Long Water Land - June 15th - Community Sketching the Quinnipiac

LONG WATER LAND

This Saturday, June 15

Long Water Land is a free community education and art-making series along the Quinnipiac River hosted by the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven Sketchers, and other partners in Summer 2024. Collaborating groups will provide introductions to each site from historical, cultural, and/or ecological perspectives. The project will focus on building community, and observing, interacting with, and reflecting on our shared landscape through art-making.

The series will be commemorated with an anthology of sketches and an accompanying exhibition.

Quinnipiac is roughly translated to “long water land,” a name given by Indigenous peoples who lived along the river long before European settlement. Later, the river became intrinsically tied to the history of New Haven and many other towns in its watershed.

After a brief talk we will explore each site and sketch, then share our drawings together as a group. No drawing experience necessary! We use sketching as a tool for observing, capturing, and reflecting on our surroundings. Some art supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Bring water and sun/weather/bug protection. We will be next to a river, after all!

Heavy rain will reschedule events; check back for info.
For a printable schedule click HERE.

OPENING RECEPTION

Save The Dates

Join us as we celebrate the opening of our Summer 2024 exhibitions!

3-5 pm Free and open to all - Light refreshments provided

Opening Reception: June 23, 3-5 pm w/ a screening of the film “America Unfiltered” 12:30 @ Yale Art Gallery
Stump-in-Situ live printmaking on Trumbull Street
4 pm performance by Línda Perla-Giron

Horacio Marquínez: America Unfiltered
Keyhole Artists: Ramón Bonilla, Esthea Kim, Andrian Panaitisor, Línda Perla-Giron, Emily Weiskopf
Can Yağız: Not today either
Lawrence Morelli: Remembrance
Stump-In-Situ: Logan Bishop, Enrique Figuerado, Nathan Lewis, Jesse Peck, Maria Porada

Horacio Marqínez: America Unfiltered is organized in partnership with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. To view the screening of “America Unfiltered” at 12:30 @ Yale Art Gallery click HERE to order your free tickets.
To see Marquínez’s TV interview with Ann Nyberg of Channel 8 WTNH cllick HERE.

GALLERY HOURS

ECOCA Summer Hours:
Wed, Thurs & Sun 12-5 pm

ECOCA’s Environmental Leadership for Artists programs are supported by the City of New Haven’s Creative Sector Relief Fund. ECOCA receives support from the 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.

Please contact aburg@elycenter.org for more information and high-resolution images.

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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 the 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.