Gallery and Store 61 Main Street, Centerbrook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org. Free Holiday Family Day at the Gallery. Enjoy stories, songs of the season, a holiday art project, and an art scavenger hunt in the gallery and Artisan Store. All ages are welcome. December 13. 1-4 p.m. Free.
Music 2 Wednesday Chinese Music Ensemble The ensemble presents traditional and contemporary repertoire under the direction of graduate music student Joy Lu. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-6853355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
3 Thursday December Concert: “Holiday Collage” The Greater New Haven Community Chorus’ December concert, “Holiday Collage,” will feature Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Coronation Anthem “The King Shall Rejoice,” “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” arranged by Bob Chilcott, and “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, as well other audience favorites and works by Lauridsen, Gawthrop, Olofsson, and others. 8 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-303-4642. gnhcc.org. Todd Reynolds: Still Life with Microphone Violinist, composer, educator, and technologist Todd Reynolds will perform music written for him by R. Luke DuBois, assistant professor of music Paula Matthusen, and Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang, augmented and amplified by the live, performance-responsive video art of Mr. DuBois. 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, CFA Hall, 287 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
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The legendary George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic appear at Toad’s Place on December 4. Photo by Will Thoren Photography.
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West African Drumming and Dance Concert Master drummer and adjunct professor of music Abraham Adzenyah celebrates his final performance with his students. Mr. Adzenyah is retiring in December after 45 years of sharing the vibrancy of West African music with generations of Wesleyan University students. He will be joined by students of choreographer and artist-in-residence Iddi Saaka and other guests 8 p.m. $6 Wesleyan students, $8 all others. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Amahl and the Night Visitors A charming, family-friendly holiday show performed by the opera department of Western Connecticut State University, directed by Margaret Astrup. Front seats are reserved for kids! Reception to follow. Free parking. 7 p.m. Freewill offering. Bethesda Music Series, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.
5 Saturday Yale Camerata: Advent Concert Marguerite L. Brooks, conductor. “Dona Nobis Pacem.” Music of Bach, Mozart, Pärt, and others. 7:30 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Battell Chapel, 300 College St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu/event. Wesleyan University Orchestra and Concert Choir The Wesleyan University Orchestra and Concert Choir present a selection of popular holiday classics under the direction of adjunct assistant professor of music Nadya Potemkina. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa. Beginners Javanese Gamelan Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble. The concert will include a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
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Worlds of Dance Concert “Introduction to Dance” (DANC 111) and beginning dance students perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical dance). 2 p.m. $2. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. World Guitar Ensemble Concert Wesleyan University students perform guitar ensemble music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as American favorites and world music selections from Latin America and the Middle East, under the direction of private lessons teacher Cem Duruöz. 3 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. New Works for Mantra Percussion Renowned percussion ensemble Mantra Percussion premieres new works written for the group by Wesleyan University graduate student composers. 5 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 221 High St., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. Wesleyan Taiko Concert Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students in the Taiko Drumming Ensemble perform thunderous and rhythms of Japanese Taiko drumming under the direction of visiting
instructor in music Barbara Merjan. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
7 Monday Ebony Singers Winter Concert An evening of great gospel music by the 100 members of Wesleyan Univerity’s Ebony Singers under the direction of Marichal Monts ‘85. Come to sing, clap, and be encouraged. 8 p.m. $7 general public; $6 senior citizens; Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; $5 Wesleyan students. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
8 Tuesday Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert Students from the Wesleyan University chamber music program perform works by various composers on a variety of instruments. 12 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. WesWinds Fall Concert The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble performs an exciting array of pieces for winds and percussion. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. Datum — Datura “As seductive as the color and shape and fragrance of a flower,” sound and image will bend and twist in response to the gentle pressures of language, data, and attention. 9 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, CFA Hall, 287 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-6853355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
9 Wednesday Holiday Harmonies Join the award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus as they perform four-part a cappella harmonies that will delight the whole family. The women’s chorus’ repertoire ranges from pop tunes to jazz standards. Snow date: December 10. 7 p.m. This performance is free and open to the public. North Haven Library, 17 Elm St., North Haven. 203281-7689. silknsounds.org. Wesleyan Organ Students in Recital Organ students share a seasonal program at the South Congregational Church. A soup-and-sandwich lunch follows in the parish hall, for which a freewill offering is suggested. 12 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, South Church, 9 Pleasant St., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. South Indian Vocal Performance Students of adjunct assistant professor of music B. Balasubrahmaniyan will perform their fall semester recital from the Karnatak tradition of South India. The performance will feature vocal and instrumental music. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
10 Thursday John Cage’s Musicircus Students from MUSC 109 “Introduction to Experimental Music” and special mystery guests stage their original work as part of a series of overlapping performances in their realization of John Cage’s Musicircus. 1:10 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa. Javanese Gamelan An orchestra of bronze gongs, xylophones, drums, strings, and voices, the gamelan accompanies feasts, ceremonies, and dances. The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction
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of artist-in-residence I.M. Harjito and professor of music Sumarsam, presents classical music of central Java. 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
reographers present recent works. 8 p.m. $4 Wesleyan University students, $5 all others. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, CFA Theater, 271 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Happening ‘15 A culmination of creative music compositions and campus activity performed by students of MUSC 459 “Materials and Principles of Jazz Improvisation.” The ensemble is directed by Wesleyan University visiting assistant professor of music and private lessons teacher Pheeroan akLaff. 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.
