I was born in a blizzard, during a lunar eclipse and have lived in Rhode Island for most of my life. The Northeastern seasons are in constant flux. The ocean spray and air mix, the woods are full of unseen life. These natural phenomena, along with the New England transcendentalists’ foundational respect for nature and […]
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Eileen’s work has been exhibited at Newport Art Museum, The Providence Art Club, Mystic Museum of Art, Leica Soho, Leica Boston, and numerous galleries throughout New England and New York. She is also an admin for “The Leica Meet”, a facebook/website group that has over 18,000 members. She is a Leica Ambassador and has hosted […]
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Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker. They use performance, video, and installation to create digital and physical altars that interrupt colonial memory and become doors into decolonial futures. Rivera is founder of Studio Loba, a social practice and production lab that uses art and cultural practice for liberatory […]
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Tina Tryforos is an artist who has continually experimented with photographic processes throughout her 30-year career. Her art is semi-documentary and often begins with autobiographical material that explores the natural world and how humans interpret it. She is a book artist, educator, mother, gardener, lover of the sea, and is currently a photography mentor for […]
Read moreNorlan Olivo is a Providence based artist and musician. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, earning his BFA in Photography. Norlan has been part of solo and group shows in the New England area including his most recent show “Out West” at AS220 in 2023. An internationally touring musician, Norlan has […]
Read moreDarrell Matsumoto, born in Hilo, Hawaii, is widely acclaimed and exhibited, and is in such collections as the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, William Benton Museum of Art, Franklin Furnace Archive at MoMA, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Light Work, En Foco Collection, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, and Contemporary Museum […]
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Carrie Usmar is Rhode Island based visual artist whose practice re-examines the family album. Utilizing a documentary approach, Usmar explores the complexity of womanhood and the tension and ambivalence within domesticity. Usmar received a BFA from University of Rhode Island. She has exhibited at numerous institutions across the U.S., including Rhode Island Center For Photographic […]
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Cindy Petruccillo lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. She has been teaching Visual Arts for over 23 years at various universities in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, including the University of Rhode Island, Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Roger Williams University, University of the Arts, and the Art Institute […]
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Born and raised in Georgia, Becci Davis now calls Providence, Rhode Island home. Her research-based creative practice documents personal geography through accumulations of images, text and occupying space with her body. Becci has been the recipient of the RI Humanities’ Public Humanities Scholar Award, the St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Visual Art, […]
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Jonathan Pitts-Wiley is a Rhode Island-born portrait and documentary photographer and a 2007 Yale University graduate. His work captures the powerful balance of strength and vulnerability in individuals and the dynamic energy of communal life. He co-founded The Vanta Guild, a collective of Black Rhode Island-based photographers, and has exhibited work at venues including WaterFire […]
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Opening Reception September 15th 5:00 – 9:00 PM Experience Cuba through the lenses of four Rhode Island Photographers. The exhibition takes a look inside, focusing on daily life and speaks to the human condition and the pace of change. Drawing on the shared experience and benefiting from repeated trips to Cuba starting in 2013, the […]
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David DeMelim pursues parallel explorations in printmaking and photography. He earned a BFA from the University of Rhode Island, studying with Bart Parker and Chris Cordes, and has been involved in advancing computer driven printing technology. With a focus on the built landscape and its human connections, DeMelim considers form, weight and proximity in his […]
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