Art can serve as a both a window and a mirror—a way to experience and a way to remember and reflect. For Michael Morand, the art that he chooses to collect is itself a gathering of experiences, memories, and friends. He is familiar with their stories, and in collecting these works, welcomes these narratives into […]

Matthew Specter and Marjan Mashhadi’s quiet New Haven home is filled with art, thoughtfully hung and in harmonious conversation with each other and the furniture around them. The art contributes to the environment, which is ultimately one of the couple’s goals in collecting. For Specter, a professor of European history at Central Connecticut State University and an […]

New Haven, Connecticut—An $82,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation to Artspace will support The Jerome Project, created by artist Titus Kaphar, a project that highlights the urgent need for reform of our criminal justice system. Kaphar will engage with currently and previously incarcerated individuals–all named Jerome–to create a series of paintings, sculpture, an experimental documentary […]

In 2012, after deciding to relocate from Washington D.C. to be closer to her daughter, Connie Razza arrived in New Haven eager to experience a new city. Over the years, living in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Connie acquired an extensive collection of African art, a large portion of which she donated to two organizations: Sons […]

Review of 101 Dresses in the New Haven Independent, May 15, 2007 by Paul Bass. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/101_dresses_–_hundreds_of_people/