Exhibition Reviews
DAN MIMS: DAILY NUTMEG
Arthouse Flicks | September 28, 2023
BRIAN SLATTERY: NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Sequential Artists Break the Frame | September 22, 2023
BRIAN SLATTERY: NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Seek the Knowledge Within | June 28, 2023
CHRISTOPHER ARNOTT: HARTFORD COURANT
’Embodied Knowledge’ Comes Alive at New Haven’s Ely Center of Contemporary Art | June 22, 2023
BRIAN SLATTERY: NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Portray The People in Full, January 31, 2023
BRIAN SLATTERY: NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Three Artists Push It At The Ely Center
MIRANDA JEYARETNAM : ARTS PAPER
In "Primal Affinities I," Artists Bring The Outside In | December 12, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Go Home And Abroad At The Ely Center | November 17, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Draws A “Full House” | October 14, 2022
LINDSAY SKEDGELL : ARTS PAPER
Ely Center Block Party Rules The Road | October 4, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Rocks The Block | October 3, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Gets Religion | September 20, 2022
AL LARRIVA-LATT : ARTS PAPER
At Ely Center, Artists Summon A Shared Humanity | June 28, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Make The Most Of Life In Ely Center Exhibit | June 28, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artist Imagines A Future After Climate Change | June 16, 2022
THOMAS BREEN : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Property Roundup: Nonprofit Buys Ely House For $800K | May 26, 2022
ARTFIXDAILY
Amerikrainian Flags by Jay Bright at Ely Center of Contemporary Art | May 25, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Deal Struck To Save Ely Center | March 25, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
In Ely Center Exhibition, Artists Explore What Lies Underneath | March 17, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Races Clock To Buy Ely House | March 2, 2022
MIRANDA LEVINGSTON : BKREADER
This East New York Artist Is Using Diamonds and Jewels to Honor Black Women This Women’s History Month | March 1, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
John Slade Ely House For Sale — Again | February 28, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Art Exhibit Makes Compassion A New Year’s Resolution | February 3, 2022
SARAJANE SULLIVAN : CTINSIDER
Lunar New Year celebrations in CT for the Year of the Tiger | February 3, 2022
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Body Work | February 1, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Take It Uneasy In Ely Center “Solos” Exhibit | January 27, 2022
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Ely Center Artists Braid Hairstory Into New Exhibition | January 19, 2022
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Exhibit Is A Light In The Dark | December 9, 2021
CHARLOTTE HUGHES : ARTS PAPER
At Ely Center, ECA Students Jump Into New Media | December 6, 2021
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Above and Below | December 1, 2021
LEAH ANDELSMITH : ARTS PAPER
Ely Center Artists Wake the World | October 12, 2021
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
A Sculptor Conjures Joy On Artizan Street | October 8, 2021
JACQUELYN GLEISNER : CONNECTICUT ART REVIEW
Monthly Roundup | October 6, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Orders Up Chaos | October 1, 2021
GOTHAM TO GO
Exploring the Artist, Yvonne Shortt and her Hair Stories in Art + Conversation | August 5, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
ECOCA Show Sees A Future In The Future | July 22, 2021
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Picking Up Threads | July 13, 2021
JACQUELYN GLEISNER : CONNECTICUT ART REVIEW
Studio Visit: Yvonne Shortt | June 24, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Go Solo At Ely Center | June 17, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
New Haven Paint And Clay Club Still Paints Life | May 14, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artist Reaps Harvest Of Empathy | April 21, 2021
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Physical Therapy | March 31, 2021
GAMZE KAZAKOGLU : YALE DAILY NEWS
New exhibition ‘Embody’ opens in the Ely Center of Contemporary Art | March 19, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Embodies Pandemic Art | March 12, 2021
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Solo Six | January 7, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Not-So-Short Fest Takes The Long View | January 5, 2021
