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November 21 Gallery Night - 6:30 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 6:30 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley Street, and return to the same location around 8:30 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Shannon Hadfield via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Bannister Gallery presents Richard Whitten: Objects of Wonder, a selection of paintings that transport the viewer into a world of imagined architectural spaces. Whitten depicts imagined machines inspired by the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci and others of the Renaissance era. Viewers are invited to bring the worlds inside the paintings to life – to propel the machine into motion – through sight and thought alone.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking is proud to announce another dual show where visitors will view two exhibitions. In the large gallery, Ted DiLucia’s Night Gallery, showcases 13 paintings based on episodes from Rod Serling's Night Gallery television show, which uses fine art as a window to the paranormal and strange. On view in the small gallery is a Photography Exhibition of artists Robert Easton, Casey Wright, Samantha Gervais, Larry Maglott, and Chris Macri.

  • WaterFire Arts Center invites visitors to BuyArt, a small works holiday show featuring 30+ artists. The show encourages visitors to support local artists by giving the gift of art for the holidays and purchasing small works right 'off the wall'. New works will be added as works sell.

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 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

November 21 Gallery Night - 6:00 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 6:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 8:00 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Bradly VanDerStad via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • CIC Providence is hosting a pop-up gallery at Venture Café Providence through the Artists of CIC initiative. This exhibit, Roots and Routes, invites artists to reflect on the paths we’ve traveled and the origins we carry within us. It explores themes of transition, growth, and connection to self, heritage, and community. Throughout the exhibit, guests can enjoy networking, special programming, drinks and light fare.

  • AS220 Main Gallery presents the colorful fabric collages and ribbon quiltings by Cranston artist Carol “Cat” Wiseman as well as Inner Communications and Outer Response by Jack Ellis, a collection of mixed media work on loose canvas, cardboard, and more.

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery welcomes viewers to New and Selected Works, 1968 to 2024 by Don Smith, who works in a range of media including painting, drawing, watercolor, collage, and monoprint. This particular exhibition showcases his body of expressionist work.

  • RISD Museum The RISD Museum has a variety of different exhibits on view. On the Gallery Night tour, you can get a taste of the many amazing exhibits that the museum has to offer! Explore the show Sensory Silhouettes : Experiencing South Asian Garments before it ends next month, an immersive exhibit with audio narrations and textile samples for viewers to touch.

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

November 21 Gallery Night - 5:45 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 5:45 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley Street, and return to the same location around 7:45 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Emily Gray via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio Get an inside look at the artist’s studio and appreciate seeing both in progress & finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes & the figure, to abstract still lifes.

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts hosts their 6th Annual Open Community Member Exhibition: Be a Friend & Bring a Friend. Artwork is available to be purchased by visitors directly off the wall. Join us on Gallery Night for the opening reception of this community building event featuring the work of RICPA members.

  • The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler presents Mo Kelman’s solo show, Water Ways. She creates sculptures using malleable materials that merge abstract images of water with industrial architecture. “The natural world is forever transforming and adaptable. My artwork contemplates and celebratesnature’s relentless power, and compares it with a built world that inevitably gives way,” the artist states. The opening reception will be held on Gallery Night!

  • WaterFire Arts Center invites visitors to BuyArt, a small works holiday show featuring 30+ artists. The show encourages visitors to support local artists by giving the gift of art for the holidays and purchasing small works right 'off the wall'. New works will be added as works sell.

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:

  • Anahid Ypres and RI Photo (located in the same building) are not wheelchair accessible :(

  • 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 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

November 21 Gallery Night - 5:30 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 5:30 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:30 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Rex M. Blumenthal via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • AS220 Resident Gallery presents a culmination of work from Linda Ford’s public project “Bodies of Water, Bodies of Land, Bodies”. She says, “I fill sidewalk cracks with blue polyester elastomer, both repairing the sidewalks and referencing the waterways that once ran freely through the landscape and are now polluted, siphoned, diverted and dammed.” AS220 visitors can pick up a map that locates these installations throughout Providence, each with an embedded QR code that links to information on environmental issues.

  • Galerie le Domaine is pleased to offer a showing of work by Jean-Paul Jacquet, an American painter, sculptor, muralist, published illustrator, and educator. Jacquet’s eclectic, expressive work is culturally and socially driven, reflective of his personal observations about the world and influenced by his travels.

