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Framing is often treated as an afterthought, yet it remains integral to how artwork is seen, preserved, and ultimately valued. This talk with professional framer C.F. Hayback considers framing as an extension of artistic practice, one that shapes both presentation and longevity, particularly within coastal environments where humidity and salt air pose ongoing risks.Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Hayback will offer practical guidance on preparing work for framing, selecting materials that balance protection and aesthetics, and avoiding common missteps. The session will also address strategies for artists who frame their own work, alongside advice on how to collaborate effectively with professional framers. A selection of tools and DIY supplies will be available for closer examination.
Trained as both an artist and a framer (BFA, Boston University School of Fine Arts), Hayback brings a dual perspective grounded in craftsmanship and creative practice. His career includes founding Nor’east Frameworks and Gallery H2 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, as well as ongoing involvement with seARTS and Cape Ann Plein Air.
Open to artists at all stages, this program offers a focused introduction to framing as both a technical skill and a critical component of artistic presentation.

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Framing is often treated as an afterthought, yet it remains integral to how artwork is seen, preserved,...

Elevate & Protect Your Artwork: A Framing Talk with CF Hayback

“Why Gauguin Matters: Artistic Response from Matisse to Global Contemporary Art”
Prof. Elizabeth Childs, The Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Modern Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis RSVP encouraged | Free and open to the publicPaul Gauguin (1848–1903) is recognized as a seminal figure in French Post-Impressionism and modernism, notable for his non-naturalistic use of color and decorative flattening of space. Elizabeth Childs explores the enduring influence of Gauguin across modern and contemporary art, from Picasso and Matisse, who admired his work in early 20th-century Paris, to international women artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Amrita Sher-Gil, who brought distinct perspectives to his themes. More recently, Pacific Islander artists such as Yuki Kihara, Tyla Vaeau, and Kay George have engaged critically with Gauguin’s legacy, interrogating its gendered and racial politics and reimagining his imagery in contemporary contexts. These works respond to the existential questions Gauguin posed in Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?—a painting on view nearby at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.ABOUT THE LECTURER
Professor Elizabeth Childs, Washington University in St. Louis, specializes in modern art, encompassing late eighteenth- through early twentieth-century European art and visual culture, broadly defined. She is a specialist in European avant-garde modernism, particularly painting, photography, and prints, and has published on key figures including Daumier, Degas, Van Gogh, and Gauguin, as well as select chapters of American art, including the photography of exploration, the earth works of Robert Smithson, and the exoticism of John La Farge and historian Henry Adams. Her work on Gauguin emphasizes his engagement with Tahitian and Marquesan culture, colonial society, photography, world religions, and the construction of a primitivist identity, with a forthcoming monograph on his late work and writings in progress.
In her courses, Professor Childs considers art in relation to political, social, and ideological contexts, with particular attention to colonialism, imperialism, tourism, anthropology, and exploration. She is broadly interested in exoticism, orientalism, and japonisme in both fine and popular arts, the study of gender and race, theories and practices of landscape painting and photography, modern art in transnational contexts, and the collection and interpretation of non-Western objects in the Euro-American art world. Her research also explores art’s intersections with science, cultural geography, censorship, female agency, and humor in visual culture, particularly caricature.ABOUT THE MARK S. WEIL LECTUREThe Mark Steinberg Weil Art History Lecture at Jamestown Arts Center is a free public program established in memory of artist Joan Hall’s late husband. Each year, the lecture invites a distinguished art historian to speak on a topic connected to Professor Weil’s areas of research, continuing his legacy of scholarship, curiosity, and deep engagement with the visual arts.Mark S. Weil (1939–2021) was the E. Desmond Lee Professor Emeritus for Collaboration in the Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught for nearly four decades and twice served as chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology. A specialist in Italian Baroque sculpture and early modern European art, he was a deeply influential scholar, curator, and teacher known for his commitment to close looking and firsthand engagement with works of art. He was also a passionate collector of Old Master prints, drawings, and sculpture, a collection that was gifted to the Saint Louis Art Museum upon his death. In his own artistic practice, he created a series of self-portraits reflected in sculptural works. In retirement, he lived in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he continued his research, mentoring, and artistic practice, and remained a dedicated supporter of the arts and humanities.