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Goes Solo | December 22, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Gets Special Delivery | October 9, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Acts “Now” | October 8, 2020
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Ely Center Steps Into The Moment | October 5, 2020
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG
Messages Received | October 1, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Photographer Chronicles The City’s Upheaval | July 1, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Leaps Into Virtual Space | May 6, 2020
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Ely Center Asks: What Now? | May 4, 2020
SUSAN DUNNE : HARTFORD COURANT
Artists around Connecticut are turning their emotions about the coronavirus pandemic into new works | April 12, 2020
KATHY CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG NEW HAVEN
Works from Home | April 3, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artist Delivers Message from Kitchen | April 2, 2020
ANDREA VALLUZZO : THE RIDGEFIELD PRESS
Magic and ritual spotlighted in Ely Center’s show | March 6, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Casts a Spell | March 4, 2020
KATHY LEONARD CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG NEW HAVEN
Messengers | March 3, 2020
KATHY LEONARD CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG NEW HAVEN
In the Club | February 13, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Work Out The Daily Grind | January 30, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Artists Reveal Hong Kong Behind The Headlines | January 28, 2020
SHARON BUTLER : TWO COATS OF PAINT
The Daily | January 12, 2020
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
For Four Artists, It’s a Matter of Perception | December 18, 2019
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Jazz Where Taps Away the Rain | December 16, 2019
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
'Trans Body II' Stuns, Surprises at Ely Center | November 20, 2019
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Has and Does Not Have an Art Show | November 5, 2019
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Strikes a Climate Nerve | October 30, 2019
KATHY LEONARD CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG NEW HAVEN
Artists in Residence | October 10, 2019
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
New Haven Artists, Orgs Score State Grants | September 2019
VACATION IDEAS #16
25 Best Things to Do in New Haven, Connecticut | August, 2019
MCKENZIE BELISLE : ARTS PAPER
At Ely Center, Artists Dig, Then Dive | May 29, 2019
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Takes to the Sea | May 15, 2019
KATHY LEONARD CZEPIEL : DAILY NUTMEG NEW HAVEN
Body Language | March 26, 2019
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Listen: Nadine Nelson Finds A Recipe For Self-Care | March 18, 2019
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
“Our Bodies,” With Old And New Eyes | March 13, 2019
WPKN's LIVE CULTURE w/ MARTHA W. LEWIS
ODETTA Gallery and the Ely Center for Contemporary Art | March, 2019
E.A. GORDON : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
The Personnel Are Political | March 13, 2019
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Revisits “Our Bodies, Ourselves” | March 8, 2019
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Keeps its Ear to the Ground | January 31, 2019
KAREN MARKS : ARTS PAPER
Fools, Fossils, And Form At The Ely Center | December 14, 2018
KAREN MARKS : ARTS PAPER
At Ely Center, Artists Unload One By One | October 16, 2018
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Brings In The Big Guns | October 12, 2018
KAREN MARKS : ARTS PAPER
Deconstructing Guns, Reconstructing Art | July 13, 2018
CARLY WANNA : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Eight Weeks Later… | July 27, 2018
CARLY WANNA : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Guns Turned Into Art | July 13, 2018
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
For Lev, A Proper Goodbye | May 21, 2018
DAVID SEPULVEDA : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Posthumous Art Exhibit Expands and Heals | April 26, 2018
EMILY A. GORDON : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
A House of Rooms of Her Own | March 15, 2018
JACQUELYN GLEISNER : ARTS 21
Banner Project Workshop with Aliza Shvarts | March 12, 2018
SUSAN DUNNE : HARTFORD COURANT
'Silence Breakers' At Ely Center Opens On International Women's Day | March 4, 2018
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
“Silence Breakers” Storm The Ely Center | March 9, 2018
DAVID SEPULVEDA : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Taken By Storm | February 12, 2018
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
At Ely Center, The Art Is Only Natural | January 25, 2018
