Hera Gallery

Tea at 5 Please join artists Elizabeth Lind and Viera Levitt for 'Tea at 5' at Hera Gallery on Thursday, August 30th from 5 to 8 p.m. for a cup of tea and an informal talk about their work. The first double-solo show in the new Hera Gallery space is ending on September 1st and we invite you to celebrate the new space with us in this closing reception. Elizabeth will also bring the tools she uses to create her stone sculptures. Tea and music provided and the event is free and open to public. The new exhibition space showcasing Elizabeth Lind on the right, and Viera Levitt on the left. Figs, Figures & Other Mysteries Elizabeth Lind speaks through the language of symbols, creating sculptures of women, evocative environments, and natural objects that allude to deeper meanings within the work. Employing direct carving techniques and using the tools and materials of thousands of years ago, her work explores the fluid nature of shifting forms under the stone's ...

Happy Summer, Golfers!   Do you golf or know someone who does? We are pleased to host our second annual golf tournament on Saturday, September 8th at the North Kingstown Municipal Golf Course to benefit Hera Gallery. All proceeds will go to the costs associated with running our non-profit art space and help Hera Gallery bring meaningful art experiences to South County.  Teams of four will enter the tournament for a fee ($100 per player) that will include the greens fees, cart, a great barbecue chicken and rib dinner, and prizes.   There will also be raffles and contests including a hole-in-one contest to win a brand new Chevrolet car from Al Cerrone!  Dinner and raffle only is $30 per person.     Location:  North Kingstown Golf Course                   615 Callahan Road, North Kingstown, RI Date:        Saturday, September 8th      ...

Our Director, Dora Szekely,  at the Awards Ceremony!   Thanks to YOUR votes, Hera Gallery has won Rhode Island Monthly's "Best Art Gallery in South County" by the 2012 Readers' Poll THANK YOU! Our BEST OF RHODE ISLAND Award!

Elizabeth Lind: Figs, Figures and Other Mysteries July 28th through September 1st Hera Gallery is pleased to present "Figs, Figures and Other Mysteries", a solo exhibition of works by Elizabeth Lind from July 28th through September 1st, 2012. The exhibition will take place in our new location on 10 High Street in Wakefield, RI. Elizabeth Lind speaks through the language of symbols, creating sculptures of women, evocative environments, and natural objects that allude to deeper meanings within the work. Employing direct carving techniques and using the tools and materials of thousands of years ago, her work explores the fluid nature of shifting forms under the stone’s surface. Lind works primarily in alabaster and marble using a simple mallet and steel hand tools. Originally from Seattle, Elizabeth grew up in New York City and settled in Rhode Island to attend RISD where she earned her master’s degree. Elizabeth Lind, Pool of Thought , marble

Viera Levitt: BEAUTY IN THE BEAST Photography of Brutalist Architecture July 28 th – September 1 st , 2012   Hera Gallery is pleased to present "Beauty in the Beast: Photography of Brutalist Architecture", a solo exhibition of works by Viera Levitt from July 28th through September 1st, 2012. The exhibition will take place in our new location on 10 High Street in Wakefield, RI. Through her photographic exploration of a style of architecture often seen as soulless and austere, Viera Levitt provides us with a new lens to discover its hidden beauty. In Rhode Island, Brutalism is most evident at CCRI’s Warwick Campus, a building that inspired Ms. Levitt, to curate her 2011 New England Art Award winning, RISCA supported group show and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities funded forum on the history and ideas of Brutalism. In this solo exhibition, Viera Levitt continues her exploration of this overlooked style, derived initially from the ideas of Le Corbusier ...