Cities Served
New Britain and Waterbury
Two agencies bringing art, culture and education programs to local families.
Arts and culture activities enrich communities and provide opportunities for individuals to make discoveries about themselves and the world around them.
American Savings Foundation’s support for the arts to includes support for local museums which are often hubs of artistic, historical and educational creativity.
Amount Awarded
$55,000 New Britain Museum of American Art/ $45,000 Mattatuck Museum
Students create art inspired by music in the American Savings Foundation Art & Education Center Studio.
New Britain Museum of American Art
Students create art inspired by music in the American Savings Foundation Art & Education Center Studio. American Savings Foundation has supported events and programs at the New Britain Museum of American Art since 2000, including the Museum’s children’s art education and outreach programs. Today, many of the Museum’s youth and family programs take place in the American Savings Foundation Art and Education Center.
The Foundation supports the Museum’s free admission on Saturday mornings from 10:00 am - noon. This effort helps make the museum accessible to more people, especially local families. Children participate in popular programs such as Summer Art Adventures, Art Start, and Art Explorers classes. Scholarships are available to New Britain students for these and other studio classes.
Storyteller Lou DelBianco portrayed Abraham Lincoln to celebrate President's Day in 2017.
Mattatuck Museum
American Savings Foundation has been funding events and programs at the Mattatuck Museum since 2002 and began supporting the Museum’s educational programming in 2012.
Storyteller Lou DelBianco portrayed Abraham Lincoln to celebrate President's Day in 2017.
The Museum also provides after-school and in-house programs. Currently, those programs include Summer Youth Art, Poetry @ The MATT, Teens @ the MATT, Storytime for Toddlers, access programs for youth with disabilities, literacy nights, and art and history for homeschoolers. The Museum has also developed different ways for museum-goers to experience exhibits and displays. This includes the Children’s Art Maker Spaces, CAMPsites, and the Backpack Program which both feature activities related to the Museum’s exhibits.
The Museum also hosts “Community Free Days” on the second Sunday of each month. On Community Free Days, families are invited to explore the collections and exhibits at the museum at no cost to them.
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