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Unpolished Legacies, features Art and conversations responding to the RISD Museum’s current exhibition Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970.
Unpolished Legacies is a series of collective actions to document and showcase local artists, writers, environmental scientists, educators and historians responding to the Gorham Company and the rippling effects of its business practices and cultural influence. These actions will include a zine comprised of written and graphic contributions, a two-week pop-up exhibition, two facilitated conversations on environment and labor, class and culture, a website housing video and audio work and an ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Free Admission
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
Additional time info:
Gallery exhibition hours Monday – Saturday, noon-5 pm, September 28 – October 10, 2019
- September 27, 6:30 – 9 pm – Opening Reception, Long table conversation with artists and zine launch, 233 Westminster St. Providence
- October 2, 6 – 8pm – Conversation 1: Gorham and the Environment, 233 Westminster St, Providence
- October 4, 6 – 7:30pm – An Evening of Performances & Readings, Readings by Janaya Kizzie and Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie, Projection Performance by Erik Gould and Erik Carlson. Location: Mashapaug Park on former Gorham site, behind Alvarez High School, 375 Adelaide Avenue, Providence – turn at the Popeyes on Reservoir Avenue to get to the school
- October 8, 6 – 8pm – Conversation 2: Gorham: Labor, Class and Culture, 233 Westminster st. Providence
LOCATION
233 Westmister St., Providence, RI 02907