JOIN US @ POETRY OUT LOUD
State Finals
March 9, 2019
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
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Please join us at the
Connecticut State Finals for Poetry Out Loud on Saturday, March 9 from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at Middlesex Community College in Middletown.
This is a free event - no ticket is necessary. The winner of the Connecticut State Finals will compete in the 2019 National Finals to take place April 30 - May 1, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest that encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. The program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.
Created by the
National Endowment for the Arts and the
Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest is administered in partnership with the State Arts Agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. For more information, contact Adriane Jefferson via
email.
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OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL!
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On March 1, the directors of our nine (9) regional partners met with Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz in her office at the State Capitol.
Our regional partners, known as
Designated Regional Service Organizations
(DRSOs), serve as local field offices to constituents and citizens and support Connecticut's economy by providing arts and cultural leadership at the regional level. In the photo
(from left to right)
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CONNECTICUT ARTS HERO AWARDS
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The
Arts Hero Awards
honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing extraordinary work in the arts, for the arts, or through the arts in Connecticut.
Do you know someone who should be honored as a
Connecticut Arts Hero?
Please take a moment to nominate this special someone! The deadline to submit is Thursday, March 28, 2019.
This year's Arts Heroes will be honored in a special ceremony on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 6:00 pm at
Infinity Hall & Bistro
in Hartford, Connecticut.
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2019 CONNECTICUT ARTS DAY
Thursday, May 2, 2019
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Please join us on Thursday, May 2, 2019 for
Connecticut Arts Day! This year we are very excited to have Connecticut Arts Day in New Haven!
The morning program and performances will take place at
College Street Music
Hall. We will then move directly across the street to the
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale for an afternoon of presentations, workshops, lunch and the presentation of the Connecticut office of the Arts' Lifetime Achievement Award.
Please save the date - Thursday, May 2, 2019 for Connecticut Arts Day!
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NEED MONEY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
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The
Elizabeth L. Mahaffey Arts Administration Fellowship
provides $2,500 non-matching grants to arts administrators to pursue professional development activities that will advance their careers in arts administration. Arts administration is the field that concerns the business operations of an arts organization, including but not limited to staff management, public relations/marketing, budget management, fund-raising, program development and evaluation and board relations. Applications are due March 29, 2019 before 5:30 pm.
To be eligible, an individual must:
- be a Connecticut resident;
- be employed at a Connecticut non-profit arts organization; and
- have a minimum of two (2) years and no more than ten (10) years of experience in the arts field.
For more information, visit our
website
or contact Rhonda Olisky via
email.
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ACT ADVOCACY DAY
April 8, 2019
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Join the Connecticut Tourism Coalition and the Connecticut Arts Alliance for
Arts, Culture + Tourism (ACT) Advocacy Day at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on April 8, 2019. Be sure to visit the Connecticut Office of the Arts' table!
10 - 11:30 am: Exhibits, Speakers and Remarks from Legislators
11:30 am - 1 pm: Tourism Caucus Meeting
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About the Connecticut Arts Alliance:
About the Connecticut Tourism Coalition:
The
Connecticut Tourism Coalition
(CTC) is comprised of various association and industry-supporting organizations whose main goal is to affect change in the Connecticut tourism industry by addressing key legislative, regulatory and budgeting issues through public education.
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CREATIVE COMMUNITIES EXCHANGE (CCX)
June 6 & 7, 2019
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The biennial
Creative Communities Exchange (CCX)
gathers people from across New England who connect creative work to community goals. An energizing networking and learning event, participants share ideas and discuss strategies about how to make inclusive creative communities happen. CCX 2019 will take place June 6 & 7 in Montpelier, Vermont. For more information about CCX 2019, visit the New England Foundation for the Arts'
website
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
2019 CONNECTICUT BOOK AWARDS
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The Connecticut Book Awards
recognize the best books of 2018 by authors and illustrators from Connecticut or books about Connecticut. Categories include:
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Books for Young Readers broken into three subcategories: Picture Books, Fiction, and Nonfiction
Books must have been published in 2018.
Entry fees start at $40 for a 2,000 copy or less print run. The submission deadline for all categories is April 19, 2019. Visit
CT Center for the Book
for criteria, guidelines and the on-line submission form.
Starting this year, the Connecticut Book Awards will include the Bruce Fraser "Spirit of Connecticut’ Award". This special award is in memory of long-time
Connecticut Humanities'
Director Bruce Fraser and celebrates Connecticut’s sense of place.
Winners from last year are
- Fiction: Georgia Hunter, We Were the Lucky Ones, Penguin Books
- Nonfiction: Virginia DeJohn Anderson, The Martyr and the Traitor – Nathan Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolution, Oxford University Press
- Poetry: Gina Athena Ulysse, Because When God is Too Busy, Wesleyan University Press
- Young Readers:
- Young Adult: Jake Burt, Greetings from Witness Protection!, Macmillan
- Juvenile: Susan Hood, Double Take! A New Look at Opposites, Candlewick Press
For more information, please contact Lisa Comstock by
email o
r by phone at 860.937.6582.
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BE PART OF CONNECTICUT'S BEST
Exhibit in the Connecticut Building
@ the 2019 Big E
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The goal of the
Connecticut Building
at the
Big E
is to promote the best of Connecticut! It is an amazing opportunity for arts and culture organizations as well as individual artists and crafters to promote themselves and their products to the over 1 million people who visit the Connecticut Building.
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"Despite the forecast, live like it's Spring." - Lilly Pulitzer
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