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Artists Renée Elizabeth Neely-TANNER and Bob Dilworth will share an ongoing conversation on topics such as creativity, production, archives, and legacy. Typically private, this dialogue will demonstrate the mutual support artists can prioritize with peers as a way to nourish their creative practice and provide encouragement during challenging times.
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Renée Elizabeth Neely-Tanner is a self-taught visual artist. She is a 2024 Artist Research Resident at the Museum of Art at The Rhode Island School of Design. Neely-Tanner grew up in the 1960-70s Black community of Berkeley, across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk, VA. The culture and kinship of that experience has shaped her worldview as an artist and as a person. She honors her mother Allison Virginia Tanner Neely, an ever present witness to her life and work, by adding ‘Tanner’ to her name.
In April 2024 The Leadership Alliance, Brown University honored Neely-Tanner at its Presidential Forum held at The Kennedy Center. Her painting Glory was commissioned to visually celebrate the achievements of 1000 Doctoral Scholars.
Exhibitions: The Project Space Gallery/AS220, Providence; The Rhode Island School of Design; The Granoff Center for Creative Arts, Brown University; Centro Cultural das Mulheres da Mare Bahia, Brasil; The Ruth J. Simmons Center, Brown University; Arts Connect International, Boston; StudioHop Gallery, Providence; Providence Public Library; and The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University.
Neely-Tanner holds an AB in English Literature and Cultures, Brown University and an MLIS in Library and Information Science/Archives Management, Simmons University.
Nationally and internationally recognized and exhibited, Bob Dilworth is the recipient of the 2024 Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, Providence RI. Dilworth’s textile works and works on canvas and paper have won many awards, including the recipient of the 2023-2025 General Operating Support for Artists Grant from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts and the 2014 Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship in painting, as well as grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities, the University of Rhode Island Council for Research, the National John Biggers Award in drawing, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
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