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Top Headlines Art openings/sales Jaec's Community Art Gallery, monthly rotating Art display from various artists. Most of the art is for sale by the artist. Jaec's Coffee House, 68 Union St., Attleboro, 508-223-JAEC (5232). Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro. 508-222-2644 or www.attleboroartsmuseum.org. Viktor Schreckengost - Legacy Exhibition, through May 16. HIGH ART 2008, May 28 through June 12. Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence. Mon.-Wed., Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 401-456-9765 or www.ric.edu/bannister. ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION, through May 17. David Winton Bell Gallery, List Arts Center, Brown University, 64 Cottage St., Providence. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat., Sun. 1-4 p.m. 401-863-2932 or www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/. Decordova Art Museum, 51 Sandy Point Rd., Lincoln. Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $9/adults, $6/seniors, students, children 6-12. 781-259-8355 or www.decordova.org. Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, R.I. 401-874-9628 or www.uri.edu/artgalleries. Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton. $8/adults, $5/seniors, students, Free/children under 12. 508-588-6000 or www.fullercraft.org. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Admission: $12/adults, $10/seniors, $5/students. 617-278-5156 or www.gardnermuseum.org. Upcoming: LUISA RABBIA: Travels with Isabella, June 27 through Sept. 28; Mansfield Arts and Education Center, 45 Balcom St., Mansfield. 508-339-3066. OPEN STUDIO HOURS, The Center has announced there will be new open studio hours. Mon. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tues. from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Wed. from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.; Thurs. from 6-9 p.m. and Sun. from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Single sessions cost $12.50 and include 2 pounds of clay, unlimited glazes and firing of pieces up to 8" in height. 14+. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Wiesner Building, E15-109, 20 Ames St., Cambridge. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 617-523-9458 or web.mit.edu/deansgallery. CHANTAL AKERMAN: Moving through Time and Space, through July 6. Museum of Fine Arts, Huntington Ave., Boston. Sat. - Tues. 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wed. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. $15/adults, $13/seniors, students, free/members. Call 617-369-3447 or visit www.mfa.org. EL GRECO TO VELAZQUEZ: Art during the Reign of Philip III, through July 27. RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St., Providence. Tues. through Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8/adults, $5/seniors, $2/ages 5-18, $3/college students with valid ID, Free/Museum members, Brown and RISD students, children under 5. 401-454-6500 or www.risdmuseum.org. Now Showing: Edo Theatre, through May 18; Spring Salon: European Paintings, through May 2008; EVOLUTION/REVOLUTION, through June 15; STYROFOAM, through July 20. Upcoming: From Durer to Van Gogh: Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth, June 5 through Oct. 26; RISD and Photography, June 5 through Oct. 26; Surimono from Osaka and Edo: The Pumpelly Album, May 23 through Oct. 5. The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, MS 069, 415 South St., Waltham. 781-736-3434 or www.brandeis.edu/rose. ALEXIS ROCKMAN EXHIBITIONS, through July 27, Alexis Rockman: The Weight of Air - in the Lois Foster Wing, The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation - in The Rose Building, and Paper Trail II: Passing through Clouds - in the Herbert and Mildred Lee Gallery. Rotch-Jones-Duff Garden Museum, 396 County St., NewBedford. 508-997-1401 or www.rjdmuseum.org. Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Art Center, 40 School St., Bridgewater. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 508-531-1359 or www.bridgew.edu/art/gallery. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester. Wed. through Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students with ID, free for members and all youth 17 and under. 508-799-4406 or www.worcesterart.org. Now Showing: INKY TRIBUTARIES: Contemporary Chinese Prints, through Aug. 3.; Two Chinas: Chen Quilin and Yun-Fei Ji, through Sept. 21; Wall at Wam: Alexander Ross, through October. The Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition, through May 16, Beard and Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, Norton. Painting, printmaking, graphic design, drawing, sculpture, photography, textile and jewelry design, installation art and video are typically included in this annual show, advised this year by Professor of Art Andrew K. Howard. www.wheaton.edu. Pastel Paintings by Karole Nicholson, through May 22, Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., Cumberland, R.I. Pastel works by Cumberland artist Karole Nicholson will be exhibited and on sale. Works are viewable for two hours prior and during Blackstone Theatre events. 