August, 2025

A time for Road Trips, Days Off, and
               new opportunities for our members…

 

Last Call for Street Photography entries.  Final Deadline to enter is Midnight, July 30th for On the Street: with Harvey Stein  This Street Photography exhibition will come to the gallery in September, with a talk by juror Harvey Stein on September 30th

Entry for our Sixth Annual Spotlight Member Exhibition  is open through August 10th.  Work is juried, and installed as a set of five related images, with Karen Haas as juror. We have updated the entry form, details below, or on the entry page.  
Entry closes August 10th

Currently in the gallery: Resistance: Seen or Unseen A juried exploration of Resistance, from the physical to the conceptual. Presented in tandem with I Found it: My Mother’s House A solo exhibition, in our Focus Gallery by Russell Hart, featuring images from his recently published book, of the same title. Both exhibitions are on view through September 12th, with a Gallery Night Providence reception on August 21st. 

Analog Saturdays:  Join us for our next meetup on August 2nd, 9:30am for conversation, sharing and occasional presentations by members and service providers. Open to Members and prospective members, shooting film, or an interest in working with any analog process.

No Print Share/ Peer Review scheduled for August 

Details and links to events are included below, and also available on our website at riphotocenter.org
The gallery is open Wednesdays – Saturdays,  Noon – 6:00pm or by appointment

 

                                             – David DeMelim
                                               Managing Director

 

 

 

Calls for Entry:

Last Call, Entry closes midnight July 30th

On the Street: with Harvey Stein
                a Call for Street Photography

Entry is open for On the Street a call for Street Photography for an exhibition in September. While Street Photography has been included in most of our exhibitions at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, this call will be our first in depth look at this accessible yet challenging style of photography. We are excited to have Harvey Stein on board as juror for our first juried call for Street Photography. 

Stein’s photographs are in over 60 museum, corporate and private collections. He currently teaches at the International Center of Photography in New York and the Los Angeles Center of Photography and conducts workshops worldwide: you can find him at harveysteinphoto.com or on Instagram @stein.harvey

Entry will close July 30th

Exhibition: Thursday, September 18th, thru Friday, October 10th, 2025
Registration Deadline:  July 30th
Delivery of Accepted Work: On or before September 13th
Opening Reception: September 18th 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 

6th Annual Juried Spotlight Member Exhibition
                Entry has been extended through August 10th

 

We have made a few changes to the entry form for this Exhibition.  Based on Member feedback, we have added the option to include a 6th image. This provides the ability to show all five of your images in sequence as you expect them to be displayed. This can be helpful if you feel the sequence is important, if the scale of the included images vary, or just to provide an overall snapshot of your entry.  Related to this, we have also added the option to include a Project Statement, separate from the required bio/artist statement.  If you have already completed your submission, and would like to add these to your project entry, you can email the jpegs or pdfs directly to gallery@riphotocenter.org with 6th Spotlight Entry as the Subject.

Our juror for this year is, Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
This Call provides an opportunity to share a small body of work, and is a great opportunity to launch a new body of work.
Submissions are accepted and displayed as a set of five images, free for Supporting Members and above, $35 for Members at all other levels.

This Member exhibition provides that rare opportunity to show a collection or series of images to tell a story or present a unified idea. Whether you have a personal story, or a set of images with a unifying theme, this juried call is your chance to exhibit your project… without the expense of mounting a solo exhibition.  

Membership is required to enter, and a Solo exhibition will be awarded to one Member.  

Full details are available on our website

Entry Deadline: August 1oth
Entry: Online 

 

Delivery of selected work: October 11th
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 16th 5:00 – 8:00pm
Exhibition: October 16th – November 14th

 

 

Currently in the Gallery:

Resistance: Seen or Unseen

A juried exploration from the People, for the People, by the People in 2025

 

 

 For this exhibition we crowd sourced a juried presentation of work from the People, by the People, for the People…  to explore the many faces and forms of Resistance, both Seen or Unseen  across the globe in 2025.  Images were submitted to answer the question, What does resistance look like, or feel like to you? Included are a range of  perspectives from the uniquely personal, to the more political and those that look to document current issues. As  and a few more conceptual solutions that reflect the inherent diversity of our community. 

