Bonnie Ryvicker
Biography
I’ve had a varied professional career, including teaching Head Start and kindergarten in New York City. For more than 40 years I’ve resided in Providence. I have managed a volunteer program at a skilled nursing facility for more than two decades. When it closed, a colleague and I wrote a grant, which was funded, for an outreach program in nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout the State. I worked in marketing for Family Services of Fall River and then for Community VNA and Hospice in Attleboro.
I am presently enjoying retirement and keep busy taking classes with LLC and visiting my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I’ve been active with The Village Common of RI for many years — as a member of the Providence Village Steering Committee, Fund Development, DEI, Health and Wellness Committees, and I lead Providence Village’s walking groups. I recently joined TVC’s Board of Directors.
Artist's Statment I have always loved photography. My husband had a dark room — do you remember those from before the digital age? He had a camera with multiple lenses that he carried on our many trips. My job was to walk ahead of him and point him in the right direction to what I thought would make a lovely picture. This "job" set me up and trained my eye for finding shots that expressed the beauty, or told a story, about where we were. I especially enjoy that a photo might refresh a memory that has long since passed.
This past year, I’ve explored different techniques in photography with my new iPhone. What fun I have had!!! I enrolled in the Lifelong Learning Collaborative class, Cell Phone Photography Club. We’ve learned a lot. Although I enjoy digitally enhancing photos, I have come to realize that the inherent quality of the picture can be more important than how it is edited. (On occasion, I have totally demolished a picture by editing so much that it barely resembles the original.) I hope that you enjoy my selections. It has been such fun being asked to contribute to this Village Voices project.
Editor’s note: Visit LLC's "Gallery of Art" (
here) (lifelonglearningcollaborative.org) where you will find Bonnie’s work alongside that of others.