NWCT Arts Council

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NWCT Arts Council Our mission is to elevate the role of the arts in Northwest CT.
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We believe that access to arts and culture is a universal human right, meeting both a social and psychological need. Through promotion and advocacy we support a vibrant, vital, and necessary component of our community.

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨Sara Conklin is a multimedia artist who uses recognizable objects to create psychological tension and ...
10/17/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

Sara Conklin is a multimedia artist who uses recognizable objects to create psychological tension and personal narratives in all her work. Working from old photos and layering over existing paintings, Conklin creates a transparent multidimensional effect that reflects the influence of nostalgia and truth on our personal histories. 🕰🏚

Visit Sara's website (www.saraconklin.com) to learn more about her and her work! 🎨

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/membership-benefits) to learn more! 📖

📸: Sara Conklin

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨Founded by Susan Matz, Water Street Potters is a pottery studio that offering a space for every type o...
10/16/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

Founded by Susan Matz, Water Street Potters is a pottery studio that offering a space for every type of ceramicist. They invite potters to rent studio space to craft new pieces, hone skills, fire their work in their in-studio kiln, and offer artists a place to sell work! They also offer beginner and intermediate pottery classes for anyone who is looking to learn a new skill. 🪔

Visit Water Street Potters' website (www.waterstreetpotters.com) to learn more about the studio and their offerings! 🖌

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/member-benefits) to learn more! 🎭

📸: Water Street Potters

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨Wendy Johnson Costa is a photographer and fierce advocate for the Earth. She uses infrared photography...
10/14/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

Wendy Johnson Costa is a photographer and fierce advocate for the Earth. She uses infrared photography to draw attention to both nature's beauty and its fragile state, presenting nature as a force to be revered, while simultaneously hinting at signs of it falling prey to our accelerating climate crisis. 📸

Visit Wendy's website (www.alternaterealityphotos.com) to learn more about her and her work! 🌎

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/membership-benefits) to learn more! 📖

📸: Wendy Johnson Costa

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨The Litchfield Community Center is a private nonprofit organization that aims to provide a comfortable...
10/13/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

The Litchfield Community Center is a private nonprofit organization that aims to provide a comfortable environment to encourage creative, intellectual, and recreational pursuits to reflect the interests, needs, and wellbeing of the community, offering programming for all ages. 🎥

Visit The Litchfield Community Center's website (www.thecommunitycenter.org) to learn more about their mission, vision, and programs! 📖

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/membership-benefits) to learn more! 🎤

📸: Litchfield Community Center

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨Leora Armstrong is a multidisciplinary artist whose works, drawings, and paintings convey the fragilit...
10/11/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

Leora Armstrong is a multidisciplinary artist whose works, drawings, and paintings convey the fragility of land and place. Through discovery, she embraces erasures, marks, and rhythms, mapping the fragility of place. Viewing the relationship with place as a collaboration, she is known to use herself as a vessel of transmission to make her work. 🖼️

Visit Leora's website (www.leoraarmstrong.com) to learn more about her and her work! 🖌

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/member-benefits) to learn more! 🎨

📸: on Instagram

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry's mission is to raise the standards of the art of puppetry, foster a...
10/09/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry's mission is to raise the standards of the art of puppetry, foster awareness in the general public of the magic, wonder, and power of the puppet, and to encourage the use of puppetry as an educational tool! They also provide a meeting place and forum for those with an interest and love of the art form. 🧸

Visit The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry's website (www.ctpuppetry.org) to learn more about their mission and upcoming events! 💙

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/member-benefits) to learn more! 🎭

📸: Connecticut Guild of Puppetry

$72,011 for Northwest Connecticut for FY27 Supporting Arts Grants!The state awarded 206 Supporting Arts Grants this year...
10/08/2026

$72,011 for Northwest Connecticut for FY27 Supporting Arts Grants!

The state awarded 206 Supporting Arts Grants this year, including 15 arts organizations from our 25-town region.

Learn more about who from our region was awarded, and see the breakdown of grants in our latest blog article, https://www.artsnwct.org/72-011-for-northwest-connecticut-fy27-supporting-arts-grants.

Congratulations to all recipients of the FY27 Supporting Arts Grants!

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨Cynthia B. Crier uses a variety of mediums to express the joy in both the natural and urban landscape....
10/06/2026

✨MEMBER SPOTLIGHT✨

Cynthia B. Crier uses a variety of mediums to express the joy in both the natural and urban landscape. 🖼 She is an award-winning published artist and is currently a member of both the National Association of Women Artist and Pen & Brush.

Visit Cynthia's website (www.cynthiacrier.com) to learn more about her and her work! 🎨

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit the link in our bio (under “Become a Member”) to learn more! 🎭

📸: Cynthia B. Crier

✨ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT✨Hit Crafter Studios in Goshen takes songs from ideas to released! They provide the pro productio...
10/03/2026

✨ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT✨

Hit Crafter Studios in Goshen takes songs from ideas to released! They provide the pro production, distribution strategy, and momentum independent artists need to turn songs into careers, without the guesswork. 🎶

Visit Hit Crafter Studios' website (app.hitcrafterstudios.com) to learn more about their offerings! 🎤

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/member-benefits) to learn more! 🎷

📸: Hit Crafter Studios

✨ARTIST SPOTLIGHT✨The Happy Dog Studio creates stunning ceramic pieces that focus on the human experience, emphasizing m...
10/01/2026

✨ARTIST SPOTLIGHT✨

The Happy Dog Studio creates stunning ceramic pieces that focus on the human experience, emphasizing mood and emotion, and she aims for viewers to reflect on their own responses and personal connections. 🪔

Visit The Happy Dog Studio's website (www.thehappydogstudio.com) to learn more about her and her work! 🐕

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest CT Arts Council? Visit our website (https://www.artsnwct.org/member-benefits) to learn more! 🎷

📸: The Happy Dog Studio

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40 Main Street, Ste 1
Torrington, CT
06790

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Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm

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