Gallery hosting Rhode Island Scholastic Art Awards exhibit

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has announced the opening of the 2016 Rhode Island Scholastic Art Awards exhibit.

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

This exhibition runs from Jan. 19-30. On Sunday, Jan. 24, the campus community and the general public are invited to attend the award ceremony and opening reception for the artists. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall, while the reception will run from 3-5 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.