

Our Artists & Exhibitions
Current Show: Aymar Ccopacatty, Conservator/Weaver/Intercultural Artist
Through sculpture, textiles, performance and installation, Ccopacatty’s work uses traditional weaving techniques that speak to indigenous knowledge and environmental activism. In addition to his artistic practice, Ccopacatty consults with art institutions, such as the Smithsonian Institution, on collection care.

March 2025: Quinn Bryan, Painter
Bryan’s focus is to bring light and life to Black and brown people through her art, which spans from the funny and thoughtful to the serious and restrained. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Providence, RI. Bryan earned a BA in Studio Art from Rhode Island College in 2009.
Since childhood Bryan has been surrounded by artists: from the stunning poetry of her father to the textiles and designs made by her mother and grandmother.

January 2025: Giles Van Gruisen, Photographer
Giles is a fine art and commercial photographer based between Rhode Island and Vermont, inspired by the beauty of the natural world and our "innate desire to connect with it."

October 2024, Ava Varszegi, Illustrator/Painter
Ava's work is primarily done in watercolor and colored pencil, and focuses on depicting hyperrealistic plant and animal specimens drawn from direct observation, most of which are found in New England. Her favorite subjects are insects, beetles in particular. When not working on her own art, Varszegi is teaching art to youth across the state of RI.

April: Mike Bryce, Painter
Bryce is a full time fine artist, exhibiting throughout New England in many galleries and festivals, loved by collectors of Rhode Island nostalgia and sunflowers alike. For fourteen years, Bryce was a professor of fine art, illustration and design, teaching at Massachusettes College of Art and the Art Institute of Boston.

February 2025: Love, Art: Group Exhibition
Love, Art featured the work of over 25 artists across the US.

December 2024, Jaclyn Altieri, Painter
Jaclyn is a photographer and painter. All paintings are made of acrylic, while some feature gold leaf. She has many series, among them, "The Girls."
