Past Exhibitions

2023

A Small Point of Land

A Juried, Regional Exhibition
Juror - Michele Poirier-Mozzone
September 23-October 28

Photograph: Coastal Walk by Marc Jaffe

Tensions:
New Directions in Fiber Art

Guest Curator Allison Wilbur
July 23 – Sept 9
Focusing on Rhode Island-based contemporary fiber artists
breaking new ground in their field.

Artwork Detail Image: Litany, by Kate Barber

On view May 28-July 8, Juror Jan Armor

Girl & Bird Detective by Amy Lovera

April 9-April 29
Student Art Exhibit
Roger Williams University Visual Arts Senior Exhibition

Miniature Monumental
Feb 4- March 31st
Bristol Art Museum Announces a New National Exhibit of Miniatures

2022

2022 National call for Collage Art

Putting the Pieces Back Together
February - April

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April 7 - April 29
Unresolved Endings
Roger Williams University Visual Arts Senior Exhibition

Blue Sky Flooding

May 6- July 14

Shift

July 21 - September 11

2021

Sense of Place

May 14 - July 18

Adria Arch | Deborah Baldizar | Zoe Friend | Kate Park John Udvardy | Kathleen Volp

(re)location

July 30 - October 3

Shabnam Jannesari | Tom Kiefer | Annu Palakunnathu Matthew | Mercedes Nuñez | Nafis M. White

2020

The exhibition Praxis: Abstraction; 4 Strategies brings together four artists working in a variety of approaches. Essential underlying themes are space, place and time. From Michael Rich’s reflections on place, to Lloyd Martin’s observations of the architectural incident, to Ron Ehrlich’s current exploration of time and duration, to Rustermier's examinations of fundamental shapes and their formed relationships in ambiguous space, the artists exhibiting here are all engaged in expressing ideas through form, shape, color and line. In this way, using a variety of visual languages, a dialogue is established through the basic vocabulary of abstraction.
- Robert Rustermier, Guest Curator

2019

Stepping Inside the Outside
Featuring works from the Studio Art Quilt Associates
February 1st – March 10th , 2019
Artist Reception | Friday, February 1st @ 6-8 pm

Seeds of Inspiration
curated by Mary Dondero
Featuring Jenny Brown | Dwo Wen Chen | Corrine Colarusso | Claudia Flynn | Ivana George | Mary O'Malley| Kendall Reiss | James Everett Stanley | Felicia Touhey & Watercolors by Marjorie Van Wickle Lyon on loan from Blithewold Gardens and The Tim Bornstein Collection of Tools on loan from Coggeshall Farm Museum
March 22nd – April 28th, 2019 *Closed Easter Sunday (April 21st, 2019)*
Artist Reception | Friday, March 22nd @ 6-8 pm

Roger Williams University
Visual Arts Senior Student Exhibition
May 3rd – 12th, 2019
Artist Reception | Friday, May 3rd @ 5-7 pm

Salon des Membres
Bristol Art Museum Members
May 17th– 27th, 2019
Artist Reception | Friday, May 17th @ 6-8 pm

Cold Snap
organized by Mary Dondero
Featuring works from BAM's artist members
November 15th – December 15th, 2019
Artist Reception | Friday, November 15th @ 6-8 pm

2018

Mount Hope High School
Student Exhibition
January 11th - 21st, 2018

Interpreting Nature
April 5th – 15th, 2018
Gary Heise | Kathy Kittell | Nick Jainschigg |
Bill McLane | Seth Rainville

Pop-Up Exhibit!
Hands of Our Heroes
an ongoing project sponsored by the Town of Bristol
April 5th – 15th, 2018

Unspoken Language / Silent Landscapes
A Roger Williams University Visual Arts Senior Exhibition
April 30th – May 4th, 2018
Artist reception Wednesday, May 2nd, 6-8pm
Gabrielle Riley | Juliana Miccile | Collin Granger | Isabella Komoroski | Tanner Morse

Arte Corajosa - Celebrating Azorean Creativity: Courageous Art
An open call to Artists, Juried by Nancy Whipple Grinnell
June 15th - August 24th, 2018
Artist Reception Wednesday, June 13th | 6-8 pm
Made possible through the generous support
of the Rhode Island Foundation! Thank you!

