Olivia DrakeThe Green Street Arts Center received a grant from the Wallis Foundation to support its Afterschool Musical Mentors program. The $15,000 award was funded May 14
David PesciWFSB-3, Hartford’s CBS affiliate, recently profiled the after school programming at Green Street Arts Center, Wesleyan’s community arts initiative that provides classes, mentoring and extensive arts instruction of all sorts to youths in the community. "Kids in Middletown can't wait to get off the bus and meet up with their friends at the Green Street Arts Center. It's not your average after school program. For the last five years, it's been one of the city's hidden gems," says the program's host. The newscast is online.
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The Winter Solstice Event was featured in The Hartford Courant on Dec. 19.
The Green Street Arts Center celebrates its fifth-year anniversary with an auction, entertainment and world cuisine. During Green Street's "A Feast for the Senses," participants will enjoy live performances, international foods, scrumptious desserts and a silent auction and raffle on 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 18. An online auction runs from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15. "'A Feast for the Senses' promises to showcase Green Street's unique kaleidoscope of offerings with live performances and interactive salsa workshops (bring your dancing shoes), while enjoying a delicious meal," says Jessica Carso, GSAC managing director. "Wonderful items and experiences are arriving for our silent…
The Green Street Arts Center received an award for $5,000 from Bank of America on Jan. 4. The one-year grant will fund Green Street's Afterschool Program.
The Green Street Arts Center received a $4,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation to support the center's Afterschool Program. The award will be applied Jan. 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010. In addition, The Green Street Arts Center received a $3,000 grant from Lego for the art center's mural project.
The Green Street Arts Center received an award for $9,112 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism on Oct. 29. The one-year grant will fund Green Street's Afterschool Program.
Q: Sarah-Jane, you came to Wesleyan as the artistic and education coordinator at the Green Street Arts Center in July. Is this a new position? A: The position was created as part of a restructuring, but primarily replaced the artistic director position. My position is overseen by the Center for Community Partnerships at Wesleyan, and fits wonderfully with the service learning and outreach components of the mission of the university. All of the classes, events, workshops, private lessons and community partnership programs that happen at Green Street come under my position. Q: Cite some examples of recent artistic- and education-related…
Photos submitted by the Green Street Arts Center.
Wesleyan's Green Street Art Center was the lead story in the July 9 issue of The Middletown Press. The article featured the GSAC's North End Nights, series of four consecutive Thursday evenings that feature free concerts and arts workshops. North End Nights will continue for the next three Thursdays. On July 16, an African drumming workshop at Green Street Arts Center at 5:30 p.m. will precede a concert in the herb garden featuring the Wesleyan African Drummers. Roslyn Carrier-Brault, administrative assistant in the Chemistry Department, is a photojournalism teacher for the program and is quoted in the article.
The Green Street Arts Center is launching the Green Street Community Mural Project, an 18 month-long art program that will culminate in a large public mural, to be installed in the spring of 2009 on the corner of Main and Green Streets in the North End of Middletown. Led by mural artist Marela Zacarias, the project’s participants are a diverse group of Middletown children, their families, professional artists, Wesleyan students, and other community members. A core group of students in Green Street’s Afterschool Program will work with the artists on the project regularly. The primary goal of the Green Street…