Cultural Connections- Directory
Your Directory to arts and culture in Southeastern CT
Arts Organizations/Associations

Southeastern CT is a hub of artistic and cultural excellence and innovation. Our 500+ Partners make up a robust and vibrant creative economy that has a ripple effect on quality of life, tourism, economic development, health & wellness, and community vitality.
Connecticut Early Music Society
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Connecticut Early Music Society promotes the knowledge and appreciation of early music performed in historically appropriate style. Founded in 1982, the Connecticut Early Music Society presents concerts and an annual festival with the use of historically appropriate instruments. The term “early music” refers to a repertory encompassing medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical music.
Greenwich Art Society
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The Greenwich Art Society's mission is to enhance our legacy of personalized visual arts education, outstanding art exhibitions, and children’s community outreach.
Loft Artists Association
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We are a non profit art organization with artist's studios, gallery space for exhibits and free workshops and classes for children, adults and families.
Lyme Art Association
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A vibrant art center and gallery where artists display fine representational art year- round, free of charge.
The Association also has a robust schedule of affordable art classes and workshops.
Lyme Art Association - A Great Place to Buy Art!
Mystic Film Festival
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Annual film festival showcasing films from Connecticut and around the world.
Rose Arts Festival
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Revival of historic festival celebrating performing and visual arts, families, and community in Norwich, the Rose City. Road race, art display, crafts and food vendors. Downtown After Dark entertainment in bars, galleries, restaurants, theaters. Sat. June 30, 2018.
studioELL LLC
Creative Ground Website
studioELL is an artist-run social enterprise specializing in hybrid learning offering courses and residencies — devoted to studio art practice. Part critique and part studio visit, studioELL intentionally fuses elements of higher and continuing education to reconsider the possibilities within support found in community education.
The Little Fresh Zine
Creative Ground Website
We are open to submissions of poetry and art from youth 25 and under with connections to New London County.
Visual Art Library Inc
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The Visual Art Library's mission is the preservation of art books that document the visual arts of the 20th a& 21st century from around the world. The Library creates a unique resource for – artists, art scholarship, and diverse cultural enrichment within our Learning Center.
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