Tour Announcements

April 18 Gallery Night - 5 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 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.

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

April 18 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Shannon Hadfield and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

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

  • Kreatelier. Kreatelier, a fabric concept store and interior decor studio, features the work and collection by Sara Ladds. Ladds’ collections combine a particular style of bold pattern and vibrant color with attention to proportion and balance. After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design, Sara spent many years as an award-winning graphic designer before fulfilling her dream of being a textile designer, and this background shapes her textiles and style. Ladds will be there to give a brief presentation on her work and answer any questions viewers may have.

  • Holly Wach Art. Holly Wach’s work focuses on creating portraits and first-hand observations of birds and wildlife in the natural world. Through these encounters, she creates an entry point for the viewer to slow down from a life filled with distractions and form a closer relationship to nature and its creatures. See the artist's studio with both in-progress and finished works, firsthand!

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!

April 18 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Jenn Wilson and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Rhode Island State Archives. The RI State Archives exhibit celebrates the cross section of art and history in its first ever exhibit of student created artwork inspired by the historic documents preserved at the Archives. Students from Ponaganset High School, South Kingstown High School, and Beacon Charter High School for the Arts chose to tell these Rhode Island stories through paintings, mixed media, pottery, and other artistic forms, sharing the story of Rhode Island through a new lens.

  • Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties is opening its 2024 season with the printwork of Lois Harada. Lois holds a BFA degree from RISD and has been working at DWRI Letterpress since 2011. She is an accomplished and creative printmaker and received several awards and residencies.

  • 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!

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!

April 18 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 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:

  • The Gallery at City Hall is joining forces with the SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) Printmaking Conference, which is coming to Providence in April. They are curating a group print show, “Making an Impression: Building on Knowledge in Providence Printmaking.” The show will let us see the relationships, inspirations, and influences that contribute to a vibrant printmaking community over time, all in the backdrop of our own City Hall, reinforcing our commitment to artmaking as a civic-minded act that requires us to learn, experiment and pass it on.

  • Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College. “Paper Trails: Selection from the RIC Print Trade” looks at the print exchange tradition at the Rhode Island College Printmaking Department which has taken place since 2005, where students and faculty of the Rhode Island College Printmaking Department create an edition of prints to trade with the other artists involved. Unthemed and with only a set paper size as a guide, exchange participants create innovative and unique prints that add to or start their classmates’ own art collections. Curated by RIC Alumnus Sam Nehila ’19, this exhibition digs into the past and traces common trends in subject matter as well as the range of technical experimentation of RIC printmakers throughout the years.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking features an exhibit created for Earth day by the artist, Liliana Fijman. Inspired by a sculpture of the same name, “Air - a breath on the line” was created by Fijman for the VI WTA International biennial in Mexico, which challenged artists to make the intangible tangible. Her work involved and collaborated with the children of the Community Libraries of Providence, where children and their families were encouraged to use air to make art.

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!

March 21 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.

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

  • Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College is showing “Range of Motion, Landscapes by Charles Goolsby.” Charles Goolsby’s oil paintings of landscapes reside between complete stillness and sweeping gestural chaos, specific place and fiction, rendered realism and ambiguous abstraction, and physical object and illusionary pictorial space. His landscape imagery builds on 19th century American landscape painting traditions and implies a sense of contemporary issues.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking has an exciting show planned for March for spring and women's history month! Artists Charlotte Collins, Janice Bowker, and Amie Noakes are three artists that the colors and forms in their work could remind one of a love of shape, flow, life, and things that grow. And through the colors, forms, shapes, and lines, we can feel a relief that we have made it through another dormant sleep of Mother Nature and we can sprout into spring!

  • BIG NAZO LAB’s “Space Transformation Station” Mill-Rocket Studio, where you *may* meet some theatrical aliens. This is an interactive experience that's fun for all ages, so come prepared to engage and have fun!

  • WaterFire Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of a retrospective exhibition showcasing the illustrious career of Gretchen Dow Simpson, a distinguished painter, photographer, and artist. Spanning decades of creative exploration, Gretchen Dow Simpson's oeuvre reflects a deep-seated fascination with the interplay of shapes, light, and color.

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!

March 21 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Irene Yibirin. While the tour will be led in English, Irene is fluent in both English and Spanish. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • AS220 Project Space presents two exhibits. In the Project Space, “REPRESENTATION: Recent Fetish Photography” By Mr M, showcases recent work by Michael Morasse that encapsulates the essence to the LGBTQ+ and Fetish communities. In the Reading Room, “SISSY!” by Scarlett Sensi pays homage to those who brazenly show their true colors, including crossdressers across the spectrum. ***Please note: These exhibits contain artwork that has nudity and sexual content and may not be suitable for all ages.***

  • The Gallery at 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church is showing “Wood and Wool: FiberWork Musings by Joy Williams,” where color, texture, pattern, and image are explored through the media of assemblage, knit work, wet felting, and lace. “The tactile experience of making itself, so immediate and sensual, never fails to inspire me,” says the artist. Joy Williams is also a folk musician specializing in Irish flutes and whistles.

  • Art in the Atrium First U presents “Ekphrasis,” an invitational exhibition with works by 17 Artists and 17 Poets. There will be an opening reception on Gallery Night (Thursday March 21) from 5 to 7:30 pm, as well as a Poetry Reading on Thursday April 11 from 7 to 8 pm.

  • 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!

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!

March 21 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Bradly VanDerStad. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall is joining forces with the SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) Printmaking Conference, which is coming to Providence in April. They are curating a group print show, “Making an Impression: Building on Knowledge in Providence Printmaking.” The show will let us see the relationships, inspirations, and influences that contribute to a vibrant printmaking community over time, all in the backdrop of our own City Hall, reinforcing our commitment to artmaking as a civic-minded act that requires us to learn, experiment and pass it on.

  • 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.

  • Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties  is opening its 2024 season with the printwork of Lois Harada. Lois holds a BFA degree from RISD and has been working at DWRI Letterpress since 2011. She is an accomplished and creative printmaker and received several awards and residencies.

  • Paper Nautilus Books is showing “New Works” by Dianne Wilkinson. Dianne's sculptural pieces are mostly created from common and recycled textile materials. They hang like curtains and burst from the wall like organic growths.”Much of my inspiration comes from organic forms found in nature, and I select materials that reflect that–some reclaimed and some ordinary. I love the texture of the raw material as I work with it by sewing, knotting, and felting.”

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!

March 21 Gallery Night - 5 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Jenn Wilson. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery is showing “Dear You” by Ruby T. Lopez Rios. Ruby (she/her/hers) is a Puerto Rican poet and visual artist that works with a fusion of mixed media such as acrylic paint, charcoal, textiles, and poetry. Her artwork acts as an outlet to understand the surreal nature of life’s absurdity and explores the finite nature of not only life and interpersonal relations, but culture and struggles of disenfranchised people.

  • David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present a comprehensive survey exhibition of artist Barbara T. Smith. The exhibition will survey Smith’s bold experimentation and celebrate Smith’s incomparable contributions to contemporary art, feminism, performance, and technology. This includes the artist’s radical Xerox works, mixed media assemblages, sculptures, artist’s books, drawings, paintings, photographs, and videos.

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

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts is showcasing their “10th International Juried Exhibition,” juried by Karen Haas of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The work in this exhibition was selected from an international call for entries to provide an updated look at current photographic practice, with 60 photographs from artists from 20 different states and Washington DC.

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!