Artists’ Open Studios + Drive-By Art is a one-day, island-wide artists-led event where participating artists welcome visitors into their studios or to view their art outside while passing by.
Members of the JAC and/or the Conanicut Island Art Association (CIAA) are welcome to participate in the days events. Please submit the form below with your information:
The island of Jamestown is very much defined by its relationship to the Narragansett Bay. As climate change and rising sea levels are becoming an omnipresent concern, collecting data and building a consistent relationship with the ocean is paramount in gaining understanding.
Join multidisciplinary artists, designer and professor at RISD, Rafael Attias, to learn about his collaborations with marine scientists from the URI Oceanography Bay Campus and their exploration of the Narragansett Bay. Through sound and video, they communicate and relate scientific data through sensory means, providing a new way of interpreting scientific data.
Vis-a-thon is a program designed to reimagine visualization as an evolving process of inquiry, indivisible from research itself. The program provides opportunities for participants to collaboratively experiment with new and innovative ways to create and use visual imagery and language. Participant projects are completed over a two-day period and in partnership with faculty and graduate students to develop and enact their proposals.
In addition to Professor Attias’ work, the artists behind Wrack Line: 2050, Melody Drnach, Janie Harris, Anne Kuhn-Hines, and Mary Meagher, will discuss their sculpture, as part of the 2022 Biennial: Passages, an Outdoor Arts Experience, and how it relates climate change to the island of Jamestown.
This event is a great convergence of art, science, ecology, and environmental concerns–not to be missed.
Listen to internationally renowned harpists Marta Power, Tamman Odeh and Grace Cloutier. Throughout the weekend enjoy talks on music therapy, the history of harps, and harp making. Relax with yoga, meditation and gong sessions in beautiful Jamestown, RI.
Given by Artistic Director & Master Artist Grace Cloutier, Guest Master Artist Marta Power, and Guest Young Professional Tammam Odeh
Join JamestownHarp for a glass of wine prior to the concert, enjoy the spectacular sounds of the harp played by world renowned harpists, and meet the artists afterwards for a lovely reception at the Jamestown Arts Center
Sunday, July 24:
Closing Concert
2:30pm pre-performance toast
3:00pm Closing Concert
4:00pm Greet & Au Revoir to the Master Teachers/Artists and Students Reception
Given by Artistic Director & Master Artist Grace Cloutier, Guest Master Artist Marta Power and Guest Young Professional Tammam Odeh
Join JamestownHarp for a glass of wine prior to the concert, enjoy the spectacular sounds of the harp played by world renowned harpists, and meet the artists afterwards for a lovely reception at the Jamestown Arts Center
Surf historians believe the first photograph of surfers was in 1890 on the Big Island of Hawaii and since then the camera lens hasn’t shifted its focus from capturing an otherwise fleeting moment. Over a hundred and thirty years later, photographers are still inspired to shoot an image that will not only display a surfer’s particular style, but also act as a historical document of a certain time and place. With a lack of print media in the current digital age, the bulk of surf documentation happens on an iPhone, on a 2 ½ inch square format, and viewed for an estimated 7 seconds. How has this shift affected the way we interact with photography?
Join moderator Cate Brown on July 22, where she and a group of photographers will be presenting selections of their portfolio on a large screen and then discussing their work and topics pertaining to a rapidly shifting field.
Photographers: Coming soon!
About Cate Brown:
Outdoor Lifestyle Photographer inspired by the coastal living experience, specializing in content creation for commercial clientele in yacht, sail, surf, and swim. As a nimble production, I work with a combination of natural light and strong composition to bring vibrance, clarity, and unfiltered authenticity to imagery exploring life outdoors and by the sea.
This exhibition offers a close-up look at more than 100 objects from the Newport Mansions that many visitors might not notice while touring the houses. Yet these objects are among the treasures of the the Preservation Society’s collections. They were crafted in many different countries and periods, but all of them were collected and appreciated during the Gilded Age (approximately 1865 to 1915). Visiting Curator Ulysses Grant Dietz also aims to answer the question: Why did people of the Gilded Age desire such things?
