Orchard Street Shul show closes this weekend at John Slade Ely House

John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art
51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, (203) 624-8055
Orchard Street Shul Cultural Heritage Artists Project
Through Jan. 31, 2010.
Closing party and open forum: Sun., Jan. 31, 2 p.m.

A devotional tribute to memory, culture, people and place, the Orchard Street Shul Cultural Heritage Artists Project at John Slade Ely House closes this coming weekend. With photography, sculpture, installation art, painting and digital media, it is a thought-provoking eye and mind feast. Just a sampling of images from the show:

Photographer David Ottenstein:

Mary Lesser's "Sukkah":

The installation by Meg Bloom and Howard el-Yasin: