Manchester After-School Arts Program Gets CT Humanities Grant

MANCHESTER, CT — The board of directors of CT Humanities has awarded $45,027 in project grants from the CT Humanities Fund to 12 Connecticut nonprofit programs, including an after-school program in Manchester.

The latest round of grant funding supports a wide variety of humanities projects, including lectures that revisit the Amistad story and explore environmental challenges, a speaker series with refugees, an exhibit on change and challenges for Connecticut farming, and programs that highlight Connecticut’s electrical and manufacturing achievements.

A total of $2,702 is headed to the Manchester After-School Arts Circle.

The program welcomes high-school-aged young people living and attending school in Manchester into a weekly arts education program. The program seeks to enhance young people's experience and understanding of art and culture by engaging them in structured conversations focused on a diversity of artists and their works.

Discussions are facilitated by trained artists and educators and informed by visiting artist lectures and field trips to local arts universities, galleries, and museums.