NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR

The Arts Awards is our signature event to both support our mission and highlight exemplary accomplishments in our community each year ... plus, it's a lot of fun! Our theme this year aims to celebrate local leaders who strengthen their communities through arts and culture.

Please reserve your seat now as the event sells out quickly! You may also call (203) 772-2788 to reserve your seat or table.

AWARDEES

The recipient of the C. Newton Schenck III Award for Lifetime Achievement in and Contribution to the Arts is Rafael Ramos founder of Bregamos Community Theater whose mission is bringing New Haveners together around collective, diverse artistic practice by and for the community.

Amity Teen Center
The Amity Teen Center strives to provide a creative outlet to teens through music, visual and performing arts through after-school programming, multicultural programs, and an array of community service projects.

Elm City Dance Collective
Elm City Dance Collective was founded with the intention of creating a stronger, more vibrant home for contemporary dance in the greater New Haven area.

Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade
The Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade began as a Dixwell-Newhallville neighborhood clean-up campaign in 1962. Today, the parade is nationally recognized as one of the oldest Black American parades in the Northeast.

Hamden Arts Commission
The Hamden Arts Commission is a group of 15 volunteers, all appointed by the mayor, that collaborate to bring quality, affordable arts programming to Hamden residents and visitors from surrounding towns and states.

Elizabeth Nearing
A community facilitator and theater director in New Haven, Elizabeth Nearing creates gatherings rooted in radical joy and co-creation.

Learn more about the awardees