UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
A-i-R 2020
The A-i-R 2020 Program has been postponed until further notice. Stay tuned for updates.
RESIDENCY DATES
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
SELECTED ARTIST
James Williams II
Look for Upcoming Events on our Facebook page!
The A-i-R 2020 Program has been postponed until further notice. Stay tuned for updates.
RESIDENCY DATES
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
SELECTED ARTIST
James Williams II
Look for Upcoming Events on our Facebook page!
The Rockingham Fine Arts Association (RFAA) and 2020 Artist-in-Residence committee (A-i-R 2020) collaborated to create the Artist-in-Residence program with the goal of bringing professional artists to the Harrisonburg and Rockingham communities by offering community-based residencies. Through a juried process which considered literary, performing and visual artist nominations, two applicants were selected. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the indefinite postponement, only one artist, James Williams II will be participating when we resume the residency, once it is deemed safe to gather and collaborate with the community again.
The A-i-R 2020 committee mission is to support artists in areas of education, production, sabbatical and collaboration, creating connections and building networks between local artists and arts organizations, and the broader Harrisonburg and Rockingham communities. This mission underscores the committee’s goals to enrich the community’s vitality by expanding access to a wider variety of artists and artistic events; to provide artists a safe and supportive space to develop projects individually and/or explore new approaches with local partners; and to expand the network and reach of area artists by fostering collaborative possibilities with the visiting artists.
The A-i-R 2020 committee members included: Don Albright, Earlynn Miller, Lauren K. Alleyne, and Karen Robertson
The A-i-R 2020 committee mission is to support artists in areas of education, production, sabbatical and collaboration, creating connections and building networks between local artists and arts organizations, and the broader Harrisonburg and Rockingham communities. This mission underscores the committee’s goals to enrich the community’s vitality by expanding access to a wider variety of artists and artistic events; to provide artists a safe and supportive space to develop projects individually and/or explore new approaches with local partners; and to expand the network and reach of area artists by fostering collaborative possibilities with the visiting artists.
The A-i-R 2020 committee members included: Don Albright, Earlynn Miller, Lauren K. Alleyne, and Karen Robertson
James Williams II
James Williams II is a curator and interdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses painting, sculpture and photography. His works center on topics of social and cultural identity in the United States tied together by self-portraiture and narration. In 2019, Williams exhibited in Chicago and Baltimore. His most recent exhibition was the solo show, Color of the Day at Resort Baltimore located in Baltimore, MD. In 2017, Willams exhibited his curatorial project, Whatchamacallit. The exhibition, accompanied with a publication, focused on superimposed identities and the growing obsession over them. Williams is the recipient of the MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation award, the Bromo Seltzer Fellowship, and served as artist-in-residence at School 33 in Baltimore, Maryland. Williams, originally from Upstate New York, received his master’s degree from the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College Art (MICA). He currently teaches at MICA.
Want to show your work?
If interested in participating in any of our events or for further information, contact:
Ashley Sauder Miller, Director at: rocktownarts@gmail.com
Ashley Sauder Miller, Director at: rocktownarts@gmail.com
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