Tuesday, November 29
5 pm - 12 am
Join us at Anchor Spa for an ECOCA Signature Cocktail! Order our drink to help support our upcoming programs, and learn a bit more about our space!
Artwork detail: Leila Daw, Never to Arrive, 2018
With reflection on recent news and COVID-19, we are doing our part to help keep the communities we support safe and healthy at this incredibly challenging time by following the Center for Disease Control's recommendations as well as the State of Connecticut Health Department regarding preparedness and prevention of COVID-19. As a result, we unfortunately must postpone Bitches Brew until further notice; the new date for the event will be announced shortly.
The Ely Center of Contemporary Art (ECOCA) in conjunction with our exhibition Witchy (on view from March 1 – April 19) is hosting Bitches Brew, a special fundraiser on Saturday, April 4, 2020 to support the important work of ECOCA. Guests will enjoy a spellbinding, enchanting, mystical evening filled with witchy art, alchemy and magic—potions, brews, hypnotists, tarot, palm readers held throughout the English Elizabethan style home at 51 Trumbull Street in New Haven.
Rashmi Talpade
The New Haven Paint & Clay Club (NHPCC) and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art (ECOCA) are co-sponsoring a fundraising Postcard Art Show and Sale. This fundraiser will comprise of donated 5x7 inch original artworks to be sold on Thursday, September 26, at 6 – 9 pm at ECOCA.
Event location: Ely Center, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Date/Time: Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6 pm sharp
Entrance Fee: $5 at the door. No fee for artists who contributed work for this event.
Process that will be used to match the 5x7 artworks with event participants:
Names of all attendees wishing to purchase work will be collected and placed in a jar
Between 6:00 and 6:45 pm, attendees will have the opportunity to view a display of all the works available for sale
Beginning at 6:45 pm, names will be drawn from the jar. Participants will be able to select one artwork for $20, in the order that their names are drawn. A volunteer will remove the selected piece from the display wall and process the purchase. All payments will be made in cash or by check.
Once a name has been drawn from the first jar it will be placed in a second jar for a second chance to purchase another artwork.
Once all names in the jar have been called and those participants have received their artwork, the second round of selection will begin. Names drawn from the second jar will be returned to a third jar for a third chance to purchase a work. We will repeat the process until either no artwork or no willing purchaser remains.
Those who arrive after 6:45 pm will have their name added to the current jar.
During the evening there will be music and refreshments. The goals for the event are to raise funds for both the ECoCA and the NHP&CC, and for participants to enjoy themselves and take home a unique, affordable artwork created by NHP&CC member artists.
Please consider a small donation (or large) to let us know how we are doing.
ECOCA Board and Staff
For 55+ years, artists and their audiences have come together within the Elizabethan John Slade Ely House Galleries. Our Great Give goal this year is $10,000. Please donate during this 36-hour event that ends May 2 at midnight. We are grateful for any and all amounts!
Artspace will kickoff their 30th Anniversary Alumni Reunion weekend and celebration with a Monster Drawing Rally at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art.
June 23, 2017
7 – 9:30 pm
