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SRyou Student Exposition proposals must be submitted before February deadline
salvetoday Posted On February 1, 2023


SRyou Student Exposition is excited to be presented at Salve Regina on Wednesday, March 22. The deadline for undergraduate and graduate student proposals is approaching quickly, and students must submit proposals by Thursday, Feb. 9.

For newer students who may not know much about it, SRyou Student Exposition is an important opportunity for all students to share curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular involvements with their peers, faculty and staff.

“The theme for the 2023 SRyou Student Exposition is SRyou Sparks Change,” described Natalie Cote ’25, the SRyou Student Exposition planning committee chairwoman. “We decided on this theme, because at the heart of the critical concerns of mercy is change. We are a school filled with future leaders and future change makers. Whether their project is going to change things for their field, their class or the community, we are a University that creates change.”

Salve Regina University students enjoy and participate in the SRYou Student Exposition on campus on March 23, 2022.

SRyou will be welcoming guests from the Salve Regina community, including parents, faculty, staff and students. It will be a safe environment for attendees by following the COVID-19 guidelines put forward by the R.I. Department of Health and Salve Regina.

Students may submit proposals for any classwork, research, extracurriculars, internships, service learning, study abroad or artistic, music or theater work they would like to showcase in the exhibition. Students can also develop proposals as individuals, in groups or as representatives of campus organizations.

Through participating in this exposition, students benefit by:

  • Showcasing their academic, artistic and altruistic endeavors.
  • Developing professional presentation skills.
  • Enhancing their resumes.
  • Discovering the scope and diversity of the achievements of their peers.

The deadline for student proposals is Thursday, Feb. 9.

Please visit the SRyou website for more information. To submit a proposal form, please use this is link online. For more information, contact Cote at natalie.cote@salve.edu or email sryou@salve.edu.


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Dancers will perform original works during annual Student Choreography Showcase
salvetoday Posted On January 31, 2023


Salve Regina’s dance majors will present new works during the annual Student Choreography Showcase, directed by Lindsay Guarino, associate professor of dance and chair of the Department of Music, Theater and Dance. The performances will be Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Casino Theater.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for military and seniors, $8 for Salve Regina faculty and staff, and free for Salve Regina students. To purchase tickets, go here.

The Student Choreography Showcase features new works created by nine students majoring in dance at Salve Regina. The students are either choreographing concert dance works for the first time or have set choreography in previous years, and every piece in this showcase expresses a choreographers’ lived experiences — whether it is sharing their personal style through their movements or telling a story that may be too complex to put into words.

Choreographers for this year’s Student Choreography Showcase are as follows: Livia Armstrong ’25, Zoe Banks ’23, Morgan Dubay ’24, Maddie Gellatly ’23, Trinity Leite ’25, Sara McCormick ’23, Julia Paulo ’25, Mackenzie Robichaud ’24, and Taylor Steeves ’25.

The show is titled “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” which was inspired by Julia Paulo ’25 using this gesture in her piece, according to Guarino.

A photo from a past showcase.

“When rock, paper, scissors showed up in a student’s piece this semester, it made me think about the power of symbols,” said Guarino. “I was also struck by the irony of a childhood game serving as a choreographed symbol for negotiating complex human experiences and emotions.”

An exciting addition to this year’s showcase is that Pitches with Attitude, Salve Regina’s student a cappella group, will also perform during the show. Student choreographer Maddie Gellatly ’23 invited them to collaborate with her for a piece on Alzheimer’s entitled “Dimenticare.”

“Dimenticare means ‘to forget’ in Italian,” said Gellatly. “This piece is dedicated to my grandmother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019. I wanted to show not only her journey, but the one my family and I have taken since her diagnosis. She has been one of my biggest fans when it came to dance and inspired me to continue making dance a part of my life.”

Pitches with Attitude will be accompanying the dancers on stage for “Dimenticare,” and they will also be featured as they weave their way throughout the entire performance with songs like “Jolene” by Dolly Parton and “Wings” by Little Mix.

