We have started a collaboration with local high schools in a 'Student of the Month' project. In opening the professional
exhibition process to students, we hope to raise a greater appreciation of the arts for younger people.
We believe that art is made by and for all ages and that creative expression unites all generations.

Members
​Invitational

Grace Tokarski
Compass School
Grade 7

Grace uses any medium of art she can get her hands on. She sculpts with clay and paints in oils and acrylics as well as hand knitting and crafting.

Artist Statement
This particular piece is a self-portrait. I am cracking from the pain from my auto-immune disorder, yet drowning in medicine and doctors.

Earthworks

Leon Brown
Westerly HIgh School
Grade 12

My name is Leon Brown, a Westerly High School senior and ceramic artist. Throughout high school, art was never really my strong point, but after taking a pottery class last year, I fell in love with the satisfaction I experienced when tapping into my creativity and working with clay. Now in my senior year, I have chosen to pursue this passion further and have incorporated it into my Senior Exhibition project. The piece I chose to display in the Earthworks 46th Open Juried Clay Annual is one I am most proud of from my collection. Pottery and ceramics have become my passion -  one that I hope to evolve into a career in the future.

Photography Annual

Kyle Waterman
Chariho High School
Grade 11

Dark & Stormy, Photography

Kyle Waterman is a 17-year-old student at Chariho High School. He became interested in photography at 15 years of age when he began receiving a lot of recognition from various RI/NE instagram pages. People were shocked with what he was doing at age 15/16. He has upgraded cameras 3 times now in one year and photography has become a big part of his life. He shoots with a Sony and dji drone. He enjoys traveling for the scenery and pictures. 
https://www.instagram.com/kylewaterman_/

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Print, Paint
​Drawing
​Exhibition

Amber Hunley
South Kingstown
​High School
Grade 12

For our Paint, Print and Drawing Exhibition we invited Amber Hunley, a 12th grader from South Kingstown High School, to participate. Amber has always loved art and plans on pursuing art throughout her life. She has won several awards and has been recognized numerous times for her outstanding artwork. This year, she was elected the honor of "Most Artistic" for the school's yearbook by her classmates. ​

Art from the Workshops

Prout High School Students

We're happy to host Prout student artwork in our small gallery in January. This exhibit launches our new initiative designed to encourage young artists to express and display their creativity through community partnerships with our local high schools.  

This show is curated by Kristen Rich and Michael Elson, Prout High School Art Teachers. Kristen Rich says, "At the Prout School, we believe that our creativity is truly a gift to be nurtured and developed. Visual art plays an important role in educating the whole person, and we offer a wide variety of creative experiences for our students."