Arts

Connecticut cARTie was started by mother and daughter duo Tish and Clare Murray to bring the arts to kids who they say might not get to experience it otherwise.

Many creatives hold different jobs outside of their passion. The same people who are DJs, painters and poets are teachers, accountants and scientists. In this segment of Side Hustle, WSHU spoke with a Norwalk-based designer who spends his free time taking portraits on the street.

Following a year of budget cuts, arts and culture nonprofits that support a nearly $13 billion industry are working with Connecticut legislators to secure funding into the future.

Some 700 arts and culture organizations in Connecticut are starting the new year without a $10.7 million pot of grant funding they used to have access to for operating costs. Yet, a recent report shows a key impact on communities of color and its contribution to the state’s economy.

Artists from the Shinnecock Tribal Nation on Long Island are telling a part of their story that has long been buried.

Visitors to the Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island can expect more than just a landscape of flowers this summer as 35 life-size sculptures by the late renowned artist Seward Johnson are on display.

Connecticut residents are split on a new bill meant to combat housing segregation.

Many New York City residents found refuge in Connecticut during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. So did art gallery Hollis Taggart.

WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Shinnecock member and curator of the Outcropping – Indigenous Art Now exhibit at Southampton Arts Center Jeremy Dennis.

Connecticut Senate Republicans want support for their package of proposals to create more jobs in the state.