RANDELL BEACH : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
From Bing to Curly, “Sam’s Lounge” has the spirit of Christmas | December 16, 2017
SUSAN DUNNE : HARTFORD COURANT
'Nasty Women Film Fest' In New Haven | October 30, 2017
DAVID SEPULVEDA : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Flag Exhibit Closes With Dignified Burn | August 20, 2017
ZEB MAYER : CT ART BLOG VIDEO
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: Artists Respond to the Flag | July, 2017
AMANDA AURIANI : ARTS PAPER
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars | July, 2017
COLIN LODEWICK : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely Center Celebrates Precarious Independence | July 4, 2017
DEBBIE HESSE : SEPBLUESNEWS
Debbie Hesse Says Goodbye to NH Arts Council After 15 Years | July 2, 2017
ZACHERY KEETING AND AICHA WOODS : TWO COATS OF PAINT
A Q&A, Art and politics: “Broad Stripes and Bright Stars” in New Haven | July 1, 2017
WPKN's LIVE CULTURE w/ MARTHA W. LEWIS
Interview with Dave Coon: Things that Fly—Flags and Overpasses | June, 2017
STEPHEN J GRANT : HUFFINGTON POST
A Contemporary Art Gallery in New Haven Invites Artists to Reflect on the American Flag | June 14, 2017
LUCY GELLMAN : ARTS PAPER
Onnie Chan: Stand Still. She Dares You | June, 2017
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Solo Acts Take Over Ely Center | May 8, 2017
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Reborn Ely House Stages “A Funeral” | April 20, 2017
STAFF : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
Onnie Chan readies ‘A funeral...’ at Ely Center | April 21–22, 2017
ARTS ON AIR PODCAST
Women in the Arts: Interview with Dee Roulx (In Grace We Trust featured artist), Rachel Schmidt and Rita Valley | March 2017
WPKN's LIVE CULTURE w/ MARTHA W. LEWIS
Interview with Joe Keo Bun, artist and curator of "Alternative Facts”, part of In Grace We Trust | March 25, 2017
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Art Exhibits Take On Sex And Politics | March 7, 2017
NO POP : LAURA MARSH
Walk through the John Slade Ely House | January 3, 2017
JOHN O’DONNELL
Are Winners Losers? by Sophie Haigney | Nov 15, 2016
RYAN GITTLER : YALE DAILY NEWS
Keep the art, unmatch the game | November 4, 2016
ARTSPACE : MATCH GAME
New work from the Flat Files | October, 2016
LUCY GELLMAN : WNHH COMMUNITY RADIO
project | October 21, 2016
LUCY GELLMAN : I LOVE NEWHAVEN.ORG
Food Porn | October 27, 2016
LUCY GELLMAN : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Food Meets Art Meets Fun | October 26, 2016
LAURA MARSH + PHIL LIQUE
No Pop Lives On “Borrowed Time” by Lucy Gellman | Aug 25, 2016
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Arts Clubs’ Cry: Help Us With Ely Rent | February 29, 2016
RANDALL BEACH : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
New Haven’s Ely House to gain new life for use by ACES’ educational arts center | February 15, 2016
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely House Deal Now Officially OK’d | February 3, 2016
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
ACES/ECA Set To Buy Ely House For $390,000 | January 25, 2016
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Ely House Deal On Track | November 13, 2015
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
ECA/ACES Now Plans To Buy Slade Ely House | October 8, 2015
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Would-Be Rescuers Clash On Ely House’s Future | August 28, 2015
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
John Slade Ely House Sale Hearing Postponed | August 6, 2015
ALLAN APPEL : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
John Slade Ely House Sale Put On Hold | July 31, 2015
CLAIRE VOON : HYPERALLERGIC
Wells Fargo Moves to Sell Nonprofit Art Space’s Home Out from Under It | July 27, 2015
DOLORES GALL : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
Letter to the Editor: Ely House could remain for artists, art lovers | May 30, 2015
RANDALL BEACH : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
A lively haven for artists will soon go dark and quiet | May 16, 2015
THE 114 NEW HAVEN PAINT AND CLAY EXHIBITION : DAVID SEPULVEDA
A walk through at the last New Haven Paint & Clay Club to be held at the John Slade Ely House | April 15, 2015
PAUL BASS : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
New Haven’s Ely House, a nonprofit arts venue, closing | March 7, 2015
PAUL BASS : NEW HAVEN REGISTER
John Slade Ely House Closing Its Doors | March 5, 2015
CLAIRE VOON : PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL
Wells Fargo Moves to Sell Nonprofit: Art Space's Home Out from Under It
Remembering our Angel and Champion, Andy Wolf.
A reminder of what New Haven has lost. Paul Bass interviews Andy Wolf in March, 2018.