UPCOMING EVENTS HOSTED BY WINDHAM ARTS & SPONSORS
June 10, 2020 – Artists Roundtable
We know times are difficult for everyone right now, especially our creative community. And sometimes it is helpful to talk to others in the same boat, share ideas, share stories, keep each other’s spirits up, exchange helpful information. We want to know how you are doing, how you are managing to continue with your creative […]
June 22, 2020 – Financial Fundamentals — Professional Development Workshop for CT Artists
Presented by The Community Economic Development Fund in collaboration with the CT Office of the Arts and the Greater Hartford Arts Council. Free to attend, but registration is required. Creative minds may legitimately enjoy art for art’s sake, but some must rely on their work to bring home the groceries. The path to sustainability involves […]
important updates & reminders
TRI-STATE RELIEF FUND TO SUPPORT NON-SALARIED WORKERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Emergency relief grant program will provide $1,250,000 in aid to Tri-State non-salaried workers in the visual arts who have experienced financial hardship from lack of income or opportunity as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis. The Willem de Kooning Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Teiger Foundation, and the Cy Twombly Foundation have partnered to […]
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$158,000 Awarded to Connecticut Artists
Artist Respond Grant ProgramThe Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) received 258 submissions to the Artist Respond program and was able to award seventy-three (73) grants for a total budget of $88,000. We received a number of strong applications, however, the field’s response far exceeded available funding making the grant process highly competitive. We would […]
Reminder: June 5th Quick Grant Deadline
For the upcoming June 5, 2020, Quick Grant application deadline, organizations are asked to submit grants for projects that address ways that they can best serve their community’s needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant requests for non-COVID-19-response-related projects will not be accepted. More Info>
CT Humanities to Award CARES Act Funds to Humanities and Cultural Nonprofits in Need
Connecticut Humanities is honored to provide rapid-response funding to nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations that are facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These grants are funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities. Connecticut Humanities will be re-granting a total of $450,000 in CARES Act funding. Grant awards will range from $2,500 to […]
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LOCAL NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Putnam Arts Council Announces Two Month Long “Sculpture Affair”
We would like to announce that we will be having a two month long “Sculpture Affair” that will take place in the Business District and along the Putnam River Trail. Artist Dale Rogers, the man who created our present sculptures, Bird in Hand (Rotary Park)- 4 People (River Trail) and Big Dog (Entrance to Dog […]
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Book Awards Update – Ready to Ship to Judges
Submissions for the 2020 CT Book Awards are closed, the books are in, and the readings are underway! This year the Connecticut Center for the Book received 93 submissions across four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Books for Young Readers (Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Books). Authors and illustrators send in six copies of their work to be distributed to […]
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Connecticut Conversations: Art and Resiliency in the Time of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has affected us all in one way or another. For artists and performers, coronavirus has seemingly closed the door on their creative outlets and, for many, their livelihood. But as days in self-isolation have turned into weeks, many in Connecticut’s creative workforce have found ways to make it work. Their innate ingenuity […]
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CT ROUND 2: A4A Webinars for a Post-COVID World
With the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists quickly redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with new, crisis-focused, distance-learning opportunities that largely retain the intimate cohort-focused style of our in-person workshops. Some workshops translate our usual offerings into a webinar format, while many cover new topics that […]
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