Experience art in new ways through performances, snippets of conversation, hands-on art-making, and encounters with contemporary artists. This month, join us for The Art of Race, presented in partnership with the Center for Reconciliation (registration required); a talk and reading by Walker Mettling, the Museum’s 2017 Artist Fellow; and a conversation with artist Justin Kimball. Bring your work buddy, your studio neighbor, an old friend or a new date and start your evening with Third Thursday. 5:30-7:30 pm: Work in Process Elodie Freymann (Brown Anthropology, 2018) makes hand cut paper silhouettes using only an x-acto knife. Chat with her about her process of creating negative space compositions and handmade books and learn about her techniques for cutting detailed and fragile images. 5:30-8:30 pm: Hands-on Art - This is Our Dream Using Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic text, illustrate your hopes and dreams for your country, community, or family. 6-7:30 pm: The Art of Race (registration required!) Join staff from The Center for Reconciliation and the Museum to explore slavery, the slave trade, racial identity, and reconciliation through the Museum’s collection of decorative arts. 6 pm: Artist Talk - Justin Kimball Photographer and RISD alum Justin Kimball in conversation about his solo exhibition, Elegy, on view now. 6 pm and 7 pm: Ways of Looking: Dance Discover your own perspective on art and design through guided conversation. 7 pm: Artist Fellowship Presentation - Walkeer Mettlling 2017 Artist Fellow Walker Mettling reads from his new screen printed book, "On Display in A Gallery That No Longer Exists," and talks about his research into a variety of masks in the Ethnographic Art collection. 7-8:30 pm: Community MusicWorks Sonata Series Pianist Jeff Louie performs Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 3 with violinist Luke Fatora and Amy Beach’s Violin Sonata, Op. 34 with Jesse Holstein. 7:30-8:30 pm: Inheritance Naomi Bradford (RISD Film/Animation/Video, 2019) presents Inheritance, a sound piece and sculptural object that provokes thought and discussion on the self-imposed and social politics of black hair.