“Eyes in Color” is a project about the children of Amazonia that intends to focus on the importance of the rainforest as a critical place for fighting climate change.

• Exhibition/Presentation by Italian painter Franco Azzinari
• Exhibition grand opening & remarks by URI President Marc Parlange
• Greetings from President of NASO (Native American Student Organization), Vange Hopkins  
• Presentation by Professor Michelangelo La Luna 
• Poetry Reading by Italian American poet Laurence Sasso, author of Home, the Farm
• Drawings Workshop by Italian Painter Franco Azzinari
• 3:30-5:00pm – Language Center, Swan Hall 301
• Light refreshments will be served

9:00-5:00pm – Language Center, Swan Hall 301 (Open for Exhibition Visits)
Exhibit runs for three-weeks

Part of 2024 URI Italian Heritage and Cultural Month. Learn more at https://web.uri.edu/languages/2024-uri-italian-heritage-and-cultural-month/.