Conceived by Anne Calabresi to help showcase and attract corporate support for New Haven's cultural, arts and educational resources, the 1996 festival featured 378 artists representing 20 cultures in 167 events. The festival was staffed by 600 volunteers and supported by over 178 corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals. Yale and Southern New England Telephone SNET are the festival's corporate founders. As it did last year, Yale will again house some of the festival participants on campus. I'm extremely gratified that they continue to be such supportive and committed festival founders.
Enrollment is limited, and some classes have prerequisites.
A description of each series follows. The series will be taught by John Gambell, critic in graphic design at the School of Art. Participants will use page-authorizing software which requires little or no knowledge of codes to work on individual projects. Drawing materials will be provided. The class will be led by Steven Sheehan, lecturer in painting at the School of Art.