2016 will be a year of newness, surprises and change for Artspace. This February, we’re celebrating the arrival of Christopher O’Flaherty to our staff! Chris will replace Shelli Stevens as our new Gallery Manager and Volunteer Coordinator. Friends of Artspace may already know Chris through his involvement in City-Wide Open Studios, Artspace’s Annual Gala, his inclusion in the current […]

In 2016, we are debuting a monthly feature to take you behind the scenes to meet the team that brings you Artspace. Each month we’ll be speaking with one of the members of our staff, board and artists serving on the curatorial advisory board. We kick off here to introduce you to Matt Maleska, who […]

“I like to wake up in the morning and look at beautiful things all around me” says Ellen Eisenberg, about the art-filled Woodbridge home she shares with husband Neal Feigenson “Looking at art, going to galleries, and to the annual International Print Fair are the things we love to do together”. Ellen grew up in a family who appreciated […]

On Thursday, October 29, from 7-8pm, 107 performers gathered to form a long receiving line on the front steps of the New Haven Museum. The line started at the museum’s double doors and extended to the sidewalk on Whitney Avenue. The performance was viewable to casual street traffic and individuals arriving on foot to celebrate the Opening Reception […]

Art can serve as a both a window and a mirror—a way to experience and a way to remember and reflect. For Michael Morand, the art that he chooses to collect is itself a gathering of experiences, memories, and friends. He is familiar with their stories, and in collecting these works, welcomes these narratives into […]

Matthew Specter and Marjan Mashhadi’s quiet New Haven home is filled with art, thoughtfully hung and in harmonious conversation with each other and the furniture around them. The art contributes to the environment, which is ultimately one of the couple’s goals in collecting. For Specter, a professor of European history at Central Connecticut State University and an […]

New Haven, Connecticut—An $82,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation to Artspace will support The Jerome Project, created by artist Titus Kaphar, a project that highlights the urgent need for reform of our criminal justice system. Kaphar will engage with currently and previously incarcerated individuals–all named Jerome–to create a series of paintings, sculpture, an experimental documentary […]

In 2012, after deciding to relocate from Washington D.C. to be closer to her daughter, Connie Razza arrived in New Haven eager to experience a new city. Over the years, living in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Connie acquired an extensive collection of African art, a large portion of which she donated to two organizations: Sons […]

Review of 101 Dresses in the New Haven Independent, May 15, 2007 by Paul Bass. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/101_dresses_–_hundreds_of_people/