Local Event: JAC Talk: Mark S. Weil Lecture with Prof. Elizabeth C. Childs

JAC Talk: Mark S. Weil Lecture with Prof....

“Why Gauguin Matters: Artistic Response from Matisse to Global Contemporary Art”
Prof. Elizabeth Childs, The Etta and Mark...

JAC Talk: Mark S. Weil Lecture with Prof. Elizabeth C. Childs

A presentation of his new book, Happiness Ruined Everything

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Some of these essays appeared, at times in different form, in the following publications: SPIN, Poetry, Slice, Poets &amp; Writers, Ploughshares Blog, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books, &amp; FENCE.
The talk will begin with a few words on the genesis of Happiness Ruined Everything, sharing the unique journey of the book to publication. Following a selection of readings, Klein will offer insights into the writing process—exploring the moments that shaped the essays but never made it to the page. The evening will conclude with a Q&amp;A session, giving the audience a chance to engage directly with the author. Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will be hosted after the talk.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Klein is a five-time finalist and two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for poetry. He's also the author of two books of autobiography and his work has appeared in Poetry, Paris Review, American Poetry Review, Tin House, Bennington Review and many other publications. He has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence, Binghamton University, Hunter College, the Fine Arts Work Center summer program (where he also had a fellowship in poetry in 1990), and for more than 20 years was on the MFA faculty at Goddard College. His new book,"Happiness Ruined Everything: Essays" was just published by Galileo Books. Currently, he is a consultant and editor (and sometime ghostwriter) for people who are working on memoirs and/or poetry manuscripts.

Local Event: JAC Talk: Michael Klein

JAC Talk: Michael Klein

A presentation of his new book, Happiness Ruined Everything

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In conjunction with the exhibition NEXT 

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On view from April 10 through June 13, 2026, <a href="https://www.jamestownartcenter.org/upcoming-exhibitions/next" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NEXT</a> gathers a new generation of artists connected to Jamestown—those who grew up on the island or spent formative years within its orbit. Across media, the exhibition traces how local experience persists, mutates, and reappears within contemporary artistic production. This program brings those undercurrents into conversation, making visible the relational and generational dynamics that animate the work.
Participating artists include Gabriella Andreozzi, Eliza Boyer, Kyle Canyon, Michela Colognese, Genevieve Dupre, Caia Diepenbrock, Sarah Hirsch, Ella Hutchinson, Jenny Lathan, Ailsa Petrie, Islay Petrie, Cordelia Thomas, Teddy Trocki-Ryba, Alexi Sarah Widoff, and Casey Weibust.

Local Event: The “Next” Contestant: A Game Show–Style Artist Discussion

The “Next” Contestant: A Game Show–Style Artist...

In conjunction with the exhibition NEXT 

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On view from April 10 through June 13, 2026, NEXT...

The “Next” Contestant: A Game Show–Style Artist Discussion

The Summer Soirée is JAC’s most anticipated event of the year and a celebration of creativity and community.
This unforgettable evening features captivating art, delicious summer fare, a lively auction, a raw bar, and most importantly, your support. Your generosity helps JAC continue to be a place where creativity thrives through art exhibitions, live music, theatre and dance performances, film screenings, and educational programs for all ages.
The Summer Soirée directly funds our scholarship program, ensuring that children, teens, and adults have access to the classes, workshops, and events that make art and education accessible to all.

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Summer Soirée

The Summer Soirée is JAC’s most anticipated event of the year and a celebration of creativity and community.
This unforgettable...

