What do you see when you spend time in nature…the trees? the clouds? sunlight on water? the path ahead? Abstract painter Judy Atlas sees the patterns, movements, and shapes. Come see the world as she sees it, ABSTRACTIONS…Naturally, on view at City Gallery from November 4 - November 27. There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, November 5 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., and Atlas will be at the gallery on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 27 to meet and talk with visitors.
In a world so focused on absolutes, Atlas opens herself to possibilities and opportunities…what if? “I take many photos of nature, and I use them to find a way to abstract from what I see, and make the image my own,” she explains. “The process includes asking myself ‘what if’ questions like: What if I take a small piece of the pattern and blow it up? What if I add different shapes to the pattern? What if I change the color, make the painting bigger, or smaller? ”
Those questions allow for a different way of seeing things — a new perspective, or a series of them, one inspired by the next. The result, and this exhibit, is a fluid and natural interpretation of the world around us.
Atlas is an abstract artist. Her paintings, monotypes and collages are expressions of nature and everyday life. Her work relates to places and landscapes, real and imagined, external and internal. She taught watercolor painting and collage at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven for more than 20 years. Her work has been featured in numerous solo, group, invitational and juried shows in New England. She has been a member of City Gallery since 2008.
ABSTRACTIONS…Naturally is free and open to the public and runs November 4 - November 27, with an Opening Reception on Saturday, November 5 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. City Gallery follows New Haven City’s mask mandate policy. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
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Picture this: Your team is racing against time and working weekends to submit a new client proposal. You finally manage to put all the documents together, and just in the nick of time, you press “send.” You take a deep breath and thank the team for their hard work. The proposal looks great and you’re confident that you’ll probably win it...
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Raise your hand if you’ve recently engaged in an insult-slinging argument that started as an attempt at a civil discussion about some hot-button issue. Many of us have, and with high-stakes elections looming, the already fiery discourse will likely only intensify.
Though it might feel satisfying in the moment, calling someone a bleeping—insert your favorite derogatory term here—is never going to help them understand your point of view. Rather, experts in persuasive communication say, it’s crucial to focus on curiosity and compassion, and to make it clear that you don’t think the person you’re talking to is the enemy—or look down on them...
Grant to The Community Foundation supports growth for underserved businesses
New Haven, CT (Oct. 26, 2022) The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) awarded $7.2 Million to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven on Monday in support of work to make the small business landscape more equitable. The grant is part of a $46.6 Million statewide initiative to help underserved entrepreneurs and small businesses owners.
“Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and these grants will specifically be used to help provide support for those small business owners who may have previously experienced barriers to accessing financial support and other services needed to start and grow a business,” Governor Lamont said in prepared release.
The Community Foundation will manage the award through its subsidiary, The Community Foundation Mission Investments Company (TCF-MIC), which is working with local entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) and small business owners to create business-support network called the New Haven Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NHE3). The NHE3 will provide a continuum of grants, business consulting and technical services in Greater New Haven, with a focus on serving Black, Latinx, women and immigrant business owners.
“This award allows us to build on our work, and the work of our collaborative partners, to expand opportunity through inclusive growth in Greater New Haven,” said The Foundation President and CEO Will Ginsberg. “We are very excited that the State of Connecticut and City of New Haven are in alignment with our goal of ensuring that the benefits of economic growth and expansion reach everyone in our region.” Continue reading here.
Marlene Engelhorn, 30, heir to a fortune, isn’t interested in philanthropy, believing it only perpetuates existing power dynamics. She’s calling for structural change to how the ultrarich are taxed...
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The City of New Haven is investing ARPA funds to enhance the career readiness for high-school age and young adult workforce, all leading to sustainable and well-paying careers. As one component of the Career Pathways strategy, this RFP seeks to provide funding to entities and organizations to develop or expand the infrastructure, programming, and wraparound supports needed to connect New Haven youth to meaningful career exploration, career-pathway-aligned curricula, hands-on skill building, and specialty practice certifications.
The purpose of these funds is to strengthen New Haven students’ career readiness in key skill-based sectors to ultimately help reduce the city’s racial wealth gap and facilitate school-to-workforce alignment. Consistent with the City’s public engagement and feedback on ARPA investments, programs with an entrepreneurial and small business focus are keys to sustainable economic power and a key part of the overall strategy.
Applications are due by Tuesday, November 15th. Learn more and apply here.
