As part of its 2025 exhibition season, the Jamestown Arts Center proudly presents two solo exhibitions by acclaimed visual artists DS Kinsel and Becci Davis. Though independent, Bohemian Ossuary and Bloodstone + Home are in dialogue with one another, engaging with shared themes of ancestry, legacy, cultural memory, and the enduring human spirit. An opening reception for both exhibitions took place on Friday, September 12, 2025, at the Jamestown Arts Center. The show runs through Nov. 8, 2025.

Both exhibitions, curated by Jamestown Arts Center’s 2025 Distinguished Artist of the Year Brooke Erin Goldstein, explore ancestry, inheritance, and perseverance. Goldstein, a Rhode Island–based artist and curator known for her narrative-driven textile installations, brings a thoughtful curatorial vision that bridges personal memory with collective history, offering Pittsburgh audiences the chance to see a local artist’s work recognized on a national stage.

Bohemian Ossuary features over 50 paintings and sculptural totems created over the past five years, exploring mortality, ancestral iconography, and cultural memory. “My primary goal was to dedicate my painting practice to a specific aesthetic while creating a visual language that can be instantly associated with my work,” says Kinsel. “The subject matter allows me to explore mortality and create new myths in an expressive and large-scale manner. I am also hoping that audiences at least learn the meaning of ‘ossuary’, so many people have been intrigued by the word.”

In Bloodstone + Home, Davis uses layered collage to examine Southern lineage. “Bloodstone + Home is an examination of the family stories I was told as a child, an investigation of how the effects of past events remain present in my life, an inventory of the gifts that I’ve inherited from my ancestors, and a blueprint to guide my descendents” said Becci Davis.

Jamestown Arts Center: 18 Valley St, Jamestown, RI 02835

Sept 12-Nov 8, 2025.

This exhibition is supported by the Exposure Artist Program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and BOOM Concepts. 

Check out this fun video of the opening from the Jamestown Arts Center

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