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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

"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…

Cinema We've Got Big News, and Even Greater Progress! On Friday, October 6, the State of Connecticut's Community Bond Commission met to consider support for Real Art Ways' expansion in the amount of $9.1 million. Approval was unanimous. Here are…

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our fall fundraising event, Get on Board. We loved being able to celebrate Real Art Ways and the community with you all! Congratulations again to our four Realie Award recipients, and thank you for…

Get on Board and support Real Art Ways at this important moment. Tuesday, September 26 6-9pm Our event will feature fun people, food from Grano Arso, music with the Matt Dwonszyk Trio featuring Shenel Johns, and the unexpected! We will present…

Cinema Last Week of Barbie! Playing Seven Days a Week! Barbie To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken. Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Margot…

Cinema Held Over! Playing Seven Days a Week! Barbie Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the…

Cinema Held Over! Playing Seven Days a Week! Barbie Including Monday (7/31) & Tuesday (8/1)! Come on Barbie, let's go party! Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land.…

Creative Cocktail Hour Thursday, 7/20 6-10pm! Live music, art exhibitions/openings, food and beverages, art-making, and you! Live Performance By: Funkrust Brass Band, a 20-piece post-apocalyptic disco-punk brass band playing all original…

Creative Cocktail Hour Thursday, 7/20 6-10pm! Live music, art exhibitions/openings, food and beverages, art-making, and you! Live Performance By: Funkrust Brass Band, a 20-piece post-apocalyptic disco-punk brass band playing all original music…

Real Art Awards 2023 Call for Artists! Each year, Real Art Ways encourages emerging artists to apply for the Real Art Awards. If you are an artist, know an artist, or want to learn more information, please visit our website below! In addition to…

Call for Artists! Each year, Real Art Ways encourages emerging artists to apply for the Real Art Awards. If you are an artist, know an artist, or want to learn more information, please visit our website below! In addition to a $2,500 prize, six…

Cinema Opens Friday, 6/23! Asteroid City The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by…

You make all things possible! Our education programs, the movies, exhibitions, live events, and the very existence of Real Art Ways are possible because of your support. Together, we’re building something special. Please consider…

Cinema Held Over! You Hurt My Feelings Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don are actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and their own successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished. When Beth…

Cinema Opens Friday, 5/26! You Hurt My Feelings Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don are actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and their own successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished. When…

You Make All Things Possible. As we head into warm weather, we are planning for Park Art - the free, summer-long, art-making, gardening, literacy, and music program for neighborhood children that we have hosted for 33 years. Connecting artists,…

Cinema Opens Friday, 5/5! How to Blow Up a Pipeline A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline. This taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the…

Cinema Opens Friday, 4/28! The Lost King "My kingdom for a hearse?" Based on a true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King Richard III. She takes on…

Cinema Opens Friday 4/7! No Bears Jafar Panahi is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. This film bears witness to Panahi's incisive filmmaking, while urging viewers to…

Cinema Held Over - Final Week (We mean it this time)! Everything Everywhere All At Once Winner of 7 Academy Awards Including: Best Picture Best Director - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels) Best Actress - Michelle Yeoh…

Cinema - Held Over! Women Talking Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony's men, and grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Academy Award…

Women Talking Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony's men, and grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Academy Award Nominee for Best…

Cinema Science on Screen Wednesday, 2/22 6:30pm A talk about the science. Then, a movie. When birds attack, survival becomes the priority. Throughout history, birds have been humans' prey, partners, pests, and passions. The Birds is a…

Cinema - Oscar Nominees Opens Friday 2/17! Real Art Ways is the cinema in the area to see the 2023 Oscar-Nominated Shorts! More Information and Tickets! Held Over - Final Weekend! Everything Everywhere All At Once 11 Academy Award…

Cinema All Oscar Nominated films. The Fablemans and EO one screening a day. The Whale and Everything Everywhere All At Once alternate days. Everything Everywhere All At Once 11 Academy Award Nominations - Including Best Picture 95% on…

Creative Cocktail Hour Thursday, 1/19 6pm A night where people come together and find joy in each other. Everyone is welcome at Creative Cocktail Hour. Mediterranean Surf Guitar! Habbina Habbina A trio that channels the rare…

You Make Real Art Ways Possible! Your values. Your generosity. You are a part of Real Art Ways. From films to exhibitions, performing arts, community events, and education programs. You are essential to all that happens at Real Art Ways.…