Skip to Main ContentSearch SiteSearch Site
Top

Landscape art meets digital design in season-opening CCRI Art Gallery exhibit

Davila JackleySept. 18, 2019

The Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus Art Gallery hosts its first exhibition of the fall semester beginning today with, “On Earth: Paintings & Cross Over Images,” by renowned artist Susan Nichter.

The month-long exhibition is free and open to the public.

Nichter, a professor at Suffolk University in Boston, teaches studio classes ranging from drawing to installation courses in the college’s Art & Design Department. She is also a former Wellesley College and Rhode Island School of Design professor. Nichter’s work has been displayed nationally and internationally with exhibits throughout New England, New York, Canada and Italy.

Among her more notable displays are public works projects at the Business Improvement District in downtown Boston and The Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown, MA. She previously taught a study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic in 2010 and 2012 in addition to seminars in Rome and Milan as a Fulbright scholar. In the summer, Nichter teaches a landscape painting course on Martha’s Vineyard.

“On Earth: Paintings & Cross Over Images,” blends her landscape work with computer design to create fantasy art. The exhibit, Nichter says, “combines mediums that physically could not work together without digital intervention.”

“Landscape paintings are actually a side project, one that I only do for two weeks out of the year,” Nichter said. “My narratives span years and range in subject matter from the balancing act of motherhood and career.”

Assistant Professor of Art and Knight Campus Art Gallery Director Daniel O’Neill says the exhibition can be a valuable teaching tool for students in various programs, from Painting and Drawing to Digital Art and Graphic Design.

“We want our students to see examples of professional artists reacting to the same prompts and challenges we present to them in the classroom,” O’Neill said.

The Knight Campus Art Gallery will host three exhibitions this fall, concluding with a student-run show at the end of the semester in which students from all areas of study within the Art Department – from Ceramics to Video Art – will have an opportunity to display their work.

“Many of our shows are very interactive,” O’Neill said. “We’ve had video artists who’ve come to work with students in the Performing Arts Department who went on to become actors in the projects they were making. We try to bring in artists, or groups of artists, whose artwork can be an inspiration to our students.”

Share this story

Latest News

Newport Campus opens its doors to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County Teen Center

Newport Campus opens its doors to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County Teen Center

September 18, 2024

The Community College of Rhode Island  has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County to relocate the B&GC’s Teen Center to CCRI’s Newport County Campus as part of CCRI’s Community First initiative.

Read More

CCRI receives historic $2 million private gift to fund launch of new CCRI Advantage program

CCRI receives historic $2 million private gift to fund launch of new CCRI Advantage program

August 29, 2024

This historic gift – the largest private gift in the college's 60-year history – supports the new CCRI Advantage program, which assists students who need help with developmental programming get the guidance they need to overcome barriers and stay on track to earn their degree. 

Read More

Summer Rep season comes to a close with weekend performance of Shakespeare's Coriolanus

Summer Rep season comes to a close with weekend performance of Shakespeare's Coriolanus

August 08, 2024

The 2024 Summer Repertory theater season comes to an end beginning tonight at the Warwick Campus’ Bobby Hackett Theatre with the CCRI Players' rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, based on the life of the legendary – and controversial – Roman leader.

Read More

CCRI joins prestigious Metallica Scholars Initiative to support workforce training programs

CCRI joins prestigious Metallica Scholars Initiative to support workforce training programs

August 06, 2024

Eighteen community colleges nationwide, including CCRI, will receive a grant from the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) for $75,000 to provide financial support for students enrolled in the college’s medical assistant and patient support specialist workforce training programs.

Read More

Employee Spotlight: Maddie Burke

Employee Spotlight: Maddie Burke

July 31, 2024

Today's Employee Spotlight catches up with Maddie Burke, CCRI's Providence Campus leader who recently began her new role as the college's first Dean of Career and Technical Education, Early College & Community Partnerships, which allows her to make an even greater impact within her community and beyond. 

