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Leonardo: Water
Join us on May 14th for a vibrant art auction, live music, and a delicious spread from local vendors.
This fundraising event supports the museum's efforts to teach Leonardo's idea of improvisational creativity to K–12 learners, dedicated apprentices, and the Greater New Haven community.
Summer Camp 2026
Each summer, the Workshop devotes itself to a series of week-long workshops for young experimenters. With over 50 workshops to choose from, there is bound to be a program to pique your interest.
Workshops
The Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop teaches people through experiences that encourage observation, invention, and engagement with tools and materials. Join us for a hands-on learning experience!
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30th Annual Leonardo Challenge
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 5:30-9 pm 915 Whitney Avenue
Food & Drink | Art Auction | Live Music
Tickets are available online and at the door.
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A fundraiser supporting community partnerships, scholarships, and the apprentice program.
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Thursday, May 16, 2024, 5:30-9 pm 915 Whitney Avenue Food & Drink | Art Auction | Live Music
Tickets are available online and at the door.
Light guides civilizations, fuels scientific breakthroughs, and inspires cultural evolution. Its impact—both visible and unseen—remains woven into the fabric of life.
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We need your help! Take advantage of the warm, spring weather and join us for a work party on the trails behind the museum! We will be spreading gravel, removing trash, and repairing fences. Help us refresh the gateway to East Rock Park.
When:
May 16, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (arrive at 8:45 for coffee and donuts!)
Where:
Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop
Meet at the Covered Bridge
Bring a pair of gloves, a friend, and a will to work outdoors. We can provide gloves if you don’t have them.
Details
Born and raised in New Haven, Tea Montgomery is owner and style architect of
Threads by Tea
. As a self-taught designer, Tea has been honing his talent for fashion design and wearable art since 2016. Through his wearable art, in the form of clothing and accessories, his mission is to inspire and empower others to realize their own potential and challenge themselves.
Molly McGurk is a High School senior at Hillhouse High school and the Educational Center for the Arts. Molly is a multi-media artist that focuses on video installations, photography, and fiber arts. She is often inspired by historical art and design and her family.
Desirée Lynn Upchurch is the visionary behind Destruxion Clothing, an interdisciplinary fashion label that fuses interior design, graphic artistry, and construction engineering into wearable art.
With a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and a minor in Graphic Design, along with professional experience as a Field and Project Engineer, Desirée approaches fashion with a structural mindset, treating garments as both architecture and expression.
Rescued Runway
A truckload full of upholstery fabric in need of a new home.
A partnership between one of Hamden’s historic museums and one of New Haven’s newest grassroots groups.
Designers spanning generations responding to a challenge: can you turn upholstery fabric rescued from the trash into gorgeous garments?
Trash To Fashion
+ Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop bring you
Rescued Runway
: fashion blooms from the discarded
Details
These seasonal workshops explore craft, art, and technology. Find your mind-body connection by building something. Join a class with a friend and meet new people.
Ryan Minezzi has 20+ years of art teaching experience and couldn’t love what he does more! An alumni of Pratt Institute: School of Art & Design in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan joined the New Haven scene in 2022. He is excited to continue his work with the Eli Whitney family to spread the joys of working with mud. Currently serving as the lead visual art teacher at New Haven's Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School (COOP), Ryan brings a host of art & design skills, dad jokes, and joy to every group he gets to serve!
Join us on May 14th for a vibrant art auction, live music, and a delicious spread from local vendors.
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04/24
Fantasy Game Night
Age: 9-11 | Event | Fantasy Game Night
04/27
Handbuilt Ceramics
Age: 16+, Adult | Adult Workshop |
05/02
Fashion Show
Age: All | Event | Exhibitions
05/14
Leonardo: Water
Age: Adult | Event | Leonardo
05/16
Spring Cleanup 2026
Age: All | Event |
View all events & workshops
Adult Workshops
These seasonal workshops explore craft, art, and technology. Find your mind-body connection by building something. Join a class with a friend and meet new people.
Sign up today!
