Thursday, Jan. 18 through Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018
Opening reception: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, with gallery talk at 5 p.m.

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has announced the opening of “de-natured,” a group exhibition organized by Mara Metcalf and Ernest Jolicoeur.

Together, Metcalf, Linda Leslie Brown, Jane Marsching and Ed Osborn share an interest in the environment and its uncertain future. Using sculpture, video and painting, their work explores interwoven ecologies and the disturbing modifications to the natural world that often result from human activity.

Browns’ compact sculptures combine plastic debris, plaster and ceramics to create allusive bodies and construct a “new natural.” Marsching uses collaborative, research-based practices to explore the impact of humans on our environment. In her black kite installation, she weaves a tale of interconnectedness between mankind and the ocean, between disaster and desire.

Osborn’s video of the frozen landscape reveals a slow evolution. Ice melts and moves while plants poke through the tundra. It is an experience of geologic time, where humanity is a mere blip. Metcalf is interested in the borderline between nature and the urban environment. In her abstract paintings, stitched together layers dematerialize solid form into ever changing veils of color and image.

The gallery is handicap accessible with parking along Lawrence and Leroy avenues. Its exhibits are open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The gallery is closed on Mondays.

ENCOUNTERING WONDERS: A VIRTUAL CABINET OF CURIOSITIES FROM NEWPORT COLLECTIONS, NOVEMBER 9 – 21

November 9 – 21, 2017

Opening Reception: November 9, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm

 

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Encountering Wonders: A Virtual Cabinet of Curiosities from Newport Collections, a multi-media exhibition that highlights objects of wonder from Newport collections.

 

Encountering Wonders celebrates the launch of a new virtual exhibition space that offers a digital archive and catalogue essays about the works curated in the Curious & Collected show that the Hamilton Gallery hosted from January 26 – March 8, 2017. While the Curious & Collected exhibition explored the tradition of cabinets of curiosities by presenting an array of images and objects in the gallery, Encountering Wonders highlights new scholarship that provides a contextual understanding within which to understand these works.

 

This exhibition offers the experience of visiting a cabinet of curiosity by transforming the Hamilton Gallery into a space of wonder and exploration. Specimens, natural wonders, books, and other works, including some pieces from the original Curious & Collected exhibition, offer visitors the opportunity to delve deeper into the tradition of collecting and its ties to Newport. A truly interactive exhibit, Encountering Wonders includes computers in the gallery that allow visitors to learn about and study in greater detail the curious objects gathered and their intriguing histories.

 

NEWPORTCURIOSITIES.COM features the work of Salve Regina University’s student curators, scholars, and designers. The presentation of works, research, catalogue essays and website design were all created by students as part of a class on Curatorial Practices led by Professors Ernest Jolicoeur and Anthony F. Mangieri of the Department of Art and Art History. Newportcuriosities.com gathers and analyzes works from the collections of the Newport Historical Society, Salve Regina’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Cultural and Historic Preservation Program, as well works from the private collections of Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch and James Baker.

 

Encountering Wonders runs from November 9 though 21, 2017. On Thursday, November 9 the university community and the general public are invited to attend an opening reception. The 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 111:00 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.

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has announced the opening of the Juried Senior Show 2017, which showcases the creative achievements of this year’s graduates from the Department of Art and Art History.

On display in the gallery May 4-21, the exhibition features the work of 11 artists working in graphic design, painting, drawing, illustration and photography. They are Lauren Calder, Casey Devaney, Molly Harrington, Carl Lindfors, Emily Lipka, Zachary Mafera, Kristen Maliszewski, Diana Ostiguy, Alyssa Pascarella, Brandon Salvatore and Andrea Sepe.

A reception for the exhibition will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 19. The exhibition closes on Commencement day, shortly after a collation for the students and their families in the gallery.

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has announced the opening of “Matthew Solomon: Iterations.”

As a practicing artist and graphic designer, Solomon creates screen and print based projects. While his professional studio practice is focused on website design, development and consultation, his artwork and research highlights the process of creation. Through constructed narratives, the printed image, typographic design and iterative creative programming, Solomon’s work communicates the versatility of process with varying mediums.

Solomon is an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Salve Regina. He teaches in the areas of typography, web design and development, branding, motion, and book and paper arts. Solomon holds an MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a collegiate teaching certificate from Brown University’s Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. He received his BFA in graphic communication from the University of Houston.

The exhibition runs from Nov. 17 through Dec. 20, 2016. On Thursday, Nov. 17, the campus community and the general public are invited to attend an opening reception, which will run from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.

Awards Ceremony and Reception: Thursday, September 17 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

BOSS Show is an 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 photography, painting, drawing, ceramics, graphic design, illustration and sculpture.

Come join the faculty and students of Salve Regina University’s Art and Art History Department as they welcome in the 2015-2016 academic year.