Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Join Connecticut Arts for Learning in Hamden for an exciting day filled with arts education performances.

The Art Experience Showcase is scheduled for September 20, 2013 at the Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Avenue from 8:30AM-2:30PM. 

I went to one of these showcases in April 2013 and it was really cool - you get a preview of the performer and what they do.The day includes over 50 artist programs, the opportunity to speak to performing and teaching artists, continental breakfast and lunch. 

You must preregister by calling 203-230-8101 or emailing info@yaconn.org with your name, address, phone and affiliation. The cost is $10 per person. 

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Join Connecticut Arts for Learning in Hamden for an exciting day filled with arts education performances.

The Art Experience Showcase is scheduled for September 20, 2013 at the Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Avenue from 8:30AM-2:30PM. 

I went to one of these showcases in April 2013 and it was really cool - you get a preview of the performer and what they do.The day includes over 50 artist programs, the opportunity to speak to performing and teaching artists, continental breakfast and lunch. 

You must preregister by calling 203-230-8101 or emailing info@yaconn.org with your name, address, phone and affiliation. The cost is $10 per person. 

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Join Connecticut Arts for Learning in Hamden for an exciting day filled with arts education performances.

The Art Experience Showcase is scheduled for September 20, 2013 at the Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Avenue from 8:30AM-2:30PM. 

I went to one of these showcases in April 2013 and it was really cool - you get a preview of the performer and what they do.The day includes over 50 artist programs, the opportunity to speak to performing and teaching artists, continental breakfast and lunch. 

You must preregister by calling 203-230-8101 or emailing info@yaconn.org with your name, address, phone and affiliation. The cost is $10 per person.

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's September 20 Artist Expo

Join Connecticut Arts for Learning in Hamden for an exciting day filled with arts education performances.

The Art Experience Showcase is scheduled for September 20, 2013 at the Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Avenue from 8:30AM-2:30PM. 

I went to one of these showcases in April 2013 and it was really cool - you get a preview of the performer and what they do.The day includes over 50 artist programs, the opportunity to speak to performing and teaching artists, continental breakfast and lunch. 

You must preregister by calling 203-230-8101 or emailing info@yaconn.org with your name, address, phone and affiliation. The cost is $10 per person.

Find programmers at the CT Arts for Learning's April 5 Artist Expo

Spring Arts Experience 2013     April 5, 2013 8:30AM-3PM

Join Connecticut Arts for Learning at the Sarah Noble Intermediate School in New Milford for an exciting day filled with arts education performances, panel discussions on the topics of Arts Integrated Residencies, Arts in Your Community, Dig Into Reading for Library and Media Specialists,  and Professional Development Workshops for Educators. 

The Spring Arts Experience 2013 includes over 50 artist programs, the opportunity to speak to performing and teaching artists, panel discussions, raffle for programs, continental breakfast and lunch.  You must preregister by calling 203-230-8101 or emailing info@yaconn.org with your name, address, phone and affiliation. The cost is $10 per person. Bring a friend for FREE!!  Bring more than one friend and double your chance to win a free solo program!

Deadline extended: ALA/NEH: Muslim Journeys, a Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Grant Program

Help your patrons understand the people, places, history, faith, and culture of Muslims in the U.S. and around the world. 1,000 recipients will receive a collection of 25 books that highlight pluralism of cultural forms and traditions within the Muslim world; three documentary films; a subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online; additional resources such as essays, discussion questions and podcasts; and materials to support program promotion, including bookmarks, posters, and bookplates. These grants are provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities in collaboration with the ALA Public Programs Office.

In return for receiving a Bookshelf, libraries are required to organize programs that introduce the books and the Muslim Journeys themes to the library’s patrons and the broader community.

For more information, visit the website to review the grant guidelines, plan programs, and apply online for the collection. Deadline: October 25, 2012.

 

NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities' Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grants program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. 

Deadline July 19, 2012 (for Projects Beginning May 2013)

Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects. Funding from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.

CT Community Foundation, Litchfield County

As spotted by intrepid seeker of knowledge and CT State Library web resources librarian Sharon Clapp.

The Connecticut Community Foundation awards sponsorship grants of up to $2,500 to libraries, historical societies, and arts, cultural, and environmental organizations that are 501(c)(3) nonprofits or public entities for one-time programs, symposia, or events open to the public. Your event must be held in their 21-town CCF service area (see below for a list).

Sponsorship grants are limited to one per current calendar year per organization. Info and application.

Deadline: May 11.

Visit www.conncf.org/sponsorships for details.

FYI, grants are also available from the Community Basic Needs Fund; the Earl and Shirley Herbst Eye Research Fund, the Priscilla S. Whittemore Fund for international group travel programs for youth, and the Women’s Initiative Fund & Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial Fund, to provide funding for programs and services for women and children.

For more information, call the foundation at 203-753-1315, or e-mail grants@conncf.org.

• Beacon Falls
• Bethlehem
• Bridgewater
• Cheshire
• Goshen
• Litchfield
• Middlebury
• Morris
• Naugatuck
• New Milford
• Oxford
• Prospect
• Roxbury
• Southbury
• Thomaston
• Warren
• Washington
• Waterbury
• Watertown
• Wolcott
• Woodbury

Let's Move! Museums & Gardens

Be sure to refer your local museum or garden to Let's Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama's highly visible national initiative that has the capacity to change children's lives.

Connecticut participants so far include:

Bruce Museum of Art & Science, Greenwich

Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic 

New Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan

Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, Niantic 

Blue Slope Country Museum, North Franklin

Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk

Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme

Use it as a conversation starter, then bring up mutual programming like the CT Humanities Council's book discussions or Family Read.