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FEATURED STORIES

  • Click on the image to register for Spring Into The Arts 2019. It promises to be a very special evening of food fun, arts and entertainment!

  • Great opportunity for parents and educators to preview artist programs live! Pre-registration required.

  • Calling all K-12 teachers and school administrators! We are holding our very first Cultivating Creativity Teacher Conference. Learn new techniques to integrate creativity into the classroom - in any subject. Guaranteed to be inspiring for all.

  • We are thrilled to announce the addition of six new artists to our roster! Susan Striker, Theresa Mackiewicz, Sharmont "Influence" Little, Moussa Bolokada Conde, Nicolas Carter, David Harrell, Lattawork, Jay Mankita, Oompapossum Puppets and Brad Zupp.
    Learn more about the unique programs they have to offer!

  • Check out this amazing residency program with Tom Lee, Artist of the Year! Tom brings the poetic traditions of China's Tang dynasty to life. Students engage in close reading and thoughtful writing to create poems expressing their own observations of nature and their sense of connection with the natural world.

  • Our programs are designed to further our mission and provide much needed services for our constituents.
    Take a look.

  • People Helped

    200,000

  • Programs Scheduled

    750

  • Dollars Raised

    $180500

Our Mission

Arts for Learning Connecticut (AFLCT) is a statewide arts integration nonprofit impacting over 250,000 diverse individuals annually. With your help we can make a difference. Learn more and get involved.

News & Notes

February 6, 2019
Ion Bank Community Awards Program

You can help us earn grant money!

Voting has begun for the 10th Annual Community Awards Program so please help us earn grant money! We will receive a $25 donation from the Ion Bank Foundation for every vote we receive! Every vote counts! If you are an Ion Bank customer, please visit IonBank.com to vote until March 31, 2019.

Voting is open to all Ion Bank customers. One vote per customer, however, for accounts with multiple owners, each owner may vote. Customers with multiple accounts may only vote once. Each customer can vote for only one organization.

January 25, 2019
New Artists, New Programs!
byAlex Novak Foster

Arts for Learning CT is excited to welcome aboard a slew of new artists, as well as new programming from veteran artists! Let's welcome African Drummer Bolokada Conde, Environmental Entertainer Billy B from Young Audiences of MA, Spoken Word Artist and Poet Sharmont "Influence" Little, Author and Visual Arts Teacher Susan Striker, and Author and Motivational Speaker Theresa Mackiewicz! Also featured on our website are new programs from Kahana Hula, Laughing Matters, and Turtle Dance Music!

January 25, 2019
byAlex Novak Foster

One of our new Roster Artists and former special educator Theresa Mackiewicz is speaking to children with special needs in a new way. Her book "Scribbles" is giving them a voice. "Scribbles is a young girl who struggles in school. She would rather draw her favorite animal, frogs, all day. Mrs. Sunshine notices her struggle and guides her in her schoolwork so she can feel successful in both environments: school and drawing," Mackiewicz wrote.

November 13, 2018
Artist Nate Barnes in the news
byJulie Lister

Musician Nate Barnes is working on a new tech venture that makes music production accessible for blind people. Check him out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uee9eNp_Cc8

Also watch this video of song "Kiss for the last time," featuring Nate and his former student Kayla Carategena - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pZtAX3RHKE

SOME OF OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

  • Carolyn Foundation
    Carolyn Foundation
  • COA
    COA
  • Ion Bank
    Ion Bank
  • Community Chest
    Community Chest
  • CFGNH
    CFGNH
  • WQUN
    WQUN