Since its inception in 1991, CCHAP has produced a great variety of folklife and folk arts projects in partnership with Connecticut traditional artists and communities. See selected initiatives here:
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CCHAP PROJECTS
Current Projects
CCHAP Past Projects
Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle
Encouraging the production and marketing of traditional crafts
Beginning in 2007 to encourage production and marketing of traditional crafts among the immigrant communities in the Greater Hartford area and across the state.
MAS CAMP
MAS CAMP
Mas Camp: Carnival Costumes Summer Youth Employment Program was a partnership between the Exotic One’s Band and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program from 2011-2020.
NEW LIVES / NEW ENGLAND
NEW LIVES / NEW ENGLAND
This project highlighted refugee and new immigrant traditional artists now living in Connecticut, Vermont and Maine during 2013-2014.
RADIO FESTIVALS PROJECT
RADIO FESTIVALS PROJECT
Words and sound were woven together by to create podcasts and audio slide shows during 2008-2009
SOUNDS LIKE HOME
SOUNDS LIKE HOME
Collaborating with WNPR to record the music and traditions of ethnic Connecticut in 1995.
Location
One Elizabeth Street
Hartford CT, 06105
860.236.5621
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
Research Center Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Always by appointment only.