This photo is from a past performance.

“A program goal is for our students to find their unique artistic voices. In no place is this more evident than the annual student choreography showcase,” said Guarino. “This show positions their voices front and center, and the showcase always has a different energy and feel than our other concerts. The students truly amaze me by their dedication to their craft, the stories they share and their care in bringing their works to the stage.”

Performances will be Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Casino Theater. To purchase tickets, go here.


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Upcoming community service opportunities for February 2023
salvetoday Posted On January 30, 2023


The Center for Community Engagement and Service is offering many service opportunities for students — both ongoing ones throughout the semester and ones that happen only in the month of February. Opportunities include being in a choir, fixing bikes, gardening and more.

To register, find out more information or view all service opportunities for upcoming months, visit the Center for Community Engagement and Service’s website.

The list on the website is constantly being updated with additional opportunities, so keep checking back.

Ongoing Opportunities

On Call: Snow Shoveling Volunteers

Volunteers who have shovels and their own cars, are needed to be on call for shoveling local areas on the Island. Once it snows, volunteers will by notified by email or phone call with the locations to shovel.

St. Augustin’s Choir Volunteer

St. Augustin’s Church in Newport, is in need of volunteers to help sing in the weekly Sunday 9:30 a.m. masses. Volunteers would be responsible for learning and listening to the recordings of music before each Sunday. No transportation provided.

Bike Newport Volunteer

Reliable and responsible volunteers who enjoy working with bikes are needed this spring semester at Bike Newport. Volunteers would be helping weekly with general bike cleaning, programs, and more. This site is located on the trolley line. If someone is interested in volunteering at Bike Newport, contact Allyson McCalla at allyson@bikenewportri.org.

Housing Hotline: Crafty Crochet Volunteers

Volunteers who know how to crochet or are willing to learn are needed weekly on Wednesdays in Gerety Hall from 1-2 p.m. to help make small stuffed animals for children in need. If you are interested or would like more details, please email community.services@salve.edu.

Norman Bird Sanctuary: Mabel’s Garden Volunteers

Volunteers who have their own cars and like to garden are needed at Norman Bird Sanctuary on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. If anyone is interested, contact Joseph McLaughlin at (401) 846-2577 or jmclaughlin@normanbirdsanctuary.org.

Fab Golf Volunteers

Reliable and responsible volunteers with their own cars are needed for FabNewport’s FabGOLF program. Volunteers are needed to help weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5 p.m. teaching middle school kids how to golf. Volunteers should have experience in golf or a strong interest in teaching golf. Volunteers who are interested should reach out to Orlando Peace orlando@fabnewport.org.

John Clarke Senior Living Nursing Home Volunteer

Reliable and responsible volunteers with their own cars are needed to help at John Clarke Nursing Home with daily activities. Volunteers are needed to read to residents, do puzzles with them, play games and even bring their own interests in to share with residents. As the weather gets warmer and residents move outside, there will be some activities out in the courtyard such as gardening, paint parties and cookouts. Volunteers who are interested and want to learn more should reach out to Beth Finnegan at bfinnegan@jcrcri.org or by phone (401) 846-0743.

Gods Community Garden Volunteers

Reliable and responsible volunteers with their own cars are needed at Gods Community Garden for winter harvesting. Preferred volunteers hours are Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. If anyone is interested in volunteering at the gardens, contact Linda Wood at  lswwood@gmail.com.

Seamen’s Church Institute General Volunteer

Reliable and responsible volunteers are needed to help at Seamen’s Institute with daily office tasks. Volunteers are needed to help file, sort, shred and work in the archives. Preferred volunteers hours are once a week, any day between Wednesday to Friday. Hours are from Noon to 3 p.m. This site is located on the trolley line. If anyone is interested in volunteering at the Seamen’s Institute Newport, contact Tara Gnolfo at tara@seamensnewport.org.

Revive The Roots greenhouse volunteer
Reliable and responsible volunteers with their own cars are needed to help in the greenhouse at Revive The Roots. All volunteers can signup for their specific shift. If anyone is interested in learning more about volunteering at Revive The Roots, contact Annie Bayer at annie@revivetheroots.org.

February Opportunities

Saturday, Feb. 11: Clean Ocean Access Cleanup at Bailey’s Brook

Volunteers are needed at Bailey’s Brook from 10 a.m. to Noon to help Clean Ocean Access. Due to COVID-19, pre-registration for all of Clean Ocean Access events will be required. Each individual volunteer that will be attending must pre-register for each event they wish to attend. Please view the Clean Ocean Access website, click on the events within the calendar below to begin the sign up process. Volunteers can sign up any time prior to the event and will need to show Clean Ocean Access the confirmation email when they get to the site. Clean Ocean Access cannot have anyone show up without signing up in advance due to COVID-19. Transportation is not provided.

Friday, Feb. 24: Edward King House Rise N’ Shine Breakfast

Volunteers are needed from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. to help Edward King House Senior Center with their Rise N’ Shine Breakfast program. Volunteers will assist with making the meal, serving the meal and interacting with older adults. Students should consult the trolley line.

Saturday, Feb. 25: Gifts to Give

Volunteers are needed to help sort donation items at Gifts to Give from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All volunteers must show proof of vaccination. Van transportation is provided. Pick up will be at Miley Hall at 9:30 a.m., return at 2 p.m.

To register, find out more information or view all service opportunities for upcoming months, visit the Center for Community Engagement and Service’s website.

Featured photo is from a past service experience. 


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Mercy Mondays: Attend LGBTQ+ dignity lecture, ‘What Matters to Me and Why’ lunch
salvetoday Posted On January 30, 2023


As the spring 2023 semester gets into full swing, the McAuley Institute for Mercy Education will be offering two events in February that the Salve Regina community is invited to attend. These include a lecture and dialogue on LGBTQ+ dignity, as well as the next “What Matters to Me and Why” luncheon speaker series.

Please read below for more details.

‘Bridging and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Dignity and Life’

The first event is a McAuley Institute critical concern lecture and dialogue entitled “Bridging and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Dignity and Life” with Father Jim Martin, S.J., which will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 1., at 4 p.m. virtually. To register, go here.

Father Jim Martin, S.J

Fr. Martin will join Salve Regina for a virtual lecture and dialogue on gender and sexuality. Attendees will have the option of joining the community viewing offered in Bazarsky Lecture Hall in the O’Hare Academic Center or by tuning in via Livestream. The first fifteen attendees at the community viewing will receive a copy of the speaker’s book.

Fr. Martin will discuss how the Catholic Church can reach out to LGBTQ+ Catholics. Fr. Martin is a Jesuit priest, editor-at-large at America Magazine, and author of “Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.” He will discuss insights from this book, as well as his newest book “Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’ Greatest Miracle,” which looks at the gospel story of the raising of Lazarus.

Dr. Kaitlin Gabriele-Black, assistant professor in psychology and the McAuley Scholar in the Mercy Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaborative on Women and Gender, and Shawn Quinn ’23, vice president for the Alliance, Salve Regina’s student organization supporting the LGBTQ+ students and allies, will serve as Salve Regina respondents.

To register for this lecture and dialogue, go here. Partners of this event include the Office of Student Engagement, the LGBTQ+ Center, the Office of Residence Life, and the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life.

‘What Matters to Me and Why’ luncheon speaker series 

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Noon in Ochre Court, the “Voices of Mercy: What Matters to Me and Why” luncheon speaker series continues with Dr. John Quinn, professor in the Department of History.

Dr. John Quinn

This speaker series seeks to provide opportunities for the Salve Regina community to gather and share stories, core values and mission. Each year, the University will host one Sister of Mercy, one faculty member, one staff member, and one administrator to reflect on their lives and vocations. They will respond to the question, “What matters to me, and why?”

