The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that artists have been selected for the 2019 exhibitions at the Block Island Airport Gallery on Block Island and GREEN SPACE Gallery at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick.
The Block Island Airport Gallery will present works by Dan Lake (East Greenwich), Jim Gwiazdzinski (Westerly), Pamela Grills (Westerly) and Elizabeth O’Connor (East Greenwich). Artists will be featured in four solo exhibitions during the course of the year.
The GREEN SPACE Gallery at T.F. Green Airport will present the work of Susan Matthews (Jamestown), Ayumii Ishi (Pawtucket), May Babcock (Pawtucket), Eveline Luppi (Warwick), Judd Schiffman (Providence), Stacey Messier (Exeter), Luke Randall (Saunderstown), Philip Gibson (Providence) and Earle Thurber (Scituate).
The Airport Galleries collectively received more than 75 applications from artists. Exhibitors for the Block Island Airport Gallery were selected by students from the Block Island High School’s visual arts program. Exhibitors for GREEN SPACE were chosen by panelists David Barnes, Jodie Mim Goodnough and Saberah Malik. RISCA would like to thank all of the panelists for lending their time and expertise in support of these public art initiatives.
To see images from artists selected for the 2019 exhibitions at the Airport Art Galleries, visit RISCA’s Flickr site at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/risca-photos/albums/72157702324007121
The Airport Galleries, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, promote outstanding work of notable Rhode Island artists in exhibitions throughout the year.
Artwork is selected on a yearly basis; announcement of the Call to Artists is posted on the RISCA website and RISCA Facebook page, as well as through state and local press and the RISCA newsletter. To view current artist opportunities, please visit RISCA’s web blog at https://risca.blog.
About RISCA:
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is a state agency supported by appropriations from the Rhode Island General Assembly and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. RISCA provides grants, technical assistance and staff support to arts organizations and artists, schools, community centers, social service organizations and local governments to bring the arts into the lives of Rhode Islanders.