| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Creative Traditions: Crafting Contemporary Indigenous Identity in TaiwanPresented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University - Salomon Center February 23, 2012 Anthropology graduate student Christy DeLair spent her summer in Taiwan collecting contemporary indigenous craftwork for the Haffenreffer Museum. She will share some of her experiences during this presentation of her research. Dominant narratives suggest that to be indigenous is to be stuck in the past, tied to tradition, and antithetical to ever encroaching development. In this view, indigenous cultures will disappear unless they are preserved in their historic forms and sheltered from... | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | 02/23/12 | Providence |
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY Exhibit Living on Both Sides of the HyphenPresented by URI Feinstein Providence Campus at URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery January 23-February 24, 2012 The exhibit features artworks in all media from Gregorio Aleman, Sharon Armour, Isabel Baez, Tyna Braxton, Marlene Britto, Tallibah and Carlos Cabral, Tamara Diaz, Felix Diclo, Kim Ellery, Manuel Fernando, George Garcia, Stephen Gross, Jerock, Evangelista Jimenez, Todd Jones, Victor Justo, Nixon Ledger, Leonard Lentini, Titilola O. Martins, Cindy Taylor Meeks, Donna Mitchell, Munir Mohammed, Onna Moniz John, James Montford and his class project, Carole Moody, Peaceable Kingdom, Lydia Perez,... | URI Feinstein Providence Campus | 01/23/12- 02/24/12 | Providence |
Night LightPresented by New Dimension Church at New Dimension Church February 24, 2012 An evening of creative arts featuring artists, poets, rappers, dancers, and singers from all over New England | New Dimension Church | 02/24/12 | Providence |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum February 24, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation,cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 02/24/12 | Newport |
2012 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition Presented by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts at Machines With Magnets February 2-February 25, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, February 3rd 5:00-8:00 PM
Writers Night: Friday, February 17th 6:30-8:30 PM
Closing Reception/Artists Talk: Saturday, February 25th 1-4:00 PM
2012 Fellowship Artists:
Scott Alario ~ China Blue
Colleen Cavanaugh ~ Mia Chung
Dave Cole ~ Edward J. Delaney
Darcie Dennigan ~ Carl Dimitri
Yizhak Elyashiv ~ Christine Evans
Jenna Goldberg ~ Jamie Jewett
Steven Jobe ~ Hester Kaplan | Rhode Island State Council on the Arts | 02/02/12- 02/25/12 | Pawtucket |
| New Paintings by Robert Mariani & RED FORK EMPIRE | AS220 | 02/05/12- 02/25/12 | Providence |
| New Paintings by Ivy M. McDonald | AS220 | 02/05/12- 02/25/12 | Providence |
| New Work by Agata Michalowska | AS220 | 02/05/12- 02/25/12 | Providence |
In The HeART Of WinterPresented by Warwick Museum of Art at Warwick Museum of Art February 1-February 29, 2012 Nine Pawtucket artists exhibit artwork ranging from realism, to abstract art in 2D and 3D. The opening reception will be held on Friday February 10th from 7-9pm. Join us in a wonderfully warm, pre-valentine evening of art with music performed by Trevor & Trevor and Jesse Liam. Light refreshments will be served
| Warwick Museum of Art | 02/01/12- 02/29/12 | Warwick |
Music Thursdays: Duke Robillard Jazz TrioPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum March 1, 2012 Nationally known Rhode Island native Duke Robillard brings his jazz trio to the RISD Museum for Music Thursday. B.B. King called this two-time Grammy nominee and co-founder of Roomful of Blues "one of the great players". Enjoy the music and drinks from our cash bar. Wander the museum galleries, including the newly opened Painting Air: Spencer Finch exhibition. | RISD Museum | 03/01/12 | Providence |
| The Cadence of Familiarity | Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown | 01/31/12- 03/02/12 | Providence |
Mid-Year Makings Presented by New Urban Arts at New Urban Arts February 17-March 2, 2012 Don't miss our annual mid-year show of student artwork, Mid-Year Makings, opening on Friday, Feb. 17, 5-8pm. Witness brainstorms, beginnings, and the blooming of mid-year makings at an interactive exhibition of student artwork. | New Urban Arts | 02/17/12- 03/02/12 | Providence |
Art Gossip: Behind the Providence Art Scene in the Late 19th CenturyPresented by Bert Gallery at Bert Gallery January 11-March 10, 2012 The art profession is not immune to one of the most common means of sharing facts and views – gossip. In fact the Providence Journal during the late 19th century had just such a column – “Art Gossip” published weekly. Reviewing both the Providence Journal Art Gossip column and personal writings by artists from the 19th century gives you a clear insight into the dynamic art world of Providence. More importantly, one hundred years later this “gossip” is the... | Bert Gallery | 01/11/12- 03/10/12 | Providence |
Sports Art 2012 - Student Sports Photography ExhibitionPresented by Providence College Friars at Providence College - Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery January 26-March 22, 2012 Photography students of Dr. Eric Sung, assistant professor of art and a former professional sports photographer, will present their photo documentation of PC athletics. The students were given unprecedented access to varsity teams on campus. | Providence College Friars | 01/26/12- 03/22/12 | Providence |