Lunch is provided, so please register in advance to secure a spot. Attendees should note any dietary restrictions or food allergies at the time of registration.

To register for the lunch with Dr. Quinn, go here.

If anyone is interested in bringing a class, club, department, or another group to either of these events in February, please contact Mary Beth Pelletier, program manager of mission integration, at mary.luzitano@salve.edu to coordinate.

This post is part of an ongoing series called Mercy Mondays that highlights Salve Regina’s dedication to its Mercy Mission. Search the tag Mercy Mission for more updates on the Mercy branches of Salve Regina.


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Athletics
Announcing the new head coach for women’s lacrosse
salvetoday Posted On January 27, 2023


Jessica Trautman has been named the next women’s lacrosse head coach for Salve Regina.

“I’m very glad to be welcoming Jessica onto our staff,” said Bill Villareal, acting director of athletics. “She is hungry, passionate about coaching and ready to hit the ground running with this program. I’m very excited to see her career grow here in Newport.”

Trautman previously worked as the assistant coach at Rhode Island College from 2019 to 2021 and served as head coach from 2021 to 2022.

“I am grateful and excited to be jumping into this position, and I cannot wait to get to know all the girls,” said Trautman. “I want to thank acting athletic director Bill Villareal for this opportunity and for passing on his team to me. I am excited to build a bond with these girls, especially with the move to NEWMAC.”

Trautman ran cross country, indoor track and played lacrosse at Rhode Island College where she completed her undergraduate degree in community health and wellness with a concentration in wellness and movement studies. She continued her education at Lasell University and finished her master’s degree in athletic administration, sports management in October 2022.

Trautman grew up in Narragansett Rhode Island where she also competed as a three-sport athlete and won the DIII Lacrosse State Championship in 2013.

“I am excited to bring my vision of this program to life,” she said. “I am committed to shaping these student athletes into the best players they can be. The love for the sport has always driven me to go to the next level of playing and now coach.”


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Annie Avila ’22 wins social worker award from NASW
salvetoday Posted On January 26, 2023


Annie Avila ’22, who got her degree as a double major in administration of justice and social work, fueled her passion for helping families in need during her undergraduate time at Salve Regina. Avila is currently attaining her master’s degree in social work and working in the field, and her hard work has been noticed. She was recently awarded the Promising Practitioners Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

Balancing a double major and extracurriculars

During her undergraduate studies at Salve Regina, Avila was a double major in administration of justice and social work. Outside of the classroom, she was an intern for the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention and served on the executive board for the social work club. She also became part of the Phi Alpha Honors Society, an honor society for social work students.

Avila is part of Phi Alpha Honors Society, an honor society for social work students.

Additionally, Avila was the co-founder of the Hispanic and Latinx Student Organization that strives to educate the community about the Hispanic and Latinx culture in the United States and throughout Latin America. Beginning this club is one of Avila’s proudest accomplishments of her time at Salve Regina.

“I was able to work alongside other students who shared the same experience as me and wanted to create a safe space for the Latinx community on campus,” says Avila.

It could sometimes be a challenge for Avila to balance her classes, internship, homework and a social life. However, Avila pushed through and thrived in both study and extracurriculars.

Two professors stand out to Avila as being a great support system and shaping her time at Salve Regina. Vincent Petrarca, senior lecturer in the criminal justice and criminology department, helped Avila determine her intended career path. Petrarca was Avila’s advisor from her freshman to senior year. Dr. Mary Montminy-Danna, professor of social work, is another influential figure for Avila.

“Professor Petrarca saw me grow into the person I am today,” explained Avila. “He cares about his students and truly advocates for them…. Dr. Montminy-Danna believed in me and always supported me in my decision of double majoring.”

The social work department actually nominated Avila for the Promising Practitioners Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of NASW, which was awarded to Avila at the end of 2022.

“I am very thankful for receiving this award and being chosen as someone who exemplifies a future social worker,” said Avila.

