“Our goal is to kindle curiosity,” says Bonnie Epstein. “It’s less about transmitting specific information and more about process.”
Six top performance art attractions include spoken word poetry, drag, hip hop dance and an alien dance party.
When else can you cruise the streets of Providence drinking from a freshly cracked coconut? (Unless you pack your own — in which case: Can we be friends?)
“The kids go right up to the tree and hug it,” says Lisa Konicki, president of the chamber of commerce.
“Given the current political climate we find ourselves in and the rise of Islamophobia, it’s something that is definitely needed,” says Aisha Manzoor.
Last March, we ran an article about Brown University student Dolapo Akinkugbe, known by his rapper name, DAP. More than a year later, we catch up with the him to find out about his new album and what he’s up to.
The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund has awarded $25,000 grants — with no strings attached — to three local artists in visual arts, music or literature every year since 2005.
“We wanted to open a gallery in Newport to give artists and entrepreneurs of all ages and experiences the opportunity to display and sell their work.”
“Beyond the Diagnosis” debuted at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School in early 2015 with seventeen portraits. Now it boasts nearly 150, including six children from Rhode Island, and paintings contributed by twenty-two Rhode Island artists.
“For me, it was really important to represent her as a whole person…. But when we try to deny these faults or vices in people, it’s how things wind up repeating.”
