Tour Announcements

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!

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!

September 19 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. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

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

  • AS220 Project Space - At AS220 Project Space, experience Contemplative Remains, an exhibit by Jamie Murphy Hlynsky. Pieces from across different mediums are selected to reflect on current or historical American icons and the issues they represent. In the Reading Room, To The Letter by Emily Coxe pairs early obsessive hand-lettered phrases in gouache work with more recent work that re-investigates the gestures of layering and warping.

  • Asterfields (with DESIGNxRI) - Asterfields is an independent design house where art meets life, celebrating the intersection of craft, color, and creativity. The studio designs products to be lived in, treasured, and worn out, and strives to inspire self-expression and celebrate the individuality of their customers. This month, they are thrilled to present Garden of Delights, an exhibit of mixed media paintings by Nicole Deponte.

  • Galerie le Domaine - Galerie le Domaine presents a solo exhibition of the works of Neal Walsh. Walsh’s work is primarily abstract, playing with the subtleties of light & variations of forms, evoking the urban mill he began his painting career in & the rural community where he now lives and paints.

  • 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! This month, explore their newest exhibition Listen!, curated by the RISD art circle, a group of teens from RI and MA.

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 - 5:00 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. September tours include exclusive spaces showcased in partnership with DESIGNxRI.

This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Barbara Zdravesky with guest guide Jo Lee, a board member at DESIGNxRI.

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:

  • Bela Monde (with DESIGNxRI) - An apparel and accessories brand founded by Lisa Limer and Johnnie Chace, crafting timeless coats and accessories that focuses on luxurious fabrics, pattern, and color.

  • AS220 Main Gallery - At AS220’s Main Gallery, appreciate two exhibitions. In Eveline Luppi’s Geometric Color Identity, Luppi reveals the complexities of contemporary life through meditative uses of color and geometry and her complex and explorative paint practices. Main Character Energy by Anthony Gregg presents a collection of works that explore the dichotomy of comfort and chaos. That visual play between tension and calm capture the events of processing surrounding environments.

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery - Explore the boundary between art, poetry, and the natural world with Realmz by RI artist, Natural. Natural presents a series of works that illustrate his visual and musical languages through a range of materials like spray paint, acrylic, and sculpture.

  • 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church - Ewa Roselli and her daughter Chloe Moers connect their work in a joint exhibition on the beauty of nature. Ewa’s vibrant and intuitive large paintings, as well as her smaller nature-inspired watercolors, will be on display. Paired with each of the watercolors is a poem gently crafted by Chloe.

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!

August 15 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 Emily Gray with Guest Guide Tapia. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • AS220 Main Gallery with three exhibits this month. “New Works” by Daniel Moran Sullivan. Using a combination of life drawings and digital editing, the artist explores the infinite possibilities of imagination, illustrating loved ones through as many lenses as possible. The next exhibit is “The Superposition of Bill Murray” by Piotr Butiewicz. In this series of digital collages, Butiewicz uncovers the mysteries of Bill Murray manifestations from years of dedicated research and presents a convention of Bill Murray entities from numerous multiverse dimensions. The third exhibit is “The Thing We Call Home” by Antoine Soued. Through a slow and detailed process of inking, hatching, dotting, and masking, Soued takes original photographs from major world cities and strips them down to atemporal negatives to reveal what is essential in its most naked form.

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery. Artists Asma Kazmi and Anabel Vasquez Rodriguez are revisiting their 2004 performance of “Ecolgias Solidaris” to explore new understandings on politics, colonial heritage and collective memory. Featuring heterogeneous images, objects and gestures, “Ecologias Solidarias” creates a vital space for dialogue and reflection.

  • AS220 Project Space, showing “You Caught Me Dreaming” by Renée Elizabeth Neely-Tanner. Reflected in a lyricism of materials and textures, this collection of abstract paintings honors spiritual presences and historical practices of making. This exhibit challenges boundaries placed on Black female creatives including the luxury to dream.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking presents “Strangers of Strangers” and the works of the following artists: Ana Popescu, Grace Weidner, Jaewon Hwang, Joohee Park, Kahee Bae, Katharine Frank, Keana Walters, Seongjoo Moon, Seungwon Baek.