This is what Avila wrote upon receiving her award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

The connection between administration of justice and social work

 Avila loved seeing how both of her majors fit well together inside the classroom and post graduation.

“I was able to see a lot of overlap on concepts that I had learned in class and was able to look at the topics from the different lenses of social work and administration of justice,” reflected Avila.

After graduation, Avila secured a job as a clinician at the North American Family Institute, a nonprofit human service agency helping children and adults with mental health and behavioral issues in Warwick, Rhode Island.

“Over the past year, I have worked closely with at risk-youth and have been able to provide services and support to families in need,” said Avila. “I am proud to use my Spanish language skills in the field, especially to assist communities that are faced with language barriers.”

Avila explains she is fortunate to have found a job in her field right after graduating in May 2022. Also a week after graduating from Salve Regina, Avila started the advanced standing master of social work program at Rhode Island College and is anticipated to graduate in May 2023.

After graduating in May, Avila hopes to continue working with family and children in need in the states of Rhode Island and Connecticut by attaining her license in social work.

Article written by student writer Morgan Rizzo ’23

Salve Spotlights is a series of people-centered stories periodically featured on SALVEtoday. Check out the tag Salve Spotlights for more stories.


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Pell Center lecture to focus on threat to democracy, improving civic engagement
salvetoday Posted On January 25, 2023


The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy’s spring 2023 lecture series begins with a lecture entitled “The Citizen and the Challenge of American Civilization,” by Dr. Frederick Zilian, author and history lecturer. It will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall in O’Hare Academic Building. To register, go here.

Since the 1950s, the American citizen and democracy have been under stress, challenging the U.S. This lecture will examine these stresses, which have led to a civic character deficit and manifested in hyper-individualism and an unhealthy level of domestic discord. The lecture will then present an historical analogy: ancient Athens—the world’s first democracy—during the Peloponnesian War, a tale of warning. The lecture will conclude with proposals for addressing the country’s civic character deficit and improving civic engagement.

Dr. Frederick Zilian

Dr. Frederick Zilian was an educator at Portsmouth Abbey School from 1992 to 2015, where he taught history, ethics and German. He was an adjunct professor of history and politics at Salve Regina from 2016 to 2022. Zilian served for 21 years as an infantry officer in the Army.

Dr. Zilian holds a doctorate in international relations/strategic studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous articles, essays, and book reviews on history, American society, Germany, religion, music, education, climate change and globalization in a wide variety of publications from the Wall Street Journal to the Newport Daily News. He has also published a book entitled “From Confrontation to Cooperation: The Takeover of the National People’s (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr.”

For 20 years he performed as Abraham Lincoln in his one-man play, “Honest Abe.” He gives historical tours of Newport, Rhode Island, including the Battle of Rhode Island. He also contributes to the following online sites, including The Hill, The History News Network, and the Online Review of Rhode Island History. He blogs on a wide variety of subjects at www.zilianblog.com. He is writing a book on the subject of this lecture, which will be entitled “The Citizen and the Challenge of American Civilization.”

The Salve Regina community, as well as the general public, are invited attend the lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall in O’Hare Academic Building. To register, go here.


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Salve Regina’s theatre arts program to be recognized in celebrated college festival
salvetoday Posted On January 25, 2023


In the fall 2022 semester, Salve Regina’s theatre arts program staged two performances – “The Bible Women’s Project” and “The Strindberg Experiment” – that challenged audiences to examine themes around gender and sexuality. Both productions are now being recognized by the northeast regional division of the Kennedy Center American Theater College Festival (KCACTF).

“The Bible Women’s Project” has been selected to perform in its entirety. Alongside this achievement, Winder Landaverde and Nathan Nelson, both theatre arts majors, were nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Award for their performances in “The Strindberg Experiment.” Anna Anese, an actor in “The Bible Women’s Project,” was also chosen for the semifinal round for musical theatre.