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11 Friday Yale Schola Cantorum: Christmas in Lübeck Simon Carrington, guest conductor. Buxtehude and more. Preconcert talk at 4 p.m. Concert at 5 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Christ Church Episcopal, 84 Broadway St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu. The Haven String Quartet Presents: Pioneers of the String Quartet The Haven String Quartet performs the music of Haydn, Bartók, and Debussy. Tickets and series subscriptions available at the door, or at musichavenct.org/concerts. 7:30 p.m. Admission: $20; $10 students, seniors, and Unitarian Society of New Haven members. Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. 203-745-9030. musichavenct.org.
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The Arts Paper advertising and calendar deadlines The deadline for advertisements and calendar listings for the January/February 2015 edition of The Arts Paper is: Monday, November 23, at 5 p.m. Future deadlines are as follows: March 2016: Monday, January 25, 5 p.m. April 2016: Monday, February 29, 5 p.m. May 2016: Monday, March 28, 5 p.m. June 2016: Monday, April 25, 5 p.m. July/August 2016: Tuesday, May 31, 5 p.m. Calendar listings are for Arts Council members only and should be submitted online at newhavenarts.org. Arts Council members can request a username and password by sending an e-mail to communications@ newhavenarts.org. The Arts Council’s online calendar includes listings for programs and events taking place within 12 months of the current date. Listings submitted by the calendar deadline are included on a monthly basis in The Arts Paper.
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Happy Holiday Harmonies The Silk’n Sounds Chorus, along with guest performers, will present its annual holiday show. This award-winning women’s chorus will delight the whole family with its four-part a cappella harmonies in barbershop, pop, and jazz styles. Raffles baskets and refreshments will be available. Call Donna for tickets at 203-248-7348. 2 p.m. General admission $12, seniors and students $10, children 12 and younger admitted free. St. Thomas Epsicopal Church, 830 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-248-7348. silknsounds.org. Holiday Collage The Greater New Haven Community Chorus presents a festive holiday concert featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Coronation Anthem “The King Shall Rejoice,” “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, and an entertaining rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” plus works by Lauridsen, Gawthrop and others. Noah Blocker-Glynn, artistic director. 8 p.m. Tickets available through gnhcc.org. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Battell Chapel, College Street at Elm Street, New Haven. 203-303-4642. gnhcc.org. Holiday Extravaganza Celebrate the holidays with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and music from The Nutcracker, Pachelbel’s Canon, “Sleigh Ride,” a Christmas carol sing-along, and more! Hamden Pops Series sponsored by Whitney Center. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets sponsored by Frontier. 2:30 p.m. $35/$49. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets available. $10 Student tickets available with ID. Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. 203-865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.
13 Sunday Celebrate the holidays with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and music from The Nutcracker, Pachelbel’s Canon, “Sleigh Ride,” a Christmas carol sing-along, and more! Hamden Pops Series sponsored by Whitney Center. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets sponsored by Frontier. 2:30 p.m. $35/$49. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets available. $10 Student tickets available with ID. Shelton Intermediate School, 675 Constitution Blvd North, Shelton. 203-865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.
