Olivia DrakeJessica Carso, managing director of the Green Street Arts Center, was named to The Hartford Business Journal's "40 Under 40" 2011 list. From more than 250 nominations for more than 160 individuals, the judges honed the list to the best and brightest. The Hartford Business Journal has been selecting "40 Under 40" honorees for 15 years. According to the Journal, "Among this year’s honorees, we have entrepreneurs and corporate executives, folks who work in nonprofits and folks who advise others on handling their profits. They all have achieved a level of success early in their careers, yet for each, the best…
The Green Street Arts Center received a grant for $3,000 from the Bank of America Thomas J. Atkins Memorial Trust Fund in 2011. The one-year grant provided funding for scholarships to the afterschool arts and sciences program.
The Fund for Greater Hartford awarded the Green Street After School Arts and Science Program with $5,000 on Feb. 24. The grant will support the program through June 30, 2011.
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Ray Hardman from WNPR’s “Morning Edition” will serve as emcee and master of ceremonies to Green Street Art Center's second annual fund-raising event and auction, A Feast for the Senses. This Caribbean themed event will feature music of The Fresh Men-toes with Bill Carbone (drums), Gabe Gordon (piano), Zac Rosen (bass) and Andrew Fogliano (sax/flute) performing songs from Jamaica, Trinidad and elsewhere in a calypso and mento style, and a steel pan duo featuring Deborah Fischer Teason and Sarah Sedgwick Heath. A Feast for the Senses will be held April 8 at the Green Street Arts Center at 51 Green Street in Middletown,…
On Dec. 13, 2010, the Center for the Arts received a grant worth $9,250 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCCT) to support the Green Street Art Center's After School Program in 2011-12.
The Green Street Arts Center received a $2,500 grant from the Middlesex County Community Foundation on Dec. 28. The award will support the "Arts in the Communities" project through June 30, 2011. "Arts In Our Communities" is a collaborative program which aims to increase the number of people engaging in arts activities, as both participants and audience members. The program’s objective is to provide the tools of critical thinking and civic engagement while injecting a powerful stream of creativity into the local communities, thus reinvigorating people’s drive to work, think and create together. Arts In Our Communities intends to bring a…
The Green Street Arts Center received an award for $5,000 from Bank of America on Dec. 16. The one-year grant will fund Green Street’s Afterschool Program.
Every day, The Huffington Post highlights one ‘Greatest Person‘ — an exceptional individual who is confronting the country’s economic and political crises with creativity, generosity and passion. On Nov. 9, the Post featured Jessica Carso, managing director of University Relations and the Green Street Arts Center, ”who has made a career out of giving back to the small Connecticut town where she grew up.” According to the article, Carso “struck us as a prime example of someone truly making a difference in her community. She is currently the managing director of the Green Street Arts Center, a community-based organization that works to make the…
Wesleyan's Green Street Arts Center continues its Fall 2010 Sunday Salon Discussion Series with talks by J. Kehaulani Kauanui, associate professor of American studies and anthropology on Oct. 24, and Stephanie Weiner, associate professor of English, on Nov. 21. The Sunday Salon Discussions are informal lectures by Wesleyan's faculty. The Wesleyan and local communities are invited to attend. David Beveridge, the Joshua Boger University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics, professor of chemistry, hosts the event. Each salon includes opportunity for socializing as well as a reception with light refreshments. On Oct. 24 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., J. Kehaulani Kauanui will…
The Green Street Arts Center received a $5,000 grant from Pratt & Whitney to support the After School Program in 2011.