Our annual Fellowship Program for high school students now offers college credits.
Q&A: Michelle Dorrance
January 31, 2017
Get your tickets for Dorrance Dance in New Haven >Michelle Dorrance found her calling when she was only 8 years old. She was training at her mother’s dance school and was lucky enough to have Gene...
Majora Carter will receive the 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award
December 15, 2016
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to Majora Carter, noted revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award-...
Arts & Ideas Shares NEA Grant Spotlight with CT Arts Organizations
December 14, 2016
Connecticut Secures Federal Grants for 15 Arts Nonprofit Throughout State
“Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq finds her own key”
November 24, 2016
Tanya Tagaq is threatening to turn into one of the most peculiar and uncompromising mainstream success stories Canadian music has ever known.Although she previously graduated from the experimental...
We're Getting Hungry for Restaurant Week
October 25, 2016
Check out these Festival Staff Picks ahead of the festivities Oct 30 - Nov 4.
Press Release: 2016 Economic Impact Survey Results
October 3, 2016
Arts & Ideas Audiences Boost City and State Economy, Impact Jumps 23%
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas today announced the results of a highly successful Festival 21, which ran June 10–25...
A Summer wrap-up: Festival Life meets Anti-Internationalism
September 9, 2016
Profoundly symbolic in every way, this banner represented what all of us working in the world of festivals strive for every day: to create a pathway through the arts and humanities that brings the...
Celebrating Our City, All Year!
August 17, 2016
In our down time, Festival staff get to enjoy tons of amazing things going on in our community. Each week, our Louise Endel Community Engagement Manager Sarah Sherban, will be sharing a few things...
Personal answers to big questions create interactive public art
July 12, 2016
"I didn’t have to tell people I was the creator of the structures for them to turn to me and say something along the lines of, 'I’ve never really thought about this. This is a good question. It’s...
One Paper, Many Moments - Alex Ripp, Ideas Program Manager
July 10, 2016
Every time I look at the large sheet of paper still hanging on my office wall, different memories spill into my consciousness, but today, these are the ones that surface.
Thank you for being part of the extraordinary experience that was Festival 21!
June 26, 2016
Save the dates for Festival 22!