We will leave at 6:30 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 8:30 pm. This month, Gallery Night and The Avenue Concept (TAC) bring to you the first event of a three-part series titled “Gallery Night Providence and The Avenue Concept: Experience the best of both!”, showcasing Providence’s inviting indoor gallery spaces and vibrant outdoor art scene. This series is funded through a grant from RI Commerce.
This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Shannon Hadfield and Guest Guide Mike Ryan, publisher of Motif, RI's arts entertainment magazine! We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
PC Galleries - Present EXPAND: Hillerbrand+Magsamen+Lynn, a mixed media installation featuring a large-scale video projection and evolving tapestry of visual and written materials. Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s mesmerizing images, accompanied by playwright Kirk Lynn’s writing, explore the transformative power found in the everyday through a significant shift in scale and temporality. PCGalleries will have a button-making table so visitors can be creative with us!
AS220 Project Space - Brain Trust, a collection of recent bronzes by Bill Shockley & SwampYankee Poster Art. Shockley has a background in woodworking, creating gorgeous surfboards and skateboards. SwampYankee is a designer and illustrator known for his rock n’ roll style “gig” posters.
The Gallery at 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church - Presents a body of work by Jonny Skye, a gallerist, curator, writer, educator, and emerging artist redirecting her focus to her own painting practice. “I paint to find coherence in the incoherent…”, the Brown University graduate says in her artist statement.
Mural Activation: She Never Came / Salt Water / Empire Rising - TAC will host a Pop-up at the Mathewson Street Lot sharing stories of three spectacular murals: Garden of Journey’s Salt Water, BEZT’s She Never Came and Lauren YS’s NEW PVDFEST commissioned mural “帝国崛起 (Empire Rising)” - The Pop-up will feature a parking space takeover, illuminated and animated murals, art chairs by local artists, and complimentary cocoa & coffee.
More work from The Avenue Concept will be included along the way!
Continuous Line V (levity), 2022 by Kelly Goff
REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR SHOW UP THE NIGHT OF!
Half of the seats on the trolley or mini coach will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night! The other half of the seats 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.
