Join us as we celebrate the opening of our Summer 2024 exhibitions! 3-5 pm Free and open to all - Light refreshments provided.
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Featured Exhibitions:
Horacio Marquínez: America Unfiltered . In collaboration with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, ECOCA is pleased to show Marquínez's photographs created during the pandemic’s peak. Marquínez and his fellow filmmaker traveled the U.S. to capture America’s essence. Their project, “America Unfiltered,” explores whether empathy and listening can bridge national divides. Through candid conversations on politics, race, love, and immigration, the film and photo exhibit aim to foster understanding and optimism for America’s future. This journey documents diverse American experiences, highlighting our common humanity in a time of division.
Lawrence Morelli: Remembrance. When Morelli needed to move out of a permanent studio he became creative in where and how to work. No longer using models for large scale paintings, Morelli has been sitting at G Café in New Haven, painting outside in small notebooks. He has been working from intense memories of places throughout his life
Keyhole Artists: Ramón Bonilla, Esthea Kim, Adrian Panaitisor, Línda Perla-Giron, Emily Weiskopf. ECOCA's Spring '24 Keyhole Workspace Residency culminates in the exhibitions of it's 5 local artists. Each artist will have solo exhibitions highlighting the work created and how they have been thinking about environment and climate.
Can Yağiz: Not today either. Not today either features Can Yağız’s document-sized collages and monotypes, capturing moments of self-reflection and the fragility of existence. Degradation of both materials and imagery is integral to how Can contemplates themes of belonging, selfhood, and decay. Objects imbued with memory, like a soaked tissue or a scuffed envelope, offer a sense of continuity amidst the loss, rendering much-needed progression in material.
Stump-in-Situ: Logan Bishop, Enrique Figuerado, Nathan Lewis, Jesse Peck, Maria Porada. On June 23rd, 5 artists will activate 5 stumps on Trumbull Street (sycamores that had to be cut due to disease) via a public printmaking event. Some of the prints created from this event, along with other works by the artists will be on display in the flat file. This is a merging of performance, printmaking and public art to activate an awareness of ecological issues happening here and now. Curated by John O'Donnell.
