Connecticut’s New Culture Director Visits Westport

Kristina Newman-Scott, appointed Connecticut’s new director of culture in May, made her first visit today to a Westport arts institution – the Westport Arts Center. Helen Klisser During, WAC’s artistic director, welcomed her. She previously served as Hartford’s marketing, events and cultural affairs director and before that as director of programs at the Boston Center for the Arts. A native of Jamaica, she was an art consultant in Kingston for eight years prior to her arrival in the United States, where she became a citizen in 2013. In Jamaica, Newman-Scott was a popular television personality and visual artist, and worked in radio, television and the film industry there. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo