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On Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m., Whitehead will speak at Swan Hall in the Agnes Doody Auditorium, 60 Upper College Road. An exhibit of Whitehead鈥檚 works will be presented in the Fine Arts Center Corridor Gallery, 105 Upper College Road, from Feb. 17 through Feb. 28. The two programs are free and open to the public.
Planning continues for the events related to Whitehead鈥檚 second visit later this year.
Whitehead, professor of Sculpture and Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has been involved in numerous civic projects and has won countless awards for her work on landscapes and sustainability. Whitehead is the first to be invited to 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Distinguished Visiting Artist Program.
鈥淭his project is different from what people normally think of as a visiting artist coming to campus. Frances Whitehead will be developing a long-term relationship with 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and students across the University – in the process of creating a new, site-specific work in Rhode Island,鈥� said Sheri Wills, an artist and 溏心vlog免费B站 professor.
鈥淪he is an unusual artist who works with scientists, engineers and city planners to contribute an artist’s perspective to solving the biggest problems of our times,鈥� Wills said.
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Whitehead has been a successful designer and artist since the mid 1980s. The departments of Art and Art History, Landscape Architecture, Ocean Engineering, Geosciences, and Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design are participating in the project.
If you have questions or need more information about , contact Professor Sheri Wills, Department of Art and Art History, at (401) 874-4823 or by e-mail at sheri_wills@uri.edu. If you would like to learn more about Frances Whitehead, please visit .
This press release was written by Ashley Henry, a communications major interning in 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Marketing and Communications Department.
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