ACES Educational Center for the Arts

High school in New Haven, Connecticut

41°18′39″N 72°55′13″W / 41.3109°N 72.9202°W / 41.3109; -72.9202InformationSchool typePublic, High SchoolSchool districtArea Cooperative Educational Services^[1]AuthorityRegional Educational Service Center^[1]PrincipalKevin Buno^[1]Grades9–12^[1]Enrollment289^[1]AthleticsNoneCommunities servedAnsonia, Cheshire, Clinton, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, Newtown, North Branford, North Haven, Old Saybrook, Regional District #3, Regional District #5, Regional District #6, Regional District #9, Regional District #15, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, and West Haven^[1]WebsiteACES

ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA), is an American public arts magnet high school, located at 55 Audubon Street in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

The school is primarily located in the former Congregation Mishkan Israel synagogue with studio spaces across the street. The school has two theaters — the Arts Hall in the main building, and the Little Theatre at 1 Lincoln Street — and multiple gallery spaces throughout the main building.

The school enrolls approximately 260 students and is divided into five departments: Music, Dance, Theater, Creative Writing, and Visual Arts. Students take academic courses at their "sending schools" (public high schools) during the morning and attend classes within their departments during the afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00, Monday through Thursday.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Lauren Ambrose (born 1978) Broadway actress and singer.^[2]
Tom Burr (born 1963) a conceptual artist.^[3]
Wayne Escoffery (born 1975) a jazz saxophonist.^[4]
Kaliegh Garris (born 2000) model and beauty pageant titleholder.^[5]
Sam Levinson (born 1985) actor and filmmaker. Best known for creating the HBO teen drama series Euphoria (2019–present).
Kim Nalley (born 1969) jazz and blues singer.^[6]
Brenda Zlamany^[7] (born 1959) painter and portraitist.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ACES Educational Center for the Arts". Area Cooperative Educational Services. Regional Educational Service Center. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
^ Zahn, Brian (2018-11-08). "Broadway star returns to New Haven arts magnet school for student workshop". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
^ "Tom Burr | Artist Profile, Exhibitions & Artworks". Ocula. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
^ McNally, Owen (2012-03-29). "Wayne Escoffery Honored In New Haven". courant.com. The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
^ "Milford teenager Kaliegh Garris named Miss Teen USA 2019". New Haven Register. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
^ "AUDIO STORY: Joy To The World 2011". PRX. 2011. Retrieved 2019-10-01. A born singer, as a child Nalley was taught piano by her great-grandmother and went on to study opera and theatre at the Educational Center of the Arts in New Haven, CT before relocating to San Francisco in the footsteps of the Grateful Dead.
^ "Brenda Zlamany Comes Home". www.newhavenarts.org. Arts Council of Greater New Haven. Retrieved 2019-10-01.