The Joy of Art
BAM Members
Juried by Michael Rose
September 7th – September 30th, 2018
Artist Reception | Friday, September 7th @ 6-8PM

Only a Game curated by Mary Dondero
October 5th –November 18th, 2018
Artists Reception Friday, October 5th @ 6-8PM
Featured Artists: Peter Campbell | Brian Fox | Stephen Smalley | Jessica Straus
Additional artwork by Joseph E. Norman on loan from Newport Art Museum
Out at Home: The Negro Baseball League, Volume I A portfolio of 11 original lithographs
* Additional objects on loan from "Bristol Athletic Hall Of Fame"

21 + 19 = 40
A exhibition featuring the works of TWENTY-ONE IN TRURO and 19 ON PAPER,
two thriving arts communities based in New England.
November 30, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Opening Reception | Friday, November 30th @ 6-8PM

2017

Mt. Hope High School Student Artists on Exhibit
In collaboration with Bristol Warren Regional School District &
Art Night Bristol Warren

Art League of Rhode Island Members Exhibit
October 20 – November 19

North Shore Arts Association Members Exhibit
November 29th - December 17th

2016

September 16- October 30
In the Livingston Gallery |  The Catacombs - Thomas Lyon Mills
In The Brick Gallery |  Mythical Beings a Ceramic Installation - Ellen Blomgren
In the Abbott Low Gallery |  Intertwined: Needle Art of Salley Mavor

The Joy of Art | 2016 Members Juried Exhibition
Juror - Carol FitzSimonds
April 15 - May 14, 2016

Willy Heeks | Bristol in Mind
May 26 - July 10
Paintings and Works on Paper

2015

Bristol Past and Present
Dec 21, 2015 - Feb 21, 2016
Roger Williams University students working on a Community Partnership Center project in collaboration with the Bristol Historical Preservation Society,

Joint Venture
Sept 24 - Nov 8 | 2015
Portfolio project and exhibition uniting printmakers of the Providence Art Club and
the Northern Virginia Torpedo Factory Printmakers Inc.

Island Time
July 24 – Sept 6 | 2015
Michael Gaillard | Peter Gish | Karen Iglehart | Teri Malo | Susan Schultz | Betsy Zimmerman

Group Exhibit
May 1st – July 12th |2015
Paintings by Candace Cotterman Thibeault
Ceramics by Will Heacock
Paintings by Abbot Low

LIVELY EXPERIMENTS
March 6 – April 19th | 2015
National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts

Sculptural Explorations: Resource Consumption, Creation, and Trade
49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - MARCH 25-28, 2015
Allison Newsome | Nancy Selvage

2014

Radiance & Interpretation
Nov 7 – Dec 20, 2014
Stephan Brigidi | Denny Moers | Mercedes Nuñez

Objects for work, Objects for Play and to Cherish
Sept 12 - Oct 19, 2014
Kelly Jean Conroy | Candis Dixon | Dalton Ghetti | Dan Golden
Judith G. Klausner | Dan McManus | David Shapleigh

July 18 - Aug 31, 2014
On view in the Livingston Gallery, John Udvardy
On View in both Abbott Low & Brick Gallery, Lasse Antonsen | I AM Lidholmtheviolinmaker

The Bristol Art Museum Celebrates Rhode Island Artists
50 years Juried Exhibition
May 2 - July 6, 2014
Juror | John Udvardy

Fleeting Perspectives & Expanding Boundaries
Feb 28 - April 13, 2014
Michael Rich - Painter
Jerry Ehrlich - Sculptor
Paulette Carr – Interdisciplinary

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