URI Providence Campus Urban Arts and Culture Program &

The Rhode Island Alliance for Arts In Education

present

The 17th Annual Richard W. and Ronald S. Buteau Memorial

PS2023 and Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island Exhibit May 1-31, 2023

Gallery Night Reception – May 18th at 5-9pm, with a special recognition ceremony at 6:30pm.

The mixed media exhibit features more than 250 artworks by K-12 students from public and charter schools throughout the state, and the honored selection of Newport Public Schools for The Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island 2023 – adding 9 new works to the permanent collection of more than 250 works – due to the extraordinary work in the visual and performing arts in the Newport Public Schools, and their efforts to integrate the arts into the curriculum across disciplines.