17 Thursday Southbury Public Library Christmas Concert The Silk’n Sound women’s a cappella chorus will be performing wonderful four-part harmonies that will delight the whole family. Relax and enjoy harmonies in the barbershop, pop, and jazz styles performed by this award-winning chorus. Refreshments will be provided. 203-262-0626. Snow date: December 18, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Road, Southbury. 203-262-0626. silknsounds.org. Holiday Extravaganza Join the New Haven Symphony Orchestra for a classical Christmas program of seasonal favorites. Holiday-inspired works by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bizet, and others. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets sponsored by Frontier. $15-$74. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets available. $10 Student tickets with ID. Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New Haven. 203865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.
Special Events Artistry: American Craft Shopping for the Holidays This event features one-of-a-kind, handmade crafts by more than 250 artists from across America.
Items include ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber, ornaments, accessories, toys, specialty foods, and more. Open through January 3, 2016. Seven days a week. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Free. Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.
3 Thursday Black-Tie Event Please join us for a Holiday gala black-tie event! Live jazz performed by John Brasil and Dr. Gary Gripo. Delicious hor d’oeuvres provided by Shoreline Café. Complimentary beverages provided by Branford Art Center 7-10 p.m. $40 single, $75 double. Contact Yvonne Gordon at 1229bacgallery@gmail.com. 1229 Main St., Branford. 860-334-4642.
4 Friday 2015 Arts Awards The theme of the 2015 Arts Awards is Art Recharged, in recognition of the power of individuals and groups to respond to artistic and logistical challenges through reinvention. That may mean an inspired new use of space, resources, or activities that provoke and invigorate the greater New Haven community in new ways. 11:45 a.m. Social hour begins at 11 a.m. Call 203-772-2788 for ticketing information. New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-772-2788. newhavenarts.org.
31 Thursday First Night of Funny This New Year’s Eve, say goodbye to 2015 by enjoying a hilarious night of laughter with family and friends — an evening that won’t break the bank. 8 p.m. $25. Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. 203-5625666. shubert.com.
Talks & Tours 11 Friday Lecture: Christmas Music from Lübeck Kerala Snyder gives a preconcert talk before a Yale Schola Cantorum concert 4 p.m. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Christ Church Episcopal, 84 Broadway St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu.
Theater Flashdance The Musical With electrifying dance at its core, this show tells the inspiring story of a Pittsburgh woman who works as a steel-mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night and dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. Based on the popular hit movie, the score includes the biggest hits from the film plus an additional 16 new songs. December 4-6. Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Ticket price varies by performance and seat location. Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. 203-5625666. shubert.com. Christmas Cookies! The Musical Award-winning Pantochino Productions presents a new family musical about a troubled bakery saved by a trio of singing cookies, with a little help from Santa Claus. Book and lyrics by Bert Bernardi, music by Justin Rugg. December 11-27. Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. $18 online, $20 at the door. Milford Fine Arts Council, 40 Railroad Ave. South, Milford. 203-937-6206. pantochino.com. Theater Event: Dante Behind Bars Incarcerated men re-imagine “The Divine Comedy” performed by students in professor Ron Jenkins’ course “Sacred Texts and Social Justice.” December 12. 3-6 p.m. Free. 409 Prospect Street, New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu.
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RATES Organizations/Businesses Member organizations and businesses are entitled to three complimentary classified listings in The Arts Paper per year. Listings are also posted on the Arts Council’s website, newhavenarts.org. Rates: $15 per listing, three listings for $30. Listings must be paid for in advance. Artists Individual artist members are entitled to one complimentary classified listing per year. Rates: $10 per listing, three listings for $25. Listings must be paid for in advance. Non-members Rates: $20 per listing, three listings for $50. Listings must be paid for in advance.
