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

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“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

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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.

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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

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

Meet + Greet with Allison Bianco this Thursday during Newport Gallery Night from 5-7 pm!

A Virtual Concert with the Heifetz Institute

April 17, 7 - 8:30 pm

A live-streamed concert from the Heifetz Institute exclusively for the Jamestown Arts Center. RSVP Required.

WATCH THE RECORDING of the talk here

Wednesday April 14, 12 - 1 pm EST

Join Serena Perrone for lunch and a virtual tour of her studio in Sicily, Italy. Learn more about her printmaking process and inspiration behind her work in New Impressions in this interactive discussion.

Saturday April 10, 12 - 3 pm.

Fausto Palma, an interpreter of guitar, sarangi (a 39-string violin from North India), ud (11-string Turkish guitar) and a composer and arranger will play live music in the JAC galleries. Reservations recommended.