Barbara Grandis Artist Residency
Announcing the 2026 Barbara Grandis Artist Residency Program
July 21-September 22
Every Tuesday from 5:30pm-8:000pm
This residency is open to any adult who wants to make art at any life stage, especially in their early career. This residency is aim towards artists who haven't participated in a residency before. Through this residency, you will gain experience in the field, participate in your very first exhibition, and be involved in a creative atmosphere with other artists!
For more information and to apply, please use this link
Apply by June 17th!
Coordinator
Salina Ting
Salina Ting (she/her) is a first-generation Cambodian-Chinese American multidisciplinary artist. She is an eco-enthusiast who awes over nature and often finds connections to her surroundings. She is currently attending URI for her bachelor’s in business to develop her art career. At CRC, you’d likely see her buzzing around as a Shift Lead, and furthermore, she hopes to aid artists in their artistic career in her role as an Artist Residency Coordinator. Salina also goes by Blooming Dyad, which is based on the dynamic muse between her and her daughter, Sophia. Her mission is to preserve the innate artistic spark within us through their artwork. One random fact about Salina: She participates in plastic-free July each year!
Artists
Spring 2023
Sylvia Atwood
AJ Delsignor
Leia Fifer
Laura Pichardo
Sam Samways
Souvy Souvannaseng
Summer 2024
Beatrice Alder
Charlie Best
Jayne Breakfast
Paul Briggs
Haydee Naula
Spring 2025
Alex Adara
Catherine Tiley
Lauren Ward
Emily Quinn
Julissa Magnone
Ruby Reilly
Summer 2025
Ashlee Atchinson
Camille Chew
Jourdan Christopher
Max Sanchi
Lauren Sarat
Gray Winburne
Who was Barbara Grandis?
Barbara Grandis (April 1, 1932 - March 2, 2022) is the beloved grandmother of Elizabeth Ochs, the founder and directorsof the Creative Reuse Center of RI.
Barbara, called “Mims” by family and “Bobbie” by friends, studied at the Art Students’ League and Parsons, and was a lifelong professional artist.
Mims was always sketching and painting and her kids, grand children, and great grandchildren were always encouraged to join along. Anyone could be her subject and anything could be her canvas. Some of her greatest sketches were made on receipts and napkins.
For Mims, life was art, and art was life. She encouraged magical thinking and met life with laughter. If we ever got stuck, she would exclaim, “Go baby, go!”
We dedicate this residency in her honor and share her beloved memory with her friends and family: her children and their partners: Vanessa and Peter Ochs, Susan and Steven Goldstein; her grandchildren and their partners: Juliana and Yaacob Dweck, Elizabeth Ochs and Taylor Ellowitz, David and Kelsey Goldstein and Scott Goldstein; her great-grandchildren: Harry, Emma, and Isaiah, and her siblings and their partners: Ephraim and Barbara Weinstein, Phyllis and Neil Nissel, and Sheldon and Leslie Weinstein.
