Renée Doucette is an emerging art critic based in Providence, RI. She is a contributing writer for Art New England and also covers the Providence art scene on her blog.artrogueisland.tumblr.com.
The Gelman Gallery at the RISD museum turned into a personal exhibit space secret for me a while ago. Despite being located on the second floor of the museum, it…
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, past Hawaii but before Japan, is a collection of landmasses called the Marshall Islands. When the Europeans finally came calling in the…
The relationship between a mentor and mentee is often complex on all kinds of levels. Within any mentoring relationship there can be disagreements, accomplishments, tough love and the inspiration to…
Art openings in December are difficult to attend and hold for a simple reason, “other obligations.” In the face of the additional responsibilities put on many around this time of…
From the birth of photography, landscapes often found themselves the subject of the experimental process. Early photography was arguably more time consuming than that of its painting counterpart. A photograph…