Today the Festival received the Arts Council's Art Recharged award alongside brilliant New Haven Community artists and thinkers
Below is executive director Mary Lou Aleskie's acceptance speech
In...
2015 Arts Award: Art Recharged
December 4, 2015
Live Long and Stand: Why A&I Staff Are Up On Their Feet
October 16, 2015
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is more than just performances and lectures. Across the 15 days of each Festival, numerous programs promote healthy living through active lifestyles, food...
The Fabulous Truth
June 8, 2015
"(The Revolution) will be feathered, jeweled, sequin, glitter, long leg, high heel, patent pumps and…won’t be masculinized.”
—from an original song by Taylor Mac
In Taylor Mac’s ambitious, ongoing...
A New Circus 'Machine'
May 27, 2015
Vincent Dubé’s debut company Machine de Cirque brings the audience in on the risk
Mention circus to many people, and they might think of colorful tents and clowns. But a new type of theatrical...
ANNOUNCING FESTIVAL 2012! June 16-30
March 27, 2012
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...
Season Announcement & Member Preview Party event on March 27
March 14, 2012
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...
Festival announces 2012 Fellowship Program
January 7, 2012
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,...
Jill Abramson receives the 2011 Visionary Leadership Award
November 7, 2011
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...
New Haven has yet another opportunity to see the work of Bill T. Jones
October 14, 2011
Dear Friends,
Do you remember the summer of 2010 when Elizabeth Alexander interviewed Bill T. Jones at the Festival just a day after his landmark Tony Award for choreography in Fela!? And were you...
Festival to honor Jill Abramson, first woman editor of New York Times at 2011 Visionary Leadership Award Luncheon
September 29, 2011
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....
Cathy Edwards, Festival's Director of Performance Programming, featured in New York Times
September 26, 2011
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...
Festival co-sponsors "Somalia - The Land of Warriors and Poets" panel hosted by Yale World Fellows Program
September 21, 2011
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...