We continued the art theme at the Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum. It is a complex of many multistory buildings. Their exhibits are few in number and outstanding in quality. They include impressionist, Hudson River, furniture, metal work, and contemporary installations. We tagged along on a general tour and lucked out on a docent who was very informative and very interesting.
One of the viewers (J) did find an installation to critique, (actually, he felt it was a fine example of what he fondly refers to at the "King's new clothes) but even he felt it was one museum we wish we had many more hours to tour.
One of our dinners (A.L.’s) at Parkside was so large it may make two tasty leftover meals. Following dinner we made a bee line for the Providence River to watch Waterfire, the lighting of a series of barrels on a raft in the middle of the water. To the accompaniment of drums, then orchestration, and finally, opera, a fire juggler danced from barrel to barrel setting logs ablaze over the water. It was quite impressive.
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