Gallery featuring state’s best young artists

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has announced the opening of the 2015 Rhode Island Scholastic Art Awards exhibit, which runs from Tuesday, Jan. 20 through Sunday, Feb. 1.

For the sixth consecutive year, the gallery is hosting this extraordinary survey of the best young talent working in middle and high school art programs across the state of Rhode Island. The annual show features more than 100 examples of student work in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture and design.

The campus community and the general public are invited to attend the award ceremony and opening reception for the artists on Sunday, Jan. 25. The award ceremony begins at 2 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall, while the reception will run from noon to 5 p.m. in the gallery.

The gallery is handicap accessible with parking along Lawrence and Leroy avenues. Its exhibits are open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The gallery is closed on Mondays.