Skip to main content
Leonardo: Water
Join us on May 14th for a vibrant art auction, live music, and a delicious spread from local vendors.
This fundraising event supports the museum's efforts to teach Leonardo's idea of improvisational creativity to K–12 learners, dedicated apprentices, and the Greater New Haven community.
Summer Camp 2026
Each summer, the Workshop devotes itself to a series of week-long workshops for young experimenters. With over 50 workshops to choose from, there is bound to be a program to pique your interest.
Workshops
The Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop teaches people through experiences that encourage observation, invention, and engagement with tools and materials. Join us for a hands-on learning experience!
Previous
Pause
Next
0
1
2
30th Annual Leonardo Challenge
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 5:30-9 pm 915 Whitney Avenue
Food & Drink | Art Auction | Live Music
Tickets are available online and at the door.
Buy Tickets
A fundraiser supporting community partnerships, scholarships, and the apprentice program.
Details
Buy Tickets
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 5:30-9 pm 915 Whitney Avenue Food & Drink | Art Auction | Live Music
Tickets are available online and at the door.
Light guides civilizations, fuels scientific breakthroughs, and inspires cultural evolution. Its impact—both visible and unseen—remains woven into the fabric of life.
Details
We need your help! Take advantage of the warm, spring weather and join us for a work party on the trails behind the museum! We will be spreading gravel, removing trash, and repairing fences. Help us refresh the gateway to East Rock Park.
When:
May 16, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (arrive at 8:45 for coffee and donuts!)
Where:
Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop
Meet at the Covered Bridge
Bring a pair of gloves, a friend, and a will to work outdoors. We can provide gloves if you don’t have them.
Details
Born and raised in New Haven, Tea Montgomery is owner and style architect of
Threads by Tea
. As a self-taught designer, Tea has been honing his talent for fashion design and wearable art since 2016. Through his wearable art, in the form of clothing and accessories, his mission is to inspire and empower others to realize their own potential and challenge themselves.
Molly McGurk is a High School senior at Hillhouse High school and the Educational Center for the Arts. Molly is a multi-media artist that focuses on video installations, photography, and fiber arts. She is often inspired by historical art and design and her family.
Desirée Lynn Upchurch is the visionary behind Destruxion Clothing, an interdisciplinary fashion label that fuses interior design, graphic artistry, and construction engineering into wearable art.
With a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and a minor in Graphic Design, along with professional experience as a Field and Project Engineer, Desirée approaches fashion with a structural mindset, treating garments as both architecture and expression.
Rescued Runway
A truckload full of upholstery fabric in need of a new home.
A partnership between one of Hamden’s historic museums and one of New Haven’s newest grassroots groups.
Designers spanning generations responding to a challenge: can you turn upholstery fabric rescued from the trash into gorgeous garments?
Trash To Fashion
+ Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop bring you
Rescued Runway
: fashion blooms from the discarded
Details
These seasonal workshops explore craft, art, and technology. Find your mind-body connection by building something. Join a class with a friend and meet new people.
Ryan Minezzi has 20+ years of art teaching experience and couldn’t love what he does more! An alumni of Pratt Institute: School of Art & Design in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan joined the New Haven scene in 2022. He is excited to continue his work with the Eli Whitney family to spread the joys of working with mud. Currently serving as the lead visual art teacher at New Haven's Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School (COOP), Ryan brings a host of art & design skills, dad jokes, and joy to every group he gets to serve!
Join us on May 14th for a vibrant art auction, live music, and a delicious spread from local vendors.
<
Subscribe to
Upcoming Events
04/24
Fantasy Game Night
Age: 9-11 | Event | Fantasy Game Night
04/27
Handbuilt Ceramics
Age: 16+, Adult | Adult Workshop |
05/02
Fashion Show
Age: All | Event | Exhibitions
05/14
Leonardo: Water
Age: Adult | Event | Leonardo
05/16
Spring Cleanup 2026
Age: All | Event |
View all events & workshops
Adult Workshops
These seasonal workshops explore craft, art, and technology. Find your mind-body connection by building something. Join a class with a friend and meet new people.
Sign up today!