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| | | | | | CT CULTURE FUND INFO SESSIONS THURSDAY SEPT. 22 |
| Scott Wands and Lian Partridge from CT Humanities will be live in-person at two information sessions on the CT Culture Fund: a) to clarify how to close out your FY22 grant with a final report, and b) how to apply for FY23 - what's the same, what's different.
Scott and Lian will be available at two sites on Thurs. Sept 22: Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport 10am-11:30am, and The Avon Theatre, Stamford, 2pm-3:30pm
Registration will be available shortly. |
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FOR AEP6 RANDY COHEN IS COMING TO TOWN! THURSDAY OCT. 19 |
| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is partnering again with Americans for the Arts for Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), the sixth national study of the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry. (See our webpage on the 2015 AEP5 study here).
To kick off our participation, Randy Cohen, Vice President for Research at Americans for the Arts will be visiting our region and will be speaking to all our cultural nonprofit members on Thursday, Oct. 19: 10am at Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk. Why is this important? How can you participate? SAVE THE DATE! We are inviting you to assist us by collecting audience-intercept surveys from your event attendees - our goal is a total of 800 surveys by April 2023. Details to come shortly. |
| | | | | To assist members figure out how best to handle their own DEI Training for board and staff, we are compiling a list of consultants that members have already used.
If you have used any consultants in any capacity to help you figure out DEI training, please send me names and contact information. Any further information about cost and, in confidence, your rating of the guidance you received will be appreciated.
We will share this list as soon as we have a good number of names. We are also looking into the possibility of a collaborative project in which we work collectively with a consultant or two to work with all interested members.
David Green |
| | | | | | MEMBERS: do you know about our Funding Booster Program? It's free and designed to help all grant writers, from beginners to seasoned veterans, learn new skills, and burnish old ones, in order to be as successful as possible in all their grant writing ambitions.
The Funding Booster program will increase your access to news about local, state, regional and national arts and culture funding opportunities, provide monthly workshops, drop-in grant clinics to help you with specific grant writing challenges, one-on-one sessions with grant writing expert Jessica Morozowich, regional meetings and panel discussions with funders, and more.
Our next meeting is Wed. Sept 7 at 10am. Register to be part of this program here.
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| | | BE SURE TO POST EVENTS TO CTVISIT |
| | | From CT Office of Tourism:
WHAT’S NEW FOR FALL? Fall will be here before we know it! What does your business have planned for the season? In our continuing effort to #SupportCTBusinesses, we want to share what you’re doing with residents and local visitors on CTvisit.com, social media, and through public relations. Share what’s exciting, new, or different for fall at your property or event, including: - Halloween happenings (e.g., haunted houses, jack-o-lantern walks)
- Seasonal favorites (e.g., pumpkin picking, leaf peeping, apple picking)
- New or unique outdoor activities or events for families and adults (e.g., country fairs, outdoor food festivals, parades, music festivals, multicultural festivals)
- New or unique indoor activities or events for families and adults (e.g., exhibits, shows, tours, art events, performances)
- Culinary offerings (e.g., outdoor dining with foliage views, seasonal specials or events)
- LGBTQ+ offerings (e.g., drag shows, festivals, ways to support LGBTQ-owned businesses)
Share your thoughts—and any photos or videos—with CTVisit.WebEditor@ct.gov. This tool will make it easier for you to share images and videos with us, even if they are large files. Share your images with us today! |
| | | | | CONNECTICUT COLLECTIONS INFO SESSION NEXT MONDAY AUGUST 29, 10am |
| Learn more about Connecticut Collections, an affordable, open-source collections management system run by the Connecticut League of History Organizations. Connecticut Collections allows you to organize, manage, and preserve your museum and archival collections digitally in one convenient database. It also allows you to share your collections online through our public portal and the Connecticut Digital Archive, making them more discoverable to researchers around the state, country, and world.
This info session will cover: - functionality and features of Connecticut Collections
- advantages of Connecticut Collections compared to other systems
- how it works and how to join
- affordability
- current initiatives and opportunities
There will also be plenty of time for Q&A so you can get your questions answered.
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| | The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing inspiring things in, for or through the arts in Connecticut.
Since 2016, the Connecticut Arts Hero Awards have introduced us to an array of remarkable individuals engaged in or supporting the arts - some publicly and some behind the scenes. If you know a special someone who has contributed significantly to the arts in Connecticut, please take a moment to nominate this individual.
The deadline to submit a nomination is Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards will be presented at a special, open-to-all, free event on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM at Infinity Hall in Hartford. This evening event is designed to honor and celebrate these inspiring individuals and to reaffirm the significant role the arts play in Connecticut. Please save the date! |
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