Celebrating “The Bible Women’s Project”

Dr. Tara Brooke Watkins

KCACTF is an annual program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities across the country, with eight regional festivals leading to the national festival in Washington, D.C. The goal is to celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs across the country.

“The mission of the festival’s selected shows is to highlight new, creative and impactful ways that theater is changing in the country,” said Dr. Tara Brooke Watkins, assistant professor and program coordinator in the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance. “The fact that ‘The Bible Women’s Project’ was selected means that festival responders believe that Salve theater is working toward changing how theater is done in America.”

If “The Bible Women’s Project” is well-received at the regional festival, the cast has an opportunity to attend the national festival in Washington, D.C. “It could mean that Salve Regina becomes known as a place to attend if you want to do impactful and experimental theater that makes a difference in people’s lives,” Watkins said.

“The Bible Women’s Project” also shows how Salve Regina’s mission can come to life both on and off stage, according to Watkins. “‘The Bible Women’s Project’ feels like it belongs in the Sisters of Mercy tradition,” Watkins said. “It’s about women’s stories and women taking space to speak their experiences. It shows women teaching, using education and theater to act as a hand of mercy to women who have long been misunderstood, misrepresented and mistreated.”

Performers nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Award

The Irene Ryan Acting Award is a scholarship for students who have shown great depth in their acting abilities. To compete for this scholarship, nominated students must make it into the semifinal round by performing two contrasting monologues.

If they make it to the semifinal round, they perform a scene with another partner at the regional division. If they make it past that round to the finals, they perform their monologues and their scenes again. They can then receive the honor of competing at the national festival.

“Strindberg’s characters are not easy even for professional actors to tackle, so the fact that these two college students played such tortured roles to show the inner turmoil of gender identity struggles in the 19th century was highly demanding and risky,” Watkins said. “Winder and Nathan did it with such intense commitment that it made the acting seem effortless.”

Watkins was also one of two faculty members chosen to direct a one-act play at the festival. “Overall, I think Salve’s theater program is already standing out and will only stand out more once our students perform there,” she said.

Students who were involved in either production were invited to attend the northeast regional division of KCACTF, including stage managers, dramaturgs, tech crew and actors. Altogether, 20 students are attending.

“We believe in the power of theater to change lives, shift culture and perspective in groups of people, and ultimately, be used as an act of mercy towards people in the audience who might identify with stories on stage,” Watkins said. “Both plays were about rethinking everything we thought we knew about certain stories and certain people and introducing us to new stories we hadn’t heard.”


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Hamilton Gallery exhibit to feature works by digital artist Amy Beecher
salvetoday Posted On January 25, 2023


The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of artist Amy Beecher’s solo show entitled “Lifestyle Pictures.” An opening reception with short artist talk is scheduled for the artist on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. The art exhibit itself will display from Friday, Jan. 27 through Thursday, Feb. 16.

“Lifestyle Pictures” represents the newest collection of artist Amy Beecher’s digital paintings and photographs. “Lifestyle Pictures” is at its heart both a meditation on digital painting and documentation of a marriage, a domestic life, a space curated and repackaged. Beecher pushes observers of her art to examine the poetics of the banal through the lens of a digital painter alongside her daily home life and routine.

The humor of the work comes in its willingness to thumb its nose at serious painting in favor of a kind of deliberately faulty facture, hiding the sure hand of a painter schooled in the misadventures of modernism behind the digital glitch of a system she designs.

What is formal picture making here and what is emotional? What is produced by Beecher herself, and what emerges from larger systems? Beecher asks questions of the formal space of the gallery as well as the studio, making it all her personal vision board, but with a slant.

Images, taken from Amy Beecher’s website, show examples of her digital art.

Beecher composes from an archive of found and original photographic and painterly assets and feeds them into a script to create an endless array of complex and chance compositions. Included in this archive are staged photographs, produced on a set decorated to evoke a generic and gentrified domestic imaginary: yoga blocks, begonia plants, beige couches, and Beecher and her young child. The archive also includes an array of domestic detritus from her own home — including toddler boogers and the odd household dust bunny.

