User:JKizzieHumanities/Jamestown Arts Center
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Executive Director | Maureen Coleman |
Jamestown Art Center is a non-profit arts organization with a gallery, artist's studios, education facilities, and event space located at 18 Valley Street in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
The Center is operated by a Board of Directors, Executive Director, and a staff of administrators, educators and volunteers. It is supported by a membership program that includes supporters and affiliated artists.[1]
In addition to displaying local artists from Jamestown and Rhode Island, the gallery has displayed the work of internationally exhibited artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Glenn Ligon. [2]
History[edit]
The arts center was founded by a group of Rhode Island artists in 2007.[3] In December 2009, the Jamestown Arts Center purchased a building at 18-24 Valley Street the new space opened on April 1, 2011.[4] In 2018, the Center was awarded Best Art Gallery in Newport County by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best of Rhode Island. That year, the Center received $15,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts . [5]
Events[edit]
The Center is one of the sites of the Rhode Island Film Festival, and its October sidebar, the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, the Art & Design Film Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, the Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival, and the Manhattan Short Film Festival. [6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jamestown Arts Center". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ Castro, Alexander (6 July 2017). "Visual artists work with words Enticing survey on display at Jamestown Arts Center through Aug. 13". Providence Journal. p. C1. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Krider, Karen (February 8, 2007). "[No title]". Jamestown Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ Riel, Tim (April 7, 2011). "Art center's Collaboration '11 show welcomes huge turnout". Portsmouth Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "NEA lends financial support to arts center". Jamestown Press. May 17, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "Events | Jamestown Arts Center". Retrieved 2019-08-05.