Join us for the International Festival Of Arts And Ideas!!

150+ events, one Festival. It all happens in New Haven, Connecticut.

Schedule of Events:

12:30 pm: Spotlight Talk - Yale University Art Gallery

Join Gallery staff for spotlight talks on displays across the museum. Brooke Krancer, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Yale Center for British Art, reflects on the exhibition Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England. Daniel Menzo, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow, Department of Photography, discusses the exhibition David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive. Miranda Saylor, the Alice and Allan Kaplan Assistant Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, addresses the exhibition Hartley at Yale. In addition, Jennifer Paige Blue, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow, Department of American Decorative Arts, offers insight into a permanent-collection rotation in modern and contemporary design. Offered in conjunction with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.

5:30 pm: The Estate

Step back in time to 1804 when America was 17 states stong, the Townshend family built their landmark home in New Haven. Generations of Townshend's lived in the estate until recently when it was loving restored to the original opulensce.  The Estate is now an event space.  This tour will tour both the house and the grounds.

Distance: 8 miles

6:00 pm: Stir the Style: Wasn't Expecting That.... - C.I.T.A Park

You thought you knew what was coming. You thought you knew what the end would be. But when you get there, you realize it is something entirely different. It makes you think, "Hmmm… wasn't expecting that!"

This year we Stir the Style with narratives of surprise, disappointment, triumph, and transformation-tales where the destination wasn't quite what was imagined, but the journey proved remarkable nonetheless.

You might find yourself laughing at life's unpredictable nature or shedding tears in shared understanding. Each person's reaction will be uniquely their own, as personal as the memories these works evoke.

What we can promise is an engaging evening that resonates with your own life experiences, leaving you entertained, moved, and perhaps seeing your own journey in a new light.

Musical Guest: Lara Herscovitch

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