Arts Night Out! Art Supply Drive @ Village Center for the Arts

DaSilva Wata • January 2, 2026

Creative minds with generous hearts gathered for Arts Night Out! Art Supply Drive @ the Village Center for the Arts

Artists and cultural community leaders alike celebrated the season of giving at our annual Art Supply Drive on Thursday, December 18, bringing new and gently used art supplies to be donated to our friends at the Torrington Area Families for Autism (TAFA).

Images by: DaSilva Wata

Mayor of New Milford, Pete Bass, was in attendance, stopping to take a photo with the NWCT Arts Council Staff.

Image by: Dianne Elizabeth of the Village Center for the Arts

Guests enjoyed pizza sponsored by the Northwest Community Bank Foundation, salads donated by the Iron Rail, and wine donated by a friend of the NWCT Arts Council.

Images by: (Top, Left, & Center) DaSilva Wata & (Right) Dianne Elizabeth of the Village Center for the Arts

The NWCT Arts Council collected several bins of art supplies, which we dropped off with Christina Augliera of the TAFA. These art supplies will be used for to create art for their annual fundraiser, Art on the Spectrum.

Images by: (Left & Center) DaSilva Wata & (Right) Steph Burr

THANK YOU  to everyone who attended and donated art supplies and THANK YOU to the Village Center for the Arts for partnering with and hosting us! ❤️


Special THANK YOU  to the Northwest Community Bank for sponsoring this event series in 2025!

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