With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
30 Cedar Street, New Britain
- Art League of New Britain
- Elizabeth Lane (Mrs. John Dix) Cutter
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Cutter was a member of the New Britain Art League.
- Marian Winslow Hungerford
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The carriage barn of Hungerford's grand-father's estate became home to the Art League of New Britain.
- Walter O. R. Korder
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Walter O. R. Korder taught classes at the Art League of New Britain.
- Sanford Ballad Dole Low
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Low was a founder of the New Britain Art League.
- Virginia Hart Low
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Virginia Hart Low was a founder of the Art League with her husband Sanford Low.
- Joseph Scarrozzo
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Scarrozzo studied under Sanford Low at the New Britain Art League.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- The Art League of New Britain exemplifies a popular movement originating in the 1920s to promote the arts through community art schools, guilds, and leagues. The League is significant at the regional level for the group of prominent artists who founded the League, and worked in the building, during the 1920s, the Depression years of the 1930s, and throughout their careers – into the 1960s and as late as 1983.
- Date of Construction
- c. 1885
- Historic Designation(s)
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- National Register District
- Historic Resource Inventoryfile_download