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1) Yale Peabody Museum The first thing you think of when you think of the Peabody Museum is the dinosaurs. But the newest exhibit there takes a different focus: Americans eating habits. "We haven't done anything quite like this before," says museum...
Tags: New Britain, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts, Obesity, Arts and Culture
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Connecticut Arts Groups Get $1.15 Million From NEA Grants
Hartford CourantNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the NEA plans to award 928 grants totaling $77.17 million to not-for-profit organizations nationwide. These grants support exemplary projects in arts education, dance,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Goodspeed Opera House, Music, Connecticut Historical Society, Financial Aid
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Who Made It -- And Who Didn't -- In State's "City Canvases" Grants
Hartford CourantA total of 12 communities were invited to submit proposals to the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and the Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) for its "City Canvases Initiative." But five did not make the cut: New Haven,...Tags: Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), New Britain, Torrington, Stamford, Middletown
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Projects Named For Connecticut's" City Canvases" Grants
Hartford CourantDepartment of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and the Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), announced the following cities and their projects as recipients of the "City Canvases Initiative." • Bridgeport / Bridgeport Arts & Cultural...Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), Cultural Development, Torrington, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), New Britain
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'NEW/NOW: Marc Swanson' at New Britain Museum of American Art
Using glass, wood, textiles, rhinestones and precious metals, New Britain native Marc Swanson returns to his hometown with 12 mixed media works, including "Untitled (88 Box)" (2008, pictured), that reflect the artist's personal folklore as well as his...Tags: New Britain, Arts, Arts, Arts and Culture
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A Walter Wick retrospective at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich
When something new feels like it's always existed, that's a pretty good sign it's a work of genius.
Take Walter Wick's I Spy and Can You See What I See? series. The Hartford photographer took a simple game invented to distract young children during...Tags: Fine Artists, Photography Supplies and Services, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Museums, Arts
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Westward the Course of Empire
The New Britain Museum of American Art's new exhibition, Searching the Horizon, offers "the real American West" but ends up begging the question: Was the American West ever truly "real"? More to the point, the American West that is on view here is as...Tags: Fine Artists, Olympic Games, New Britain, Bankruptcy, Social Issues
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'Robert Charles Hudson: Above the Underground' at New Britain Museum of American Art
At the New Britain Museum of American Art, a mixed-media exhibition by Robert Charles Hudson (pictured) is on display through January 8, 2012. The majority of the works are abstract paintings with small quilts sewn into the middle, which Hudson crafted by...Tags: Museums, Arts, New Britain, Arts, Arts and Culture
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New Britain Museum Remembers 9/11
The Hartford CourantOn Sept. 11, 2001, Dalton Ghetti was on his way to work from his home in Bridgeport when he heard about a plane crashing into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. When he got to his office job in Wilton, he watched on TV as the second plane...Tags: Social Media, New Britain, Fine Arts, Mass Media, Long Island Sound
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Pictures of Filet at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain
Celebrated area chefs Billy Grant (Restaurant Bricco, Grants, Bricco Trattoria), Noel Jones (Polytechnic On20), Christopher Prosperi (Metro Bis) and 13 others from Connecticut restaurants host the NBMAA's annual fundraising dinner, where patrons can dine,...Tags: Milton Avery, Restaurants, New Britain, Arts and Culture, Museums
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'Arthur Carter: Orthogonals' at the New Britain Museum of American Art
In this exhibition, color theorist, minimalist and geometrist Arthur Carter presents a series of orthogonals: paper constructions inspired by mathematical innovators Fibonacci and Pythagoras as well as from the artist Donald Judd, including "Construct 6"...Tags: New Britain, Arts, Artists, Arts and Culture
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