ART SPEAKS
HERE ARE SOME SCENES FROM, ART SPEAKS - NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION, WHICH OPENED LAST SATURDAY, MAY 13, AT ART LEAGUE RI, IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, USA. THE SHOW WAS JURIED BY ARTIST AND RISD MFA ALUMNUS, DAVID ALLYN.
ART LEAGUE RI
ALRI CONNECTS ART-LOVERS WITH THE BEST OF RHODE ISLAND’S VISUAL ARTS TALENTS. SINCE 2000, ALRI HAS UNITED MORE THAN 120 ARTISTS FROM RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND TO SHARE THEIR TALENTS IN A VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS.
JUROR
DAVID ALLYN RECEIVED HIS MFA FROM RISD. ALLYN FOUNDED THE COMMUNITY CLAY PROGRAM AT THE STEEL YARD, AN ARTS EDUCATION NON-PROFIT BASED IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND, NOW IN ITS 19TH YEAR. HE HAS BEEN AWARDED A MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP AND HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL OF THE ARTS FELLOW. HIS WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN SEVERAL MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF ART, AT RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN.