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Montanari and Snyder developed a proposal to showcase their research into place with new works that acted as a visual exploration of Providence’s colonial history, examined from both the Indigenous and colonial viewpoints. New artworks combined Ms.…

Madeline Rogers-Selim served as the director of the recreation program at the Camden Avenue School on Danforth Street from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. After becoming ill with breast cancer, she was forced to give up the job she loved. She died…

The 11 is a public exhibition by Ryan Cardoso of photographs and flags raised in celebration of growing up on the southside of Providence. The exhibition spans from 526 Broad St. to 1481 Broad St. This body of work is from 2020-2021, and has been…

Multi-disciplinary textile artist Lyza Baum and textile artist/museum educator Kristen Haines spent spring 2021 into summer conducting outreach to Olneyville residents and organizations to build connections and support for a summer weaving…

The concept for the mural, which was workshopped in the spring with neighborhood residents through digital community engagement, represents “unity” through a motif of interlocking hands and arms.

Until the late 1800s, Long Pond was right here. People collected lilies, some napped beneath willow trees and after a hard freeze up to 2000 people would ice skate on it at the same time. It was used for swimming and bathing, fishing and sailing, as…

The image of the older woman represents all of our ancestors and the immigrants who first came to Rhode Island. The present is represented by the park and the sense of community here at Hartford Park right now. The future image represents what we…

The title, ‘head in the clouds feet on the ground,’ reflects the intersection of creative inspiration and practical application that are both required to make things happen to achieve insightful growth and the thoughtful inspired change that we…

Weaving has been a powerful symbol in my life as it represents the ‘weaving together of the world,’ a narrative in traditional Native American stories about the Spider Woman. This project will use a printed, high-tensile-strength, backlit medium,…

This Three Sisters Garden is rooted in Eastern Woodland Native American tradition. The corn, beans and squash are planted together and each crop helps the other thrive.