Lauren Cavanaugh

@CavanaughLMC

Lauren Cavanaugh is a Hartford-based playwright and educator with an MA from NYU Steinhardt and a BFA from The Hartt School. A recipient of the Master Teacher Award (ESF Camp, Trinity College 2024), her plays have been produced at New York’s 13th Street Rep and The Gallery Players. As a local instructor at Weaver High School and Playhouse on Park, she is deeply committed to bringing Connecticut’s unique history to life through dramatization and storytelling. She also is an artist in photography, painting, drawing , costumes and props.

TheaterWorks Hartford

@twhartford

Since 1985, TheaterWorks Hartford has presented quality, live contemporary American Theater to an audience of nearly 30,000 in the heart of Connecticut’s capital. Located in downtown Hartford, the theater presents 5-6 productions per year in its 188-seat venue along with its popular Living Room Concert Series in the expansive Hoffman Lobby, artistic talks, play readings, and special events throughout the season.

Gusky

@gusky

Gusky is an interdisciplinary visual artist. He has exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and his work is featured in collections public and private. His degrees were earned at Pratt Institute and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Among other distinctions Gusky was Visiting Artist at the International Workshop and Presentation on Contemporary Experimental Art at the University of Kalyani, India, and he’s a recipient of the St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Award and the Elizabeth L. Greely Prize in Watercolor.

CT Arts Foundation

@jackrosenberg

Connecticut Arts Foundation

Providing funding, professional development, and exhibition opportunities for CT artists.

Shannon

@shannonsart

Painting is an intuitive and healing practice for me. I explore themes of grief, mental health, nature, and storytelling, using vibrant color and a blend of abstract, expressionist, and impressionist styles.

reset

@reset

We help entrepreneurs start and grow companies with impact.

reSET is an entrepreneurial support organization whose mission is to support the social enterprise sector. We believe that every business has the potential to consciously improve society while also being financially sustainable. We support entrepreneurs across three pillars of programming: Create social enterprises, propel their business growth, and change the norm by creating a better future. reSET enables businesses to serve a purpose beyond endless financial gain and consider the intersections businesses can positively impact our lives as humans, community members, and the environment.

Isabella

@bonitapintora

CT based mixed media artist.

Hartford Performs

@HartfordPerforms

Hartford Performs brings high-quality arts integration education programs to students in grades PreK-8 throughout Hartford Public Schools and beyond.

Working in partnership with school systems and artistic communities, Hartford Performs infuses and integrates arts and cultural experiences into teaching and learning in ways that enrich the student experience and improve outcomes across the curriculum.

Falling in Stereo

@FIS

Falling In Stereo is Connecticut’s newest four-piece powerhouse, blending dynamic female and male lead vocals with tight performances packed with pop, rock, and country hits. Sarah Warner - Vocals, an unmistakably strong vocal presence that shines up front. Dave Kinney - vocals/guitar/bass, handles male vocal cuts neatly, while holding bass & guitar chunks. Kevin Fraser - guitar/bass/backing vocals, rips tasty guitar riffs and poppy guitar synth chops. Yavuz - drummer, delivers rock-steady beats and earthy rhythms, all with a rockstar smile.

Art League of New Britain

@ArtLeagueofNewBritain

The Art League of New Britain (ALNB) is a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1928 and dedicated to fostering artistic expression in the greater New Britain community through exhibitions, classes, and cultural programming. As the second-oldest art league in the United States, ALNB continues its legacy of supporting artists while preserving its historic landmark gallery space.

Mission The Art League of New Britain, Inc. exists to create and foster artistic expression and endeavor in the greater New Britain Community. The activities of the League will consist of classes, lectures, and presentations on both general and specific art subjects, exhibitions of artwork representing a wide variety of styles and media, and the encouragement of the artistic talent of the greater New Britain community. History The Art League of New Britain, a non-profit organization, is the second-oldest art league in the United States. Founded in 1928, its original mission was as an art school holding both day and evening sessions. In 1934 it transitioned into an art club where artists could work together and gather for social affairs. The ALNB’s first president, Sanford B. D. Low, former director of the New Britain Museum of American Art, was the driving force behind the original success of the League. He gave considerable time, talent and enthusiasm to keep the arts alive during the Great Depression. We honor him with our Sanford B. D. Low gallery. The Art League’s home first served as local industrialist George Post’s stable and carriage house. In fact the names of the horses are still above each stall door and the horseshoe cut out still remains at the peak of the main gable. Post’s daughter sold the barn to A. J. Sloper who in turn sold it to William C. Hungerford. The late Judge Hungerford had granted the use of his stable to the League for some time before his death, and after his death, his widow deeded the property to the League along with the surrounding land. The Art League has the responsibility for caring and preserving our precious landmark and has been careful stewards. In the words of Meta Lacy “Let no man presume to modernize our old barn by stripping it of its architectural personality, which properly dates it as a fine example of its period.”