Sara Ahli (b. 1993) is an Emirati and Colombian-American visual artist based between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Providence, Rhode Island. Working with sculpture and embodied research, Ahli explores the body as a vessel for memory, transformation, and cultural inheritance. Through fashion, glass, and installation, she investigates the thresholds, limitations, and resilience of the human form. Ahli is represented by Aisha AlAbbar Gallery in the UAE. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the California College of the Arts. Her curatorial practice explores how nontraditional exhibition spaces can foster deeper public engagement, bridging the arts and everyday life.

Will Beattie (b. 1992, Queens, NY) is a sculptor working with glass casting, digital photography, and 3D printing to explore the malleability of images and glass’s historic role as both a scientific and metaphorical apparatus. Beattie received his MFA in Glass at the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA in Sculpture at SUNY Purchase. His work has been exhibited at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Abrons Arts Center, New Bedford Museum of Art, RISD Museum, and Urban Glass. He is based in Providence, Rhode Island, and has participated in workshops and residencies including Vermont Studio Center and Pilchuck Glass School.

Their work will be on view as part of Memory Palace, on view at OPEN throughout the day.

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