Our mission is to create an internationally renowned festival in New Haven of the highest quality with world-class artists, thinkers and leaders, attracting and engaging a broad and diverse audience, celebrating and building community and advancing economic development.

Description:
The 13th annual Festival will offer hundreds of performances, events, celebrations, explorations, forums, exhibitions, debates, presentations and more, with international theater, eclectic music, dance, street theater, film, and family fun. All events will take place in and around New Haven, CT.

History:
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas plays host to 100,000 people each year. Since its founding in 1996, the Festival has presented more than 10,000 artists and thinkers in over 3,000 events, celebrations, explorations, forums, exhibitions, debates, presentations, and more over 133 days in more than two dozen venues in and around New Haven, CT, including theaters, concert halls, courtyards, and the streets. More than 70 countries have been represented in the Festival since its inception. In 2005 alone, 20 countries were represented, including Algeria, Canada, Ecuador, France, Greece, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Norway, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Contact person: Rachel Shapiro, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (203) 498-2106

Address:

195 Church Street, 12th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.artidea.org

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