FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (401) 831-7440 Fax: (401) 831-8583
November 1, 2007
PPS Inaugurates Most Endangered Properties Traveling Exhibit
The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) is pleased to announce the first-ever Most Endangered Properties Traveling Exhibit, which will kick off in the Carriage House Gallery at the John Nicholas Brown Center (JNBC), Brown University's center for the public humanities. The Carriage House Gallery is located at 47 Power Street adjacent to the JNBC's headquarters in the historic Nightingale-Brown House on College Hill. The Traveling Exhibit includes a selection of the best photographs from the Most Endangered Properties Gallery Exhibit and features images and status updates for all eleven properties on the 2007 Most Endangered List. The goal of the Traveling Exhibit is to eventually reach all twenty-six Providence neighborhoods. The show will be on display in public spaces such as libraries, cafes, galleries, and renovated mill buildings.
The Traveling Exhibit follows the successful return of the celebrated Most Endangered Properties Gallery Exhibit, which has been on display in the atrium of the Peerless Building since October 18. A closing reception at the Peerless on November 9, 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. will mark the end of this Gallery Exhibit. The Most Endangered Properties List has long been one of PPS's most respected programs and its accompanying photography exhibit was a popular annual event from 1994 until 2003. In 2004, PPS undertook a Ten Year Anniversary Retrospective and after a three-year hiatus, the Most Endangered Properties List returned in 2007. Local professional photographers have generously donated their time and talent to both the traveling and gallery exhibits. Artists participating this year are Michael Cevoli, David Ellis, Stephanie Ewens, Peter Goldberg, Erik Gould, Matt Kierstead, Scott Lapham, Brian McDonald, Frank Mullin, David Simione, and Olivia Sauerwein Winter.
The Most Endangered Properties List helps call attention to significant historic and architectural resources citywide now endangered by threats such as deterioration, insufficient funds, insensitive public policy and inappropriate development-problems that frequently jeopardize cultural and historic resources throughout Providence. According to PPS Executive Director Jack Gold "PPS is delighted that Brown's JNBC will kick off the traveling exhibit and eager to increase the visibility and exposure of these endangered resources as the exhibit moves to neighborhoods throughout the city, in particular those areas nearby endangered buildings on the List."
The John Nicholas Brown Center will sponsor an opening reception for the Traveling Exhibit on Thursday, November 15 (Gallery Night), 5:00 - 9:00 P.M. Please call PPS at (401) 831-7440 or visit www.ppsri.org <http://www.ppsri.org/> for information and updates on where the exhibit will travel next.
The Providence Preservation Society, founded in 1956, is a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life in the city of Providence through historic preservation and the enhancement of the built environment.
The John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization is Brown University's center for the public humanities. They support students and faculty who connect the public to history, art, and culture, and they sponsor programs that consider the ways in which the humanities enrich everyday life.
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