Katie Hovencamp, Landmine Pie
Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott
March 6 - April 24, 2022
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 6, 2 - 4 pm
Featuring 43 artists selected from ECOCA’s 2022 Open Call.
Spring Public Hours
Sundays 12 - 5 pm
Mondays 12 - 5 pm
Wednesdays 12 - 5 pm
Thursdays 3 - 8 pm
& By Appointment
Curator’s Statement
The challenges of the last two years living with the pall of a global pandemic and the heaviness of racial fury in this nation, has forced us to reimagine connectivity, community, and intimacy. While reviewing the over 400 works submitted for the Ely Centers Open Call, I couldn’t help but feel a profound connection to work that seemed to be exploring this moment, even if some of them were created pre-pandemic. Maybe I was projecting my own emotional state, but after selecting the 46 pieces for the exhibition and then looking at them collectively, I knew that they belonged together. These works needed to share space with each other, to have proximity to each other’s visual stories, to be in community.
There may never be a return to what we have collectively assumed as “normal”. These past years have shown us that there is always something hiding under the surface. This is where we find thoughts that convey joy, that consume trust and concede suffering. I’m hoping that the work in this exhibit might remind us of the beauty, pain, loneliness, and joy that we have been experiencing. We have all been carrying active feelings under the surface. These are our undercurrents. We are alive, and it is wonderful.
BRIAN SLATTERY : NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
In Ely Center Exhibition, Artists Explore What Lies Underneath | March 17, 2022
Cindy Konits
Terrence Lavin
K’La Lawson
Suzanne Levy
Crystal Marshall
Melinda McDaniel
Melissa Sutherland Moss
Sarah Nance
David Van Ness
Caleb Portfolio
Sarah Schneiderman
Sarah Sipling
Yuli Sung
Mami Takahashi
Kelsey Tynik
Anthony Warnick
Elizabeth West
Marjorie Wolfe
Shiqi Wu
Yichen Zhou
Despina Zografos
Richard Bottwin
Joy Bush
Robert Carley
Jeremy Chandler
Alexandra Chiou
Zoe Cohen
Rima Day
Brooks Dierdorff
Christina Dietz
Daniella Dooling
Scott Glaser
Priya N. Green
Laurence Elle Groux
Clymenza Hawkins
Steven Holmes
Katie Hovencamp
Ruth Jeyaveeran
Laura Kern
Colleen Kiely
Zofie King
Susan Knight
Elizabeth Knowles