RSVP encouraged | Pay-what-you-can | Walk-ins welcomeAn evening with acclaimed writer Brad Gooch, this talk celebrates the release of his new memoir, Good Morning Moon: A Snapshot of an American Family. The book is more than a chronicle of a modern family, it is an unflinchingly honest account of Gooch’s decision to start a family later in life—an unexpected leap following decades in which such possibilities were unimaginable. Gooch movingly describes living through the AIDS crisis in New York, the loss of his first great love, and a surprise second act that includes finding love again, marrying his husband Paul and welcoming two boys through surrogacy.
Gooch writes with vulnerability about all that parenthood brings: not only joy and wonder, but also anxieties, night frights, money worries, and many universal themes that parents of children young and old will recognize. As with many parents, the arrival of children invites us to question our own mortality. Children become “living chronometers,” marking time in a way that reignites Gooch’s curiosity about his own upbringing as an only child in Pennsylvania. What he doesn’t expect to find is a mystery hidden in plain sight , one that only a DNA test can solve.
Brad Gooch&nbsp;is a poet, novelist, and biographer whose previous ten books include&nbsp;the bestselling&nbsp;Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, winner of the 2025 Lambda Award for Biography, a&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;Book Critics Favorite Pick of the Year, and soon to be a television series from Andrew Haigh;&nbsp;Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestseller;&nbsp;City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara;&nbsp;Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America; and the memoir&nbsp;Smash Cut. He is the recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, and lives in New York City.

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JAC Talk: Brad Gooch’s Memoir “Good Morning Moon”

RSVP encouraged | Pay-what-you-can | Walk-ins welcomeAn evening with acclaimed writer Brad Gooch, this talk celebrates the...

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📣Announcing the QDC Rally and Public Q&amp;A Session
…They planned it quietly. A massive sewage sludge processing plant, right here in North Kingstown.
Using a process called pyrolysis, this industrial facility could bring air pollution, strong odors, heavy truck traffic, and noise into our community.
Residents were left out of the process. No real transparency. No meaningful input.
Now we’re speaking up.
Join your neighbors for the: “Stop the Sewage Sludge Rally” ⏰ Tuesday, April 28th 5:00 PM 👉 Quonset O’Club : 200 Lt James Brown Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852
Tell the Quonset Development Corporation: Restore trust. Protect our town. TERMINATE THIS PROJECT.

Local Event: Stop the Sludge Public Rally and QDC Q&A

Stop the Sludge Public Rally and QDC Q&A

📣Announcing the QDC Rally and Public Q&A Session
…They planned it quietly.  A massive sewage sludge processing plant, right...

TWO DAYS -- Friday &amp; Saturday, May 1 &amp; 2 from 8am – 1pm. 100's of great items! OUTDOOR FURNITURE, MOWING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, HOME DÉCOR, ART, BOOKS, GAMES &amp; MORE!



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TWO DAYS -- Friday & Saturday, May 1 & 2 from 8am – 1pm. 100's of great items! OUTDOOR FURNITURE, MOWING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, HOME...

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Join us for a delicious community feast featuring scrambled eggs, ham, baked beans, home fries, johnny cakes, muffins, pie, and more. Tickets are available at the door or by phone, with take-out options and charming homemade May baskets filled with fudge or flowers also available for purchase.

Local Event: 56th Annual May Breakfast

56th Annual May Breakfast

Join us for a delicious community feast featuring scrambled eggs, ham, baked beans, home fries, johnny cakes, muffins, pie, and...

May 1 &amp; May 2, 8a - 1p51 Surrey Lane, North Kingstown100's of great items -- cash only / rain or shineOUTDOOR FURNITURE, MOWING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, HOME D&Eacute;COR,


ART, BOOKS, GAMES,&nbsp;&amp; MORE!

May 1 & May 2, 8a - 1p51 Surrey Lane, North Kingstown100's of great items -- cash only / rain or shineOUTDOOR FURNITURE, MOWING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS,...

South County, RI, April 24th, 2026 - Dennis McGuire AAMS, ADPA, RICP, Managing Partner of McGuire Wealth Management in Wakefield, RI has been recognized as a 2026 Rhode Island Best-In-State Wealth Advisor by Forbes.*&nbsp; 
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