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.
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 »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 »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 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 »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 »"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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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.…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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,…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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.…
Read More »Cinema Opens Friday, 12/9! The Menu A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. Starring Emmy nominee Anya Taylor Joy and Academy Award nominee…
Read More »Cinema Opens Friday, 12/2! Utama When an uncommonly long drought threatens the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in…
Read More »Creative Cocktail Hour: Reunion Thursday, 11/17 6pm Twenty years ago we created a monthly event for people from different backgrounds - Black, Latin, white, suburb, city, young, old, gay, straight, transgender, etc., to gather, to come together,…
Read More »Join us for... Creative Cocktail Hour: Reunion Celebrating 20 Years of Creative Cocktail Hour! A letter from our Executive Director Will K. Wilkins: Twenty years ago we came up with an idea. We wanted to create a monthly event for creative…
Read More »Tár 95% on Rotten Tomatoes Featuring Academy Award Winner Cate Blanchett "Breathtaking entertainment." - Vanity Fair "An absolute stunner." - ABC News "A genuine art film." - RogerEbert.com "You will leave the…
Read More »Creative Cocktail Hour Thursday, 10/20 6pm Express yourself, experience community. Come as you are! Featuring: Live music: Tipa Tipo: Peruvian 70's disco redux 2 Exhibition Openings: Danny Giles Rashmi Talpade Exhibitions by:…
Read More »CINEMA Held Over! Moonage Daydream Explores Bowie's creative, spiritual and musical journey spanning his 54-year career. "Electrifying. Among the best films about any artist I've ever seen." - Vogue "Can only be described as an enormous…
Read More »See How They Run Based on Agatha Chritie's play The Mousetrap. Featuring Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan. “A total dream.” – Variety "A sprightly wit and an all-star cast to bring it…
Read More »Creative Cocktail Hour Thursday, 9/15 6pm A place where community happens. Experience music, visual arts, food and drinks, and hands-on art making activities! This Month: Live Music From: Thabisa DJ Mr. Realistic Performance…
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