This February, the Attleboro Arts Museum welcomes Celebrating Diversity – a breakthrough multi-cultural arts exhibition.

Celebrating Diversity represents the greatness that can be achieved when we embrace diversity and inclusion. Elena Calderón-Patiño, Community Arts Program Director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), curates this group show featuring a variety of media from over 40 New England artists.

Exhibition Dates: February 23 – March 13, 2010

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 3:30 – 6:00 pm.  Free and open to the public  •  The Attleboro Arts Museum is accessible

3:30 – 4:30        Gallery viewing; refreshments; Mohammed Intisar Kasim Ennadawi of Iraq performs on lute

4:30 – 5:00       Acknowledgments/recognition

5:00 – 6:00       Select exhibiting artists will be available for one-on-one discussions

(6:00 – 10:00)  Plan to stay for Attleboro’s Winter Night Festival, Downtown Attleboro, MA – free and open to all.  Exhibition will remain open to the public.

From February 23 – March 13, 2010 the Attleboro Arts Museum will present Celebrating Diversity – a multi-cultural exhibition honoring communities, backgrounds and points of view.  Gallery-goers will view personal responses to life in, for example, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Indonesia, China; examine artwork developed for the visually impaired; discover the creative strength of an artist with developmental challenges; and explore contemporary visual statements of global importance.  Celebrating Diversity offers a range of media and concepts.

Exhibiting Artists: Joshua 2, Nancy Aleo, Pablo Alvarez, Elizabeth Arseneau, John Avakian, Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo, Dan Butterworth, Taliabah & Carlos Cabral, Josh Carter, Jiyoung Chung, Cinzia Cittadino, Nancy Cusack, Felix Diclo, Iris Donnelly, Samantha Fields, Ana Flores, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas, Eric Mora Guillén, Francisco Hernandez, Ciriaco Herrero, Ezequiel Jiménez, Grimm Lee, Hiroko Lee, Nixon Leger, Farnaz Mobayyen, Munir Mohammed, Betsy McLaughlin, Maria Napolitano, Clare Nesdall, Debra Olin, Agustín Patiño, Kristian Rangel Villari, Tony Reeves, Monique Rolle Johnson, Amy Jean Romero, Cynthia Ross-Meeks, Affandi Setiawan, Hiroko Shikashio, Balam Soto, Dawn Spears, C.A. Stigliano, Mark Taber, Brittanny Taylor, Peter Thibeault, Sidney Tillett, Luis Villanueva, Jessica E. Vohs.

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