Artists with work on display: Christine Acebo, Antonio Bailey, Sylvia Bandyke, Joseph Barretto, Kelly Berry, Sharon Bibeault, Jim Bremer, Robert Brooks, Rebeka Burgess, Diane Bush, Ronald Butler, Teresa Camozzi, Bill Clark,  Andrew Cohen, Tug Collective, David Current, John Diephouse, Jean Duffy, Charles A Eastman, Ellen Feldman, Vincent Ferrari, Keri Fletcher, Erica Frisk,  Joan e Gardner, Robyn Garnett, Edward Gia, Susan Goldstein, Harry Hanson, Liam Harris, Kylo-Patrick Hart, Randy Hilliker, Eitan Hirshfield, Elizabeth Hopkins, Stephan Jahanshahi, Paul Jett, Donald Johnson, Robert Johnson, Barry Jordan, Bridget Jourgensen, Barbara Kantz, Bette Kauffman, Richard Kent, Gurcharan Khanna, Glenn Kulbako, Aidan Lancaster, Prescott Moore Lassman, Noel Lopez, Michael McFadden, Todd Monjar, Andrea Morales, Katie Murphy, Paul Murray, Richard ONeill, Edward Oslund, Maurice Pacius, Zoe Perry-Wood, Jay Phyfer, Reed Pike, Joseph Podlesnik, Keith Prue, Betsy Ritz, Terry Rochford, Will Sammond, Joseph Sharketti, Jeffrey Smith, Tom Stoffregen, Jil Sutherland, Cynthia Taft, Matt Temple, Alan L Wagner, Martha Wakefield, David Whitney, Nabeel Yakzan, Ashley Young

Gallery Night Reception: Thursday, August 21st

In Person Pickup: September 13th – Noon – 5:00pm
Exhibition on View: Thursday,  June 19th – September 12th

 

As I Found it: My Mother’s House

A solo exhibition in our Focus Gallery by Russell Hart 

 

Russell’s solo exhibition presents an alternate look at resistance, a resistance to change, a resistance to letting go, and a look at what gets left behind… This look at one person’s process to honor, reflect and move forward is presented in tandem with Resistance: Seen or Unseen, a juried call for entries exploring resistance in all its varied forms. 

Presented in our Focus gallery is a selection of photographs from Russell’s recently published book, As I Found It: My Mother’s House.  Copies of the book are available and we are hosting a talk and book signing on Friday, July 18th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm, and we hope you can join us for this unique presentation.

Gallery Night Reception: Thursday, August 21st

In Person Pickup: September 13th – Noon – 5:00pm
Exhibition on View: Thursday,  June 19th – September 12th

 

 

In Person…

Analog Saturdays: 
                       First Saturday of the Month

Join us in the gallery Saturday, August 2nd 9:30am, we’ll provide the Coffee…

Come for Coffee, Conversation and to Share the joys, (and challenges) of Analog Photography.

Open to Members, and prospective members, who are working with film, or other analog photographic process. This program will run on the first Saturday of the month, and much like our Print Share & Peer Review program, will offer participants the opportunity to share their work, their knowledge, and their resources. The program will also provide the opportunity for short presentations by members or invited presenters.  

 

On view at Midstate Camera – Featured Member Bonnie Jaffe

Our Featured Member program offers the opportunity to present a small selection of member work both in the gallery and  in the surrounding community. Bonnie’s work is on display through May 9th at Midstate Camera.  More of Bonnie’s work can be found on the website she shares with her husband Marc at photojaffe.wixsite.com/photojaffe

Join us Saturday, August 2ndth
Coffee & Film: First Saturdays,  9:30am

 

Print Share & Peer Review: 
                       Second Wednesday of the Month

N0 July meting scheduled for August…

 

Want to become a RICPA Member? Membership brings many benefits and discounts, for more information and to find the membership level that fits you, visit our website at https://www.riphotocenter.org/membership-info/ You may become a member at time of entry, member benefits begin immediately and run 365 days from your start date.

 

Past Exhibitions Live On… 

The Exhibition may have ended… but the exhibition lives on online.
Once a gallery presentation ends, our exhibitions remain available online… The original exhibition links remain active and our past exhibitions can found under Exhibitions> Past or order your own copy of select exhibition catalogs here 

Exhibition catalogs are a new program launched in 2023 and are available for most of our exhibitions.  Catalogs are available in the gallery in limited quantities and links to order can be found on the respective exhibition pages and collected here to be ordered for home delivery

 

Individual Portfolio/Project Reviews:

Individual feedback opportunities are available on an ongoing basis in four different formats for 2023. These review sessions can be used to preview new work, share ideas and explore future directions or projects in development. Appointments can be scheduled online for Zoom or in person sessions at www.riphotocenter.org/portfolio-reviews-and-consultations   
Registration is open for our annual 20 minute individual Member review sessions. 
We are also offering 45 minute one on one sessions open to the public via zoom or in person at the Gallery 
New for 2022 we will also be offering “Lunch with the Director” for those interested in a more immersive conversations about your work and your goals. Lunch is included with these two hour more casual sessions.  Questions can be directed to gallery@riphotocenter.org

                                                                  

Currently Available Online:

All of our exhibitions are available on the RICPA website, past exhibitions can be found here https://www.riphotocenter.org/category/exhibits/past