WHAT: 28th Annual Frog Frolic Family Festival - an outdoor community fair with live music from local bands, food trucks, bounce houses, libations, games, crafts, face painting and, new this year - a classic car show!
WHO: Families, friends & frogs…ALL are welcome.
WHEN: Saturday, May 3, 2025 – 10:00AM-4:00PM (Rain or Shine!)
WHERE: OUTSIDE @ The Redding Community Center; 37 Lonetown Road (Route 107), Redding, CT (behind Redding Elementary School).
COST: Free to enter, food for purchase, tickets for purchase to participate in games/crafts.

Known for his hauntingly beautiful sculptural and installation works, Violette explores themes of American subcultures, rebellion, and mythology through a striking interplay of light, shadow, and industrial materials. Join MoCA CT on Saturday, March 15 from 5-7 PM for the "American Standard" opening reception.

Inner Dialogues brings together a cohesive body of work across multiple mediums, including paintings, monotypes, and paper sculptures. This exhibition is an intimate journey into my exploration of materials, unique interpretation of space, proportions, organic forms and beauty.

Visitors are invited to explore a world where materials, textures, and forms transcend their traditional meanings.

This exploration is deeply rooted in the idea of time, approached as a space crafted from personal memories, experiences and conversations. There is also a degree of interest in understanding what beauty is, the manner in which it can touch our souls and the way it can be found in unexpected places.

Award-winning, interdisciplinary artist, storyteller, author, and educator, Adair Heitmann, is selected by Gather the Women Global Matrix to be the final spoken word performer in their international Winter Tales Storyteller Series on March 16, 2025, 5pm EST. Her true story portrays the creative impact her godmother chosen-by-love, illustrator and author, Kazue Mizumura (1920-1996) had on her life.

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is pleased to announce that Ernest F. DesRochers will join the Board of Trustees.

Mr. DesRochers holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and has been a senior real estate finance professional for over 35 years, originating, underwriting, placing, and closing commercial real estate debt and equity investments throughout the United States. In addition, he has over 28 years of experience managing P&L and personnel and having run several production offices for current and former employers. He has been ranked consistently in the top 10 percent of producers in fee income and production volume at NorthMarq.

GCTYO is pleased to announce that Executive Director Beth Ulman has joined the Board of Directors of Connecticut Arts Alliance, the leading arts advocacy voice in Connecticut. CAA is led by artists, arts educators, and arts executives from all over the state who use their unified voice to promote the importance of the arts in building healthy, vibrant, and connected communities. If you are an artist or work for an arts organization, we encourage you and your organization to join Connecticut Arts Alliance and amplify our message.

This year’s MoCA CT High School Art Exhibition theme examines the intricate balance between human activity and Earth’s biodiversity. While industrialization, deforestation, and pollution have driven species toward extinction and accelerated climate change, efforts to conserve and protect are gaining ground. Through art, we explore the evolving relationship between humans and nature, revealing both the harm caused and the resilience needed for restoration. While traditional forms like painting, drawing, and photography are welcome, we strongly encourage students to explore conceptual works in video, sound art, installation, and free standing and pedestal-hold sculptures.

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