by gpafest2019 | Apr 24, 2022
The main act in the 36-hour fundraising frenzy known as The Great Give will be May 4-5, but you can start donating on Monday, April 25. We’ve traditionally raised nearly half of the funds for our Artists’ Awards grant program through the Great Give, so please...
by gpafest2019 | Feb 4, 2022
After premiering the festival-commissioned dance duet Blurring the Surface at the 2021 festival, Iddi Saaka, Shirley Sullivan and John Dankwa performed it as part of Wesleyan University’s Fall Faculty Dance Concert in December. Saaka, assistant professor of dance at...
by gpafest2019 | Feb 4, 2022
Julie Fitzpatrick, our 2020 Artists’ Award recipient in Spoken Word, is working on a book form of the script of her play All the World’s a Stage: A Guilford (Pandemic) Love Story. She reports, “It includes background on how the piece was formed and the process of...
by gpafest2019 | Feb 4, 2022
The festival has received a $7,400 grant under a state program called the CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants. The grant is the result of a collaboration between CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts to help arts and cultural organizations...
by gpafest2019 | Feb 4, 2022
With three successful festival cycles under our belt, we’re looking for a small number of passionate and dedicated people to help us reach the next level of effectiveness and sustainability. Thanks to a tremendous amount of volunteer effort and terrific support from...
