Polychromasia is a collection of paintings by the late Ficre Ghebreyesus, who emigrated from Eritrea (Eritrea on Google Maps), and made New Haven his home for almost 30 years. Ficre studied painting in New York, and also earned an M.F.A. from Yale University in 2002. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Ficre was the co-owner/chef of Cafe Adulis on Temple Street from 1992-2008. I miss that place, and we miss Ficre Ghebreyesus. Artspace was packed with more people at one time than I can ever remember being in there!
Polychromasia will be on display at Artspace until April 24th. You should get down there and check it out. For more info, check out: Polychromasia on the Artspace Website
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| some of Ficre’s family (there were about two dozen Ghebreyesus family members of his there, from all over!) |
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| some of Polychromasia’s description here |
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| Dr. Henry Louis (Skip) Gates ,the Alphonse Fletcher University professor at Harvard, standing by a Ficre painting that he purchased for his gallery at the University |
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| Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, wife of Ficre, poet, and current Chair of the African American Studies Program at Yale |
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| I still compare my height to other people’s using this method |
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| art brings people together, and sometimes smooches too |
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| Helen Kauder, E.D of Artspace (far left), Key Jo Lee , Polychromasia Curator (far right) |
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| actress/producer/ director Tamara Tunie (you might recognize her from As the World Turns & Law and Order S.V.U) and husband , jazz singer/poet, Gregory Generet |
For more photos, check out the album on the ILNH Facebook Page: Ficre Complete Set