Thursday, April 14

Extended Gallery Hours until 8 pm

Join RAW: Reassessment and Wonder Curator Danielle Ogden for an evening in the galleries

Thursday, April 7, 2022

7:30 pm

A dance film presentation and artist's talk with Ali Kenner Brodsky

Image: Still from to be near you. Photo Credit: Rich Ferri.

Save the Date: Newport String Project Performance at the JAC

March 20, 2022

3 - 4 pm

A program featuring the music of Chevalier de St Georges, Caroline Shaw and Prokofiev. Get tickets.

Friday, March 18, 2022

5-8 pm

Join the artists and curator of the exhibition RAW: Reassessment and Wonder for an Opening Reception at the JAC.

Free. Reservations required.

Image: Donna Bassin

The JAC is pleased to be the only Rhode Island screening venue for the 25th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival!

The results from the 2022 festival are in! Click for details.

Saturday, December 4, 2021

12 - 3 pm

Dancer Katie Moorhead collaborates with bassist Ian Q. Banno to present a series of improvised dances responding to the current exhibition and the gallery audience. 

Friday, October 29, 2021

5 - 8 pm

Reservations required

Reserve time to get a first look at the talented work of the JAC Membership in the Annual Members’ Show. Awards announced on Friday evening on the JAC's Instagram page by exhibition judge Entang Wiharso.

Saturday, October 30, 11 am - 3 pm

The JAC and Jesús de la Torre present a free, family-friendly festival celebrating the Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos.

Saturday, August 21, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Meet artists Jacqueline Ott and Allison Paschke at an Opening Reception for their exhibition, Scaling the Wall. In this ambitious exhibition of their work, Ott and Paschke respond to the vast wall space at the Jamestown Arts Center, presenting artwork that amplifies the shift in scale from very large to very small.

Saturday, August 7, 2021

A one-day, island-wide art tour across Conanicut Island!

Saturday, November 13 at 5:00 pm

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A film screening of the project “Waves and Shadows” followed by an Artist Roundtable discussion with Taleen Batalian and the collaborators about the project's evolution.

Friday, December 10, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm and Saturday, December 11, 10 am - 4 pm

Celebrate the holidays and support the work of participating artists and artisans during our annual Holiday Arts Market at the JAC.

Wednesday, July 28 at 7:30 pm on Zoom

A virtual conversation with artist, designer, and author Ed Schlossberg and curator Karen Conway. RSVP to receive Zoom link.

Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Watch the recorded program

“JAC Talk” is a regular program hosted by the Jamestown Arts Center to bring together artists, intellectuals, and creative minds to share their stories with the Jamestown community and beyond.

Join us for a virtual artists talk with Nick Benson, one of the 10 selected artist from the 2020 island-wide Outdoor Arts Experience. RSVP to receive Zoom link.

Join us for extended hours in the gallery on Thursday, June 10 until 7:30 pm with Ethan Cohen, the curator of the current exhibition African Avant-Garde.

Join us for an Evening Curator's Talk and Musical Performance for African Avant-Garde: Aboudia and Frédérick Bruley Bouabré at the JAC on Saturday, June 12 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Tickets are $50 per person. RSVP

Watch the recorded program

May 12, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.

The duo will be discussing their collaboration on the video work Currents, a visual, sonic and spoken word piece made in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis during this virtual lunchtime artists talk.

Watch the recorded program

“JAC Talk” is a regular program hosted by the Jamestown Arts Center to bring together artists, intellectuals, and creative minds to share their stories with the Jamestown community and beyond.

Join this virtual talk with James Payne, one of the 10 selected artist from the 2020 island-wide Outdoor Arts Experience.

Wednesday, April 28, 7:00 pm on Zoom.

WATCH THE PRESENTATION

Join Andrew Raftery for a virtual artists’ talk and learn more about this process and inspiration behind the work currently on view in New Impressions.

April 30, noon - 1 PM EST

WATCH THE PROGRAM RECORDING

Step inside the artists studio during this virtual tour and artists' talk with printmaker/painter Lisa Barsumian.