Hera Gallery

Karen Stackow exhibiting in The World’s Smallest Art Gallery* through February 1, 2015.             Karen is showing a series of pyrographic works entitled Fire Spirits. She has created images with a wood burner on weathered shingles, cedar scraps, and rounds cut from downed trees on her property. Karen describes herself as a “daughter, friend and lover” of Mother Nature and these pieces form a heartfelt testament to that relationship. Karen sighted a mountain lion on her property and this event had great impact on her attunement with the natural world. Her portraits of animals and trees in The World’s Smallest Art Gallery reflect a deep appreciation of the spirit that lays beneath the surface. To look at them is to be reminded of the importance of the wild in our lives.             Karen has a long history as a community artist in Rhode Island...

John Kotula, "Honeysuckle #1" Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends! The Gallery will be closed today, but Friday from 1-5 and Saturday 10-4 we will be open. John Kotula's "Into the Garden" and Jason Smith's "Myths & Revelations" is on display until December 20th. Both artists will be giving a talk on Wednesday, December 3rd at 7pm. Jason Smith, "Revelation: 12" (Detail)

Dear Friends of Hera, It has been a good year at Hera Gallery. We are settled in our new home at 10 High Street, we have worked to have more of a community presence, we have begun to give back to our community, and we have continued to bring high quality contemporary art to our community. We are grateful for the support we receive from you, our Friends of Hera that make much of this work possible. In 2013 artist member John Kotula, along with other local artists had an idea to make birdhouses to raise homelessness awareness. We decided to turn this idea into a fundraiser and invite artists and other community members to create birdhouses that were auctioned off as a fundraiser for the Gallery, The Welcome House, The Johnnycake Center, and the Education Exchange. The community participation was wonderful resulting in over 70 unique birdhouses, and our decision to donate 10% of our future fundraising to local non-profits. Since then we have raised funds ...

H E R A  G A L L E R Y Is pleased to present… WATER Juror: Dina Deitsch is Curator of Contemporary Art at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in  Lincoln, MA Concept: Water is the medium of life. We are born from water and remain mostly water until we return to dust. Water in dynamic cyclic flow forms 70% of the earth’s surface creating interconnected patterns of life in scaled interrelationships. Civilizations have flourished and evolved by harnessing the flow of water. Water has been essential for economic growth and has become a playground for fun and adventure.   We are inspired by the beauty and sublime nature of water. These days, contemporary water issues are also creating debates over conflicting interests at local and global levels. Concerns over enough clean drinking water, rising sea levels, powerful storms or droughts spurred by what most believe are climate change forces, fracking and energy needs, and transnationa...

The World’s Smallest Art Gallery * is pleased to present the work of Melyssa Lentini through December 15, 2014.              Melyssa Lentini studied art at CCRI and UMass Dartmouth but then she took a fifteen-year hiatus from artwork. She has recently begun to work again and is turning out vibrant, eye-catching paintings and collages that seem equally influenced by Mexican Folk Art and 60’s psychedelia. Suppose Peter Max and Frieda Kahlo had a love child who grew up to be an artist, she might do work that looks a lot like Melyssa Lentini’s.   Actually, Melyssa relates that when she decided to start painting again, one of the first things she did was a replica of Peter Max’s The Different Drummer. She also names Frieda Kahlo as a major inspiration noting that she identifies with her struggles with health and relationships. Latin American religious iconography is dominant in the group of painti...

TONIGHT! Please join Hera Member Roberta Richman to learn about The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence . 6-8pm Hera Gallery 10 High Street, South Kingstown The Institute works in schools, prisons, hospitals and streets to reduce gang or group related violence. Executive Director Teny Gross along with a few of his staff will talk about their life saving work.

Today is the LAST day to catch New Visions! If you have missed this show you must come in and see it before it's gone. There are many interesting and thought provoking works, like this one from Iris Donnelly. Our hours of operation are from 10-4pm today.

MJ yeager's and Mara Trachtenberg's work can be seen today during our gallery hours from 1-5pm. Our current show is only open for TWO more days, so come see us and our amazing artists!

Last three days to catch New Visions at Hera Gallery! Come see the work of Elizabeth Lind and Jill McLaughlin, as well as our other artists today from 1-5pm.

TONIGHT 7PM! Artist Talk with Jill McLaughlin, Mara Trachtenberg, and MJ Yeager!

Real to Reel documentary films on the theme of courage All films at 7pm Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of South County 27 North Road, Peace Dale, RI Organized by Iris Donnelly Freedom Summer (2014) Friday, September 19, 2014 Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, 700 courageous student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African-Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundation of white supremacy in Mississippi.   In 1964, less than 7 percent of Mississippi’s African-Americans were registered to vote, compared to 50 to 70 percent in other southern states.   When faced with possible loss of jobs and violence, many were dissuaded from registering to vote.

My name is Rhonda LaPorte and I am the newest intern at Hera Gallery.  I was born and raised in Rhode Island and currently reside in the beautiful town of Hopkinton.  I graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1999, and worked in non-profit television and other non-profit organizations for a number of years.   My passion for photography began after receiving my first camera at the age of twelve.  After taking that first role of film, I was hooked and rarely went anywhere without my camera.  It is this passion for the medium that led me to return to the University of Rhode Island in 2011 to pursue my Bachelor of Fine Arts. Inspiration for my photographs come from the awe inspiring beauty of the natural world.  I am committed to capturing images that can provide the viewer an opportunity to witness a moment they did not experience themselves.  My work in this medium has me photographing through...

Paintings by Pop Icon will be on display in The World's Smallest Art Gallery through November 1, 2014. Pop Icon has worked in the arts for over 20 years. After attending The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College and classes at Rhode Island School of Design, he devoted his time to running an art group known as Pop Icon & The Cocktail Club and dedicated a lot of his time in the fight for free speech and equality. Pop's primary focus is on post modern art that draws from the banal and kitschy elements of Pop Art with a major emphasis on color and fun. Pop most recently has garnered international notoriety for his series of 8x9 paintings called Art pour le douloureusement ignorant; which consist of robots, skulls, voodoo symbols & musical instruments. Pop has shown in solo & group shows at The Warwick Art Museum, The Providence Art Club, The Main Gallery at The Art Institute of Boston, Gallery Z, Gallery Insane, The Brooklyn Coffee Tea House, Colo Col...

Hera Gallery welcomes RhodeTour to South County! Saturday, September 13th 6-7:30pm Rhode Tour is a statewide mobile historical smartphone application that tells stories by and about Rhode Islanders. In a short presentation, we will introduce Rhode Tour and its features. Sandra Enos will discuss Orphanages, Asylums and Almshouses based on research on the history of Rhode Island’s places for its poor, vulnerable, delinquent, hearing impaired and disabled citizens. Visit rhodetour.org to take a thematic tour on your computer, or download the mobile app from the App Store or Google Play for a new kind of Rhode Island guidebook.

LAST DAY to see "current"! Gallery will be open 10-4!  Come down to view the work of Alexandra Broches and 16 other gallery members.

Last TWO days to see new work from Myron Rubenstein and the work of 16 other gallery members in "current"! Gallery is open 1-5 today and 10-4 tomorrow!

Last week to catch Barbara Pagh's "Foliations 1"  and the work of 16 gallery artists in "current". Gallery will be open today 1-5.

This is the LAST week to see "current"! Come see Uli Bramst's "Souvenir from China" and the work of 16 other gallery artists from 1-5 today!

Hera will be open tomorrow, but NEXT WEEK will be the opening of "New Visions"! Opening reception will be September 6th from 6-8pm. Exhibiting Artists include Jill McLaughlin, Iris Donnelly, MJ Yeager, Connie Greene, Elizabeth Lind, and Mara Trachtenberg. Enjoy a sneak peek of Mara's work depicted above!

NEXT WEEK! "New Visions" will be opening Saturday, September 6th  with a reception from 6-8pm! Exhibiting artists are Elizabeth Lind, Mara Trachtenberg, MJ Yeager, Jill McLaughlin, Iris Donnelly, and Connie Greene. (Close up of Greene's work pictured above)

Hera Gallery will be open later this week, but we'd like to share a sneak peek from our upcoming exhibition "New Visions"!  Opening Reception will be Sat, September 6, from 6-8pm. "New Visions" will display the work of Connie Greene, Mara Trachtenberg, Elizabeth Lind, MJ Yeager, Jill McLaughlin, and Iris Donnelly (who's photographic work is pictured below!).

No photograph seems to be able to fully capture Jason Smith's intricate oil work,  so come see it in person from 10-4 today!   We also have the work of 16 other gallery artists on display as well!

Greg Barnes in The World's Smallest Art Gallery Greg Barnes' drawings will be on display in The World's Smallest Art Gallery* until September 15, 2014. Greg is a twenty year old artist who lives in Newport, Rhode Island and attends the New Hampshire Institute of Arts. He is majoring in graphic design, but is enthusiastic about many different approaches to art making. In addition to these excellent drawings he also does digital work and videos. Greg's work often reflects political events and the way they impact the community and each of us personally. He uses social media and the internet as part of his inspiration as an artist. He says he wants to be part of the creative flow of the world. *The World’s Smallest Art Gallery is: • A kiosk on the South County Bike Path ( http://southcountybikepath.org/ ). It is located in Peace Dale where the bike path crosses Route 108. The kiosk is a beautifully designed and built structure that has two display cases...

"current" will have Brickley's Ice Cream at the reception tomorrow night!  Choose from either chocolate or chocolate chip cookie dough and fix it up right with sprinkles, sauce, and whipped cream! Join us from 6-8 pm to view this collection of new work by our members.