Galleries – Rhode Island State Council on the Arts

Block Island Airport Gallery features R.I. artist Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023fayezuckerman

Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell
Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell
Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell
Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell

The gallery at the Block Island Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced the opening of artworks by Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell, Providence. The exhibition runs through late-July.

Artist’s Official Bio

Miranda Zhen-Yao Van-Boswell is an artist of the Hong Kong diaspora, currently living in the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett Nation (colonially known as Providence). She graduated from Brown University in 2020 with a B.A. in Visual Arts and works in photography, text and mixed media. Her work engages the triangular affair of translation, rituals of domesticity, as well as the intersection of personal and collective histories. She is a RISCA and New England Foundation of the Arts grant recipient, and has work held in the Museum of Everyday Life’s permanent collection. Read more about the artist.

The 2023 exhibitors for the Block Island Gallery were chosen by panelists Lois Harada, Providence, and Jon Baylor, Wakefield.

The Block Island Airport Gallery, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, promote outstanding work by artists living and working in Rhode Island. The gallery present art to an ever-changing audience of local, national and international travelers.

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation operates Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, the Block Island Airport and four other general aviation airports in Rhode Island. A long-time supporter of public art in Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation has worked with the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts on a number of public art commissions.

GREEN SPACE Gallery features the works of RI artists: Abu, Stephen Brunelli, Tyler O’Grady

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023fayezuckerman

Abu
Tyler O’Grady
Tyler O’Grady
Stephen Brunelli
Stephen Brunelli
ABU

GREEN SPACE Gallery at TF Green International Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), features artworks by three Providence artists, Abu, Stephen Brunelli, and Tyler O’Grady. Exhibit runs through late-September.

Abu, whose works were on display at the Atrium Gallery last July, lives in Providence. He was born in Liberia. He uses an array of textural materials including fabric, leather, fur, rope, metal, glass, beads, rocks, cardboard and even vintage rubber jewelry molds to create his compelling artwork. He studied photography at the Community College of Rhode Island, then went on to earn an Associate in Business Administration, Bachelor’s in Marketing, and an MBA in Global Leadership/Marketing degree from Johnson and Wales University.Learn more, click here.

Stephen Brunelli, of Providence, has painted city murals, formed an art group with a refugee resettlement program in Rhode Island, and participated in many group and solo exhibitions in New York, Providence and Boston. Brunelli has work in two galleries: The Hotpoint Emporium in Bristol, and Esperanza Vintage and Art in Marfa, Texas. He has recently concluded a solo show at Thomas Taft Salon in New York City and is preparing for an upcoming residency at Chateau Orquevaux in France. Learn more, click here.

Tyler O’Grady is a Providence-based artist. Since moving to Providence from his small hometown in Maine to study painting at RISD, he has become infatuated with the intricacies of his new metropolitan surroundings. Through oil and gouache paintings as well as ink drawings, he seeks to point out the details of this new urban landscape that most may find ordinary and re-present them as extraordinary. Learn more, click here.

The 2023 exhibitors for the GREEN SPACE Gallery were chosen by panelists Lois Harada, Providence, and Jon Baylor, Wakefield.

GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island TF Green International Airport is a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, promote outstanding work by artists living and working in Rhode Island. The galleries present art to an ever-changing audience of local, national and international travelers. The GREEN SPACE Gallery includes several large walls and open spaces that are suitable for large-scale works. The gallery selects nine artists to exhibit in three group shows per year.

Artworks by Cynthia “Listens to the Wind” Ross Meeks to be on display at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill, April 11 – June 7

March 30, 2023April 4, 2023fayezuckerman

Artist Cynthia “Listens to the Wind” Ross Meeks

Mark your calendar for the opening reception on Thursday, April 20, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today works by Native American artist Cynthia “Listens to the Wind” Ross Meeks will be on display from April 11 to June 7 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill on the main floor of the state’s Administration Building in Providence. The exhibit, called In Flight, features Indigenous circles formed by an assemblage of exquisite feathers.

The opening reception in the gallery will be on Thursday, April 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meet the artist on Thursday, May 11, from noon to 1 p.m. Both events are open to the public.

“Knowledge of my ancestry and culture was the catalyst for the creation of this exhibition of Indigenous circles,” Ross Meeks said. “The work emanates from a sacred circle shape, used in cultures around the world, as a form of spiritual practice. I draw my inspiration from a rich history of using shields in Native American culture.”

Ross Meeks traced her ancestry back to the Royal House of the Pokanoket Tribe, a direct descent of Massasoit. Narragansett, Pequot and Wampanoag tribal nations are part of her family tree. Ross Meeks communes with the Native American community and incorporates love of her ancestry and anthropology into the artwork she creates.

“We are all under the same sky” – Cynthia “Listens to the Wind” Ross Meeks

Upcoming Gallery events

Opening Reception, Thursday, April 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Meet the Artist, Thursday, May 11, from noon to 1 p.m.

Both are at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill on the first floor of the state Administration Building in Providence, and open to the public.

Exhibit details
What: In Flight, by Cynthia “Listens to the Wind” Ross Meeks Solo Exhibition, Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill, Providence.
When: On display, April 11 – June 7. Open to the public, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill is on the first floor of the state Administration Building in Providence