As part of a $1.1 million funding for the arts the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism awarded a $15,000 grant to the West Hartford Art League. The grant is for the annual Art Walk which displays artwork of various mediums in store fronts and store windows in West Hartford's downtown area.
The Art League is one of 44 organizations statewide that were awarded grants this year, as announced this week by Governor Jodi Rell.
Last fall, sixty three merchants in West Hartford Center displayed artwork by more than 120 various Connecticut artists. The Art League is using this year's grant to expand the walk, which will have it's five year anniversary in September.
As a resident living right outside of West Hartford Center, I know how wonderful it is to have constant new reasons to go shopping and walking downtown. The Cow Parade, the ArtWalk and so many other events bring people from the neighborhood, but all over CT to the shops in West Hartford Center. I know that when my family visits from out of state, they always comment on how great it is to live so close to a thriving "old fashioned" walkable "downtown".
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