Jamestown Arts Center

Jamestown Art Center is a non-profit arts organization with a gallery, artist's studios, education facilities, and event space located at 18 Valley Street in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Jamestown Arts Center
Location
Coordinates
Executive Director
Maureen Coleman
Websitejamestownartcenter.org/

The Center is operated by a Board of Directors, Executive Director, and a staff of administrators, educators and volunteers. It is supported by a membership program that includes supporters and affiliated artists.[1]

In addition to displaying local artists from Jamestown and Rhode Island, the gallery has displayed the work of internationally exhibited artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Glenn Ligon. [2]

History

The arts center was founded by a group of Rhode Island artists in 2007.[3] In December 2009, the Jamestown Arts Center purchased a building at 18-24 Valley Street the new space opened on April 1, 2011.[4] In 2018, the Center was awarded Best Art Gallery in Newport County by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best of Rhode Island. That year, the Center received $15,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts . [5]

Events

The Center is one of the sites of the Rhode Island Film Festival, and its October sidebar, the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, the Art & Design Film Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, the Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival, and the Manhattan Short Film Festival. [6]

References
  1. "Jamestown Arts Center". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  2. Castro, Alexander (6 July 2017). "Visual artists work with words Enticing survey on display at Jamestown Arts Center through Aug. 13". Providence Journal. p. C1. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. Krider, Karen (February 8, 2007). "[No title]". Jamestown Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019. Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. Riel, Tim (April 7, 2011). "Art center's Collaboration '11 show welcomes huge turnout". Portsmouth Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  5. "NEA lends financial support to arts center". Jamestown Press. May 17, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  6. "Events | Jamestown Arts Center". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
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