In thinking about who has the privilege of accessing art and images, we collaborated with Conor Moynihan, Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the RISD Museum, to embark […]
Case Study: Scaffold at the Walker Art Center
Key Events Written by Annabelle Johnston The large boxlike frame of Sam Durant’s “Scaffold” was conceived as a monument to seven different mass executions, five of them by the United […]
Final Project Reflection – Addie Liebhardt (Fall 2021)
I decided to do this as my project because I realized that we as viewers are what gives art its significance. In our society, we always focus on special art […]
Case Study: Museum of Chinese in America
Key Events Written by Ilana Jacobs On July 15, 2021, protesters gathered to picket the reopening of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), with signs saying things like “Hey […]
Black Visual Practice: A Visit to AS220
In October 2021, we visited AS220, a non-profit community arts organization in Providence, to see the exhibition Black Visual Practice. The show was curated by k. funmilayo aileru and featured […]
Look at Art. Get Paid.: A Conversation with Maia Chao
In 2016, Maia Chao and Josephine Devanbu launched Look at Art. Get Paid. at the RISD Museum. Look at Art. Get Paid. (LAAGP) is a socially engaged art project that […]
Local Community Arts Organizations & Artists
Community Arts Centers & Organizations Art League of Rhode Island Artist Communities Alliance (International organization, but based in PVD) AS220 Courthouse Center for the Arts (West Kingston) Dirt Palace / […]
Social Media and the Art World
Background: Over the past decade, social media has created a space where art seems to be accessible to everyone who has access to the Internet; no longer is art consumption […]
Seen at the RISD Museum
“Shadows, RISD Museum’s 14th issue of Manual, is a companion to the exhibition. Copies can be purchased at the museum entrance, with related proceeds being donated to the RI Solidarity […]
Settler Colonialism & Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown University
I have been thinking a lot about the Decolonization at Brown video and how we can best approach Native American and Indigenous Studies as a field that is relevant to […]
