{"id":83283,"date":"2023-02-03T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=83283"},"modified":"2023-02-07T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T18:02:09","slug":"alumna-artist-agonza-to-lead-culture-and-canvas-paint-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/alumna-artist-agonza-to-lead-culture-and-canvas-paint-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna, artist AGonza to lead Culture and Canvas paint session"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/span> <\/b>This event has been rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.<\/strong> in the Hardge Forum. Registration is still required<\/a> as space is limited.<\/p>\n\n\n

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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 3, 2023 \u2013 On Monday, Feb. 6<\/strong>, artist and alum Angela Gonzalez \u201916, also known as AGonza, will return to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston Campus to lead a small group paint workshop at the Multicultural Student Services Center. The Culture and Canvas event is presented in collaboration with the Black Student Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u201crevolutionist\u2019s artist,\u201d Gonzalez believes in the power of art\u2014and of artists\u2014to spark conversation, bring people together, and inspire change. Gonzalez grew up in Providence\u2019s Manton Heights but spent her teen years in the Dominican Republic. She entered 溏心vlog免费B站 through the Talent Development program<\/a> and found a home in the Department of Art and Art History, and mentors in TD academic advisor Edward Shear and art professor Bob Dilworth. She graduated with a B.A in art, and a minor in theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gonzalez sees art as therapeutic and says it has helped her in her own mental health. She believes the conversation that art can spur and the healing it can bring is good for the community as much as for the individual.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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