Ray Hardman
Arts Reporter / Host, Where Art Thou?Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.
Ray started his career at WFSU in Tallahassee, Florida while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Opera Performance. He now lives in West Hartford with his wife Kathleen, his two teenage boys, and Charlie, the naughty Black Lab. He also fronts a garage rock band called The Radiation.
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The trio were finalists in last year’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. -
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History has received $2 million in federal funding to expand history and civics education for Connecticut students. -
The painter, born in Colebrook, Connecticut, was self-taught and would only gain recognition for his work almost a century after his death. A new play imagines one chapter of his life. -
Ekphrastic poetry is defined as poems written about works of art. Each year at Vernon's Arts Center East (ACE), ekphrastic poetry takes center stage for “Ekphrastic Extravaganza.” -
"Portrait of a Gentleman" was painted around 1730 by Venetian Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757). -
The Connecticut Semiquincentennial Commission was established last year to plan and coordinate activities to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. -
The mural is 170-feet long and depicts a boy opening a jar of fireflies. -
The theater’s comprehensive plan includes a $2 million fundraising campaign. -
The conference is Monday at New Haven’s Neighborhood Music School. -
Officials and artists gathered Tuesday to unveil a freshly repainted Black Lives Matter mural that had been defaced over the weekend.
