Experience a collection that highlights the diversity, creativity, and ongoing evolution of contemporary ceramics over the past 50 years. Opening Reception: October 8, 4-7 pm.
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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Friends and Acquaintances, Contemporary Ceramics Collection of Craig and Martha Bachman
- October 8-30, 2026
- Opening Reception – Thursday, October 8th, 4-7pm
Experience the private collection of Craig and Martha Bachman that highlights the diversity, creativity, and ongoing evolution of contemporary ceramics over the past 50 years. Craig Bachman is a Professor of Art at Rhode Island College and the head of the Ceramics program within the Art Department.
Included in the exhibition are ceramic works by:
- Natalie Blake
- Robert Bullock
- Doug Casebeer
- Tom Coleman
- Eddie Dominguez
- Diane Eisenbach
- Ken Ferguson
- Steven Fredrick
- John Gill
- Eric Hahn
- Mark Messenger
- Ron Meyers
- Kris Nelson
- Sandi Pierantozzi
- Ken Price
- Don Reitz
- Lee Rexrode
- Doug Snider
- Paul Soldner
- Christopher Staley
- Frank Stofan
- Irv Tepper
- Peter Voulkos
- Gerald Wagner
- Jamie Walker
- Janet Williams
- Michael Wisner
- Royce Yoder
Mahler Ryder: Interrupted Inheritance
- November 12 - December 11, 2026
- Opening Reception – Thursday, November 12th, 4-7pm
This exhibition presents the work of Mahler B. Ryder alongside reflections by his daughter, Ulli K. Ryder, in a dialogue between visual and written expression, between parent and child, and between the living and the dead.
Mahler B. Ryder, Jr. was the first Black faculty member in the Illustration Department of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he taught from 1969 to 1992. His art confronted race, identity, and history; expressed joy, sorrow, rage, and love. He insisted that we look honestly at the world and acknowledge its full complexity.
Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D. is a scholar, educator, cultural strategist, and community builder whose work lives at the intersection of race, gender, identity, culture, education, and the arts. She has spent the decades since her father's death trying to understand him, his motivations, and his legacy. Sometimes she feels very close to him. Sometimes he is elusive and unknowable.
The result is a rare kind of exhibition: part memorial, part conversation, part inheritance. Two bodies of work, made decades apart, in dialogue.
This exhibition presents the work of Mahler B. Ryder alongside reflections by his daughter, Ulli K. Ryder, in a dialogue between visual and written expression, between parent and child, and between the living and the dead. Join us for an opening reception on Thursday, November 12, from 4-7 PM in...
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Contact
Bannister Gallery
Located in Rhode Island College’s Roberts Hall, the Bannister Gallery presents 7 to 8 exhibitions a year by local, regional and international artists.
- emailbannistergallery@ric.edu
- phone401-456-9765
- placeRoberts Hall 124, 330 RI College Rd, Providence, RI