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Pop Rivets! – A Hands-On Workshop in Box-Making with Aluminum lead by Madison Donnelly

Limited to 8 participants- to secure your spot email aburg@elycenter.org

March 9, 11am

This is the 1st in a series of workshops to celebrate ECOCA turning 10!
This workshop explores the process of working with aluminum sheeting to create folded, unique riveted boxes. Participants will learn basic techniques for cutting, folding, and fastening thin-gauge aluminum, using pop rivets as structural connectors.
The session will cover:
-Snipping and folding aluminum into box forms
-Drilling and riveting to create secure connections
-Incorporating text and imagery by cutting letters from aluminum cans for collage
This free family-friendly workshop is designed for all skill levels and offers an introduction to aluminum as a creative material. No prior experience is necessary. Materials provided.

After, stay for the opening reception of
Tin There, Done That 1-3pm

Reception for Exhibitions

March 9, 1-3pm - Opening Reception for new exhibitions:

Tin There, Done That, a group exhibition kicking off the celebration of ECOCA turning 10!

Tin/Aluminum, the traditional material for a 10th wedding anniversary, represents ECOCA’s marriage of fostering contemporary arts in New Haven and the charitable legacy of Grace T. Ely in her Elizabethan mansion.
Featuring the aluminum themed works of Adria Arch, Adam Brent, Tamara Dimitri, Madison Donnelly, Mary Dwyer, Terry Donsen Feder, Lesley Finn, Elli Fotopoulou, Deborah Greco, Shanti Grumbine, Nate Heiges, Tom Kutz, Maria Markham, Hillel O'Leary, Sok Song, Alixe Turner, Shane Ward, Christina Hunt Wood
Let’s Celebrate ECOCA turning 10!

A Desire Path, inspired by the unplanned trails that humans create despite extensive planning. This group exhibition features the works of Jessica Bottalico, Annie Ewaskio, Jessica Fallis and Sydney Kleinrock. Each artist navigates their practice similarly to such a structure, finding moments in natural settings to get to their destinations; planned or unplanned, cyclical or straight.

Stone Screen, a solo exhibition of Anita Maksimiuk in the Flat File gallery Maksimiuk themes of migration and urban elements represent her experience as a first-generation American. Maksimiuk uses imagery that includes parts of the American Southwest, Eastern Europe and everything that make up the five boroughs of New York City, which she calls home.

Maidan & XX, a two part solo exhibition of photographer Amartya De. On March 9th, viewers are able to begin their investigation into the photographic installation in its starting point with only a handful of photos on view. Over the weeks leading up to April 13th, De will be printing negatives in the Ely Center Basement Darkroom that he spent the previous year creating as well as making archival digital prints. Viewers will get a glimpse into De’s process which has grown out of his years growing up in Kolkata and the time he has spent traveling across the United States. Highlighted in Maidan & XX is a juxtaposition of time and space so viewers have a longer spectral dimension that holds their time - forcing them to be in the moment and retrospective simultaneously.

March 16, 1-3pm

10th Anniversary Workshop: Tin Can Luminaries
Help the 10th Anniversary Benefit Gala crew create punched tin can lantern that will light up our Gala on April 26th!

This event is free but limited to 10 people. Reserve your spot by emailing aburg@elycenter.org

A special thanks to Alphabet Academy & The Nest for supplying us with their cans!

OPEN CALL 2025

APPLY NOW!
Open Call 2025

We are getting SO many amazing submissions!

Deadline for submissions is March 16
For more information on the opportunities click HERE

Please note that our Open Call is NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds) If you need the application fee waived, email info@elycenter.org with the subject line "Pay it Forward Fund Scholarship Request”

If you have the means, please consider the option to “Pay It Forward” to fund someone else’s application. The fees ECOCA receives from this go to covering exhibition costs.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing all your amazing work!

SPRING ‘25 KEYHOLE ARTISTS

Welcome the Spring 2025 Keyhole Workspace Artists in Residence!
Isaac Canady, Cynthia Celone and Jean-Pierre Solis-Sánchez will have their studios for 4 months with a culminating exhibition in the summer!

Isaac Canady
Isaac Canady is a New Haven native. He studied dance and music in his younger years and was a social worker. He is a self taught artist who spent time drawing after his daughter was born. After numerous hardships, Isaac will start his first artist residency at ECOCA. His work is a reflection on the connections we find in life, knowing that all things are tired together.

