Hours  |  Exhibitions  |  Student Programs  |  History Welcome The John Slade Ely House is a non-profit art center located in the audubon arts district of New Haven. Founded in 1961 in a converted Elizabethan style residence, the John Slade Ely House is New Haven's first dedicated arts center. The Ely House program includes Three to Five curated and thematic group exhibitions of contemporary regional artists per year organized by the Curator and Gallery Committee. In addition The Ely House hosts juried and member exhibitions by fine arts organizations from New Haven and Connecticut such as the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, The New Haven Brush and Palette Club, Connecticut Women Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and The Calligraphy Guild of New Haven. Hours Wednesday - Friday, 11am - 4pm Saturday & Sunday, 2pm - 5pm (203) 624-8055 Jennifer Turek, Michael 2002 Annual High School Exhibition Photo Arts Collective Award Exhibitions The John Slade Ely House presents an exhibition program which is free and open to the public ten months of the year.The Curator Paul Clabby puts on four curated exhibitions per year giving approximately 25-30 artists an opportunity to exhibit their work. Please see our current exhibition schedule. The Ely House supports the full range and depth of todays art from traditional forms to new media, experimental, social and political art. The Ely House does not shy away from difficult or unpopular art or ideas and recognizes and supports artists who persue work not viable commercially. The Ely House strives to present in a professional setting quality exhibitions of interest to the diverse communities in the region. Frank Gardner, Mirror Vermeer The Home Show, June - July, 2000 Student Programs The John Slade Ely House is involved with several programs for students in the region. The Comprehensive Arts Program of New Haven which organizes trips by third grade students to museums and galleries makes over twenty visits to the Ely House each year. Area High Schools such as The Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School and The Educational Center for the Arts make regular visits as part of their educational program. The Annual Greater New Haven High School Art Exhibition and Competition provides a venue for our educational systems talented students and continues to draw participation from over seventeen regional High Schools and more than 190 Students. Deserving Students are given awards amounting to over $1,000. The John Slade Ely House also has a college student internship and work study program for students interested in working as gallery assistants. History of the Ely House The John Slade Ely House is an English Elizabethan style house that was built in 1905 by S. G. Taylor. It was home to Doctor John Slade Ely (1860-1906), who came to New Haven in 1897 with his wife, Grace T. Ely. From 1897 up until the time of his tragic death in 1906 he held the chair of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. Grace T. Ely, an active community member and supporter of the arts, desired the house to be used as an art center after her death in 1960. She hoped it would be used "for exhibiting works of art, holding art classes, lectures and recitals and as a meeting place for organizations interested in any form of art." The first exhibition was in April 1961 showing work by the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. Throughout the years the John Slade Ely House has exhibited numerous regional artists under the expertise of several curators, from its first curator, William Kent to its present curator Paul Clabby.
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