“The Celestial City” explores China’s deep influence on Newport from the 18th century through the Gilded Age. The extraordinary objects on display include more than 100 works from the Preservation Society’s collection and other institutions in a range of media, from paintings, sculptures, prints and photographs to fashion, ceramics, lacquerwares and lanterns.
Highlights include treasures of Chinese art collected by Newport merchants and industrialists; photographs and stories from Newport’s early Chinese community; and the writings, portraits and family heirlooms of heroic Chinese women suffragists. Contemporary artworks by Yu-Wen Wu and Jennifer Ling Datchuk illuminate Chinese contributions to Newport as well as hidden connections between the Newport mansions and the Chinese-American experience.
Exhibition is included with admission to Rosecliff, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
From graffiti tags to commissioned work, longtime Detroit resident David Young will lead a discussion on the public art of Detroit and how public art can serve to engender community spirit and cultural inspiration.
Explore the intersection of art, the written word, and psychology with strategist, mental health clinician, and a former Dean at the US Naval War College, Tom Culora. This workshop will explore our current emotional, intellectual, and physical frames of mind and communicate different aspects of our personal and collective identities, while contributing to Culora’s WordChime: A Community Engagement Art.
About Tom Culora:
Tom Culora received a BFA in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York where he was a four-year scholarship student. He has been a New England based artist since 2009. His mixed media work has explored themes of anonymity on the internet, the power of text and symbols, and military/political imagery. Tom’s current work combines themes of community and social issues with individual personal narratives.
Tom holds two masters degrees in international affairs and security studies and served as a dean at the Naval War College in Rhode Island from 2014 to 2021. He has been a Fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center and at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Serving as an active duty Navy pilot and officer, he commanded both a naval helicopter squadron and served as Captain of the USS Boxer (LHD-4), an amphibious aircraft carrier.
He is currently on sabbatical finishing a master’s degree in counseling psychology at the University at Albany and is completing his internship at Albany Medical Center. Tom will return to the Naval War College campus in late 2022 to teach leadership in the College of Leadership and Ethics. He serves on the boards of the Rhode Island Red Cross and the Herresoff Maritime Museum in Bristol, RI.
Experiment with creating art with reflective materials alongside Biennial artists Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss in the JAC galleries
Family Day Art-Making Workshop
Roll up your sleeves and join artists Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss for a family-friendly, art-filled afternoon.
The artist duo Ravaschiere and Moss created one of the 13 installations as part of the 2022 Biennial: Passages, an outdoor arts experience. Their immersive and interactive installation Like You and Me is on view on the grounds of the Jamestown Philomenian Library, across the street from the JAC. Check it out then join the artists in the gallery!
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Let your imaginations guide the way while designing 3-dimensional reflective mobiles incorporating a variety of up-cycled materials in the JAC galleries alongside Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss.
Experiment with creating art with reflective materials alongside Biennial artists Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss in the JAC galleries
Family Day Art-Making Workshop
Roll up your sleeves and join artists Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss for a family-friendly, art-filled afternoon.
The artist duo Ravaschiere and Moss created one of the 13 installations as part of the 2022 Biennial: Passages, an outdoor arts experience. Their immersive and interactive installation Like You and Me is on view on the grounds of the Jamestown Philomenian Library, across the street from the JAC. Check it out then join the artists in the gallery!
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Let your imaginations guide the way while designing 3-dimensional reflective mobiles incorporating a variety of up-cycled materials in the JAC galleries alongside Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss.
