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Featuring the American premiere of National Theater of Scotland's The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Mark Morris Dance Group, Australian circus-arts troupe Circa, and a solo performance of King Lear from Taiwan and free performances on the New Haven Green from Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Red Baraat, Noori, and Rosanne Cash

Announcing Festival 2012

Serious Fun is the theme of the 2012 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which will be presented June 16-30 at various sites in New Haven, Connecticut.

“The 17th Annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a 15-...

Celebrate the launch of the Festival 2012 and be the first to hear about the world-class artists and thinkers coming to this year's Festival.

MEMBERS HELP TO MAKE THE FESTIVAL HAPPEN!
Membership has its value, including advance reservations and discounts on tickets. Tickets will be available at the event for an exclusive member discount price before they go on sale to the general public on April 15.

Memberships are available to purchase at the party or CLICK HERE for more information or to purchase your membership now.

The Festival's Fellowship Program is a five-month program for New Haven-area
high school youth designed to improve each fellow's skills in creative writing,
communication, and critical thinking, through a program of weekly classroom
sessions and interactions with the Festival's staff and programming. The program
aspires to develop the next generation of artists, stage technicians, and arts
audiences.

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The first female editor of the world's most innovative and widely read online news source made a confession Friday: Nothing compares to the journalistic thrill she gets from grabbing the morning paper. In print. The confession came from Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of The New York Times.

She spoke to a ballroom full of New Haven movers and shakers gathered for lunch at the Omni Hotel ballroom to watch her receive the 2011 "Visionary Leadership Award" from the International Festival of Arts & Ideas-and to dish about life behind the curtain at the Gray Lady.

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The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present the 2nd annual Visionary Leadership Award to Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times in its 160-year history. The award presentation and benefit luncheon will take place from Noon to 2PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please call Patrick J. Dunn at 203-498-3704 or email pdunn@artidea.org

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The Festival's Director of Performance Programming Cathy Edwards just finished up her final year as guest curator of the ninth annual Portland Institue for Contemporary Arts' Time-Based Art Festival. Read how these interdisciplinary festivals have become "cultural Cuisinarts."

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The International Festival of Arts & Ideas co-sponsored the Somalia panel featuring rap artist K'naan on Monday night at the Yale University Art Gallery. Hosted by the Yale World Fellows Program, the event addressed issues around international aid, the politics of dignity, and a new paradigm for transparency and citizen-based initiatives. K'naan is best known for his hit single "Wavin' Flag" (link to video here) the 2010 World Cup anthem.

Read the article in Yale Daily News here

Read the article on Middle East North Africa Financial Network here

Freedom’s Journey, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas’ exploration into the progression of civil rights in the U.S. and in Connecticut, commissioned six poets to write new poems about historic sites along Connecticut’s Freedom Trail. Poets Kate Rushin, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Jarita Davis, Randall Horton and Bessy Reyna recited their poems as part of “Freedom’s Journey: Poetic Reflections on African-American Legacies.” This Ideas program, originally presented on June 23rd during the 16th International Festival of Arts & Ideas, features Robert Stanton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary,...

This spring, students enlisted in the School’s post-masters program will be tasked with the hands-on experience of designing a 300 square-foot pavilion for New Haven’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas. The course was developed as a joint effort between four students in the Master of Architecture II degree program, along with the help of faculty advisor Brennan Buck. The class is a three-month endeavor that will take the 12 enrolled students through the process of dreaming up an enclosure for the festival and building it out. Read more here...