Opening Reception
Sunday, February 8, 1-3pm
162 James Street, New Haven
The Ely Center is pleased to present a group of four exhibitions on view from February 8- April 12, 2026 with an opening reception on Sunday, February 8, 1-3pm at the new location of 162 James Street, New Haven, CT. Together this group of exhibitions invite visitors to consider moments of transition not as rupture but as a space for connection.
Three solo shows by artists Diana Abouchacra, Lauren Flaaen and Dario Mohr, the Fall ’25 Keyhole Workspace cohort, use installation and transformed objects to examine how bodies, memories, and identities are mediated through structures that both protect and constrain.
Abouchacra’s What Remains Tied, Bound in Belonging offers an immersive installation on memory and care, combining sculptural “memory ties,” audio, and video to consider how belonging is formed over time.
Flaaen’s small tears, cuts and scribbles transforms domestic furniture into a bodily form, exploring vulnerability, protection, and transformation with her reupholstered couch installation.
In Ensconced, Mohr examines light, visibility, and power with illuminated glass cubes that frame Black male bodies in moments of concealment and revelation.
The use and transformation of fixtures, furniture, and unassuming kitchen materials creates an underlying theme of comfort, exposure, intimacy and power in the three artists’ exhibitions.
Intervals is a group exhibition presented by the volunteer artists and curators who comprise the Ely Center’s Curatorial and Program Advisory Committee. Reflecting on pauses, shifts, and in-between states, Intervals addresses moments of change—between places, roles, and aesthetics—while reinforcing long-term vision of inclusivity, diversity, and spaces built through collaboration.
Alexzandria Robin/ Sydney Bell, David Borawski/ Peter Brown, Debbie Hesse/ Marion Belanger, Ellen Hawley | Michael G. Young , Emily Weiskopf/ Douglas Degges, Fritz Horstman/ Sabrina Marques, Howard el-Yasin/ Susan McCaslin, Jeanne Ciravolo/Janet Warner, Judith Kruger/ Catherine Christiano, Kit Young/Paloma Kop & Andrei Jay, Maria Markham/ Jayden Ashley, Suzan Shutan/ Molly Gambardella