Upcoming Events at Imago
Linda Megathlin, Winsome
And Yet Beauty Persists
Spotlight Artist Bill Chisholm, Guest Artist Amy Lovera
On exhibit at Imago June 5–July 13
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 7, 5–8 PM | Music by harpist Mary King | All are welcome
Visit us at Imago Gallery and experience our new group exhibit featuring IFA exhibiting artist Linda Megathlin, spotlighted IFA exhibiting artist Bill Chisholm, invited guest artist Amy Lovera as well as other IFA member artists
Other IFA exhibiting artists participating in this group exhibit include Dot Bergen, Jim Cain, David Clarke, Eileen Siobhan Collins, Mary Dondero, Crickett Fisher, Stephen Fisher, Philip Gruppuso, Eliza Goodwin, Gary Heise, Carl Keitner, Lisa Lowenstein, Eileen Mayhew, Linda Megathlin, Catherine Moylan, Mercedes Nuñez, Anne Marie Rossi, Lenny Rumpler, Duff Schweninger, Pat Warwick, and Meredith Wolf.
Regular gallery viewing hours are Thursdays 12–3 pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 12–6 PM, and Sundays from 12–4 PM.
ONGOING: Imago Film Club
Thursdays: June 12
Imago Gallery | 6:30–8 PM | Free
Join the club for a lively conversation on the art of film, facilitated by Katherine Reaves, filmmaker, videographer and Imago community member. We are a small group of film friends learning together.
Imago Film Club meets the second Thursday of each month, 6:30–8 PM in the gallery. All are welcome.
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Public Domain
Why Art Matters Panel Discussion
Moderated by IFA Artist Linda Megathlin
Thursday, June 19
Imago Gallery | 6:30–8 PM | Free
EUX, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hear from four community members from different disciplines as they discuss the nature of the artist’s creative inspiration, art’s influence throughout human history, its role in religion and spiritual practices, its effect on community, human connection and a person’s sense of well-being, and why it’s important to keep practicing and appreciating art.
Panelists
Lee Clasper-Torch, a retired faculty member at Moses Brown School in Providence currently leads workshops in philosophy, spirituality, and meditation.
Jason Ramsay, assistant professor, vertebrate morphologist, biomechanist and illustrator at Rhode Island College.
Wendy Grossman, activities therapist, and coordinator of the Healing Arts Program at Butler Hospital, a psychiatric hospital located in Providence.
Jannelle Codianni, executive director of New Urban Arts in Providence, is passionate about enhancing community resilience through collective action and equitable access to the arts.
POETRY READING & CONVERSATION
Join us at the gallery as poets Kevin McLellan, Chloe Garcia Roberts and Antonio Ochoa read from their recent books and talk with each other and the audience about the theme Passage(s).
The reading invites attendees to consider the connections and differing perspectives about movement through time, memory, relationships and more. All this, while surrounded by the artworks in our current exhibition.
Kevin McLellan, author of Sky. Pond. Mouth. (winner of the Granite State Poetry Prize)
Chloe Garcia Roberts, author of Fire Eater: A Translator’s Theology & The Reveal
Sunday, June 22 | 2–3:30 PM | Imago Gallery | FREE
Antonio Ochoa, author of pulsos and El toro de Hiroshima
RESCHEDULED
Community Member Recruitment Event

Wednesday, June 25 | 6–8 PM | Imago Gallery
Breaking News...
Imago Foundation for the Arts is looking for Community Members and volunteers.
We've grown as an organization and are busy. Your special interest or talent may be just what we're looking for.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Come to our membership drive and find out more!
