Events/Programs
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Music Friday returns with the rockabilly sounds of The Cobra-Matics. View selected galleries in the museum, enjoy music in the Main Gallery, along with a cash bar and food samplings courtesy of Marra Restaurant Group. Featured exhibition: Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor.
Museum members: $5, non-members: $8. Attendees must be over 21. Enter through the Chace Center.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Late Thursday/Free Admission
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
All galleries open until 9pm! Free admission! Programs are free!Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music with wine at our cash bar. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching. Watch award-winning, independent documentaries focused on art and culture.
Hands-On Art6–8pm | Museum galleriesDuring free Museum hours, draw in the galleries with the guidance of an art educator. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Music in the Main Gallery6:30-8pm
Enjoy the Latin jazz sounds of guitarist Steve DeConti and percussionist Jesus Andujar. Cash bar and snacks.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hands-On Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sketch in the galleries with the guidance of art educator, Paul Carpentier. All materials provided, no experience necessary. Free and open to all.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Art of Fair Use
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Siebren Versteeg’s work takes form from an infinite flow of images downloaded from the Internet to monitors in the gallery space. He uses commercial databases to investigate our media-saturated world in which the real and the virtual have become intertwined. Versteeg and Steve McDonald, RISD’s general counsel, discuss when and how artists may incorporate others’ works in their own, and the ever-evolving terrain of authorship, copyright, and fair use. Co-sponsored by RISD’s Digital Media Department. Free and open to all.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Screening: Beautiful Losers
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Filmmaker Aaron Rose’s documentary explores the vibrant world of a group of underground artists involved in graffiti, skateboarding, and music in New York during the early 1990s. What begins as outsider art soon influences fashion, film, and pop culture. Interviews with Harmony Korine, Margaret Kilgallen, Ed Templeton, Shepard Fairey (RISD BFA 1992), Thomas Campbell, and others. (2008/90 min./not rated) Co-sponsored by Cable Car Cinema. Free and open to all.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Double Take/Greek Vase
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Consider a Greek vase from the point of view of Linda Sormin, associate professor of ceramics, RISD, and Mary Hollinshead, associate professor of art history, University of Rhode Island. This cross-disciplinary conversation stimulates thinking about social context and artistic process, reception and interpretation, and the ever-evolving meanings of objects. Free and open to all.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Piano Performance in The Main Gallery
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Enjoy a program of piano music performed by Brown University student Benjamin Nacar including works by Beethoven (Sonata no. 28 in A major), Chopin (Ballade no. 4 in F minor) and Bizet/Horowitz (Carmen Fantasie) in the Main Gallery, surrounded by European paintings from the Museum's permanent collection.
Free with museum admission.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Artist Gallery Walk-Through
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
As part of the opening celebration, join artist Lynda Benglis and curator Judith Tannenbaum for a closer look at the Lynda Benglis exhibition.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Piano Music in The Main Gallery
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Brown University student Benjamin Nacar presents an encore piano performance including works by Beethoven (Sonata no. 28 in A major), Chopin (Ballade no. 4 in F minor) and Bizet/Horowitz (Carmen Fantasie) in the Main Gallery, surrounded by European paintings from the Museum's permanent collection.
Free with museum admission.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Gail Silver Memorial Lecture: Dave Hickey
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Dave Hickey, Graduate School De-Aesthetisized
Dave Hickey is known for his thought-provoking commentary on contemporary art and culture. His writings have appeared in Rolling Stone, Art in America, Artforum, Harper's Magazine, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times, and he is the author of the influential books The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty and Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Hickey is as engaging as a speaker as he is in print. Free and open to all, but reserved tickets are required. Email reservations@risd.edu or call 401 709-8402.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Art Shots/Lynda Benglis
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lynda Benglis’s pioneering and challenging works questions the rigors of Modernism and Minimalism by merging material, form and content. Hollis Mickey (Brown University, MA candidate in performance studies, 2011) leads an engaging gallery talk through this retrospective of Benglis’s work. Free with museum admission.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Poems and Pictures: A MuseoLibrary Discussion Group
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursdays, Oct. 14, 28 + Nov. 4, 18 + Dec. 9, 5:30–7pmOffered in collaboration by the Providence Athenaeum and The RISD Museum, this course explores ekphrasis, or the literary presentation of visual art, and works of art inspired by poetry. Brief readings span Ovid to Keats and include 20th-century poetry by Auden and William Carlos Williams, among many others. Discussions are led by Dr. Rhoda L. Flaxman, who recently retired from teaching 19th-century literature and art history at Wheaton College and Brown University. Sessions will alternate between the Athenaeum and Museum.
