Bert Gallery Recommends: Sport Art

Gallery Night Providence
Smith Center for the Arts, Providence College
Thursday, January 26, 2012
5:00PM-6:45PM:
Providence College Exhibition Reception
6:45PM: Welcome & Gallery Night Preview – Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts
7:00PM: Artist Lecture by Joseph Norman – Reilly Auditorium in Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts
Providence, RI. The community is invited to a very special evening in which Gallery Night Providence, a citywide celebration of the visual arts, previews its 2012 season at the Providence College SPORT: ART exhibition. At 7:00, all are invited to a gallery talk by University of Georgia Art Professor, Joseph Norman, on his series, “Out at Home: The Negro Baseball League”, on view in the Reilly Gallery.
Gallery Night Providence helps kick off two special SPORT: ART exhibitions on the Providence College Campus: “Out at Home! The Negro Baseball League”, Joseph Norman Lithographs at the Reilly Art Gallery, Smith Center for the Arts and the Student Sports Photography Exhibition at the Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Hunt-Cavanagh Hall.
The Providence College galleries have been part of the Gallery Night Providence visual arts celebration for over a decade. Gallery Night Providence, starting its 16th season this March, is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene. On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, over twenty-one of the city’s hot “art spots” open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
The SPORT: ART exhibition and reception is free and open to the public. There will be no Gallery Night bus for the evening but there is free parking next to the Smith Center for the Arts. For more information on the Gallery Night Providence preview, please contact Catherine Bert: at bertgallery@cox.net and for the exhibits contact: Sara Young, PC Gallery Art Curator, at syoung3@providence.edu. Additional programming schedules are found at http://www.providence.edu/sportart2012.

Providence, R.I. – Providence College and its departments of art and art history, and athletics will host a two-month showcase of exhibits, lectures, and programs, focusing on sport and art entitled, SPORT: ART, from January 26 through March 29, 2012. The project will explore the significance and relationship of art and sport through media and fine arts, while examining gender, race, and cultural identities.
SPORT: ART is an unprecedented collaboration among departments across campus, promoting student involvement and diversity, combined with bringing new audiences to the world of art.
In conjunction with SPORT: ART, the College will recognize the achievements of African- Americans throughout the month of February, which is Black History Month. Exhibitions, special lectures, and receptions will pay tribute to the extraordinary contributions of distinguished African-Americans in U.S. history.
Featured images: Out at Home lithograph, courtesy of Joe Norman & the Newport Art Museum (left); Soccer photo by Jessica Ho ’14 (right).
January 19, 2012