Greater New Haven Regional Labor Market Analysis Request for Proposal (RFP)
Proposal Deadline: Friday, October 28, 2022
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CFGNH) in partnership with Valley Community Foundation (VCF), and a cross-sector advisory group, seek to engage a research consultant with deep expertise in workforce development that centers racial and gender equity to conduct an in-depth regional labor market analysis featuring quantitative and qualitative data about local/regional economic growth sectors to help inform the work of CFGNH and VCF, employers, workforce providers, decisions makers, community leaders, funders, job seekers, and others to support the building of a robust talent pipeline to address labor market needs in our geographic region, with a particular focus on traditionally underserved populations.
Now that we are in the third year of the pandemic, this is an important time to gain a deeper understanding of the regional labor market and trends. This data analysis would be shared broadly via virtual and in-person events, data briefs, and other easy to access and share formats. This analysis will be helpful to track existing workforce development and career pathways efforts, the impact of CFGNH’s Stepping Forward, to help build a more inclusive and equitable economy in Greater New Haven.
Proposal submissions are due by Friday, October 28 at 5:00PM (EST). Learn more and please share with interested researchers.
#labormarket #careerpathways #racialequity #genderequity #inclusivegrowth
We Love What Makes You Unique
Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and lived experience. As an organization, we are committed to addressing systemic racism and injustice in our community, our partnerships, and our practices.
Who We Are Looking For
Are you passionate about using your marketing and communications talents as a force for good in our community? Are you the type of person who speaks up for those who need a voice? Can you tell a good story, so good that it helps us build a movement?
If so, our Communications Manager position may be perfect for you. This is a full-time position, with an annual salary range of $50,000-$55,000 depending on experience.
What you’re great at:
- You are passionate about our mission. Are you passionate about working towards a world where all our neighbors can not only survive but thrive? Do you want to be a part of helping children, parents, and neighbors access food, education, stable housing, and financial stability? We want a communications professional who cares deeply about the issues that drive our work. Genuine passion shines through and inspires others to join in as donors, volunteers, and supporters.
- You excel at visual and written storytelling. Do you love to find the emotional center to a great story? Are you adept at communicating information and emotion through images and graphics? Stories are central to our communications strategy. We are looking for a team member who knows how to connect with the audience and make big issues understandable on a human scale.
- You are social media and web savvy. Do you know the ins and outs of all the major social platforms? Do you have experience managing professional social media accounts? Can you update and edit a website, track and analyze data, and stay in the loop on emerging trends? Do you love creating engaging content? We’re looking for a social media maven who can create content and manage our presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
- You’re a team player. The Communications Manager works closely with every department at United Way. As part of the four-person Marketing & Engagement department, you will be a part of weekly team meetings and will report to the Senior Director of Marketing and Engagement. You’ll collaborate with our fundraising team to dream up new ways to reach local businesses and individuals looking to give back to the community. And of course, there will be other duties as assigned.
What You Need
- 3-5 years of professional experience in marketing/communications.
- Strong communicator in writing and visual mediums.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- A multi-tasker with the ability to wear many hats in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience managing professional social media and knowledge of platforms.
- A team player who inspires collaboration and functions decisively.
- Ability to work with diverse staff and volunteers.
- Experienced in graphic design, proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
- Proficient with MS Office365 and demonstrated comfort in learning new software/online tools as needed.
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of UWGNH (United Way of Greater New Haven).
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation required.
About United Way
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.
In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment.
United Way staff are currently working hybrid, with at least two days per week in our office in New Haven.
United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To apply: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Apply/1334261
Creator, puppeteer, producer Anatar Marmol-Gagné, Film Director Russ Martin and WPAA-TV Artistic Director Josiah Houston bring you the World Premiere of The Superhero Within - A Puppet Film in collaboration with WPAA - TV and Community Media Center on Community Media Day Oct 20th, 8:30 pm.
The show is designed to address the need for 'active shooter training for Pre-K to Grade 5 in a non-scary way.
Anyone can view this film at noon or 9 pm via the wpaa.tv internet simulcast. Just put wpaa.tv in your browser. #wpaatv #socialactionart #MoreThanTV
The show will NOT be publically posted on the Internet.
As our friend, Sharlene Kerelejza, MSW, Clinical Assistant Professor Sacred Heart University shared, and the production team agrees:
Philosophically I struggle with personal safety approaches, as it puts responsibility for protection on the most vulnerable members of the experience, but I get why folks feel the need to do it, and ... The puppet show is well done: cute, engaging, and artfully done. It’s not overly scary which is great.
