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Slater Mill: Grand Opening of Jencks Education Center and Community Guild Studios
2008-11-18T18:30:00
Slater Mill: Grand Opening of Jencks Education Center & Community Guild Studios
Slater Mill presents:
The Grand Opening of Jencks Education Center and Community Guild Studios
WHERE: Slater Mill, 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket
WHEN: Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 p.m.
Established in memory of Davis Jencks, The Jencks Education Center is Slater Mill's newest major initiative and unique in the country in that it will link a national historic landmark and the birthplace of textile manufacturing with Rhode Island's growing community of talented, professional craftspeople and the public.
Housed in the new Jencks Education Center on the second floor of Slater Mill is the Community Guild Studios, a fine craft and fiber arts center for the people of Rhode Island and Southeastern New England - something which does not exist despite our state's long and rich history of textile design and manufacturing. Slater Mill will open a vibrant Center that hosts a wide variety of arts and handcraft workshops, educational programs, after school learning opportunities and business and group events. The high caliber of talent within our local community will be brought to the public through individual and culturally themed exhibits and educational programs.
Remarks will be made by:
Honorable James E. Doyle, Mayor, City of Pawtucket
Randy Rosenbaum, Executive Director, RISCA
Steve Lubar, Director, John Nicholas Brown Cente
Janice Kissinger, CEO, Slater Mill
Visit www.slatermill.org for more info.
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