The resulting compositions evoke equally the aspirational vision boards ubiquitous on social media, early modernist geometric abstraction.

Beecher herself has discussed her work as a kind of “wine mom glitch abstraction.” Leaves and vistas are flattened by Mondrian-inspired grids. Enormous chicks emerge from behind gigantic exercise bands. In photographs, Beecher images herself working on digital collages, sometimes alone, sometimes with her son, eschewing The Studio for a kitchen table or a living room floor.

Amy Beecher’s artwork comprises digital imaging, text and performance. Her solo exhibitions and performances have been hosted by Hesse Flatow, The International Center for Photography in New York City; GRIN and Providence College-Galleries in Providence, Rhode Island; and Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York, among other venues. Her work has been reviewed by Art In America, Big Red Shiny, and Title Magazine. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships by New Art Center, The Macdowell Colony, Shandaken Projects and The Vermont Studio Center.

Beecher lives and works between Brattleboro, Vermont, and New York, New York, and is assistant professor of visual art and media studies at Emerson College. Her podcast, a growing archive of dialogues with other artists from 2013 onward, is The Amy Beecher Show.

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery is located in the Antone Academic Center on the campus of Salve Regina. It is handicap accessible with parking along Lawrence Avenue and Leroy Avenue. Its exhibits are open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays from Noon to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays.


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Faculty/Staff
Tracey Cameron named associate vice president and dean of students
salvetoday Posted On January 23, 2023


Dr. Tracey Cameron, a student life professional with more than 20 years of experience in higher education administration, has joined the Salve Regina community as associate vice president and dean of students. She comes to Salve Regina from Bard College at Simon’s Rock, where she has served as dean of students since 2020.

“I have a great appreciation for Salve Regina’s mission, rich history and tradition of service,” Cameron said. “I am excited about the intentional work being done with the Strategic Compass and look forward to contributing to this effort and others in my role as AVP/dean of students.”

Throughout Cameron’s career in higher education, which also includes 10 years in leadership positions at Wellesley College, she has emphasized cultivating healthy campus climates that foster a sense of belonging for all students. Focused on equity and inclusion, she designed new programs, services and co-curricular learning opportunities to promote retention, persistence and satisfaction of diverse learners.

“What I love most about working with college students is the opportunity to be a collaborative partner along their educational journey,” she said. “I feel extremely fortunate to be joining an institution like Salve Regina that is values and mission driven.”

For the last two years, Cameron worked closely with the Bard College at Simon’s Rock community to critically examine student services and to foster engagement in the overall campus experience. She led efforts to form a student success and transitions unit within the campus life department, to create a credit-bearing first-year experience seminar, and to develop a co-curricular framework centering student learning outside of the classroom.

At Wellesley College, Cameron served as assistant dean of intercultural education and director of Harambee House, a space that provides social, emotional and academic support for Black students on campus. She also was program director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, which was founded to increase diversity among minority faculty scholars in higher education.

“I’m excited to have Tracey join our Student Affairs team,” said Dr. Letizia Gambrell-Boone, vice president for student affairs. “Her extensive experience in student development will add value to our team as we provide meaningful, engaging and enjoyable experiences for our students.”

Cameron has a B.A. in journalism from Georgia State University, a M.Ed in college student personnel from Ohio University and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from Virginia Tech. Additionally, she holds graduate certificates in women’s and gender studies and in preparing the future professoriate from Virginia Tech.

She said in her first few weeks at Salve Regina, she hopes to conduct a listening tour to get a better sense of the campus, its culture and its people. “I also intend to gain a better understanding of our strengths, challenges and opportunities for success,” Cameron said. “These meetings will be critical to shaping our path forward. I invite students, staff, faculty, alumni, parents and other key stakeholders to join me in these very important conversations.”


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