Cynthia Celone
Cynthia Celone is a Connecticut-based oil painter whose work explores mythical creatures and atmospheric landscapes. A graduate of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, she has exhibited widely and participated in multiple artist residencies. She looks forward to expanding her practice and engaging with fellow artists as a Keyhole Workspace Resident at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art.

Jean-Pierre Solis-Sánchez
”Creating art is storytelling for me, and life is my muse. I chronicle my experiences, feelings, memories, struggles, and more by transforming them into visually appealing objects. It’s a kind of alchemy, where parts of my life are frozen in time to preserve them, allowing me to look back on them in the future, remember them in an artistic way, and understand them in a completely different light.”

Please come to say hi to them on April 5 & 6 will be open studios, in conjunction with Yale School of Art and NXTHVN

Photo: Allen Phillips. Courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum.

CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF ECOCA

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR ECOCA’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT GALA NOW!

Please join us for a live art auction, hosted by Guy Bennett and a silent Auction of selection of donated works. Bid on works by local and national artists while enjoying drinks and hors d'oeuvres, live music, and a photo-booth in CitySeed's new location. 

Put on your festive, sparkling, and metallic attire and come celebrate with us! Each ticket includes the After Party from 8-10pm.

Highlights from the Live Auction selections will include works by Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Ken Grimes, Roberto Lugo, Mario Moore, Mark Mulroney, Clara Nartey, Kim Weston and a Philadelphia Cultural Getaway weekend (curator led private tours, studio visits) with accommodations. Live Auction will begin promptly at 7pm.

Events will include a live Steel Band, Aluminum Origami demo Workshop with Sok Song, Photo-booth with a Rack of Metallic wears

Gala Tickets purchased before April 1 are $85 each
after April 1 are $125 each. Includes the After Party.

Young (35 and younger) Artist Tickets purchased before April 1 are $50 each
after April 1 $85. Includes the After Party.

After Party tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door

DATES TO NOTE

Upcoming @ The Ely Center

March 9, 11am - 10th Anniversary Workshop: Pop Rivets! – A Hands-On Workshop in Box-Making with Aluminum lead by Madison Donnelly

March 9, 1-3pm - Opening Reception for new exhibitions:
Tin There, Done That: a group exhibition featuring the aluminum themed works to celebrate ECOCA turning 10!
Adria Arch, Adam Brent, Tamara Dimitri, Madison Donnelly, Mary Dwyer, Terry Feder, Lesley Finn, Elli Fotopoulou, Deborah Greco, Shanti Grumbine, Nate Heiges, Tom Kutz, Maria Markham, Hillel O'Leary, Sok Song, Alixe Turner, Shane Ward, Christina Hunt Wood

A Desire Path: Jess Bottalico, Annie Ewaskio, Jessica Fallis & Sydney Hunter Kleinrock

Stone Screen: Anita Maksimiuk

Maidan & XX: Amartya De
Viewers are able to begin their investigation into the photographic installation in its starting point.

March 16, 1-3pm- 10th Anniversary Workshop: Tin Can Luminaries
Help the 10th Anniversary Benefit Gala crew create punched tin can lantern that will light up our Gala on April 26th!
Limited to 10 people. Reserve your spot by emailing aburg@elycenter.org

March 16, 7 pm- Sound based performance featuring: Chanelle Allesandre, Conner Calhoun, Rear Window 

March 23rd- 10th Anniversary Workshop: Printmaking w/ Emily Weiskopf

March 30th- 10th Anniversary Workshop: Aluminum Casting with Elli Fotopoulou

April 5 & 6, 12-6pm- Open Studios w/ NXTHVN and Yale School of Art
Come meet our Spring ‘25 Keyhole Workspace Artists in Residence: Isaac Canady, Cynthia Celone and JP Sanchez

April 10, 7pm- Weird Music Night

April 13- Maidan & XX: Amartya De Reception and Elle Perez guiding an artist talk with  De for his exhibition

April 13- 10th Anniversary Workshop: Anni Albers Inspired Necklace Workshop with Luke Atkins

April 26, 5-8pm - ECOCA 10th Anniversary Gala
Celebrate 10 years of ECOCA at this ticketed event: Live & Silent Auctions, music, food & FUN

March 16 @ 7pm
Please join us for an evening of art sounds organized by Channelle Allesandre!

Chanelle Allesandre
Connie
Rear Window (Rear Window is the collaborative project of Rex Morris, Max Hammel, and Zach Rowden)

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