Space is limited; pre-registration required. Members of either the Museum or Athenaeum $225 (sorry, no additional discount for members of both organizations), non-members $250. To register, contact Visitor Services 401 709-8402.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Course: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Italy
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
October 16 + 30, November 6 + 20Saturdays, 1:30–3pmTaught by museum educator Sarah Laperle this course offers an introduction to art and visual culture from ancient Greece through the European Renaissance. Close study of sculpture, coins, jewelry, mosaics, and paintings in the galleries provide a keen understanding of cultural and historical contexts.
About Sarah Laperle (BA, Fine Arts, University of Iowa; MA, Art History, San Diego State University): Laperle has taught at the San Diego Museum of Art, worked in the Registration Department at The RISD Museum, and spent four years as an instructor in the Art History Department at UMass Dartmouth. She is currently an educator for ‘Dig the Museum! Building Cultural Connections’ at The RISD Museum and teaches art history in RISD’s pre-college summer program.
Space is limited; pre-registration required. Members $180, non-members $200. To register, contact Visitor Services at 401 709-8402.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Premiere Screening: NetWorks 2010 Artist Video Portraits
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
NetWorks 2010, a series devoted to showcasing work of selected contemporary Rhode Island visual artists, premieres their third season of documentary videos. This year’s screening runs two hours and is followed by a reception with the artists, filmmaker Richard Goulis, and the series producer, Dr. Joseph Chazan. Co-sponsored by AS220.
NetWorks 2010 Artists:
Ben Anderson; Leslie Bostrom; Coral Bourgeois; Donna Bruton; Daniel Clayman; Yizhak Elyashiv; Malcolm Grear; Erminio Pinque, Kenn Speiser; Wendy Wahl; MacDonald Wright; Agustín Patiño
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lecture: Unspoken: Lynda Benglis and the Limits of Art Criticism
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
What issues regarding contemporary art lie beyond the legitimate boundaries of art criticism? Richard Meyer, associate professor of art history and director of The Contemporary Project and Visual Studies Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Southern California, is the author of important articles on Lynda Benglis. In this talk, he will discuss privacy, the art market, and the role of the dealer within the creative process. Co-sponsored by History of Art + Visual Culture and the Division of Liberal Arts, RISD. Free and open to all, but reserved tickets are recommended. Email reservations@risd.edu or call 401 709-8402 after September 1.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Educators' Open House
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Educators from all disciplines are welcome to experience the Museum in action. Explore the new Greek, Roman and medieval galleries. Discuss how the Museum might enrich and support your teaching. Enjoy the galleries and refreshments with your colleagues. Free to educators; pre-register at teachers@risd.edu.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Late Thursday/Free Admission
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
All galleries open until 11pm! Free admission! Programs are free!
Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music with wine at our cash bar. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching.Thursday, October 21, 2010
Museum After Dark: College Night
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
A night at the Museum for college students throughout the region. Performances, talks, and sketching create opportunities to get to know the collections and each other.
Screening: RISD Student Films
6–10pm | Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium
This compilation of RISD Film/Animation/Video student work showcases an eclectic mix of stories and visuals. Check out short films from the next generation of filmmakers and animators. Co-sponsored by RISD’s Film, Animation, + Video Department.