401-725-9272 or www.riverfolk.org. Visions Spring Photography Show, through May 24, Tues.-Fri., 1 to 9 p.m.; Sat. from noon to 8 p.m., Visions Art Gallery, 133 Main St., Suite 100, Medway. Visions Art Gallery, in collaboration with Art and Discord, will feature the work of area photographers. The reception will feature tea and music performed during this meet and greet with the photographers. 508-533-1369 or www.visionstattoogallery.com. Three Person Show - Recent works from Judy Perry, Mona Podgurski, and Toni Petersen, through May 29, Tues.-Sat. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. from 1-5 p.m., Rhode Island Watercolor Society Gallery, J.C. Potter Casino, Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket. 401-726-1876 or www.riws.org. Warming up with Art, through May 29, Jeanne D. Hill Room, Norfolk Public Library, 139 Main St., Norfolk. The exhibition features original artworks using a wide range of creative style and techniques created by the Association members of the Franklin Art Association. www.franklin.ma.us/auto/community/faa. Alien Invasive, through June 30, Mass Audubon at Moose Hill, 293 Moose Hill Street, Sharon. Art is made from non-native natural materials, invasive plants that threaten the natural wildlife of the Northeast. 781-784-5691. Photography - Ploymer Clay and Porcelain Jewelry, through July 31, Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Camera Werks, 766 Hope St., Providence. Photography by Bruce Kaplan and clay and jewelry by Sandra Solomon. 401-273-5367 or www.thecamerawerks.com. Dripping With Color: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label, through May 2009, The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales University, Providence. Art dealer Ivan Karp donated 238 vintage fruit crate labels to the museum. Many are mint condition unused fruit crate labels from the 1870s to the 1950s. www.jwu.edu. Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas, through Dec. 31, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. A new exhibition exploring ancient murals from North, Central and South America. $9/adults, $7/students. 617-496-1027 or www.peabody.harvard.edu. 19th Scrimshaw Collectors' Weekend, May 16-18, New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, downtown New Bedford. Only event dedicated to indigenous shipboard art form; attracts collectors, curators, antiques dealers and whaling buffs from four continents. $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (59+) and students with a valid ID, and $6 for children ages 6-14. www.whalingmuseum.org. RISD Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition, May 21 through June 1, 12-5 p.m., Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence. The work of graduate students in painting, industrial design, sculpture, textiles, photography and nine other art and design disciplines will be on exhibit. www.risd.edu/exhibitions.cfm?type=gallery&onview=gallery_onview_26.cfm. Ongoing exhibits The Viktor Schreckengost Legacy Exhibition, through May 16, Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro. The Viktor Schreckengost Legacy Exhibition is only the second time his extensive collection of works has been exhibited. Opening Reception, March 28. Gallery Talk - former student Kirk Bennion will discuss Viktor Schreckengost and preview the 2009 Corvette SS. 508-222-2644 or www.attleboroartsmuseum.org. Ray Tameo, through June, Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol, R.I. Attleboro resident is a self-taught artist who makes paintings and wood carvings of local bird life. Only his paintings will be on display. Mr. Tameo has taught bird-carving classes for Audubon at the Caratunk Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, and has donated many pieces for Audubon fundraisers. Opening Reception, May 4, 1-3 p.m. 401-949-5454 or www.asri.org. Styrofoam, though July 20, The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 224 Benefit St., Providence. Multiple artists display their works of art using one of the recently popular design materials. A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed - 1950-1972, through July 21, Adams Gallery, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston. This exhibition is a retrospective of his work, drawing from materials donated to Historic New England by Reed and his wife. Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. www.historicnewengland.org or www.suffolk.edu/adamsgallery. Remix: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century, through Aug. 31, Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. All art is produced by Native American artists and addresses issues facing various tribes. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. every day. $9/adults, $7/students and seniors, $6 for children 3-18. 617-496-1027.
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