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The International Festival of Arts and Ideas was established in 1996 by Anne Calabresi, Jean Handley, and Roslyn Meyer. The founders envisioned an annual celebration in New Haven--a small city rich with diversity and steeped in strong cultural and educational traditions--distinguished from
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A fundamental objective of the Festival is to "provoke the mind". The Ideas program is a series of keynote speakers, panels, conversations with artists, post-performance discussions and community dialogues, designed to expand upon the themes of the performances and increase the audience's
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More than 85% of festival programs are completely free to the public, including events that feature jazz, classical, dance, and theatre artists from around the world. In 2013, the festival generated an economic impact of $ 34 million for the
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understanding of the artistic forms and their appreciation of the artists. The panelists regularly include artists and local experts as well as leaders and thinkers from around the world. Recent Ideas programs have featured
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The Festival presents theatre, dance, and music offerings from around the world, including local, national, and international premieres. Its theatre and dance offerings have recently included the American premiere of
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established arts festivals by its fusion of ideas with events. They aimed to gather world-class artists and pre-eminent thinkers from around the globe, showcasing the city and the state as major art destinations.
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The Visionary Leadership Award is presented in honor of Jean Handley, a Festival founder and long-time leader in the business, philanthropic, and arts communities in Connecticut.
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The festival has recently expanded into year-round activity with the creation of the Visionary Leadership Award. Thus far, the Award has been presented to
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As of November 2018, the festival has been led by a team of Co-Directors: Liz Fisher, Thomas Griggs, and Chad Herzog.
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and the Silk Road Ensemble; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; Contemporary Legend Theatre (Taiwan);
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The Festival has a fellowship program for high school students in New Haven.
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community. Dr. Mark Paul Gius, Professor of Economics at
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