  • WaterFire Arts Center. WaterFire Arts Center welcomes the work of over 100 artists in its new exhibit, NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Artistic Patronage. Celebrating the artistic community of RI & their champion, Dr. Joseph A. Chazan, this exhibit brings together a previous portrait project by Dr Chazan, works from his collection, & new submissions by RI Artists. Also enjoy sips, snacks, and live music as part of the weekly Thursday Night TroopTop celebration!

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!

August 15 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 (fluent in English, Spanish, and French) and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts. The “Fifth Annual Juried Spotlight Members' Exhibition” will feature work from Members: Lee Cott, Laurie Peek, Reed Pike, Keith Prue, Matt Temple, Sean Sullivan and Martha Wakefield. One of three annual member exhibitions, this Spotlight series was conceived as a way to present ideas that carry across a group of images and to shine a light on our members. Enjoy this expanded look at the members featured and the different ways they assembled a selection of images to present an idea beyond a single frame.

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

  • 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! This month, explore their newest exhibition Listen!, curated by the RISD art circle, a group of teens from RI and MA.

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 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!

August 15 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 Bradly VanDerStad.

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 presents Celebrating One Nation One Project: Artwork from Carroll Tower and Chad Brown, a joint initiative with Providence Housing Authority. Two artists in residence at Carroll Tower and Chad Brown for a year present their work made during this experience.

  • BankRI Turks Head Gallery showcases the work of Rachel Hulin in Photographic works from Unreliable Narrator & Equine Film Stills. Hulin uses AI to create equine-focused images, building the image through her specific directives & her unique editing process to create surprising outcomes.

  • Rhode Island State Archives. Mighty Voices: Petitioning for Change Throughout History features an array of original manuscripts written by Rhode Islanders past as they came together around a cause. 120 Years of the Rhode Island State House tells the story of the design, construction, and past and present uses of the State House.

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!

August 15 Gallery Night - 5:30 pm tour details announced!

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We will leave at 5:30 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley Street, and return to the WaterFire Arts Center around 7:30 pm.

This tour will be via trolley or mini coach. It will be led by Gallery Night Guide Danielle Wolfrum with Guest Guide Kristen Adamo, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB). We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Chazan Family Gallery at Rhode Island College presents Corporeal Reflections featuring the work of sculptor Elvis Rodriguez and painter/ceramicist Sam Lowder, who explore themes relating to the human body, religion, visual perception, sexuality, and decay.

  • “Germination” Mural at Rhode Island College. “Germination” is a new mural by Lena Mac commissioned by RISCA and Rhode Island College. Inspired by the natural world, Mac’s work combines figurative symbols with abstracted forms to create metaphorical spaces that contemplate mysterious aspects of the world around us.

  • New Harvest Coffee & Spirits. New Harvest presents photographs by Robert W. Easton in the exhibit Baubles, Bangles, and Beads: The Treasures of Wolf E. Myrow. Myrow is a jewelry supplier that provides vintage and new jewelry making supplies in a fascinating visual environment.

  • WaterFire Arts Center. WaterFire Arts Center welcomes the work of over 100 artists in its new exhibit, NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Artistic Patronage. Celebrating the artistic community of RI & their champion, Dr. Joseph A. Chazan, this exhibit brings together a previous portrait project by Dr Chazan, works from his collection, & new submissions by RI Artists. Also enjoy sips, snacks, and live music as part of the weekly Thursday Night TroopTop celebration!

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!

August 15 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 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:

  • Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties presents a solo exhibition of the works of Neal Walsh. Walsh’s work is primarily abstract, playing with the subtleties of light & variations of forms, evoking the urban mill he began his painting career in & the rural community where he now lives and paints.

  • 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. On Gallery Night, with work by guest artist Fior De La Cruz as well.

  • Providence Art Club presents two exhibitions this month: Homage to the Square: An Exhibition of 16” x 16” Artworks featuring 40+ Exhibiting Artist Members of the Art Club, their third time hosting a show with this square theme. In Dodge House Gallery the Club will have artWORKS: landscapes, featuring young artists affiliated with Riverzedge Arts of Woonsocket.

