State Arts Council Announces 2018 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition to Open at URI Art Gallery
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts will present the 14th Annual RISCA Fellowship Exhibition, showcasing work by 26 artists who received Fellowship and Design Innovation Awards from the State Arts Council over the past year. The Fellowship Exhibition will run from March 2 through March 25 at the Main Art Gallery at the University of Rhode Island, at 105 Upper College Rd, Kingston, RI.
The RISCA Fellowship Exhibition is an annual event that showcases works by Rhode Island artists who have been awarded by the State Arts Council for artistic excellence.?? Fellowship winners receive a $5000 award and Merit Award winners receive a $1000 award. Each of these artists??? artwork will be included in the annual RISCA Fellowship Exhibition. ??
The 2018 Fellowship Exhibition includes the following events:
- Artists Reception ??? Friday, March 2nd, 6-9pm
- Writers Night – Friday, March 16th, 6-9pm
- New Work by Vatic Kuumba & Rose Weaver ??? Thursday, March 22nd, 6-9pm
- Closing Reception and Artists Talk ??? Sunday, March 25th, 1-4pm. ??
???RISCA???s annual fellowship show is a celebration of the breadth of high quality work being created by Rhode Island artists,??? says Mollie Flanagan, Individual Artists Program Director for the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. ???You will encounter art of all kinds- from video installations to music to painting, all in one space, all made in Rhode Island.???
The following artists are featured in the Fellowship Exhibition
- Aaron Jungels, Providence, Choreography
- Rebecca Davis, Wakefield, New Genres
- Lynne Harlow, Providence, New Genres
- Jungil Hong, Providence, Crafts
- Chris Taylor, Riverside, Crafts
- Mary-Kim Arnold, Pawtucket, Fiction
- Michael Stewart, Providence, Fiction
- Mary Healey Jamiel, Warren, Film and Video
- Benjamin Lundberg Torres S??nchez, Providence, Film and Video
- Carley Ferrara, West Warwick, Folk Arts
- Jessica Nouel, Providence, Folk Arts
- Juan Barboza-Gubo, Providence, Photography
- Brian Ulrich, Cranston, Photography
- Vatic Kuumba, Pawtucket, Playwriting/Screenwriting
- Rose Weaver, Providence, Playwriting/Screenwriting
- Amy Pickworth, Providence, Poetry
- Sarah Satterlee, Rumford, Poetry
- Johnny Adimando, Providence, Three-Dimensional Art
- David Katz, Providence, Three-Dimensional Art
- Kirsten Volness, Providence, Music Composition
- Adriel Bishop, Providence, Music Composition
- Maxwell Van Pelt, Providence, Drawing and Printmaking
- Polina Volfovich, Providence, Drawing and Printmaking
- Lisa Perez, Cranston, Painting
- David Barnes, Newport, Painting
- Adam Anderson, Providence, Design Innovation Grant
The Fellowship Writers Night on Friday, March 16 will include readings by Mary-Kim Arnold, Vatic Kuumba, Amy Pickworth, Sarah Satterlee, Michael Stewart, and Rose Weaver. The Thursday, March 22 evening of staged readings of new work by the playwriting fellows, Rose Weaver and Vatic Kuumba, will feature amazing Rhode Island performers. The closing reception on Sunday, March 25 will feature a performance by choreographer Heidi Henderson.
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.