Background
The Green
Street Arts Center is a project of Wesleyan University created in
collaboration with the City of Middletown and the North End Action Team. We
are affiliated with the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, a
nationwide association of non-profit community schools of the arts founded
in 1937.
Since opening in 2005, the Green Street Arts Center
has been offering a broad spectrum of arts
classes, workshops and programming for adults, teens, children and families.
The core of Green Street’s programming is the After School Program, which
provides an afternoon haven where Middletown area children and young
adults can explore their creativity and develop practical skills for
everyday life. Green Street also offers a wide variety
of dance, music, drama, visual and media arts and early childhood
development courses within its ten and six week sessions and workshops.
Through weekend events such as Green Speak: Open Mic, Green House Music
Series, In the Limelight, the World Arts Family Series and the Sunday Salon
Series, audiences can sample a wide array of performances, lectures and
workshops from professional artists, Wesleyan faculty and visiting and local
artists. Located in Middletown’s North End, the Green Street Arts Center
has served more than 8,500 people, including residents, community members,
adults, children and families from the city of Middletown, surrounding towns
and the greater Middletown region.
Mission
Green Street serves as a vibrant cultural and
educational center combining the resources of Wesleyan and Middletown
to transform lives through the arts and foster the creativity that exists in
all of us. We strive to help individuals
identify and realize their creative potential presenting
programs and events that reflect the wide spectrum of visual and performing
arts as well as the diversity of the neighborhood itself. Serving as a place
for community gathering and celebration, Green Street is an anchor for the
revitalization efforts currently underway in Middletown’s North End.
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