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. 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!

July 18 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 special guest guide Rex M. Blumenthal and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking presents Growth!, a showcase of young Providence artists & their interpretation of growth & change within themselves & their community.

  • WaterFire Arts Center. WaterFire Arts Center welcomes the work of over 100 artists in its new exhibit, NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Artistic Patronage. Celebrating the artistic community of RI & their champion, Dr. Joseph A. Chazan, this exhibit brings together a previous portrait project by Dr Chazan, works from his collection, & new submissions by RI Artists. Also enjoy sips, snacks, and live music as part of the weekly Thursday Night TroopTop celebration!

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!

July 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 Rosemary Rocchio and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • BankRI Turks Head Gallery showcases the work of Rachel Hulin in Photographic works from Unreliable Narrator & Equine Film Stills. Hulin uses AI to create equine-focused images, building the image through her specific directives & her unique editing process to create surprising outcomes.

  • Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties presents a solo exhibition of the works of Neal Walsh. Walsh’s work is primarily abstract, playing with the subtleties of light & variations of forms, evoking the urban mill he began his painting career in & the rural community where he now lives and paints.

  • Stewart House welcomes Matthew Soule to discuss his process for creating & producing his wooden lamps, as well as his experience running a small business. Stewart House carries his lamps among their curated selection of home decor.

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio. At Anahid Ypres’s studio you can get an inside look at the artist’s studio, and have the pleasure of seeing both in progress and finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes and the figure to abstracted still lifes.

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!

July 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 Barbara Zdravesky.

This is a walking tour - make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • AS220 Project Space’s exhibit explores Bridges, a new book by artist Lara Henderson. Combining rainbow paper, overprinting, & images of cascading waterfalls, Henderson conveys the transmuting power of water.

  • The Gallery at 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church presents an exhibit on the work of Paul Everett. Everett’s work uses real and imagined landscapes that frequently skew perspective to take the viewer on a journey and experiment with sight. In this show, he will have a mix of works in painting and marker drawing.

  • 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!

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!

July 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 Jenn Wilson and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall. In and Out of Focus; Reality and Memories at City Hall’s Gallery explores the powerful space between appreciating the immediate moment & respecting the intangibility of our memories. The artists, Olive the Giant (Quinn Bryan) & Jaclyn Tomasso, use a range of color, scale, & subject in their painting technique & palette, to delve into the notion of being in the here & now.

  • AS220 Main Gallery presents two exhibits, Tall Tales by Raphael Serrano Disla & Gravity by Benjamin Messore. Tall Tales centers the immigrant experience, enculturation, familial bonds, & memory through a series of paintings. In Gravity, Messore uses candid photography to capture the essence of gut feelings & intuition.

  • AS220 Aborn Gallery. In Dancing Round the Normals, John Buron embraces the mildly absurd and challenges social mores in this series of paintings and installation works. The exhibit encourages viewers to resist conventional perceptions.

  • The Artists Loop at Wanskuck Community Library features textile artist Dawn Oliveira, Founder of the RI based fabric design studio, Oliveira Textiles. Oliveira will share her design process creating sea-inspired printed organic natural fabrics for Interior Designers. In addition, view an exhibit of work by four artists, Alix Fuerst, Dawn Oliveira, Pnina Pressburger, & Robin Halpren-Ruder. In the Children's area of the library, local artist Cathren Housley will unveil Imagination Takes Flight, a community collaborative art project combining paintings by the library’s youth with her own crafting skills.


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!

July 18 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 tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Irene Yibirin (fluent in English, Spanish, & French) and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts. cu.rat.or: (noun) an artist, partially hidden, is an exhibit of several local curators from the area’s leading exhibition spaces. As they come together to show their own photography, this show explores the work of those who primarily promote the work of others.

  • The Map Center at the Mills is a shared studio space that features globes, atlases, road maps, nautical charts & more, festooned with geographic depictions from around the world. The evening will feature antique original maps of New England, reproductions of historical maps from the Ottoman Empire & several very special pieces in the collection from the US Air Force.

