Overview
The Connecticut Office of the Arts partners with nine Regional Service Organizations that serve as local field offices to constituents and citizens. This statewide network of designated service agencies plays a key role that is mutually beneficial to the state’s citizens and creative economy, the regional arts and cultural infrastructure, and COA’s goals, programs and services.
The role of the Designated Regional Service Organizations is to support Connecticut's economy by providing arts and cultural leadership at a regional level. These organizations:
- develop, convene, and sustain the arts industry and develop and sustain cross-sector relationships;
- provide coordinated marketing, technical assistance, advocacy, and many other services and programs;
- support specific COA programs and services.
The following nine agencies are designated by the Connecticut Office of the Arts to provide services in their respective regions:
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Daniel Fitzmaurice, Executive Director
70 Audubon Street, 2nd floor New Haven, CT 06510
Email: info@newhavenarts.org
(203) 772-2788
www.newhavenarts.org
Towns Served: Bethany | Branford (shared) | Cheshire (shared) | East Haven (shared) | Guilford (shared) | Hamden | Madison (shared) | Meriden | Milford | New Haven | North Branford (shared) | North Haven | Orange | Wallingford | West Haven | Woodbridge
Arts & Culture Collaborative, Waterbury Region
Diane J. Ploch, Administrator
83 Bank Street
P.O. Box 1469 Waterbury, CT 06721
Email: dploch@waterburyregionarts.com
(203) 757-0701 x316
www.waterburyregionarts.com
Towns Served: Ansonia | Beacon Falls | Bethlehem (shared) | Cheshire (shared) | Derby | Middlebury | Naugatuck | Oxford | Prospect | Seymour | Southbury | Thomaston (shared) | Waterbury | Watertown | Wolcott | Woodbury
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
David Green, Executive Director
Gate Lodge at Matthews Park
301 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850
Email: info@culturalalliancefc.org
(203) 256-2329
www.culturalalliancefc.org
Towns Served: Bridgeport | Darien | Easton | Fairfield | Greenwich | Monroe | New Canaan | Norwalk | Shelton | Stamford | Stratford | Trumbull | Weston | Westport | Wilton
Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
Lisa M. Scails, Executive Director
287 Main Street Danbury, CT 06810
Email: info@cawct.org
(203) 798-0760
www.cawct.org
Towns Served: Bethel | Bridgewater | Brookfield | Danbury | New Fairfield | New Milford (shared) | Newtown | Redding | Ridgefield | Sherman
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Cathy Malloy, Chief Executive Officer
100 Pearl Street, 1st Floor
P.O. Box 231436 Hartford, CT 06123-1436
Email: info@letsgoarts.org
(860) 525-8629
www.letsgoarts.org
Towns Served: Andover | Avon | Berlin | Bloomfield | Bolton | Bristol | Canton | East Granby | East Hartford| East Windsor | Ellington | Enfield | Farmington | Glastonbury | Granby | Hartford | Hebron | Manchester | Marlborough | New Britain | Newington | Plainville | Rocky Hill | Simsbury | Somers | Southington | South Windsor | Suffield | Tolland | Vernon | West Hartford | Wethersfield | Windsor | Windsor Locks
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council
Rufus de Rham, Executive Director
40 Main Street, Suite #1 Torrington, CT 06790
Email: info@artsnwct.org
(860) 618-0075
www.artsnwct.org
Towns Served: Barkhamsted | Bethlehem (shared) | Burlington | Canaan | Colebrook | Cornwall | Goshen | Hartland | Harwinton | Kent | Litchfield | Morris | New Hartford | New Milford (shared) | Norfolk | North Canaan | Plymouth | Roxbury | Salisbury | Sharon | Thomaston (shared) | Torrington | Warren | Washington | Winchester
Shoreline Arts Alliance
Eric Dillner, CEO / Executive Director
725 Boston Post Road Guilford, CT 06437-2752
(203) 453-3890
www.shorelinearts.org
Towns Served: Branford (shared) | Chester | Clinton | Cromwell | Deep River | Durham | East Haddam | East Hampton | East Haven (shared) | East Lyme | Essex | Guilford (shared) | Haddam | Killingworth | Lyme (shared) | Madison (shared) | Middlefield | Middletown | North Branford (shared) | Old Lyme (shared) | Old Saybrook | Portland | Salem | Westbrook
Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition
Wendy Bury, Executive Director
PO Box 95 New London, CT 06320
Email: info@CultureSECT.org
(860) 448-5135
www.cultureSECT.org
Towns Served: Bozrah | Colchester | East Lyme | Franklin | Griswold | Groton | Lebanon | Ledyard | Lisbon | Lyme (shared) | Montville | New London | North Stonington | Norwich | Old Lyme (shared) | Preston | Salem (shared) | Sprague | Stonington | Voluntown | Waterford
Windham Arts
Dirk Fecho, Program Director
1010 Main Street
P.O. Box 43 Willimantic, CT 06226-2112
Email: dirk@windhamarts.org
(860) 423-6389
www.windhamarts.org
Towns Served: Ashford | Brooklyn | Canterbury | Chaplin | Columbia | Coventry | Eastford | Hampton | Killingly | Mansfield | Plainfield | Pomfret | Putnam | Scotland | Stafford | Sterling | Thompson | Union | Willimantic | Willington | Windham | Woodstock