ReSeeding the City: Art exhibit explores the interaction between people and nature
Nature in the city embodies the saying “life finds a way,” but the natural world has now found its way right to the heart of Providence: the Rhode Island State House. ReSeeding the City: Ethnobotany in the Urban is a new art exhibit that will occupy the lower level of the State House. The exhibit […]
Lifetime Achievement: 90-year-old artist Mihail Simeonov’s work to be exhibited in Pawtucket
Pawtucket’s Arts and Culture Commission hosts a major exhibit of the work of 90-year-old internationally acclaimed artist Mihail Simeonov, running from September 19 through December 31. An opening reception to meet Mihail will be held at Pawtucket City Hall, Thursday, September 19 at 4:30pm, 137 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket. Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien says, “As […]
The Air Is There: Interactive art installation at the children’s museum lets imaginations soar
One night this summer, I emerged from the darkness of some club I can’t recall and saw something unusual on Washington Street. Puffy loops of light had been hung on a parking garage. Nylon tubing weaved together, floating above the sidewalk, its flesh illuminated by slow streams of color. It was an unexpected sight against […]
Making Magic: Catalyzing creativity at the Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art
There’s something oddly soothing about the harmonograph at the Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA). For the uninitiated (which included me, until my visit), a harmonograph uses mechanical arms attached to pendulums to control the movements of a pen. You clamp the pen in place, swing the pendulums, drop pen to paper like […]
