Mary Beth Meehan is a photographer whose work explores issues of culture, community, and visibility. She undertakes long-term, in-depth projects, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, RISCA, RICH, and others. “City of Champions,” her first public installation, in her hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, was featured on the New York Times LENS blog, […]
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A multi-faceted artist and musician, Andrew Moon Bain was born in 1974 in Texas and grew up in the Pacific Northwest, playing classical music in the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. Since receiving a BFA in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design, Bain has become an active part of the Providence arts community as […]
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NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio: Wendy Wahl is a 2010 RI Networks artist. Her work has been exhibited internationally with the European Cultural Center in Venice, Italy and the Art in Embassy Program in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her work is in a number of private and public collections […]
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NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio: Kenneth Speiser, born in New York City, NY, received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (Sculpture). He lives and works in Providence, RI. COLLECTIONS: Newport Art Museum Newport, RI The Rhode Island School of Design Museum Providence, RI DeCordova […]
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NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio: Leslie Bostrom received her BA from the University of Maine, Orono, and her BFA in Paintingfrom the Rhode Island School of Design. Between undergraduate and graduate school, sheworked as a master printer in San Francisco, specializing in intaglio.Bostrom has taught drawing, painting, […]
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I have been painting and drawing forever, and from the moment my little fingers picked up a bulky crayon my love for all things art began. I always wanted to be an artist, and throughout my life I have been blessed with people that have pushed me in the right directions. My artwork is driven […]
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Howard Ben Tré’s sculpture, and especially, as we shall see, his public works, are permeated by idealism. Even when his sculptures are intended for more private viewing, they draw on forms that are at once simple and universal. Ben Tré recounts that he began to cast glass when he looked at the molten liquid and […]
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