Fashion and Longing: Gilded Age Dress in New England

October 10 – November 24, 2024

Opening Reception:  Thursday, October 10, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and Salve Regina University’s Department of Art and Art History are pleased to announce the opening of Fashion and Longing:  Gilded Age Dress in New England, an exhibition that explores a transformative period in Newport’s social and cultural history through a critical analysis of dress and adornment.

 

Fashion and Longing:  Gilded Age Dress in New England transports viewers to a time of booming industrialism and transatlantic exchange — a period of affluence and aspiration in cities like New York and Newport.  This exhibition presents fashions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries on loan from the University of Rhode Island’s Historic Textile and Costume Collection.  Highlights include a range of different garments including afternoon and evening wear, a wedding and mourning dress, a bathing costume and a wool coat.  From sportswear to formal wear, from hand-stitched items to hats and fans, this one-of-a-kind exhibition features articles of clothing for different occasions and times of the year, offering insight into the lives of Gilded Age New Englanders.

 

This exhibition was made possible through a partnership with Rebecca Kelly, a textile conservator and dress historian from the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design.  Ms. Kelly curated the selection of historic garments in collaboration with the show’s co-curators, Professors Ernest Jolicoeur and Anthony F. Mangieri of Salve Regina University’s Department of Art and Art History.  Students in Jolicoeur and Mangieri’s advanced Art History class served as assistant curators on this exhibition and are currently working on a digital humanities project to advance our understanding of these garments.

 

Fashion and Longing:  Gilded Age Dress in New England runs from October 10 through November 24, 2024.  On Thursday, October 10 the university community and the general public are invited to attend an opening reception.  This reception will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery.

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is located in the Antone Academic Center on the campus of Salve Regina University.  It is handicap accessible with parking along Lawrence and Leroy Avenues.  Its exhibits are open Tuesdays through Thursdays 11:00 to 6:00 pm, Wednesdays and Fridays 11:00 to 5:00 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4:00 pm.  The gallery is closed on Mondays.  We invite you to visit us.

Best of Salve Student Show: BOSS 2024

BOSS Show 2024

September 12-29

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the Best of Salve

Student Show 2024, also known as BOSS Show 2024.

Each September the Department of Art and Art History presents its annual survey of

outstanding student artwork drawn from the full spectrum of visual art courses taught on

campus. This juried exhibition showcases creative achievement at all studio levels, from

introductory to advanced, in a wide variety of media. This year’s show features a range of

artwork from both art majors and non-art majors in the areas of photography, painting,

drawing, illustration, ceramics, graphic design, sculpture, and interactive media.

An awards ceremony for BOSS Show 2024 is scheduled during the gallery reception on

Thursday, September 14. This year’s juror is the ceramic artist Jon Baylor from Salt Pond

Pottery and the Jamestown Art Center. Immediately following the awards in the Gallery, the

Department of Art and Art History invites all students majoring or minoring in Studio Art and

Art History to attend a kickoff and orientation event next door in DiStefano Hall. BOSS Show

2024 runs through Wednesday, September 29.

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is handicap accessible. Its exhibits are open to the public on

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:00 to 5:00

p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4:00 p.m. The gallery is closed on

Mondays. We invite you to visit us.

Juried Senior Show 2024

May 2-19, 2024          

Public Reception: Friday, May 17, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.           

 

 

Miranda Forman

Lauren Foster

Hannah Krasznai

Lily McConnell

Claire Siegler

Ellysa Tancrede

Makayla Vieira

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the Juried Senior Show 2024.  This exhibition showcases the creative achievements of this year’s graduates from the University’s Department of Art and Art History.  It features the work of seven artists working in graphic design, painting, illustration, interactive media, ceramics, and photography.

 

The public reception for this exhibition will be held on Friday, May 17 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Please join us to celebrate this year’s graduates in Studio Art.  The Juried Senior Show 2024 closes on May 19, shortly after a post-commencement day collation for the students and their families in the Gallery.

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is handicap accessible with parking along Lawrence and Leroy Avenues.  This exhibit is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 to 6:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays 11:00 to 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4:00 p.m.  The Gallery is closed on Mondays.  We invite you to visit us.

 

Spring 2023

September 14 – 27, 2023       

BOSS Show: Best of Salve Student Show

 

October 5 – November 2, 2023         

Ernest Jolicoeur: Erased Landscapes

Paintings and drawings

 

November 9 – December 10, 2023   

Cursive and Clay                    

A select group of regional ceramic artists who center writing, text, graffiti and other forms of “cursive” expression in their work.  Featuring the ceramics of Justin Gerace, Kathy King and Stephanie Lanter.