Hands-On Art
6–10pm | Museum galleries
During free Museum hours, draw in the galleries with the guidance of an art educator. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Many Moons
Thursday, 7pm | Lower Farago
The moon, Earth’s only satellite, has been a source of mystery and wonder since the beginning of history. Scientists have studied the moon’s physical characteristics for millennia, and artists and writers have been inspired by its powerful presence. Brown University planetary geologist Carle Pieters and artist Tristin Lowe discuss the moon in front of Lowe's Lunacy, a huge white felt version of the satellite, currently on view. Co-sponsored by the RISD Sculpture Department.
Art Shots/Lynda Benglis
9pm | Meet in Chace Center lobby
Lynda Benglis’s pioneering and challenging works question the rigors of Modernism and Minimalism by merging material, form, and content. Hollis Mickey (Brown University, MA candidate in performance studies, 2011) leads an engaging gallery talk through this retrospective of Benglis’s work.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Screening: Lynda Benglis
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Filmmaker Dermot Smyth introduces his yet-to-be released documentary project, an impressionistic portrait of Lynda Benglis preparing her 40-year retrospective exhibition, currently on view. Free with museum admission.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
TC Colley lecture - Linda Conner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Linda Connor studied with Harry Callahan at RISD and with Aaron Siskind at the Institute of Design in Chicago. A California Bay Area resident, she has been an active force in the region’s photographic community as an esteemed instructor at the San Francisco Art Institute for more than 40 years and as the founder of PhotoAlliance, a nonprofit organization supporting contemporary photography. She has exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad and has been published in numerous books, journals, and catalogues. Her work is held in major museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and is well represented in the collections of The RISD Museum. She has been recognized with Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, among other awards. Traveling the world, photographer Connor frequently focuses on devotional sites and monuments. She is drawn to contemplating the mystical embedded in the ordinary, and to photography's relationship with time. In this talk, Connor discusses her non-linear approach, in this lecture titled Transitioning, to the three decades of work represented in the exhibition Odyssey. Co-sponsored by RISD Photography Department and the Museum of Art. Free and open to all.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Lecture: Past Imperfect: Archeology and War in Iraq and Afghanistan
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
C. Brian Rose, professor of Classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), shares his work preserving ancient sites from looting, excessive development, and destruction during times of war. He also discusses his introduction of a cultural heritage training program for U.S. troops deploying to the Middle East. Co-sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University and the Narragansett Society, the RI Chapter of AIA. Free and open to all, but reserved tickets are recommended. Email reservations@risd.edu or call 401 709-8402.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Double Take/Dionysus Bacchus Mosaic
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Consider a Roman floor mosaic fragment from the point of view of Rebecca Molholt, assistant professor of history of art and architecture, Brown University, and Liliane Wong, professor of interior architecture, RISD. This cross-disciplinary conversation stimulates thinking about social context and artistic process, reception and interpretation, and the ever-evolving meanings of objects.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Late Thursday/Free Admission
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music with wine at our cash bar. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching. Watch award-winning, independent documentaries focused on art and culture.
Collision Celebration 6-8pm |Lower Farago
Celebrate this collective installation by a group of 17 artists. Remarks by painter and guest curator Jackie Saccoccio (RISD BFA 1985) precede a performance by Black Lake, a New York-based art and music collaborative project. Formed by Slink Moss and Susan Jennings, this duo performs original music and sound pieces while incorporating sculptures as percussive instruments.
Hands-On Art 6–8pm | Museum galleries
Sketch in the galleries with the guidance of an art educator. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Screening: Black Orpheus 6:30pm | Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center
This retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek legend is set against Rio de Janeiro's madness during Carnival. Orpheus, a trolley conductor and musician, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice. A vengeful Mira and Eurydice’s ex-lover, costumed as Death, pursue Orpheus and his new paramour through the feverish Carnival night. This film earned an Oscar for best foreign language film. (1959/107 min./not rated/In Portuguese with English subtitles). Co-sponsored by Cable Car Cinema.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Double Take/Aphrodite Bronze
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Consider a bronze statue of Aphrodite from the point of view of Rebecca More, professor in the Department of History, Brown University, and Dean Snyder, professor of sculpture, RISD. This cross-disciplinary conversation stimulates thinking about social context and artistic process, reception and interpretation, and the ever-evolving meanings of objects.
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