Greg Stones
Penguins, Zombies, and Nudes
Thirty 3.5" x 5" brightly morbid gouache paintings.
March 8th - April 7th, 2012 

"I start with a basic landscape or figure-study sketched in pencil.  Then I add a light wash of watercolor.  And then I try to think what would make the painting especially awesome.  Penguins, zombies, and nudes are invariably the answer."

Reception: Thursday, March 15th, 5pm - 8pm 

Event: Draw On! Saturday, March 31st, 2pm - 4pm
Created by the Aldrich Museum, the goal of Draw On! is to bring together an entire community of people, organizations, schools, and artists to celebrate drawing, and to discover drawing’s knack for encouraging learning while fostering communication and understanding.

Get inspired by Greg Stones' work in the Craftland Gallery and come draw with Craftland! We will create a large community drawing and you are also encouraged to bring your sketching journal for an inspired and relaxed chat & draw session, complete with snacks and drinks.

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Rhode Island Community Food Bank's Nothing Campaign
September 1 - October 15, 2011

"When most of us want food, we just go to the grocery store and buy it. But for many other Rhode Islanders, that simply isn’t an option. They come home to bare cabinets and empty refrigerators—kitchens filled with nothing.

We wanted to find something that might help the rest of us—in some small way—to understand what that feels like. So we decided to package that “Nothing” the same way we’re used to seeing foods: canned and on the shelf at the grocery store. But these empty cans are more than a symbol—purchasing a can of Nothing means putting food on a hungry Rhode Islander’s table.

Nothing was produced pro-bono by NAIL, an award-winning firm in Providence, and its advertising was made possible by Citizens Bank Foundation. Learn more by visiting nothing.org."

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July 21 - August 20, 2011
Emily Klass
The Sound the Door Makes When It Opens 

A series of detailed pen and ink drawings inspired by forms in geometry and nature. 

The Sound the Door Makes When It Opens is a series of detailed drawings inspired from cycles of growth and decay in both the man made and the natural world. In the same way buildings come together brick by brick to form a whole, so do these drawings. Using one geometric form as the starting point for each piece, lines are emphasized to create different patterns and images. I am interested in the idea of seeking perfection through repetition, and embracing the imperfections that inevitably arise.  

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June 16 - July 16, 2011
Delia Kovac
COMFORTABLE DISTANCE 

Handmade images of private and public space. Including the debut of a drawing collaboration with Marissa Paternoster. 

The works in this exhibition are evidence of long held ideas, as well as quick flights of fancy. In the spirit of the Craftland Gallery, I chose truly handmade works to exhibit. Though the works are diverse in themes and production, there are some common threads that hold them together. They all seek to highlight the latent connections between representation and abstraction. Often small repetitive abstract marks gather together to build a recognizable form, just as often they collapse on themselves and create a formal plane. It is this liminal tension that drew me to the sly contradiction in the phrase Comfortable Distance. 

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Opening reception: Thursday, October 14th from 5-8pm

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9/9/10 – 10/9/10
Islay Taylor & Devienna Anggraini present:
Chromophilia 

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7/1/10 – 7/31/10
Rebecca Siemering guest curator
Sleight of Hand - Embroidery Show

• Samantha Cotterill / mummysam
  Michael Aaron McAllister
  Leisa Rich
  Richard Saja
  Will Schaff

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5/27/10 – 6/26/10

Liz K. Sheehan guest curator
Souvenir Stand

Shannon Buck/ Loaded Hips Press
Lise Grossmann
James Milostan/ Paul Bunyan Fine Art
Alyssa Zygmunt/ BROOKLYNRehab

Souvenirs – French for “to remember” – are inherently contradictory. Though they evoke powerful memories for their owners, and may have high sentimental value, these objects are often cheaply and anonymously mass-produced in countries far from their point of sale. As an alternative, the artists in this exhibition share an intent to restore the maker’s biography to the souvenir, creating unique objects that reference both personal history and regional identity.

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4/22/10 – 5/22/10 Peggy Lo guest curator
Catherine Hamilton: recent works on paper.
Sketches and digital drawings from watching birds.
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3/18/10 – 4/17/10 Shannon Rankin solo show
Convergence
A survey of process, pattern, and place
A collection of exploratory installations, collages, and studies; inspired by geological and biological processes, patterns in nature, geometry, and anatomy by Shannon Rankin.
“While bearing traces of the original form, I deconstruct maps to create new geographies, suggesting the potential for a broader landscape.”

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MATERIAL DESIRES
February 11th - March 13th, 2010
Opening reception: February 11th, 5-8pm
Rebecca Siemering, guest-curator

Bright work for a dull season. At the tail-end of winter, we all get a little stir crazy, waiting for the colors of spring to pop again. Craftland Gallery will be filled with primary colors and patterns to thaw the mental freeze of winter. Colored pencils, fabric, glass and paint will fill the gallery with eye-popping warmth and wonder.

Material Desires is guest curated by Providence artist Rebecca Siemering and features the work of Jenine Bressner, Lynne Harlow, Peter Lutz, Jennifer Maestre, Barbara Owen and Islay Taylor.
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WORK BY MERRILEE CHALLISS & MARGARET OOMEN
January 7th – February 6th, 2010
Opening reception: January 14th, 5-8pm
Faythe Levine, guest-curator

Merrilee brings her gouache and ink images of a darkly humorous view of natural history all the way from Birmingham, Alabama. Hailing from Aurora, Ontario, Margaret makes work that combines her fascination with science as a medical doctor with her love of nature to create crochet covered stones featuring fractal patterns and Fibonacci sequences.
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WORLD OF QUEERCRAFT
10/15/09 – 11/21/09
Opening reception: October 15th, 5-8pm
Matthew Lawrence, guest-curator

Liz Collins
Michael DiPietro
Steven Frost
Monica Panzarino
Christopher Schulz
Anna Shapiro
Jason Tranchida
Matt Underwood

World of Queercraft features work by eight artists, who present the
world using both traditional craft methods and concepts traditionally
thought of as gay, from rainbow flags to Barbra Streisand. Each piece
pushes the meanings people give queer imagery, sometimes with
unsettling and unexpected results. Matt Underwood’s video work
incorporates footage culled from gay adult websites, while Christopher
Schulz’s Pinups question preconceived ideas about pornography and the
male body. Chicago artist Steven Frost sews merit badges for
ordinary tasks, while Jason Tranchida needlepointed an enormous pink
screw using peg board and flaggers’ tape.

There are some odd overlaps: Frost and Monica Panzarino both
incorporate karaoke into their work, while Tranchida and RISD textiles
professor Liz Collins both work with flags. Collins’ Pride Blob
stretches to over eighty feet when flat; the flag was created as part
of a knitting performance in Waterplace Park in 2008.
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Boys of Summer
09/10/09 – 10/10/09

Boys of Summer is a collection of work by select crafty men from the Providence area.

Ian Henderson
Andrew Oesch
Will Schaff
Alec Thibodeau
Cody Thompson
Shawn Wallace