Posts Tagged ‘art’
Wickford Art presents Re-Composed Classics exhibit
NOT a forgeries show…instead Wickford Art presents Re-COMPOSED CLASSICS This June, the Wickford Art Association (WAA) will introduce a NEW exhibit through Re-Composed Classics where member and non-member artists exhibit works based on classic pieces but re-invent them through modifications to media, subject, and more. By encouraging artists to deconstruct known works by others in…
Read MoreThe Conceal/Reveal Mask Installation
Face mask art celebrates creativity and protection against COVID-19 An exhibition of artwork in the shape of a face mask is now on display at the Atrium Gallery on the main floor of the state’s Administration Building, One Capitol Hill, Providence. The Conceal/Reveal Mask Installation was created during the pandemic and presents a mix of…
Read MoreTop Story of the Week: URI covers up veterans mural after “complaints”.
RINewsToday followed up on this story printed April 22nd and Sept. 12th of 2020 – we found the murals and photographed them as they appear, today. Here is what we found. The educable moment about URI’s history to the students attending may be just as important as the fate of the art underneath the banners…
Read MoreURI asking “everyone” about fate of RI’s historic veteran-themed mural
URI is asking for input and suggestions “from everyone” about the future of a set of historic murals painted by Doctor/Corporal, retired professor, and URI Hall of Famer Arthur Sherman, Class of 1950. Sherman, who is now 96 years old, was commissioned to paint the mural depicting soldiers returning from war to URI, as part…
Read MoreThe Louvre puts its entire art collection online
The Louvre has made its entire art collection available online and for free. The new Collections database is comprised of 482,000 works from the French museum, the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix, the Tuileries and Carrousel gardens sculptures, plus “MNR” (Musées Nationaux Récupération, or National Museums Recovery) pieces that were found after World War II and were…
Read MoreProvidence Art Club – Members’ Miniatures show and sale
The Providence Art Club has opened a special exhibition focused on small and affordable artworks in March. Members’ Miniatures, which will run March 8 – March 25, will include over 70 original artworks by Exhibiting Artist Members of one of the nation’s oldest arts organizations. The pieces in the show will all be 10” x 10”…
Read MoreFur, Feathers, Fins Awards & online shopping at Wickford Art Assoc.
Photo: Messenger by Susan Sward – Gouache & Paper Collage – Judge’s Award Artists awarded for their animal works plus WAA launches shop.wickfordart.org The Wickford Art Association (WAA) is thrilled to announce the prize-winning works from the annual Fur, Feathers, Fins exhibit now open at our beach-front gallery in North Kingstown. The exhibit was juried…
Read MorePawtucket Black History Month contest for middle schoolers
The City of Pawtucket announces the launch of a contest and event Honoring Black History Month geared towards Pawtucket middle school aged students to submit a piece of their work – art, poetry, a paper, presentation, or other artistic expression – on what they feel best represents Black History Month. The topic could be on…
Read MoreArtist Catherine Mansell at South County Art Association
Photo: Red BoatCatherine Radix MansellMixed Media Encaustic12 x 12 x 1 in Artist Catherine Radix Mansell, of Westerly, is featured in a special Members Invitational Exhibition at South County Art Association. Mansell has contributed seven recent mixed media encaustic pieces to the exhibition as well as one work executed in ink on paper. Her work…
Read MoreYour ART can go – here – Garrahy Judicial Complex. RISCA application open.
Calling all artists! The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is requesting qualifications for a new public art commission for the Garrahy Judicial Complex parking garage, which is located at 1 Dorrance St., Providence. The deadline is Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m., and the applications will be reviewed by a public art selection…
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