We will leave at 5:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:00 pm.
This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Frank Toti.
This is a walking tour - make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
BankRI Turks Head Gallery is showing “Drawings and Watercolors by Thea Ernest.” Ernest’s watercolor sketches are spontaneous reactions to her environment. She is curious and willing to draw anything that catches her eye – an industrial building, tomato plants in their cages, people in a cafe, a sycamore tree or her neighbor’s house. She has an intimate, easy style that’s more about capturing the feel of a place than cataloging details. She loves to be out in the world chronicling the ever-changing landscape of the state.
AS220 Main Gallery. Drawing inspiration from practices of print trades and swaps in the printmaking world, “Swap/Exchange/Trade” transforms the tradition of the print exchange to a unique collection of artwork. In an active encouragement of play, experimentation and celebration of printmaking mediums, this exhibition underscores PVDPrintmakers’ mission to create accessible opportunities for printmakers of all backgrounds.
AS220 Aborn Gallery. “Crossroads” is a group exhibition of contemporary printmaking curated by Lois Harada that highlights works from artists at the intersection of multiple identities and experiences. This exhibition responds to the 2024 United States presidential election to reflect an increasingly divisive civic climate.
AS220 Project Space. ‘Homeisland, Home is Land’ explores the complexities of the diasporic experience through the art of Edwige Charlot and Noél Puéllo. This exhibition explores themes of dislocation, rupture, and the enduring power of collective memory, through a transdisciplinary printmaking practice. Both artists, descendants of the “First Contact Island,” navigate the parallels between self, community, and culture through this work.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR SHOW UP THE NIGHT OF!
Half of the spots on the tour will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night! The other half of the spots are available to reserve in advance via Eventbrite. We ask that you donate $1 when you check out, for the convenience of guaranteeing your spot on the tour of your choice ahead of time.
Accessibility notes:
Many of the Gallery Night art spaces are wheelchair accessible. However, the trolleys we hire for Gallery Night cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
All tours involve some walking and some stops may include stairs.
We invite wheelchair users to enjoy self-guided tours on Gallery Night, and have created some suggestions (Make Your Own Tour tab page) where we note which galleries are wheelchair accessible.
Some notes to help you out the night of the event!
We recommend arriving to the Graduate 5 to 10 minutes before your tour time. One of our volunteers will be at a podium with a Gallery Night banner, near the main entrance, and will check you in and answer any questions!
If your plans change, please remember to cancel your Eventbrite reservation so that someone else can enjoy the tour.
Tours occasionally run late. We recommend allowing buffer time if you're planning on attending another event after ours.
