Artspace, New Haven

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Artspace
Founded1987
TypeExhibition
Focus visual art
Websiteartspacenewhaven.org

Artspace (founded 1987) [1] was a contemporary art gallery and non-profit organization located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Artspace closed its physical location in June 2023 and announced plans to operate remotely. [2]

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Teen program

Artspace hosted an annual Summer Apprenticeship Program (SAP) for high school students to work with a professional artist. In 2001, the program's founding year, Artspace partnered with artist Sol LeWitt to create a series of wall drawings. [3]

Past SAP projects have included:

The Lot

The Lot is Artspace's pocket park and public art space. It is located near Artspace at 812 Chapel Street, the site of a busy bus stop. Artspace has presented temporary art installations here since 1999, and redeveloped it as a dedicated art space in 2005 in collaboration with local and federal agencies.

Early history

The Lot began as an empty lot. It was formerly the site of the Phoenix Building, which was torn down in the late 1990s because of safety concerns, leaving a rubble-filled lot. [10]

In 1999, Marianne Bernstein of Artspace's Visual Arts Committee, asked Mayor John DeStefano for permission and organized the inaugural project in the Lot, "New Haven Labyrinth." A team of local artists led by Sharon Kurland created a maze, inspired by a Cretan labyrinth, made out of local river rocks painted by over 2500 local residents. [11] [12]

Renovations

In 2001, a community charrette focused on the Lot was organized by Artspace, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and Project for Public Spaces. There, artists and neighborhood residents developed ideas for renovating the site, including plantings, pathways, benches, and a new bus shelter. [10] The design, anchored by benches of stone recycled from the Phoenix Building, was honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects. [13]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions at the Lot included:

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References

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  2. ↑ Zaretsky, Mark (2023-06-21). "Artspace, a New Haven arts institution since 1987, closes gallery; will continue 'remotely' for now". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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