Please note that the size limitation of listings is 350 characters with spaces. The Arts Council reserves the right to edit your listing for length or content. The Arts Council provides these listings as a service to the community and is not responsible for the content or deadlines. Call for Artists/Volunteers are free and open to all arts organizations, educational institutions, and creative businesses. To submit a Bulletin Board listing please email your listing to: communications@newhavenarts.org
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BULLETIN BOARD Call For Artists For Arts Center Killingworth’s 2016 Spectrum Gallery exhibits. Seeking fine artists and artisans in all media. For artist submission, visit spectrumartgallery.org or email barbara@spectrumartgallery.org. Spectrum Gallery and Store, 61 Main St., Centerbrook. Artists The Gallery Review Committee of The New Alliance Gallery at Gateway Community College is looking for artists to submit their resumes and images for possible exhibition in the 2016 calendar year. Please send your resume and cover letter along with a DVD of not less than 20 and no more than 25 images to: Gallery Review Committee, Gateway Community College, 20 Church St., Room S329, New Haven, CT, 06510. Artists The Tiny Gallery: a very big opportunity for very small art. The Tiny Gallery is a premiere space for “micro” exhibitions in the historic Audubon Arts District, located within the lighted display “totem” outside Creative Arts Workshop, at 80 Audubon St., in New Haven. The Tiny Gallery is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis and should include a written proposal, artist statement, and images of artwork. Call 203-562-4927 x. 14, email gallery@ creativeartsworkshop.org, or visit creativeartsworkshop.org/tiny. Artists The Monotype Guild of New England’s Fourth National Juried Exhibition seeks entries. Deadline for entry is February 1, 2016. Show Dates: April 6–May 7, 2016. Location: Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Juror: Andrew Stevens, curator of prints, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Cash Prizes worth more than $1,800. For prospectus and easy online submission, visit mgne.org. Artists, Board Members, and Volunteers Art Secession Cabal, a New Haven-based group of outsider artists working in theater, film, visual art, and other mediums seeks people for our board, sponsors, volunteers with fundraising experience, and artists in all mediums who agree with our mission and create radical, brave work. Prospective volunteers/board members/sponsors: Please send a brief introduction; artists please email a letter of interest/introduction with examples of your bravest work. Visit art-secession.org for more details and contact information. Artist Members Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven is seeking applications from new prospective members. Visit kehlerliddell.com/membership for more information. Film Submissions The Yale Film Colloquium seeks short film submissions by female filmmakers for its forthcoming Bad Girls season. If you’re a female filmmaker and have made a short film about Bad Girls, please consider submitting it for our special Bad Girls short film night. We’re looking for short fiction, documentaries, experimental films, animations, and music videos about any kind of Bad Girls. If you’d like to submit a short film for consideration then please email kirsty.dootson@yale.edu for more information. Musicians The New Haven Chamber Orchestra has openings in the violin, viola, and bass sections for the 2015–2016 season. The orchestra rehearses on Tuesday evenings at the Fair Haven School, 164 Grand Ave. Rehearsals begin after Labor Day. To sit in on a rehearsal or to audition, contact the orchestra via email at info@newhavenchamberorchestra.org.
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Music Theater Submissions Online submissions are being accepted for the 2016 Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mark Brokaw, two original music-theater works will be selected for the 2016 institute’s summer lab, which will take place June 12–26 in New Haven. Online applications are being accepted through January 8, 2016, 11:59 p.m. (EST) at drama.yale.edu/YIMT. Photographers Are you a fan of photography? A program of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Photo Arts Collective aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and special events. The Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Singers The Greater New Haven Community Chorus invites you to join.; First Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. For more detailed information, visit gnhcc.org or email info@gnhcc.org. Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the area. We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals to learn more. We enjoy four part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style, lively performances, and wonderful friendships. Rehearsals are every Tuesday, 6:30–9 p.m., at the Spring Glen United Church of Christ, 1825 Whitney Ave., in Hamden. Contact Lynn at 203-623-1276 for more information or visit silknsounds.org. Singers The Greater New Haven Community Chorus, a non-auditioned, four part (SATB) chorus is currently inviting singers to join its choral group for the 2015–2016 season. The chorus is accepting all voice parts, but currently has a special need for tenors and basses. GNHCC’s December concert, “Holiday Collage,” will be held on December 12, at 8 p.m., in Battell Chapel in New Haven. Rehearsals are held every Thursday 7-9:15 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Rehearsals for the ensemble’s spring 2016 concert begin January 7, 2016, 7 p.m. No Audition is necessary if you join during the open enrollment period, January 7–21. For more information about GNHCC, please visit www.gnhcc.org or email: info@gnhcc.org. Singers The New Haven Oratorio Choir invites choral singers (all parts) to audition. We are a chamber ensemble rehearsing weekly (Wednesday nights) at Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, under the leadership of Daniel Shaw. We perform a varied repertoire of sacred and secular classical music, including contemporary composers, with two main concerts per season (December and May). Our 2015–16 season will include works by Tavener, Gardiner, and Brahms. An audition consists of meeting with Artistic Director Daniel Shaw, doing some general vocalizing, and performing a one-to-two-minute unaccompanied selection chosen by the singer. An audition may be scheduled at that time. Visit nhoratorio.org to learn more and follow the link to schedule an audition. Volunteers Volunteers are a vital part of Artspace’s operation. Volunteering with Artspace is a great way to support the organization, meet new people, and develop new skills. Our volunteers provide a service that is invaluable to making Artspace function smoothly. We simply couldn’t operate without the tremendous support of our volunteers. To find out more about volunteer opportunities, please contact Shelli Stevens shelli@artspacenh.org.
