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Vogue
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
In Newport, a Suite of New Paintings by Cy Gavin Consider the Sea—and the Stars
On Thursday evening in Newport, a small, well-heeled creative crowd, including Carolyn Rafaelian, Jamie and Monique Coleman, conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, The Paris Review's Emily Stokes, and Karina Sokolovsky of Sotheby's, assembled in Restoration Hall—the 18,000-square-foot home to the Boatbuilding & Restoration program at IYRS School of Technology & Trades—for a dinner in honor of artist Cy Gavin. The following day, 'Cy Gavin: Seven Paintings,' an exhibition of new, site-responsive works organized by Art&Newport (the brainchild of longtime Vogue contributor Dodie Kazanjian), would open there, remaining on view—at no charge to the public—for five weeks. Cy Gavin Photo: Tyler Mitchell Born in Pittsburgh but based in the Hudson Valley, Gavin has long vested his work with an attention to the natural world, riffing on landscape and cosmology in his powerfully gestural paintings. The ones up in Newport are no different, at once inspired by IYRS's immediate surroundings (Restoration Hall sits right on Newport Harbor), by the ancient practice of celestial navigation, and by what happens at the school on a daily basis. On his first visit to the campus, some six months ago, Gavin peered down from the catwalk in Restoration Hall, watching IYRS's students learn to build boats by restoring old wooden ones. Invited to do with the space what he liked (other Art&Newport shows have transformed the historic Isaac Bell House a half-mile east, or the Belmont Chapel in the Island Cemetery), he knew quickly that he wanted to embrace the context: 'It was really difficult to imagine anything in that space that wasn't related to a boat,' Gavin says, speaking by phone from Newport. 'I think it would be lost in the space, too. And that was the point of coming: to get a sense of the venue, the orientation of it on the water, how it related to the town, how it related to where the sun sets.' In the end, his project became about 'using the space to activate the paintings.'
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Parking in Newport could get more expensive. How a Providence backed bill is the reason
NEWPORT – The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday in support of a state Senate bill that would allow municipalities in Rhode Island to levy a 7% tax on sales generated by parking lots and garages. Senate Bill 0678 and its sister House Bill 5314 made their way to the General Assembly via the City of Providence and Mayor Brett Smiley. The mayor introduced the idea in January to tackle the city's settlement-induced budget deficit. A rough estimate from the mayor's office suggested Providence could secure up to $1.8 million in annual revenue from this tax. Though dissimilar to the capital city's current deficit, the City of Newport faces its own revenue concerns, none the least of which is a backlog of infrastructure projects estimated to cost a total of $500 million. City officials have pointed to summer tourism as both a leading cause of this infrastructure maintenance challenge due to the increased usage of city roads and facilities and a possible solution in the form of additional taxes on the tourism and hospitality industry. If passed, the city would have to pass an ordinance imposing the tax, which would then be collected by the state and redistributed to the municipalities. The tax would only apply to privately-owned off-street lots and garages that charge visitors fees. Holder said the city has yet to crunch the numbers on how much revenue this tax would generate for the city, if implemented. According to Newport's Transportation Master Plan's Existing Conditions Report from 2022, there are currently 4,205 off-street public parking spaces in the city. Excluding the 484 parking stalls at the Gateway Center, 118 stalls at the Mary Street lot, 35 stalls at Long Wharf Mall and 32 stalls at Touro Court – all of which are owned by the City of Newport itself – that's 3,540 taxable spaces. One such commercial lot is the one outside of the International Yacht Restoration School, a private, nonprofit trade school on Lower Thames. IYRS President Kern Maas expressed some concern about the possible impact the tax could have on the organization's revenue at the council meeting on March 26. 'We understand the need for finding revenues is important,' Maas said. 'We support that and certainly parking revenue is a part of that conversation. With that said, we just ask that when it comes back, we look at how it impacts especially small nonprofits in Newport. It's a crucial part of our revenue and we just wanted to let you know about that. Every dollar we create and every dollar we save is another dollar for our students for scholarships or for the student experience.' Both Holder suggested that exempting commercial lots owned by nonprofits, such as IYRS, could be included in the ordinance the city writes should this enabling legislation pass in the General Assembly. This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Parking in Newport could be taxed under bill in RI General Assembly
