{"id":6732,"date":"2018-04-06T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T17:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2018-04-06T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T17:19:16","slug":"anne-mimi-sammis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2018\/anne-mimi-sammis\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Mimi Sammis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sammis, a Rhode Island-based painter and sculptor whose work is commissioned around the world, will receive an honorary degree of doctor of fine arts. Concurrent with receiving this honor, <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-to-host-exhibition-by-internationally-renowned-artist-anne-mimi-sammis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">URI is hosting an exhibition of her work<\/a> titled \u201cExpressions of Peace, Love &amp; Joy an exhibition of works by Anne Mimi Sammis\u201d at Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons April 20 to May 20.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, Sammis was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to create a sculpture in honor of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Golden Jubilee. Sammis\u2019 sculpture,\u00a0<em>He Has the Whole World in His Hands,<\/em>\u00a0is on permanent display in Lambeth Palace, London.\u00a0Her\u00a0<em>One Thousand Years of Peace<\/em>\u00a0exhibition of 30 bronze sculptures was shown at the United Nations in 1999, and later at The Hague, Netherlands. At her coastal Rhode Island home, Sammis holds weekly gatherings, where attendees share their art, encourage each other, and discuss topics related to art, spirituality, creativity, and inner peace. Her work and her willingness to share her gifts and support others\u2019 creativity have inspired thousands<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anne Mimi Sammis is a Rhode Island-based painter and sculptor whose work is commissioned around the world, and whose willingness to share her gifts and support others\u2019 creativity has inspired thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":6738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shg2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}