16th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Juried show with Guest Juror Bob Dilworth
top prize $1000
All show details below, please pass along and share with any RI area artists,
This is an unthemed, all-mediums show with great cash prizes.
6th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Show with Guest Juror Bob Dilworth
For the 16th Year the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative will pair up with the Pawtucket Foundation to celebrate our amazing artist community. This year we are very lucky to have the talented R) artist Bob Dilworth as our guest juror. As this is an unthemed show, we welcome artists from all mediums and experience levels to submit work.
Prize Winners will be announced and awarded at the opening
Thursday, March 28th 5:30-7:30
Opening will have live music and refreshments, all are welcome!
ABOUT THE PAWTUCKET FOUNDATION
The Pawtucket Foundation represents the business and not-for-profit sector as an advocate and catalyst for the downtown, riverfront, and transportation gateway enhancements within the City of Pawtucket. As civic entrepreneurs, the Pawtucket Foundation fosters a vision of the community’s future by mobilizing and coordinating research, information, talent, and resources to positively impact the City. www.pawtucketfoundation.org
ABOUT THE PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE
The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative is a member-driven, fully volunteer-run organization dedicated to supporting, promoting and developing the highest level of the arts for the community and its artists by creating awareness, education, and involvement with our members and the public-at-large.
www.pawtucketartscollaborative.org
ABOUT GUEST JUROR BOB DILWORTH
PAC GALLERY
560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI First floor, in between Ms. Lorraine Diner and Mixed Magic Theater. Accessible ramp entrance available at front of building. Additional parking available on the side of the building with a sculpture garden at the back. There is an entrance midway along the building. Gallery located one flight up at the end of the hall.
BOB DILWORTH
Nationally and Internationally recognized and exhibited, Bob Dilworth’s works on canvas and paper have won many awards, including the recipient of the 2024 General Operating Support for Artists Grant from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts and the 2014 the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship in painting, as well as grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities, the University of Rhode Island Council for Research, the National John Biggers Award in drawing, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. His work has also won fellowships from the following artist residencies: Iris Project Artist Residency Program in LA, California; Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts in Saratoga, Wyoming; Angels Gate Cultural Center in association with Marymount California University in San Pedro, CA; Playa Artist Residency in Summer Lake, OR; Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snow Mass, CO; Hambidge Creative Center for the Arts and Science in Rabun Gap, GA; the Klaus Center for the Arts, San Pedro, CA; Contemporary Artist Center in North Adams, MA; the African American Master Artist in Residence Program (AAMARP), Northeastern University in Boston, MA; and Le Cite International des Artes, Artist Residency, Paris, France. His work is included in corporate and private collections including many Chicago libraries and public institutions, the RISD Museum, the Newport Art Museum and others. Bob earned a Masters of Fine Art Degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Bachelors of Fine Art Degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught art and design at colleges and universities throughout the country, including; Princeton University, Brown University, Columbia College in Chicago and Saint Paul’s College in Virginia. He is Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rhode Island, where he taught for 28.5 years. Between 2010 and 2013 he served as chair of that department. From 2014-2018, Dilworth served as Director of the URI Main Art Gallery where he curated academic-centered exhibitions by local, regional and national artists. He was Chair of Africana Studies at URI from 2018–2020. He retired from the University of Rhode Island in the spring of 2020. He served on the Board of Trustees at the Newport Art Museum (2017-20) and currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Jamestown Art Center. He also currently serves on the Board of the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Group and serves as a current member of the Providence Art in City Life Commission. Dilworth lives in Providence where he works as a full-time visual artist, represented by Cade Tompkins Projects.
PAC GALLERY
560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI First floor, in between Ms. Lorraine Diner and Mixed Magic Theater. Accessible ramp entrance available at front of building. Additional parking available on the side of the building with a sculpture garden at the back. There is an entrance midway along the building. Gallery located one flight up at the end of the hall.
Any questions regarding digital submissions email-membershippac@gmail.com
Any questions regarding the show, volunteer opportunities, or general inquiries email-volunteerpawtucketartsc@gmail.com
Gallery Hours: SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS 11-2pm*