WPAA-TV appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with exceptionally talented people like Anatar Marmol-Gagné, puppeteer, and Russ Martin, Film Director, and have the support of community experts like Sharlene Kerelejza as we try to make this show available nationwide with appropriate support tools in place.
This project was made possible by the community donors who contributed to #wpaatv during #theGreatGive2022, last May, and the Fred Ulbrich Memorial Fund.
What is The Superhero Within Film: Promo for educators, health & public safety people, and organizations.
Watch: https://youtu.be/U5Sdsp5Bn94 (4 minutes)
Why Did WPAA-TV Produce This? Watch: https://youtu.be/gKNUfl4qn0U (less than 2 minutes)
The puppet show/film is designed to provide Active Shooter Preparedness Training to Pre-K to 5th Grade. Our goal is to make the film available at no cost across the country with provisions for local mental health resources and potentially puppeteers availability to support its distribution. Here is a preview of the show, its purpose, and its credentials.
Let us know what you think at Super Hero <superherowithinfilm@wpaa.tv>
Join Artspace New Haven for our city-wide arts festival Open Source: In Common Spaces, October 21–30, 2022! We will have an informational hub called "The Spot" at 49 Crown St. (around the corner from Artspace); open studios across the city; curated exhibitions called Neighborhood Platforms in Dixwell, Newhallville, Fair Haven, Downtown, East Rock, Westville, and The Hill; two exhibitions at Artspace—Ilana Harris-Babou: Revelations and Against the General Good/ Contra el Bien General with Bergman & Salinas; week-long programming including gastro tours, artist-led and hands-on workshops, lectures, poetry readings, jazz festivals, and three kick-off party fundraisers to support the work of Artspace! For more information, check out our dedicated website: https://artspacenewhaven.org/2022-open-source/
Proposal Deadline: Friday, October 28, 2022
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CFGNH) in partnership with Valley Community Foundation (VCF), and a cross-sector advisory group, seek to engage a research consultant with deep expertise in workforce development to conduct an in-depth regional labor market analysis featuring quantitative and qualitative data about local/regional economic growth sectors to help inform the work of CFGNH and VCF, employers, workforce providers, decisions makers, community leaders, funders, job seekers, and others to support the building of a robust talent pipeline to address labor market needs in our geographic region, with a particular focus on traditionally underserved populations.
Nearly $684,000 Awarded to 15 Programs that Offer Pathways to Careers in Growing Fields for a More Inclusive Economy
New Haven, CT (Oct. 3, 2022) - Local job programs for Greater New Haven residents are expanding access to careers in growing economic sectors with the support of recent funding from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Skills training, childcare, transportation support and career navigation are among the wraparound support services being offered by the local programs that are receiving Career Pathways to Inclusive Growth grants from The Community Foundation. Grants totaling $683,626 are being awarded to 15 nonprofit organizations.
“This funding will support wraparound services to set up job seekers for success in quality jobs in the regional economic growth sectors of healthcare, manufacturing, biomedical and bioscience, construction and technology,” said Yolanda Caldera-Durant, vice president for community strategies at The Foundation. “These are individuals who have been traditionally underserved by the workforce development system — BIPOC populations, women, returning citizens and immigrants.” Read more here.
16 City Gallery Members Celebrate Open Source 2022, a Visual Arts Festival
Have you been to City Gallery lately? If not, Artspace’s Open Source 2022 is the perfect chance to stop in and get to know the gallery’s exciting mix of visual artists. OPEN SOURCE @ CITY, on view from October 7 - October 30, will feature work by 16 member artists and includes an Opening Reception on Friday, October 7 from 4 - 6:30PM, as well as an Open Source Open House Weekend on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30, 12 - 5PM.
For nearly 20 years, City Gallery has served as a collective of innovative, contemporary artists from the New Haven area. It is a member-run gallery featuring a wide range of visual media: painting, sculpture, photography, papermaking, fiber art, printmaking, and mixed media. Current members include:
Judy Atlas, painting, monotype & collage
Meg Bloom, sculpture
Joy Bush, photography
Phyllis Crowley, photography
Jennifer Davies, fiber art, monotype
Roberta Friedman, painting & collage
William Frucht, photography
Joyce Greenfield, painting
Rita Hannafin, fiber art
Barbara Harder, printmaking
Sheila Kaczmarek, sculpture & mixed media
Kathy Kane, painting
Esthea Kim, sculpture, installation & painting
Tom Peterson, photography
Ruth Sack, painting & sculpture
Michael Zack, painting, printmaking
City Gallery’s exhibits rotate on a monthly schedule. In addition to shows of members’ work, the gallery occasionally hosts work by guest artists that helps to make New Haven a vibrant regional center for the arts, such as Karen Klugman’s Upper State Street 1978: At the Height of Its Decline, and the group show Legacy & Rupture, Forbidden Memory curated by Howard el-Yasin.