Read More

Summer Rep returns to CCRI with Players' adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Summer Rep returns to CCRI with Players' adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

July 17, 2024

The Community College of Rhode Island Players begin their 2024 Summer Repertory theater season tomorrow night at the Warwick Campus’ Bobby Hackett Theatre with a performance of one of William Shakespeare’s most revered works. 

Read More

RI-INBRE collaborative continues to help CCRI students, faculty meet research goals

RI-INBRE collaborative continues to help CCRI students, faculty meet research goals

July 16, 2024

Thanks to a $21 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue funding Rhode Island’s premier biomedical research collaborative, the Community College of Rhode Island remains part of an exclusive network of colleges working to develop the next generation of biotechnology experts.

Read More

Employee Spotlight: Leslie Filippelli-DiManna, DBA

Employee Spotlight: Leslie Filippelli-DiManna, DBA

July 12, 2024

Meet Leslie Filippelli-DiManna, DBA, CCRI's Interim Dean of Business, Science, Technology and Mathematics (BSTM), who's utilizing her knowledge in higher education and academia to bring new ideas to the college and help create a unique learning experience for students.

Read More

CCRI to host Building Bridges: Connecting Education and Industry to Workforce Development on Aquidneck Island

CCRI to host Building Bridges: Connecting Education and Industry to Workforce Development on Aquidneck Island

July 10, 2024

The July 17 "Building Bridges" summit at CCRI's Newport County Campus will unite key industry players and employers from Aquidneck Island to address the current labor market and workforce training needs. 

Read More

Financial Aid team earns prestigious national awards for service in higher education

Financial Aid team earns prestigious national awards for service in higher education

July 01, 2024

CCRI earned two prestigious awards this year from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) at its annual National Conference for its work in the financial aid profession and higher education community.

Read More

CCRI, Partnership for Rhode Island join forces to launch innovative work-based learning program

CCRI, Partnership for Rhode Island join forces to launch innovative work-based learning program

June 27, 2024

The college is collaborating with the Partnership for Rhode Island to join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Employer Provided Innovation Challenges (EPIC) Network, allowing students in communications and business programs to get hands-on experience working with statewide industry partners.

Read More

Class of 2022 alum's

Class of 2022 alum's "hunger" for success helps launch a new wellness movement

June 26, 2024

East Providence, RI, native and Class of 2022 graduate Eddy Vieira is the brains behind brains behind Hunger Breeds Success and Success Loves Consistency, the motto of his recently-launched apparel brand and lifestyle movement that is making waves on social media.

Read More

Theater professor Clement premiers next installment of his semi-autobiographical trilogy

Theater professor Clement premiers next installment of his semi-autobiographical trilogy

June 26, 2024

More than a year after launching his first original play, Theater professor and director Ted Clement is back with the second installment of his semi-autobiographical trilogy, The Other, written by Clement and directed by longtime colleague and CCRI alumnus David Valentin.

Read More

Employee Spotlight: Maya Geraldo

Employee Spotlight: Maya Geraldo

June 19, 2024

With a nomination from Interim President Rosemary Costigan, Maya was recently honored as one of Providence Business News’ 40 Under Forty for 2024, an annual awards program that recognizes young leaders based on their career success and involvement within their communities.  

Read More

Spring 2024 Dean's List

Spring 2024 Dean's List

June 03, 2024

Students enrolled in a degree program who have completed 12 credits with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher this semester with no grade lower than “C” are eligible for this scholastic honor.

Read More

Upcoming Events

Mar.
18

Global Wind Organization - Basic Safety Training - Ongoing

March 18, 2024 All Day

Flanagan Campus

Aug.
26

Securities Industry Essentials (SIE)

August 26, 2024 All Day

Sep.
3

Property and Casualty Insurance

September 3, 2024 8:00 AM - October 29, 2024 8:30 AM

Sep.
5

Early Childhood Education

September 5, 2024 All Day

Sep.
19

Art Orientation & Info Session - Knight

September 19, 2024 5:15 PM - 8:00 PM

Knight Campus

Sep.
19

Virtual Adult Learners Info Session

September 19, 2024 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Online