Creative Services Art Consulting Services Support your creativity! Low-cost service offers in-depth artwork analysis, writing, and editing services by former arts newspaper editor, current art director of the New Haven Free Public Library, and independent curator of many venues. Call Johnes Ruta at 203-387-4933, visit azothgallery.com, or send email to azothgallery@comcast.net. Art Installation Specialists, LLC An art-handling company serving homeowners, art professionals, offices, galleries, and museums. We offer packing, long-distance or local shipping and installation of paintings, mirrors, plaques, signage, tapestries, and sculpture, as well as framing, pedestals, exhibit design, and conservation. Contact Paul Cofrancesco at (203) 752-8260, Gabriel Da Silva at 203-9823050, e-mail: artinstallationspecialistsllc@gmail. com, or visit artinstallationspecialistsllc.com. Birthday Parties Did you know that Creative Arts Workshop is available for birthday parties? Have your birthday party in an art studio. CAW faculty members will lead the party in arts or crafts projects, lasting approximately 1 1/2 hours, leaving time for cake, presents, and memory-making. Choose from a variety of themes and projects. For more information or to schedule a party, call the office at 562-4927. A fantastic idea for children of all ages. Chair Repair We can fix your worn-out chair seats if they are cane, rush, Danish cord, Shaker Tape, or other woven types! Celebrating our 25th year! Work is done by artisans at The Association of Artisans to Cane, a project of Marrakech, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that provides services for people with disabilities. Open Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. 203-776-6310. Creative Events / Crafting Parties Our beautiful light-filled space in East Rock is the perfect spot to host an intimate creative gathering or party. We’ll work with you to provide the programming, snacks, drinks, and decorations that will make your event memorable. Rent our space for up to three hours. thehvncollective.com. Historic Home Restoration Contractor Period appropriate additions, baths, kitchens, and remodeling. Sagging porches, straightened/leveled, wood windows restored, plaster restored, historic, molding and hardware, Vinyl/aluminum siding removed, wood siding repaired/replaced. New Haven Preservation Trusts. R.J. Aley Building Contractor 203-226-9933. jaley@rjaley.com. Japanese Shoji Screens Designed for Connecticut homes. Custom built for windows, doorways, or freestanding display, they allow beautiful filtered light to pass through while insulating. For a free quote, contact Phillip Chambers at 203-888-4937 or email pchambers9077@sbcglobal.net. Modern/Contemporary Dance Classes Taught by Annie Sailer. Ongoing, adult, intermediate level classes. Mondays, 6–7:30 p.m., and Thursdays (time to be announced). New Haven area. Contact Annie for location. Cost: $15 per class. Email anniesailer@gmail.com or visit anniesailer.com Private Art Instruction For adults and children. Learn in a working artist’s studio. Ideal for artists, home-schooled youngsters, and those with special needs. Portfolio preparation offered. Draw, paint, print, and make collage in a spacious light-filled studio at Erector Square in New Haven. Relaxed and professional. I can also come to you. Lessons created to suit individual. References available. Email lizpagano@snet.net.
Professional Art Installation Professional art installer for residential and commercial work. More than 17 years’ experience in museums, galleries, hospitals, and homes in New York City, Providence, New Haven, Chester, etc. Rate is $30–$40 an hour, no job too small or large. Contact Mark at 203-7724270 or livepaint@aol.com. More information and examples at ctartinstall.com. Web Services Startup business solutions. Creative, sleek Web design by art curator for art, design, architectural, and small-business sites. Twenty-five years’ experience in database, logistics, and engineering applications. Will create and maintain any kind of website. Hosting provided. Call 203387-4933, visit azothgallery.com, or send email to azothgallery@comcast.net. Writing Workshops The Company of Writers is a new creative community for writers of all ages and levels of experience. We offer prose and poetry workshops, in-person and online services, a summer writers’ conference for teens, and a manuscript consultancy for book-length material. All our faculty are published authors, and many are teachers, editors, or publishers. Course descriptions available online at companyofwriters.net, or by contacting Terry at 203-676-7133. We all have a story to tell. What’s yours?
