Ely Center of Contemporary Art Facilities Needs (Draft as of 3/20/24)

Ely Center of Contemporary Art turns 10 in 2025. Its first decade has been spent in a historic home on Trumbull Street. A domestic space fits our exhibition making expertise, but we are open to organizing our work in a retail storefront or industrial space as follows:

• 5000 Sq ft of exhibition space, 500 sq ft of Meeting/Office space, 1000 Sq ft for Making/Fabrication/Studio space including Brush & Palette’s painting studio. Kitchen or kitchenette. 

• 400 Sq Ft for Keyhole Workspace Residency (3 artists)

• 3000 Sq ft Secure Storage Space

• ADA accessible entrance and washroom

• Curb cut and space for truck load in/load out of artwork

• Accessible from Downtown New Haven

Annual Rental Budget: $ 30,000 p.a. including utilities. Please see more about our financial capacities here and here.

If you have suggestions of available properties that we should consider, please reach out to us with Subject Line: Space  

pr@elycenter.org

If you would like to join a capital campaign committee to help repurchase the building, please contact Board Member Aaron Pine, aaronwpine@gmail.com