Hartford
Connecticut
Real Art Ways
Mission:
Real Art Ways is an alternative multi-disciplinary arts organization that presents and supports contemporary artists and their work, facilitates the creation of new work, and creatively engages and informs audiences and communities.
Goals:
Provide Space
Real Art Ways uses its space to support alternative and challenging artistic points of view and engage audiences as an integral part of the work.
Present Contemporary Art
Real Art Ways presents culturally diverse contemporary work that builds and serves a culturally, economically and generationally broad audience.
Support Artists
Real Art Ways supports emerging and established artists and provides unique social and intellectual opportunities for a broader creative community.
Engage in Dialogue
Real Art Ways is committed to engaging its publics in dialogue, which explores esthetic, cultural, and social issues.
Build Community
Real Art Ways integrates artists and innovation into creative development of communities.
Sustain Capacity
Real Art Ways professionally manages diversified funding, personnel, and other resources to build sustainable capacity.
Recent News
Real Art Ways News - Movies That Change Us. Community Film Screenings in Honorof MLK Day at RAW
Every January, we present a day of programming and community-building to draw lessons in honor of MLK Day. This year, we are screening two films: Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks and Sing Sing. Anti-racist activist and speaker Derek Hall will…
Read More »Real Art Ways Hiring Communications and Marketing Professional
Real Art Ways, a dynamic, innovative and hard-working arts organization, seeks a Communications and Marketing Manager to play a key role on our team. Our ideal candidate will possess excellent oral and written communication skills with a keen eye…
Read More »Real Art Ways News - Janaury 17, 2024
CCH Real Art Ways social. Always on the third Thursday of each month. Everyone is welcome, conversations abound, people connect. Opens Friday, 1/19! American Fiction Monk, a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting…
Read More »Free Community Film Screenings at Real Art Ways
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, 1/15 Starting at 11am On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Real Art Ways will present three moving films, followed by facilitated discussions with Derek Hall. This event is free admission. Come for one…
Read More »Real Art Ways News - January 3, 2023
Real Art Awards 2023 Introducing the six artists selected for Real Art Ways' 2023 Real Art Awards - our annual juried competition open at no charge to emerging artists in New England, New York, and New Jersey. Funding provided by the Edward C. and…
Read More »Real Art Ways News - December 8, 2023
Dream Scenario Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. 92% on Rotten Tomatoes "Immensely entertaining." - TheWrap "A smart,…
Read More »Real Art Ways News - November 15, 2023
"What art does is it coaxes us away from the mechanical, and towards the miraculous." - Jeanette Winterson On Wednesday we hosted Governor Ned Lamont, House Speaker Matt Ritter, Mayor Luke Bronin for a press conference announcing and celebrating…
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