Reception for Exhibition: We All Live Here Together

Wednesday, August 28, 5 to 6:30pm: Please join us for a reception in honor of the exhibition We All Live Here Together, on view in the third floor Joan T. Boghossian Gallery during regular library hours from Friday, August 9 to Thursday, September 5.

Stop by to enjoy refreshments and conversation with the curator and participating artists, see a short performance by puppeteer Eli Nixon, and participate, if you’d like, in a collaborative cyanotype workshop with artist Kim Arthurs. 

We All Live Here Together was curated by Kotone Deguchi, Creature ConserveCuratorial Fellow

This event is free and open to the public, and takes place in the third floor Joan T. Boghossian Gallery and Seminar Room; no registration is required.

Learn more about the exhibition here.

We All Live Here Together

“Nature-culture dichotomy” makes us think “culture” is where we live with everything humans built and “nature” is far away somewhere totally separate from us. But we can challenge that belief. We All Live Here Together seeks to bring representation of wildlife and conservation closer to home by asking Rhode Island artists of all ages and experience levels questions such as: “What’s something that makes Rhode Island’s wildlife feel special to you? What plants or animals might get overlooked in the representation of conservation and local wildlife? How can we bring conservation into our daily lives?” The exhibition showcases art and writing from open submission, public workshops, and a special performance by puppeteer Eli Nixon.

Curator Kotone Deguchi is a Curatorial Fellow for Creature Conserve, a Rhode Island-based international nonprofit at the intersection of art and science. Kotone is an artist, educator, and wildlife enthusiast with a background in sculpture, youth Makerspace programming, museum fabrication, and volunteer wildlife rehabilitation.

Creature Conserve is a 501(c)(3) based in Rhode Island, and is growing a creative community that combines art with science to cultivate new pathways for wildlife conservation. Learn more here.

This exhibition is part of Creature Conserve’s 2024 Curatorial Programs and is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.