Big Painting Art Gallery: The combined works of James Sundquist, Toby Sisson and Yann Weiner, entitled “Big Painting, are currently on display in the URI Fine Arts Center until March 3. Photos by James McIntosh. The University Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center opened a new exhibit, entitled “Big Painting.” The exhibit, which first opened its…
Students and faculty are welcome to view the “The Yellow Art 1989-2019” exhibit by Mark Mahosky. Photo by Greg Clark. For the next month, artist Mark Mahosky’s exhibit featuring 21 charcoal drawings that depict settings of what were once bloody battlegrounds can be seen in the Fine Arts Center’s Main Gallery. Mahosky’s “The Yellow Drawings…
Faculty in the Fines Arts Center exhibit recent work to encourage their students to express themselves. Photo by Grace DeSanti. “Visual Thinking,” a new art exhibit featuring faculty artwork in the Fine Arts Center, is inspiring art students to continue studying art. The Fine Arts Center asks their faculty members for recent work to put…
An art installation called “The House Divided” is now open for viewing in the Fine Arts Center. Photo by Grace DeSanti. The ideas of migration and immigration are illustrated in the Fine Arts Centers’ new sculptural installation, “House Divided,” by Michael Yefko, an adjunct University of Rhode Island faculty member. Yefko’s installation involves chain link…
Christina Cammuso works on her senior seminar art show jewelry collect. Photo courtesy of Christina Cammuso. Christina Cammuso creates a jewelry collection for her Senior Seminar Art Show Senior Christina Cammuso will be displaying a collection of jewelry pieces entitled “Shards” at the Senior Seminar Art show this May, centered around the aesthetic of broken…
Laurie Frick is a data artist who gave a talk about how data can be better understood through art. Photo by Chris Crosby. Data Artist Laurie Frick attended the University of Rhode Island on Wednesday, March 20 to lecture about the use of data and how it can be expressed through art. The presentation, which…
Student Luna Lejoux, from France, received a grant to create an installation project. Photo by Léa Costard. Luna Lejoux, an international student, received the Undergraduate Research and Innovation award which gave her a $1,000 grant to use for an art installation project at the University of Rhode Island. Lejoux is an exchange student from France….
Becky Gumbrewicz has a passion for the environment and is working with artists to exhibit artwork that addresses environmental stressors. Photo courtesy of Becky Gumbrewicz. A University of Rhode Island student is planning to change how the community thinks about the environment through her honors project art showcase. Becky Gumbrewicz, a senior environmental science and…
Alessandra Antonelli works on one of her art pieces for the senior seminar show. Photo by James McIntosh. Alessandra Antonelli, a senior student at the University of Rhode Island, is working on a series of large lithographs and monoprints for URI’s senior seminar show which will take place at the beginning of May. Lithography…
Zachary Clift studies negatives on a light table outside of the darkroom. Photo by Greg Clark. Black, White Photography is Surviving the Digital Age on URI’s Campus In a largely digital age where cameras and phones can instantly process pictures, it seems as though traditional black and white photography is becoming irrelevant. However, students and…