ARTIST TALK

Please Join us for an artist talk for Conuco artist Perla Mabel
Talk guided by artist/educator Howard el-Yasin
February 2 at 2pm

We will be streaming the talk live via our Instagram account @ecoca_nhv

Free and Open to all

THANK YOU!

Thank you for making the opening reception last Sunday so very special! And a huge thank you again to Marissa Del Toro for guiding Scott, Miguel & Odette in their talk!

Florenciendo en La Obscuridad Artist talk

Through a Glass Darkly

Entry Project Space Land Acknowledgement

Conuco

Florenciendo en La Obscuridad & Conuco

Nature is Flawed

Conuco & Through a Glass Darkly

Seeing Red

Florenciendo en La Obscuridad
The Fall ‘24 Keyhole Workspace Residency Exhibition
Scott Azevedo, Miguel Mendoza & Odette Chavez-Mayo

Seeing Red w/ Land Acknowledgement
Krystyna Printup

Conuco
Perla Mabel
w/ Artist talk guided by Howard el-Yasin on February 2 at 2pm

Through a Glass Darkly
Peter Brown - curated by David Borawski

Nature is Flawed
Kristi Arnold in the Flat File room - curated by John O’Donnell

On View Through February 23

OPEN CALL 2025

Applications are live!
Open Call 2025

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!

We are pleased to announce Jared Quinton as our guest curator!

Jared Quinton is a curator, writer and currently the Emily Hall Tremaine Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT, where he oversees the pioneering MATRIX exhibition series and the museum’s postwar and contemporary collection and galleries.

Photo: Allen Phillips. Courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum.

WEIRD MUSIC NIGHT

Get Ready for…
The Night Before Valentine’s Day Costume Party!

Join us for a night of wild creativity, experimental music, and unforgettable vibes at Weird Music Night! Celebrate the eve of Valentine’s Day with costumes, art, and performances that will set your heart on fire.

Dress Code: Your weirdest & wildest Valentine’s Day costume!

Expect an eclectic lineup of sound-based projects, art performances, and surprises that embody the Weird Music Night ethos: experimental, unexpected, and unapologetically fun. Whether you’re a romantic, a rebel, or something in between, this is your night to shine!

Bring your friends, your creativity, and your energy. Let’s make this a pre-Valentine’s celebration to remember!

Phantasmata Traumata
Logan Bishop
Nadine Nelson
Samuel Leaf
Ryan Gurry & Reddis: Collaborative Performance

And Special Thanks to Ungrafted Selections and That Sound Game for supporting this programming

CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF ECOCA

10 years of ECOCA

Help us celebrate- Tickets will be for sale starting in February.
Workshops celebrating our theme material with TIN/ALUMINUM
will be announced soon!

Do you work with tin/aluminum? Tell us about it!
E-mail director Aimée Burg at aburg@elycenter.org
Do you have a fond memory from these past 10 years that you think we should know about? Please share at info@elycenter.org
Do you love planning parties? Join our Gala Planning Committee!
E-mail artist Emily Weiskopf at info@elycenter.org to join the team!

DATES TO NOTE

JOIN OUR FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEER FAMILY

Ever want to get involved behind the scenes at ECOCA?

We have fun volunteer opportunities during our programs for everyone!

Sign up to volunteer HERE

SUPPORT ECOCA

M I S S I O N

The Ely Center of Contemporary Art’s mission is to present contemporary art exhibitions and events—challenging, conceptual, and provocative—that are inclusive, diverse and promote dialogue around global and community issues. Our work reaffirms Grace Ely’s testamentary wishes for an art center where artists, arts organizations, and the public assemble, exchange, learn, and engage through exhibitions, performances, and emerging contemporary practice

ECOCA receives support from Avangrid, City of New Haven, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Connecticut Office of the Arts, Connecticut Humanities, New Alliance Foundation, Wells Fargo, Yale University, and Friends of the John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art.

Applications are live!Open Call 2025

We are pleased to announce Jared Quinton as our guest curator!

10 years of ECOCA

Ever want to get involved behind the scenes at ECOCA? We have fun volunteer opportunities during our programs for everyone!

Sign up to volunteer HERE

Applications are live!
Open Call 2025

Ever want to get involved behind the scenes at ECOCA?

We have fun volunteer opportunities during our programs for everyone!