Exhibitions: Newport’s Colony House, Newport, RI
Community Engagement at Jane Pickens Theatre, Newport, RI
Grad Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Project Brief: The aim of the project was to consider the building as a‘canvas,’ working to understand its history and context in the city by exploring the full possibilities of
creative intervention. The project was made possible by a grant from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, which supports “the structural integrity and appropriate
adaptive reuse of key historic properties” on Aquidneck Island and in Newport County for the enjoyment of future generations.
The new intervention allows the building to evolve toward the future. Working with the theater’s owners and the Jane Pickens Friends group, I researched the structure,
brainstorming ways to expand its commercial uses and creating innovative designs to accommodate the new use.