Space Artist Studio West Cove Studio and Gallery offers work space with two large Charles Brand intaglio etching presses, lithography press, and stainless-steel work station. Workshops and technical support available. Ample display area for shows. Membership: $75 per month. 30 Elm St., West Haven. Call 609-638-8501 or visit westcovestudio.org. Community Living Space Rocky Corner, the first cohousing community in Connecticut, is seeking new members. It’ll be built on 33 acres in Bethany, near New Haven, will feature 30 homes (including 13 affordable ones), a 4,500-square-foot common house with workshop/kitchen/etc., and an organic farm. Visit rockycorner.org or email welcome@rockycorner.org to learn more. Live/Work Space ArLoW (Arts Lofts West). Fabulous lofts in New Haven’s first artist-housing development. The units contain high ceilings with flexible options for living and working spaces. Great natural light and interior spaces. Please contact Lynn Calabrese c/o Wm. M. Hotchkiss, management agent, at 203-772-3200 x. 20 for a rental application. Studio Space Thirteen-thousand square feet of undeveloped studio space available in old mill brick building on New Haven harbor. Conveniently located one minute off I-95, Exit 44 in West Haven. Owners willing to subdivide. Call 609-638-8501.
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Arts & Cultural Organizations
Center for Independent Study cistudy.homestead.com
Gallery One CT galleryonect.com
1253 Whitney 1253whitney.com
Chestnut Hill Concerts chestnuthillconcerts.org 203-245-5736
Greater New Haven Community Chorus gnhcc.org 203-624-1979
A Broken Umbrella Theatre abrokenumbrella.org 203-868-0428
The Choirs of Trinity Church on the Green trinitynewhaven.org
Alyla Suzuki Early Childhood Music Education alylasuzuki.com 203-239-6026
City Gallery city-gallery.org 203-782-2489
American Guild of Organists sacredmusicct.org Another Octave CT Women’s Chorus anotheroctave.org ARTFARM art-farm.org Arts Center Killingworth artscenterkillingworth.org 860-663-5593 Arts for Learning Connecticut www.aflct.org Artspace artspacenh.org 203-772-2709 Artsplace: Cheshire Performing & Fine Art cpfa-artsplace.org 203-272-2787 Ball & Socket Arts ballandsocket.org Bethesda Music Series bethesdanewhaven.org 203-787-2346 Blackfriars Repertory Theatre blackfriarsrep.com Branford Folk Music Society folknotes.org/branfordfolk
Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre ccbtballettheatre.org Connecticut Dance Alliance ctdanceall.com Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus ctgmc.org 1-800-644-cgmc Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators ctnsi.com 203-934-0878
Guilford Art Center guilfordartcenter.org 203-453-5947 Guitartown CT Productions guitartownct.com 203-430-6020 Hamden Art League hamdenartleague.com 203-494-2316 Hillhouse Opera Company hillhouseoperacompany.org 203-464-2683 Hopkins School hopkins.edu
Long Wharf Theatre longwharf.org 203-787-4282
New Haven Paint and Clay Club newhavenpaintandclayclub.org 203-288-6590
Lyman Center at SCSU www.lyman.southernct.edu
New Haven Symphony Orchestra newhavensymphony.org 203-865-0831
The Second Movement secondmovementseries.org
Creative Businesses
Theater Department at SCSU/ Crescent Players southernct.edu/theater
Access Audio-Visual Systems accessaudiovisual.com 203-287-1907
Vintanthromodern vintanthromodernvintage.com
Blue Plate Radio blueplateradio.com 203-500-0700
Wesleyan University Center for the Arts wesleyan.edu/cfa
Foundry Music Company www.foundrymusicco.com
Madison Art Society madisonartsociety.blogspot.com 860-399-6116
One True Palette onetruepalette.com
Marrakech, Inc./Association of Artisans to Cane marrakechinc.org
Orchestra New England orchestranewengland.org 203-777-4690
Mattatuck Museum mattatuckmuseum.org
Pantochino Productions pantochino.com
West Cove Studio & Gallery westcovestudio.com 609-638-8501
Meet the Artists and Artisans meettheartistsandartisans.com 203-874-5672
Paul Mellon Arts Center choate.edu/artscenter
Whitney Arts Center 203-773-3033
Hull’s Art Supply and Framing hullsnewhaven.com 203-865-4855
Play with Grace playwithgrace.com
Whitney Humanities Center yale.edu/whc
