Roberta Richman

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Roberta Richman is an artist, former corrections administrator, and founding member of the arts organization Hera Gallery located in Wakefield, Rhode Island.<ref name=":1"> {{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15242A131C44F428|title=30 years, 300 shows - Hera Gallery celebrates its place in women's art movement.|last=Fleming|first=Arline A.|date=8 October 2004|newspaper=Providence Journal|access-date=2 July 2019|page=C-01}}</ref>

Work

Corrections

Richman is known as an advocate for prisoner reentry and reform of conditions for female offenders.<ref>{{cite-news|title=Hell can be a very small place|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=21 April 2016|page=19|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15C64154203A6590|access-date=7 October 2019|last=|first=|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She worked in corrections for 33 years before retiring in 2012. She began coordinating arts programs for the incarcerated, and would eventually serve as warden of the Adult Correctional Institutions' Women's Facilities in Rhode Island for 10 years. She later served as Director of Rehabilitative Services. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ri.gov/press/view/16818|title=Celebration of 33-year RIDOC Veteran Roberta Richman|last=|first=|date=June 25, 2012|website=www.ri.gov|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101014654/https://www.ri.gov/press/view/16818|archive-date=January 1, 2017|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> In retirement, she continues to advocate for the rights of the incarcerated and currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Nonviolence Institute in Providence, Rhode Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonviolenceinstitute.org/our-board-of-directors|title=Our Board of Directors|website=Nonviolenceinstitute|language=en|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> She also serves as interim director and board member of Welcome House, an emergency shelter for people living in Washington County, Rhode Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welcomehouseofsouthcounty.org/who-we-ar|title=Get to know Welcome House|website=Welcome House|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>

Visual arts

Roberta Richman is a printmaker and painter. <ref>{{cite-news|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=5 May 1968|page=W-23|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2:14728889532D3B69@EANX-NB-164DCC55445A48A3@2439982-164C82CF6240FD16@325-164C82CF6240FD16|access-date=2 July 2019|title=20th century American art to be shown here|last=|first=|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She studied printmaking at Indiana University, where she earned her MFA. She was one of the founding members of Hera Gallery a feminist art space in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She has served on the leadership of the organization since its inception in 1977.<ref name=":1" />

Awards

*2020; Acts of Leadership Award, Rhode Island<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masseur |first1=Mike |title=Roberta Richman: Making a difference in a tough place |url=https://leadershipri.org/news/making-a-difference-in-a-tough-place/ |website=Leadership Rhode Island |date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>

*2012; She Shines Women of Achievement, YWCA Rhode Island <ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=Fall 2012|title=Women of Achievement: Roberta Richman|url=https://www.sheshines.org/issues/v8n3/v8n3.pdf|journal=She Shines|volume=8|issue=3|page=17|pages=|via=}}</ref>

*2012; Criminal Justice Hall of Fame, Rhode Island.<ref name=":0" />

*1999; Goodrich Award for Distinguished Public Service, awarded by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. <ref> {{cite-news|last=Davis|first=Marion|title=Women's prison warden: Release nonviolent offenders|newspaper=Providence Journal|page=B-03|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152513B4A2314008|access-date=2 July 2019|date=14 October 1999|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

*1998; Woman of the Year, awarded by the Rhode Island Commission on Women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/rhode-island/narragansett/south-county-ridoc-veteran-richman-retires|title=South County RIDOC Veteran Richman Retires|date=2012-07-12|website=Narragansett-South Kingstown, RI Patch|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>

References

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Category:Living people

Category:Artists from Rhode Island

Category:Painters_from_Rhode_Island

Category:American_prison_wardens

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