"Triptych: Prayer, Protest, and Peace! - Abbey Lincoln,”
Monique Rolle-Johnson
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Part of RISCA’s Atrium Gallery Traveling Exhibits Program
Community invited to gallery reception, Thursday, May 19, 6 p.m.
The Warwick Center for the Arts, in collaboration with RISCA’s Atrium Gallery Traveling Exhibits Program, is presenting Expressions in Black. This is a juried Black Art Atrium Gallery Traveling Exhibit that will be showcased at the Warwick Center for the Arts, May 14-June 17. The exhibit, curated by Rhode Island artist Monique Rolle-Johnson, features 15 regional and diverse Black artists whose original visual works display fidelity, proficiency, and excellence in art making. Artists featured in the exhibit include: Karen C. Harris, McDonald Wright, Tishawna J. Dunphy, Titilola Martins, Abenda Sohn, Nixon Leger, Cynthia Ross-Meeks, Tarshire Battle, Rufus Abdullah, Radiant Jasmin, Brittanny Taylor, Anthony Abu, Eric Telfort, Joseph Mushipi, and Kyla Laughlin.
An opening reception for the community will be held on Thursday, May 19, 6 p.m. at the Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Rd. Cheryl A. Burrell will be celebrated and honored for her valuable dedication and support of Black Artists in Rhode Island during the event.
Join us for an evening filled with wonderful artwork along with performances by Tony Johnson and Earnest Cox. For more information click here to visit Warwick Center for the Arts.
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To assist in the application process and meet the July 1 deadline for GOS-A, Arts Council staff member, Mollie Flanagan, has scheduled virtual workshops and office hours throughout May and June.
RSVP is required for all workshops, drop-in hours and one-on-one meetings. To see the full schedule of workshops and meetings, click here.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education's ARTS Initiative have announced $5 million in arts funding to be distributed to each school district. Funding can be used in any art-related field such as culinary, visual and media arts, performing arts, design, etc.
RIDE is creating a resource guide of arts offerings from organizations and individuals in the various disciplines.
Click here to use this form to be listed in the resource guide.
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Event is at Tomaquag Museum,
May 27
Come gather (in-person! outdoors!) and explore how Indigenous communities use their art to communicate and practice activism on Friday, May 27, 2 p.m., Tomaquag Museum, 390A Summit Road, Exeter.
From visual language to activism our people have always used our voices and our surroundings to speak to one another and to the outside world. Come and share space with us at Tomaquag Museum to discuss how Indigenous communities use their art as voice and activism to tell our stories.
Presented by Samantha Cullen-Fry, the Indigenous Empowerment (IEN) Program Manager at Tomaquag Museum. Samantha’s role is to help facilitate relationships, through museum partnerships, that create a catalyst for economic change within the Native Community of Rhode Island.
To RSVP and learn more about this event, click here.
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Exhibition will be displayed at the South County Art Association,
June 16 - July 16
The South County Art Association is seeking artworks expressing inclusion/exclusion, identity and diversity for the exhibit, Diaspora. Diaspora describes the migration of cultural identities that challenged the ideas of an established world.
Eligibility: All artists are invited to submit up to 3 original works in any media 2D or 3D. Works must have not been shown previously in a SCAA juried exhibit.
Narrative: Along with your artwork, you’ll submit a short narrative (50 words or less) explaining your interpretation of the theme. The narrative will be exhibited next to your artwork on a label.
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