Toad’s Place toadsplace.com
Reynolds Fine Art reynoldsfineart.com
Yale Cabaret yalecabaret.org 203-432-1566
Community Partners
Milford Fine Arts Council milfordarts.org 203-878-6647
The Funky Monkey Café & Gallery thefunkymonkeycafe.com
Hugo Kauder Society hugokauder.org
Music Haven musichavenct.org 203-215-4574
The Institute Library institutelibrary.org
Musical Folk musicalfolk.com
International Festival of Arts & Ideas artidea.org
Neighborhood Music School neighborhoodmusicschool.org 203-624-5189
CT Folk ctfolk.com
International Silat Federation of America & Indonesia isfnewhaven.org
New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema nefiac.com
Elm City Dance Collective elmcitydance.org
Jazz Haven jazzhaven.org
New Haven Ballet newhavenballet.org 203-782-9038
Silk Road Art Gallery silkroadartnewhaven.com
Elm Shakespeare Company elmshakespeare.org 203-874-0801
Kehler Liddell Gallery 203-389-9555 kehlerliddell.com
New Haven Chorale newhavenchorale.org 203-776-7664
Susan Powell Fine Art susanpowellfineart.com 203-318-0616
Encore Music Creations encoremusiccreations.com
Knights of Columbus Museum kofcmuseum.org
New Haven Free Public Library nhfpl.org
The Bird Nest Gallery thebirdnestsalon.com
Firehouse 12 firehouse12.com 203-785-0468
Legacy Theatre legacytheatrect.org
Town Green Special Services District infonewhaven.com
New Haven Oratorio Choir nhoratorio.org
The Company of Writers companyofwriters.net 203-676-7133
Visit New Haven visitnewhaven.com
Creative Arts Workshop creativeartsworkshop.org 203-562-4927 Creative Concerts 203-795-3365
Linda S. Marino Art lindasmarinoart.com
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, New Haven Branch nhrscds.org
Yale Center for British Art yale.edu/ycba
Shoreline Arts Alliance shorelinearts.org 203-453-3890
Yale Institute of Sacred Music yale.edu.ism 203-432-5180
Shubert Theater shubert.com 203-562-5666
Yale Repertory Theatre yalerep.org 203-432-1234
Silk n’ Sounds silknsounds.org
Yale School of Music music.yale.edu 203-432-1965
Department of Arts Culture & Tourism, City of New Haven cityofnewhaven.com 203-946-8378 DECD/CT Office of the Arts cultureandtourism.org 860-256-2800 Fractured Atlas fracturedatlas.org JCC of Greater New Haven jccnh.org
Yale University Art Gallery www.artgallery.yale.edu
Overseas Ministries Study Center omsc.org
Yale University Bands yale.edu/yaleband 203-432-4111
The Amistad Committee ctfreedomtrail.org
New Haven Museum newhavenmuseum.org 203-562-4183
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The Arts Paper arts council programs
Perspectives ‌ The Gallery at Whitney Center Location: 200 Leeder Hill Drive, South Entrance, Hamden Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.
Shared Resources Group exhibition curated by Debbie Hesse and Melanie Carr that examines collaborative, relational, and interactive art. Dates: On view through January 2
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Location: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Reenvision 2015 Arts Council Members Show Dates: On view through December 23
Arts Awards. Photo by Judy Sirota Rosenthal.
Arts Awards Friday, December 4 at the New Haven Lawn Club Social Hour: 11 a.m. Luncheon and Awards: 11:45 a.m. For tickets, visit newhavenarts.org or call 203-772-2788. See inside, pages 10 & 11, for complete bios of awardees.
Photo Arts Collective The Photo Arts Collective is an Arts Council program that aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography, through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and events. The Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of the month at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whitney Ave., New Haven, at 7 p.m. To learn more, send email to photoartscollective@gmail.com.
Reenvision. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery.
Shared Resources. Perspectives... The Gallery at Whitney Center.
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Shaunda Holloway.
For more information on these events and more visit newhavenarts.org or check out our mobile events calendar using the Arts, Nightlife, Dining & Information (ANDI) app for smartphones.