New Haven Open Studios Oct 5 & 6

NH OPEN STUDIOS - AUDUBON ARTS DISTRICT

Join us on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6 12-5 pm for the AUDUBON ARTS DISTRICT New Haven Open Studios weekend!

Our Fall ‘24 Keyhole Workspace Residents will have their studios open to the public for New Haven Open Studios- come see what they are up to! This residency runs for 4 months and a culminating exhibition of their work will open in January!

Miguel Mendoza | Odette Chavez | Scott Azevedo

We are also joining forces with Creative Arts Workshop for the month of October! 9 Artists from our 2024 Open Call were chosen to participate in a CAW/ECOCA exhibition and residency collab! These artists have studio space on the second floor of the CAW gallery as well as a group exhibition NONESUCH on the first floor, curated by David Borawski, a member of our Curatorial Advisory Committee.
Creative Arts Workshop is located at 80 Audubon Street - around the corner from us!

Marquis Brantley | Linda Colletta | Danielle Giroux | Maria Markham
Dana Simmons | Omar Muqbil | Ksam Rekam | Jean-Pierre Solis-Sánchez

RECAP

Our FIRST Photobook Mini Fair was such a success!
Thank you so much to all who came and engaged in the interviews, bought books, and simply enjoyed the day!

(first image credit to Laura Wexler, taken from her point of view while speaking😀)

If you want to re-watch or missed an interview, they will be posted on our website soon!

Nadine Nelson's Harvest Mandala event was such a moving moment. It started with amazing food, and ended with everyone sprinkling the labyrinth pathway with wild flower seeds that will sprout in the spring! Need a minute of reflection? Come on over- you are invited to walk the stone labyrinth in our back yard. 🕊️

***ARE YOU or someone you know creating a photobook soon? Let us know! We are thinking of making this annual!***

IN THE PRESS

Zines Conjure Camaraderie At The Ely Center

Into The Woods - Daily Nutmeg

Ely Center of Contemporary Art showcases nature, memory and cultural identity in three new shows

Artists Tap Into The Roots in the New Haven Independent

IN THE GALLERY

Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing is a group exhibition curated by Alex Santana, selected from Ely Center’s 2024 Open Call.

Featured Artists: Austin Bryant, Lauren Cardenas, Adrian Martinez Chavez, Kim Kyne Cohen, Carolina Cuevas, Melissa Dadourian, Jen DeLuna, Sebastián Cole Galván, Alondra M. Garza, Donté K. Hayes, Kristen Heritage, Sunnie Liu, Jo Lobdell, Marie-Josè, Sebastián Meltz-Collazo, Robert Mirek, Nadine Neslon, Julia Oldham, Vick Quezada, Jacoub Reyes, Samnang Riebe, Raphaela Riepl, Linda Sok, Loretta Violante, Aura Xuanyi Wang, Ying Ye

Mesoma Onyeagba

A new MFA graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago presents her first solo exhibition. Mesoma’s work delighted New Haven audiences in the Embodied Knowledge 2023 Open Call exhibition.

Flat File: Stump In Situ

After the City’s Tree Warden ordered five magnificent Sycamore trees on Trumbull Street to be cut due to disease, printmakers reclaimed the remaining stumps with eco-friendly woodcuts and public art. With Logan Bishop, Nathan Lewis, Enrique Figured, Jesse Peck and Maria Posada.

UPCOMING

WEIRD MUSIC NIGHT
October 17 @ 7pm

2nd Annual Recycled Halloween Mask Making w/ Soule Golden
October 20 @ 1pm

Opening Reception, November 10 @ 1-3pm
Reflection: Merik Goma & Remy Sosa
Be Longing: Frank De Leon Jones & Shanti Grumbine
Dude Portraits: Leigh Busby
And More!

RENT ECOCA

Holiday Season is just around the corner - are you planning a holiday party for your office or friends? Consider renting our beautiful and unique space for such an event! Email info@elycenter.org to learn more!

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ECOCA’s Board seeks its next Treasurer. Might you be interested? Check out the job description.

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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 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.