State Arts Council Announces the 2016 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition
RISCA Presents 28 of the State’s Finest Artists at the Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College
Opening Reception on February 25th, on view through March 25th
The RISCA Fellowship Exhibition is an annual event that showcases works by Rhode Island artists who have been awarded by the state 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.
This year the RISCA Fellowship Exhibition will take place at the Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College.
The 2016 Fellowship Exhibition includes the following events:
· Artists Reception - Thursday, February 25, 6-9:00PM.
· Fellowship Writers Night - Friday, March 4th, 6:30-8:30PM
· Closing Reception and Artists Talk - Friday, March 25, 6:30-8:30 PM.
“The Fellowship Exhibition is a great opportunity for Rhode Islanders to experience truly exceptional artwork by Rhode Island artists,” says Cristina DiChiera, Director of Artists Programs for the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. “No other statewide exhibition presents the combination of artistic excellence that is represented in the annual RISCA Fellowship Exhibition.”
Visual artists featured in the Fellowship Exhibition include: Kelli Rae Adams, Johnny Adimando, Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo, Brett Michael Eberhardt, Topher Gent, Richard Goulis, Jonathan Michael James-Perry, James Janecek, Talia Levitt, Thad Russell, Chris Taylor, Mara Trachtenberg, and Meredith Younger. Video installations will feature works by choreographers Bill Evans and Betsy Miller and filmmakers Christian de Rezendes and Brian O'Malley. Music by Music Composition Fellows Ben Knox, Jeff Prystowsky, and Paul Phillips, as well as Folk Arts Fellowship recipient Bisi Osuolale Kolawole can be heard at listening stations in the gallery. The Fellowship Writers Night will include readings by Tina Cane, Colin Channer, Franny Choi and Craig Alan Demi and live performance by Richard Goulis and Bisi Osuolale Kolawole. For more on the Fellowship Artists, click here.
About the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
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. Visit www.arts.ri.gov for more information.