  • James Polisky Silkscreen Art. James Polisky creates limited edition & one of a kind hand-printed silkscreens of primarily character driven subjects, blending his original drawings & designs with color separation backgrounds. This is a vist to the artist's studio!

  • Studio Hop is a local studio & shop specializing in contemporary fine art, hand crafts, jewelry, ceramics, & clothing. This month, check out new still life paintings by artist John Rufo!

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 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!

June 20 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 Irene Yibirin (fluent in English and Spanish!) and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • La Galería del Barrio | PVD. Located inside the Southside Cultural Center (SCCRI) on Broad Street, La Galería del Barrio is Providence's first urban art gallery dedicated solely to the art of Latinx, Afro-Latino and Indigenous-Latinx art. Gallery curator Marta V. Martínez with support from David Sánchez of SCC, brings the best in local art and artists to showcase Rhode Island's position as a true art mecca.

  • The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking. The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking is proud to present a group show from Sam Sparling, Vesna Longton, and Ruth Hauzinger. This exhibit is a multimedia showcase of organic forms, works and shapes that show us the beauty in life through these three different and unique perspectives.

  • WaterFire Arts Center. When I Get Home, a month-long group exhibition by the 2023-2024 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort, features the works of Kannetha Brown, Sydney Darrow, Emily Gray, Andrea Pascual, Adolfo Peralta, and Leiyana Simone Pereira. Ranging across a wide variety of media, these six artists are united by their collective interests in their roots, grief and growth. Exploring the human condition and connection, When I Get Home provides a space for all to commemorate the self, family, and loved ones. Also enjoy sips, snacks, and live music as part of the weekly Thursday Night TroopTop celebration!

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!

June 20 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 Sam Nehila and will be via trolley or mini coach. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties presents the work of Jamie Murphy Hlynsky, American painter and collage artist. With a background as a professional illustrator and propmaker, she also works in the fine arts with her paintings and collages, with many of her works being exhibited in several museums, galleries, and private collections.

  • 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!

  • Visit AS220 Project Space to explore Studio Interior: Variation by Ida Schmulowitz and Filipinas by Hannah Liongoren in the Reading Room. Studio Interior: Variation shows interior-influenced compositions that are symbolic of adaptations in an ever changing dance capturing light and movement. In Filipinas, Liongoren blends semi autobiographical comic storytelling and sculptural objects to provide a vessel for the emotions, struggles, and triumphs of preserving a Filipina identity.

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!

June 20 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 Barbara Zdravesky.

This is a walking tour - make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

  • The Gallery at City Hall. “In and Out of Focus; Reality and Memories” at City Hall’s Main Gallery explores the powerful space between appreciating the immediate moment and respecting the intangibility of our memories. The artists, Olive the Giant (Quinn Bryan) and Jaclyn Tomasso, use a range of color, scale, and subject in their painting technique and palette, to delve into the notion of being in the here and now, while also looking with wonderment on what came before and what a new day may bring.

  • BankRI Turks Head Gallery. BankRI Turks Head Gallery presents Pangea, a series by artist Ben Watkins. The word refers to the continent hypothesized by geologists when all land masses were joined together. This work is a light-hearted nod to the idea that we are all connected, which is an even more important concept after the collective experience of a worldwide pandemic.

  • RI Center for Photographic Arts. At the RI Center for Photographic Arts, the Vanta Guild Members present a group show, Family Business. The Vanta Guild is a collective of active, Rhode Island-based Black photographers who unapologetically celebrate and depict the experiences and imaginations of descendants of the African diaspora.

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio. At Anahid Ypres’s studio you can get an inside look at the artist’s studio, and have the pleasure of seeing both in progress and finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes and the figure to abstracted still lifes. This month she has a guest artist, Adam Lima, who uses figuration and abstraction with a mix of somber colors and bright pastels to create a juxtaposition on the fears and joys of life.

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. RI Center for Photographic Arts is on the 2nd floor of a building without an elevator, and Anahid Ypres Art Studio is on the 3rd floor of the same building.

  • 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!