In an effort to showcase the diversity and talent of the local arts community, City Gallery has recently created a scholarship program. This programs provides full gallery membership for two years to emerging artists who may not have the resources to become a part of a collective, member-run gallery.
All members of City Gallery are carefully selected for their accomplishments as artists, their ability to commit to maintaining a successful member-run gallery, and their fit with the group. All of the artists have distinguished resumes and have exhibited widely, and many also teach in the New Haven artistic community.
Open Source 2022 Festival (formerly City-Wide Open Studios) is New Haven-based Artspace’s annual visual arts showcase, happening on October 21 through October 30. This expanded virtual and in-person showcase features painters, sculptors, filmmakers, and photographers from New Haven and across the State of Connecticut. For more information about the festival, visit: artspacenewhaven.org.
OPEN SOURCE @ CITY is free and open to the public, and runs October 7 - October 30, 2022. There will be an Opening Reception on Friday, October 7 from 4 - 6:30PM, as well as Open Source Open House Weekend on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30, 12 - 5PM. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1 PM - 4 PM, or by appointment. City Gallery follows New Haven City’s mask mandate policy. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
Check out this new resource: "Connecticut's Path to Equity: A Guide to State Policy for Health Equity." This roadmap of policy priorities across sectors that would promote health equity was created in partnership with organizations across the state. To date, over 50 organizations have signed on to demonstrate their commitment to advancing these policies.
The guide calls on us to advance:
- Anti-racist structures
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Access
- Affordability
- Economic stability
- Opportunities to be healthy
Each section includes an introductory explanation of what the terms mean and why they are important to advancing health equity. Policy recommendations follow these introductions and link to evidence and Connecticut organizations working on these policies.
To learn more http://ow.ly/x1SJ50KkWbt #HealthEquity
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The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (“The Foundation”) is inviting proposals from qualified individuals or firms (a “Consultant”) to work with the Neighborhood Leadership Program (NLP) Facilitators and our Director of Community engagement to conduct an evaluation of the NLP.
The goals are as follows:
- to document the impact of the NLP on participants and their respective communities over the past 10 years.
- to understand how The Foundation might add additional value for the participants and their community.
- To provide insight on strengths and challenges of the existing program format to inform potential modifications.
- To address issues of recruitment and sustaining engagement of program alums
- to understand how The Foundation might change the NLP to increase participant diversity and be more inclusive.
- to understand how The Foundation might further learn from the “lived experience” knowledge of NLP participants so that we might better serve the communities in our geographic area and the people who live in them.
Background
The Foundation was established in 1928. Its mission is to inspire, support, inform, listen to, and collaborate with the people and organizations of Greater New Haven to build an ever more connected, inclusive, equitable and philanthropic community. The Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country with total assets of approximately $870 million.
The Neighborhood Leadership Program is a networking, skill building and grant program for resident community leaders of New Haven, Hamden, East Haven, and West Haven. The program evolved over several decades from the Neighborhood Small Grants Program to the Neighborhood Leadership Grants Program to the current, Neighborhood Leadership Program. The current iteration of the program was initiated in 2008. Through this program we support self-identified community leaders in their efforts to build and sustain community while bringing them to the attention of the broader community. Although the facilitators conducted feedback interviews with alum 4 years into the current program configuration and participant evaluations are conducted during program participation every year, no external evaluation of the current program has been conducted to date.
Scope of Work
The selected Consultant will:
- Work with the NLP facilitation team to develop a survey process including in-person interview questions and an online survey that will be administered to NLP alumni, community members they recommend and Foundation staff and leadership, total of approximately 100 interviews.
- Review written facilitator reports of the past 8 years.
- Write up initial draft and final draft of interviews and questionnaire findings; including interviews conducted by the NLP facilitators.
- Prepare a final report and PPT presentation with the evaluation findings that will be shared with Foundation staff and NLP facilitation and design team and interested alumni.
- Develop a list of findings and related recommendations for The Community Foundation based on the stated goals for conducting the evaluation.