  • Stewart House welcomes visitors to browse their curated selection of home decor. The theme on Gallery Night is art and utilitarianism: in other words, can art be tangibly useful and still be considered high art? What defines aesthetics and how can we incorporate it - particularly in an age of anxiety - into our lives for both meaning and purpose?

  • Paper Nautilus Books presents Contours of Change by Margie Butler, a collection of paintings and mixed media works that are dynamic yet soothing to view and touch on themes of growth, duality, and process over product. “Art can be as simple as just letting something happen”, the artist notes in her statement.

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 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

November 21 Gallery Night - 5:15 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 5:15 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:15 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Frank Toti via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall, presenting the work of artists Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel in their exhibition titled YEAY YAI: An Ode to Grandmothers. Experience the stories of their beloved Southeast Asian grandmothers captured in each frame by these two talented portrait photographers.

  • 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church, exhibiting Cardboard Paintings from the Space Transformation Station by @MinioMindWarp, collection and collage of individually painted cardboard cut-outs created for protest, celebration and transformation of public space and private places. The Exhibit will be a mix of the paintings that were made for advocacy efforts for the Homeless and displaced citizens of RI and will include some fantastical elements intended to create surreal "eye candy" in "real world" settings.

  • AS220 Project Space Experience GORO, an exhibition of recent work by Chris Kilduff, including comic illustrations, collage, and mixed media pieces including plushies, skateboard decks, epoxy, and other odds and ends!

  • Providence Art Club presents The 120th Annual Little Pictures Show & Sale, the oldest and largest exhibition of small works in the United States. This year’s show features over 700 original works of all kinds, including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, jewelry, glass, fine woodworking, and more. There is something for everyone at this exhibition of local, affordable work!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

November 21 Gallery Night - 5:00 pm tour details announced!

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Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! 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 Irene Yibirin via trolley or mini coach and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Studio Hop, a local studio and shop specializing in contemporary fine art, hand crafts, jewelry, ceramics, and clothing.

  • Art in the Atrium First U is excited to host Small Works 2024, a six-week exhibit for Member Artists. The show features collage, prints, paintings, photographs, assemblages and 3-D work. Light refreshments will be served at the opening reception on Gallery Night!

  • The Bell presents Franklin Williams: It’s About Love, which evokes love, death, humor, and other emotions through his use of motifs and shapes in works of diverse mediums. This survey exhibition spans the decades of his studio-based practice and conveys the intensity of emotion for different periods and people in his life.

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 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

Thank you to all who attended October 17 Gallery Night!

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A visit to “Still Here” by Gaia

This past Gallery Night was a blast!

Between the 7 free guided tours and people visiting the gallery shows on their own, we had around 125 people participate.

We had many first-time and returning Gallery Night visitors on all tours — with all delighted to discover new spaces and learn from our knowledgeable guides. We helped one family from Pennsylvania find a parking spot for their RV in Providence so they could participate in the 6 pm tour! 

We also welcomed people from North Carolina, Florida, and of course, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Enjoy some photos and tidbits in the recap below.

“She Never Came” by BEZT

“Gallery Night Providence and The Avenue Concept : Experience the Best of Both!” was exciting and interactive for tour-goers…

Along with the beautiful visuals, everyone got to enjoy warm cocoa while learning about the artists’ processes. Members of The Avenue Concept team shared anecdotes about the work and the organization’s initiatives.

Murals She Never Came by BEZT, Salt Water by Garden of Journey, and Still Here by Gaia looked incredible illuminated.

Thank you to Cafe Modesto for providing snacks and refreshments!

“Last night was amazing being immersed in the art scene and actually getting to meet some of the artists! Can’t wait to do it again.”
— Tour goer via Instagram

Bob Dilworth showing visitors 帝国崛起 (Empire Rising) by Lauren YS

There were a few guest appearances this month, including Guest Guide and local artist Bob Dilworth, whose company was fondly enjoyed on the 5:30 pm tour! We also got to hang out with Guest Guide Mike Ryan of Motif Magazine on the 6:30 pm tour!!

Anahid Ypres hosted guest artist Fior De La Cruz, who was present to interact with visitors during the event. A bin of her small works were on sale in the studio and a couple of you went home with them! Although Anahid was in Brooklyn on Gallery Night, many thanks to her husband for kindly holding down the studio for visitors :)

And one more quote! Thanks again for joining us in October. We hope to see you for the last Gallery Night of the season in November!

“I enjoyed experiencing the art in Providence that I see or pass by everyday but more in depth. I loved visiting the new Grid gallery. And learning from our tour guide Frank about the history in providence as we drive through. Also our trolley driver was lovely.”
— Isabella, 5 pm tour

October 17 Gallery Night - 6:30 pm tour details announced!

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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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 6:00 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 6:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 8:00 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 Mike Camera and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Galerie le Domaine - Offers a showing of work by Jean-Paul Jacquet, an American painter, sculptor, muralist, published illustrator, and educator. Jacquet’s eclectic, expressive work is culturally and socially driven, reflective of his personal observations about the world and influenced by his travels.

  • RISD Museum - Get a taste of the many amazing exhibits that the museum has to offer! This month, explore their newest exhibition Listen!, curated by the RISD art circle, a group of teens from RI and MA.

  • 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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 5:45 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:45 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:45 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 Larisa Martino and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler - Presents the show Silver Linings at NE 48th Ave featuring the work of Kate Copeland and Ayumi Ishii. Copeland uses printmaking and alternative photo processes to ossify light and time into tangible artifacts while Ishii creates static, physical objects about fleeting human presence. Through their work, both artists explore the ephemerality of human existence.

  • Kreatelier - A fabric concept store and interior decor studio, features the work of Sara Ladds. Her collection’s balanced and bold patterns with vibrant colors are influenced by her background as an award-winning graphic designer from Rhode Island School of Design. Ladds will be present to share her work and process with visitors!

  • Studio Hop - A local studio and shop specializing in contemporary fine art, hand crafts, jewelry, ceramics, and clothing.

  • 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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 5:30 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:30 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:30 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 Danielle Wolfrum with Guest Guide Bob Dilworth, a beloved Providence-based artist and RISD graduate who has been painting and creating for over 55 years! We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio - At Anahid Ypres’s studio you can get an inside look at the artist’s studio and appreciate seeing both in progress & finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes & the figure, to abstract still lifes. This month, explore the work of guest artist, Fior De La Cruz, who creates abstract paintings that glow under UV blacklight. The paintings are from her series “Looking Inwards” and draw inspiration from the ecosystem of coral reefs.

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts - presents Snapshot America: A Portrait of the United States in 2024. This exhibition, intended to act as a time capsule, represents everyday America from a multitude of individual perspectives and provides a chance to reflect on and record what America is today. Fading Glimpses of the Midwest is an accompanying solo presentation by Robin W. Bailey featuring documentation of the unique character of the American Midwest.

  • Art In The Atrium First U - An exhibit titled Family Ties, a celebration of family, art and creativity. Exhibiting artists include Michelle Guillet and her daughter, Autumn McIntyre with Bill Rice and his son, Jason Rice.The opening reception occurs on Gallery Night accompanied by light refreshments for viewers.

  • 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!

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 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 5:15 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:15 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:15 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 Sam Nehila and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Bannister Gallery - Brings to viewers a body of work by Enrico Pinardi (1934-2021), a former professor of RIC’s own art department from 1967 to 1995. His work is a visual poetry that creates an atmosphere so saturated that it has an extraordinary power to transport and transform the viewer. This exhibition, curated by Professor Dianne Reilly, celebrates his life and art.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking - Presents “ScART”, a joint exhibition with the Pawtucket-based Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. Through their programs, local cancer survivors have been able to use art as a tool for emotional healing. The exhibit “depicts the individual and collective strengths” of its 31 participants.

  • 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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 5:00 pm tour details announced!

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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 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 Frank Toti and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Grid Gallery - View “Outside The Lines”, an exhibition celebrating the talent and creativity of BIPOC Photographers who identify across the gender spectrum. This gallery champions the work of Queer BIPOC Photographers, empowering them with educational and professional development opportunities. Support their first group show as a new space in Providence’s arts community!

  • The Bell - Franklin Williams: It’s About Love, evokes love, death, humor, and other emotions through his use of motifs and shapes in works of diverse mediums. This survey exhibition spans the decades of his studio-based practice and conveys the intensity of emotion for different periods and people in his life.

  • 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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

October 17 Gallery Night - 4:30 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 4:30 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 6:30 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 Jenn Wilson.

This is a walking tour - make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! In addition to murals and architecture along the way, we will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall - Presenting the work of artists Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel in their exhibition titled YEAY YAI: An Ode to Grandmothers. Experience the stories of their beloved Southeast Asian grandmothers captured in each frame by these two talented portrait photographers.

  • AS220 Main Gallery - At AS220’s Main Gallery, appreciate two exhibitions. Founding Whimsy Wherever I Can engages viewers with playful work by painter and comic illustrator Moxie Popky-Gousie. Opening your Heart with the Energies of the Cosmos by Ewa Rose accompanies Moxie’s work with vibrant colors and lots of movement.

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery - On view in the Aborn Gallery is a show titled Pestilence by James Iannone. Born in Providence and raised in Cranston, Iannone has a long standing relationship with AS220; it was here that his first show was held in 1998!

  • 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!

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

Thank you to all who attended September 19 Gallery Night!

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Crowded at AS220's Main Gallery!

September 19 Gallery Night was a blast!

Between the 6 free guided tours and people visiting the gallery shows on their own, we had at least 401 people participate.

We had many local folks as well visitors from out-of-state, including Ohio, Floirda, New Jersey, and of course, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Enjoy some photos and tidbits in the recap below.

Lisa Limer chatting with tour-goers at Bela Monde

This month’s collaboration with DESIGNxRI provided an engaging experience for tour-goers, with many of them connecting and reflecting on other Design Week events they had attended already! This Gallery Night’s attendees really indicated the strong appreciation that Rhode Island has for its creative community and just how receptive those outside of it are to learning from artists.

The 5 pm Walking Tour loved the expertly crafted pieces and inviting atmosphere at Bela Monde. The informational and engaging experience provided by the team created a forum for interesting conversation among tour goers. Everyone enjoyed learning about the shop’s processes and message as a small sustainable luxury fashion company. "Bela Monde was a huge hit, and I had to drag folks out of there!" remarked tour guide Barbara Zdravesky.

Guest artist Fior De La Cruz at Anahid Ypres Art Studio

Our Executive Director Michelle attended the 5:45 tour and discovered that some people found out about Gallery Night for the first time through the DESIGNxRI collaboration… Affirmation that cross promotional efforts are having positive impacts on awareness of the arts community’s offerings in Providence!

There were a few guest appearances this month, including Guest Guide Jo Lee, founder of PopUp Rhody and board member at DESIGNxRI, and Rue Sakayama, Executive Director at DESIGNxRI. Anahid Ypres hosted guest artist Fior De La Cruz, who was present to interact with visitors during the event. You’ll have another chance to see her work in October.

Everyone had unique perspectives to bring to the table and so many meaningful conversations were shared!

“I enjoy going to spaces and seeing art that I probably wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to see otherwise. The tour guides are always wonderful and it’s a really nice time.”
— Participant, 5:45 tour

At RI Center for Photographic Arts, visitors explored a variety of photography with a body of work titled Back to School: Work from the Workshop(s). This included photos by10 different artists that were developed during the Workshops and/or Mentorship programs at RI Photo.

Maya Stern, a friend of Gallery Night Guide Sam Nehila, brought her class of 7 or 8 students from Roger Williams! “Our field trip was extremely beneficial to my class, they left feeling very encouraged and excited by the art community in Providence”, she says.

And one more quote! Thanks again for joining us in September. We hope to see you for the second to last Gallery Night of the season in October!

“Our tour guide Bradly was very knowledgeable! It was great to learn some Providence history on our ride!”
— Cass, 5:15 pm tour

September 19 Gallery Night - 6:30 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 6:30 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley Street, and return to the WaterFire Arts Center around 8:30 pm. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Sam Nehila. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College - Discover the talent of RIC faculty at the Annual Faculty Exhibition at Bannister Gallery. This exhibit invites the community to experience the research-based and interdisciplinary practices that shape the dialogues of the studio art department.

  • Bidon Community Print & Design Studio (with DESIGNxRI) - Bidon Community Print is a Black-owned letterpress print shop founded by Jacques Bidon, creating custom and handcrafted prints and print workshops.

  • Anyhow Studio (with DESIGNxRI) - Anyhow Studio is an inclusive ceramics studio that empowers early-career ceramic artists and beginners through community, experimental learning, creative flexibility, and reciprocity.

  • WaterFire Arts Center - WaterFire Arts Center opens a solo exhibit of the work of Jonathan Bonner, who delves into the playfulness of sculptural design by transforming everyday objects into intriguing art forms. As a NetWorksRI artist, this exhibition dives deeper into Bonner’s contribution to the contemporary RI art scene.

