WHCA Sponsoring Second Artists’ Forum

Calling All Artists!

The West Haven Council on the Arts is hosting its second Artists’ Forum. The event will take place Friday, March 9th, 2012, in West Haven City Hall, Meeting Room B, from 7pm - 9pm. Professor James Reed, a master printer and professor at the University of New Haven, will speak about how the WHCA should proceed with programs based in and produced by the West Haven Center for the Arts located at 304 Center Street in West Haven, CT.

Would you like to see more arts opportunities in West Haven? Come join West Haven Council on the Arts and Master Printer and Ford Fellowship Foundation recipient, James Reed, for a discussion about the future of the arts in West Haven and the West Haven Center for the Arts. Reed, who holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Missouri and a Master of Arts from San Francisco State University and Tamarind Institute, is the owner and Master Printer at Milestone Graphics in Bridgeport, CT. During a career that spans over forty years, he has worked with over two hundred artists worldwide. In addition to teaching print making for the University of New Haven, Professor Reed helps establish non-profit arts organizations.

Please join the WHCA on March 9th from 7-9pm to discuss the future of the arts in West Haven. West Haven City Hall, Meeting Room B.

For more information, please call (203) 654-0756.


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Member Publishes Gardening Companion

Congratulations to WHCA member Ellen Hoverkamp whose work is published in the book, "Natural Companions: A Garden Lover's Guide to Plant Combinations," by author, Ken Druse (3/1/12, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, an Imprint of Abrams Books). Ms. Hoverkamp spent three years on the scanner photography for this gardening book after meeting Ken Druse. Hoverkamp will be speaking about the creation of "Natural Companions" followed by a brief demonstration of floral scanning for the gardener on Friday, April 20th, 7:30pm at the Ward-Heitman House located at 277 Elm Street in West Haven, CT.

You can find more about Ellen Hoverkamp's book and her work at http://www.myneighborsgarden.com.
Congratulations Ellen!

WHCA Sponsoring Second Artists’ Forum

Calling All Artists!

The West Haven Council on the Arts is hosting its second Artists’ Forum. The event will take place Friday, March 9th, 2012, in West Haven City Hall, Meeting Room B, from 7pm - 9pm. Professor James Reed, a master printer and professor at the University of New Haven, will speak about how the WHCA should proceed with programs based in and produced by the West Haven Center for the Arts located at 304 Center Street in West Haven, CT.

Would you like to see more arts opportunities in West Haven? Come join West Haven Council on the Arts and Master Printer and Ford Fellowship Foundation recipient, James Reed, for a discussion about the future of the arts in West Haven and the West Haven Center for the Arts. Reed, who holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Missouri and a Master of Arts from San Francisco State University and Tamarind Institute, is the owner and Master Printer at Milestone Graphics in Bridgeport, CT. During a career that spans over forty years, he has worked with over two hundred artists worldwide. In addition to teaching print making for the University of New Haven, Professor Reed helps establish non-profit arts organizations.

Please join the WHCA on March 9th from 7-9pm to discuss the future of the arts in West Haven. West Haven City Hall, Meeting Room B.

For more information, please call (203) 654-0756.

WHCA Newsletter Winter 2012

  

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Check out the 2/5/12 article about Elaine Carroll and the NHSO in the New Haven Register.

Summer Theatre from our Youth

On August 6th and 7th, the community will be treated to the second season of the West Haven Summer Youth Theatre. This year, the program, sponsored by the West Haven Council on the Arts and a block grant from the West Haven Community Development Department, has 2 more fantastic productions to offer. Group 1, children ages 10yrs - 13yrs, will present their representation of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown while Group 2, which spans the ages 14yrs - 18yrs old, is offering up the Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Tim Rice opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

The program got underway on June 23rd when auditions were held to select the nearly 30 youths who would ultimately be cast in the roles necessary to bring these shows to the public. Since that day, every child and teen has been rehearsing their parts, as well as learning the behind the scenes duties that most of us never think about when we see a show. That work will all be worth the 6 week investment when they get to take the stage. Details of show times and admission can be found at the bottom of this notice.

WHCA would like to thank the West Haven Board of Education for making Carrigan Middle School available for the theatre program, as they did last year. We hope to be presenting this program at its permanent home in The West Haven Arts Center in the near future.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS: