Community Connecting
Through Art

Welcome

Commissioned by the Board of Selectmen of Newtown, CT to facilitate, stimulate, coordinate, and cooperate with existing town organizations for the development of the arts community.

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Annual Art Festival

Now in its 11th year, the Newtown Arts Festival showcases all forms of creative expression –visual arts, dance, music, the written word, and theater–in the setting of a town-wide celebration on the grounds of Fairfield Hills. This special event is the product of hundreds of people coming together and sharing their artistic expression.

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Grants & Scholarships

Annually, the Commission awards scholarships to Newtown graduating seniors who will be majoring in the arts. We also award two grants to Newtown artists, one to an individual artist and one to an organization that shares the arts in Newtown.

Upcoming Events

Mother & Son Art Exhibit for Autism Awareness Month Month

March 4 @ 9:00 am - March 31 @ 4:00 pm
7 South Street
Roxbury, CT 06783

“In recognition of upcoming Autism Awareness month in April, the Roxbury Senior Center’s Art on Display program will feature a mother and son duo from Cincinnati, Ohio, Aaron M. Strait…

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition WCSU

March 21 @ 8:00 am - April 7 @ 5:00 pm
43 Lake Avenue Extension
Danbury, Connecticut

The Department of Art at Western Connecticut State University will host the 2024 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition from March 21 through April 7, 2024, in The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake…

“Wait Until Dark” (play adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher)

March 28 @ 8:00 pm - April 4 @ 10:00 pm
5 Brookside Avenue
New Milford, CT 06776

Special performances : March 28: senior;  April 4 (PWYW pay what you want); matinees: April 7, 14. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled…

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Gallery and Showcase

The Arts Commission manages and curates the Newtown Municipal Arts Gallery and the Artisans Showcase. Exhibition is open to individual artists and arts organizations and is not limited to a Newtown affiliation.

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Resources

Look for professional & amateur auditions/opportunities in the arts as well employment in the arts here. Accepting that employment in the arts is difficult to find, this page will include national as well as local opportunities