Your Response to this Request for Proposal:
The Consultant should respond to this request with substantive content in the following areas.
- In addition to a general overview, please describe your experience conducting program evaluation and provide demonstrations of experience evaluating community leadership programs and/or adult education programs.
- Provide examples of experience working with programs that prioritize people of color, gender diversity and other-abled people working in community.
- Outline of your approach and process for delivering on your proposal.
- The submission should include a list of three references including contact names, email addresses and telephone numbers.
Professional Fees and Services:
The response to this RFP should include a proposed fee for the services outlined in the Scope of Work.
Timeline and Submission:
Consultant submission should be delivered no later than October 6, 2022 at 5:00pm (EST). It is expected that this project be completed no later than March 31, 2023.
Respondents should send their submissions to:
Lee Cruz,
Director of Community Outreach
Please include: “CFGNH NLP RFP submission” in the subject line of your response.
The Greater New Haven Community Chorus is excited to announce that we have hired Alysoun (Aly) Kegel as Artistic Director for the 2022-2023 season. Kegel is the first woman Artistic Director the chorus has had in its 59 years. She will be leading GNHCC in Open Rehearsals on Sept. 8, 15, and 22 at 7 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. For more information about joining the chorus for our Fall 2022 semester, see our website: www.gnhcc.org.
She says, “I am thrilled to be joining the singers at GNHCC in their mission to ‘Build Community One Note at a Time’ and their goal of reflecting the full diversity of greater New Haven. I am excited to work with this amazing team as we commit to embodying values of inclusive community through song.”
An accomplished conductor, music teacher, and soprano, Alysoun Kegel has been working as the choir director and K-4 music instructor at Worthington Hooker since 2019.
Kegel began singing as an 8-yr-old treble in the St. Luke’s Girls Choir of Evanston, Illinois, under the direction of Richard Webster. Kegel began conducting as an undergraduate at Yale University, She has conducted ensemble tours of Japan, South Korea, China, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, and the UK. Additionally, she has prepared young people to sing under the batons of Sir Colin Davis, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos, David Hoose, and Bernard Haitink, in collaborations with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, and Boston Early Music Festival.
She completed her MM in conducting at Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with Maestro Robert Page. She earned an earlier MM in Dalcroze Studies from the Longy School of Music. Kegel has led choral workshops throughout the US, as well as in South Korea, Ghana, and Somaliland. In addition to serving as the Artistic Director of the Greater New Haven Community Chorus, Kegel currently teaches music for the New Haven Public Schools and through Yale’s Music in the Schools Initiative.
Joy Bush’s photographs tell a story…without telling a story. City Gallery visitors will find themselves, like the photographer, WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN at Bush’s upcoming exhibit, on view September 2 - October 2, with an Opening Reception on Friday, September 9 from 4PM - 8PM.
“I am always waiting,” say Bush. “Waiting for something to happen. Waiting to piece together what just happened. Waiting to figure out what could have happened. My photos tell a story within its frame. While you might see a photograph of a coffee cup on a table, I see the narrative of someone who waited for a friend who never showed up.”
Bush is drawn to places that feel the echo of human presence — places that reveal nothing clearly, or something out of reach. Sometimes her photographs evoke a feeling of discomfort or distance. Others are ironic or amusing. Some provoke a sense of curiosity about what could be or could have been. Others just offer a place to rest with thoughts and imagination.
“I tell a story. My story. Maybe your story,” she says. And that’s the beauty of the work in this show — the fill-in-the-blank opportunity for the viewer to create her or his own meaning. “The work exists as an alternative future… maybe an alternative past. You decide.”
Bush’s work was recently featured in Unbeatable Women at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum (2022), and HOME VIEWS at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts. (2021). Her photographs have appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Connecticut Review, and many other publications. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibits, nationally and internationally, including shows at the International Center for Photography (NYC), Mattatuck Museum, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Copley Society (Boston, MA), Drawing Rooms (NJ), Garrison Art Center (NY), Umbrella Arts (NYC), the Westport Arts Center, and Artspace (New Haven, CT). Bush is represented in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Monetfiore Hospital (Bronx, NY), the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Yale Medical Group Art Place, and many private collections. She is a member of City Gallery, and lives and works in the Greater New Haven area.
WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN is free and open to the public and runs September 2 - October 2, with an Opening Reception on Friday, September 9 from 4PM - 8PM. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by appointment. City Gallery follows New Haven City’s mask mandate policy. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