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

September 19 Gallery Night - 6:00 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 6:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 8:00 pm. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Rosemary Rocchio and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Studio Hop is a local studio & shop specializing in contemporary fine art, hand crafts, jewelry, ceramics, & clothing.

  • Art in the Atrium First U - Art in the Atrium presents its annual exhibit for the September Month of Peace, Women Artists of Peace: Christiane Corbet and Mimi Sammis. This exhibit explores sculpture by both RI artists who were devoted to peace.

  • Chazan Gallery at Wheeler - The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler is pleased to present Una Selva Oscura: Illustrating Dante’s Inferno, a solo show by Robert Brinkerhoff. His 35 drawings mirror the chronology of Dante’s narrative to study his own artistic processes and the pleasurable toil of an artistic practice.

  • The Bell - Franklin Williams: It’s About Love, evokes love, death, humor, and other emotions through his use of motifs and shapes in works of diverse mediums. This survey exhibition spans the decades of his studio-based practice and conveys the intensity of emotion for different periods and people in his life.

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

September 19 Gallery Night - 5:45 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:45 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley Street, and return to the WaterFire Arts Center around 7:45 pm. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

This tour will be via trolley or mini coach. It will be led by Gallery Night Guide Danielle Wolfrum. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Public Shop & Gallery (with DESIGNxRI) - Celebrate Latino Heritage Month at the Public Shop & Gallery’s How We Got Here, an exhibition focusing on the stories, artifacts, and art of Guatemalan migrants and descendants in Rhode Island.

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio - At Anahid Ypres’s studio you can get an inside look at the artist’s studio and appreciate seeing both in progress & finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes & the figure, to abstract still lifes. This month, explore the work of guest artist, Fior De La Cruz, who creates abstract paintings that glow under UV blacklight. The paintings are from her series “Looking Inwards” and draw inspiration from the ecosystem of coral reefs.

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts - Explore a variety of photography at Back to School: Work from the Workshop(s) which presents a selection of work developed during the Workshops or Mentorships programs at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts. This exhibit will present work from Denise Bass, Bill Clark, Mark Dixon, John Femino, Reed Pike, Keith Prue, Terry Rochford, Cynthia Taft, Carrie Usmar, & Kathryn Yeaton.

  • WaterFire Arts Center - WaterFire Arts Center opens a solo exhibit of the work of Jonathan Bonner, who delves into the playfulness of sculptural design by transforming everyday objects into intriguing art forms. As a NetWorksRI artist, this exhibition dives deeper into Bonner’s contribution to the contemporary RI art scene.

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. RI Center for Photographic Arts is on the 2nd floor and Anahid Ypres Art Studio is on the 3rd floor of a building with no elevator.

  • 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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!

September 19 Gallery Night - 5:30 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:30 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:30 pm. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Mike Camera and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall - The Gallery at City Hall presents “There’s No Place Like Home.” For the past eight months, Carolina Briones has met with the seniors at Carroll Tower and Vatic Kuumba with the community at Chad Brown. Residents worked with these two artists to explore their individual talents and interests, while also building collective work and community. This is part of an initiative from One Nation / One Project, which aims to activate the power of the arts to repair the social fabric of our nation.

  • Bank RI Turks Head Gallery - BankRI Galleries showcases the work of Gib Smith, a painter who started out as a sculptor. “What speaks to me are pathways, in life and art,” says the artist. Never far from vast bodies of water, the movement of natural cycles permeates Gib’s work. Using acrylics and oils, his bold colors and non-linear shapes force the viewer to pause and study the dynamic contours.

  • World's Fair Gallery (with DESIGNxRI) - World’s Fair Gallery presents NUDE ARCHITECTURE: Women’s Painting Right Now, with vessels created by Ahmee Ceramics. Ahmee creates functional and contemporary ceramic pieces for everyday use with a harmonious design aesthetic.

  • Sprout CoWorking - Through Mindscape City at Sprout Coworking’s Gallery, explore memories of dreams, nostalgic retellings, and imaginary worlds to uncover the artists’ own take on a “mindscape.” Featuring the work of Amelia Rozear, Sichen Grace, Gaz Ehrreich, Jules Kang Sharpe, Ash Samuels, Imani Gardner, Teaghan Gokey, Jack Zhou, Dorian Epps, and Kai Gietzen.

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.

And…enjoy a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can see at these spaces on gallery night!