19 on Paper: MULTIPLICITY Gallery Exhibit and Sale Held At Cotuit Center For The Arts 9/12

Cotuit Center for the Arts located at 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 in Cotuit is proud to present 19 on Paper: MULTIPLICITY, a gallery exhibit & sale featuring a Rhode Island group of painters, photographers, sculptors, and printmakers who will display their in-depth exploration into the esthetics of paper.

19 on Paper: MULTIPLICITY opens to the public Saturday, September 12th with a free reception to meet the artists from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and will be on view through October 3, 2009. Gallery hours are Mon-Fri 10am-4pm: Sat 10am-2pm. For more information, please call 508-428-0669 or visit www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org.

19 on Paper, founded in 1986, is an organization of Rhode Island artists who make works of art on paper. The members, who are painters, collage artists, printmakers, book-makers, photographers and sculptors also exhibit individually. In the Spring of 1986 two artists decided to form a Rhode Island based artists' group whose purpose was "to provide a cohesive structure for the presentation of works on paper by Rhode Island artists." When nineteen professional exhibiting artists responded to the call for colleagues, the name of the group became "19 on Paper". In the ensuing years the membership has been maintained at approximately nineteen, although at times it has consisted of fewer than or more than nineteen.

Feeling strongly that the integrity of the individual's point of view should not be imposed upon, 19 on Paper believes that encouraging a diversity of approaches to works on paper energizes and enriches aesthetic expression. Not only are different mediums and techniques pursued, but also a variety of imagery, from realism to non-objective abstraction. The artists of 19 on Paper have exhibited worldwide in galleries and museums with several having been published in a variety of media.