Media Advisory: Today, Official Portrait of Former New Haven Mayor Toni Harp to be Unveiled at City Hall Ceremony

[Len Speiller]

 

MAYOR JUSTIN M. ELICKER

CITY OF NEW HAVEN

 

*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

 

OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF FORMER MAYOR TONI HARP TO BE UNVEILED AT CITY HALL CEREMONY

 

Image of New Haven’s 50^th Mayor -- the 1^st Woman and 2^nd African American to Hold the Position -- Captured on Canvas by Artist Mario Moore

 

NEW HAVEN, CT – Today, Tuesday, May 17th at 4:30 p.m., former New Haven Mayor Toni Harp will be honored at a City Hall ceremony with the unveiling of her official portrait. Harp served three terms, from 2014 through 2019, as New Haven’s 50^th mayor and was the first woman and second African American to hold the position. The portrait of Mayor Harp, painted by nationally renowned artist and Yale alumnus Mario Moore, will hang in City Hall’s second floor atrium after the unveiling. City and state leaders (past and present), other dignitaries and members of the public are invited and expected to attend the ceremony. 

 

DETAILS:

 

WHAT:		Ceremony unveiling the official portrait of former Mayor Toni Harp.
WHEN:		Tuesday, May 17th at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE:		New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510
WHO:		Former Mayor Toni Harp Mayor Justin Elicker Artist Mario Moore Other city and state leaders (past and present)

 

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Press Contacts:

 

Mayor Justin Elicker

Lenny H. Speiller (he/him)

Phone: 203-725-4249

Email: Lspe...@newhavenct.gov

 

Mayor Toni Harp

Laurence Grotheer

Phone: 203-745-9835

Email: laurence...@gmail.com