First exhibit of the new year opens at Bristol Art Museum

Posted 3/5/15

The Bristol Art Museum is hosting its first exhibit in 2015, “Sculptural Explorations: Resource Consumption, Creation & Trade,” from March 6 to April 19 in the museum at 10 Wardwell St., Bristol (off Hope Street, Route 114). It features …

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First exhibit of the new year opens at Bristol Art Museum

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The Bristol Art Museum is hosting its first exhibit in 2015, “Sculptural Explorations: Resource Consumption, Creation & Trade,” from March 6 to April 19 in the museum at 10 Wardwell St., Bristol (off Hope Street, Route 114). It features ceramic installations by Allison Newsome and Nancy Selvage.

The exhibit is being held in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 49th annual conference in Providence. The conference’s theme is from Rhode Island’s historic colonial charter, “The Lively Experiment.”

Collaborators with Ms. Newsome’s project are Martha Antaya, Don Betts, John Vierbickas and the Somerset Historical Society. The historical society has loaned the museum a collection of historic ceramic crocks exemplifying the region’s production of ceramic dating as far back as the 1600s. An area of Somerset, known as Pottersville, was home to seven potteries by 1839. Also included is a wooden boat made for the exhibit by Don Betts.

The museum’s exhibit includes works that interpret and explore cultural production, consumption and trade; which in many ways shape the very foundation of our region. The works wrestle with issues and notions examining how our actions today influence or set the stage for future generations — by the way that we trade or consume resources. The exhibit is intended to call to mind the complexities involved when trying to establish sustainability as well as ways of building and maintaining a community.

An artists’ reception is from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 6. Gallery hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday to Sunday.

The gallery also is open from March 25 to 28 during the NCECA conference, with additional hours from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, March 23 and 24 and from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. A reception is from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 27.

Admission is free for members; non-members are asked to make a $2 contribution. For more information, call 401/253-4400 or visit bristolartmuseum.org.

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