Out Of LinePresented by DeBlois Gallery at DeBlois Gallery March 3-March 23, 2012 This is an unjuried, all-media show, for which we invite your unique interpretation of the theme. All media using theme are accepted | DeBlois Gallery | 03/03/12- 03/23/12 | Newport |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum March 23, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation,cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 03/23/12 | Newport |
Building BlocksPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum May 6, 2011-March 25, 2012 Contemporary Works from the Collection
Architecture engages with space, planes, surface, and volume, and artists have strived to depict these spatial characteristics realistically since as early as the Renaissance. In recent decades a wide range of artists have created works that represent or borrow from architecture through sculpture, painting, photography, prints, video, and collage. This exhibition features work in varying scales, which illuminates the relationship between... | RISD Museum | 05/06/11- 03/25/12 | Providence |
| RIAEA Annual Art Teachers Exhibit | Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown | 03/07/12- 03/25/12 | Providence |
Sport Art 2012 - Joe Norman LithographsPresented by Providence College Friars at Providence College - Reilly Gallery January 26-March 29, 2012 Out at Home! The Negro Baseball League metaphorizes the banning of black athletes in the mainstream quintessential American sport, baseball, and depicts struggle and enslavement in the sport. Norman’s works are powerful statements of how racism has sullied the game, as they reveal social content fluently rendered by an accomplished, aesthetic hand. | Providence College Friars | 01/26/12- 03/29/12 | Providence |
Madolin Maxey & Friends: The Landscape of Friendship Presented by URI Feinstein Providence Campus at URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery March 1-March 30, 2012 Madolin Maxey’s One Person Show of expansive landscapes in the first floor gallery along with a group show featuring new works by Madolin Maxey, Ruth Dealy, Ida Schmulowitz, Paula Martesian & Richard Harrington, curated by Madolin Maxey in the second floor Gallery. Opening Reception March 1st 5-8 pm I Gallery Night Reception & Spoken Word Concert March 15th 5-9pm
| URI Feinstein Providence Campus | 03/01/12- 03/30/12 | Providence |
RISD Museum: Family See + Sketch Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum February 12-March 31, 2012 Enjoy a close look at a work of art together through lively discussion, followed by sketching and activities in the galleries. All materials provided. Talks are 30 minutes; ages 6+. | RISD Museum | 02/12/12- 03/31/12 | Providence |
Call For Entries: Open Juried Exhibition At The Providence Art ClubPresented by Providence Art Club at Providence Art Club February 3-April 6, 2012 The 14th Annual Fidelity Investments "Growth" All Media Juried Art Exhibition. please visit the Providence Art Club Website and click on Call for entries for more information. http://providenceartclub.org | Providence Art Club | 02/03/12- 04/06/12 | Providence |
Kevork Mourad Presented by Gallery Z at Gallery Z March 1-April 7, 2012 Kevork Mourad "A Solo Exhibit: Paintings and black and white works on paper"
Opening Receptions:
March 15th 5-9PM
March 22nd 5-7PM | Gallery Z | 03/01/12- 04/07/12 | Providence |
Customes, Manners, & Worships: Rhode Island BeginsPresented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 14-April 15, 2012 In commemoration of Providence’s 375th anniversary, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Rhode Island Historical Society present "Customes, Manners, and Worships – Rhode Island Begins," an exhibition of rare, early Rhode Island artifacts in Manning Hall. The native peoples of Rhode Island, and the Englishmen who arrived in the 17th Century, made beautiful, useful and ingenious things. Roger Williams’ dictionary of the Narragansett language describes the... | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | 01/14/12- 04/15/12 | Providence |
In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice SendakPresented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central March 7-April 20, 2012 Providence Public Library has been selected to host an American Library Association small-format traveling exhibit focused on Maurice Sendak. In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak is one in a series on Jewish artists who have contributed to the culture of the United States and the world through their lives and work.
Sendak's popular children's books such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen were inspired by his typically American childhood growing up in New York... | Providence Public Library | 03/07/12- 04/20/12 | Providence |
Lisa Russell / Mary Bucci McCoy: DistillationPresented by Bannister Gallery at Bannister Gallery April 5-April 25, 2012 Painters Lisa Russell and Mary Bucci McCoy present intimately scaled work that, in different ways, abstracts lived experience into sensual painted languages. These languages are engaged with the essential dialectical issues of relationship, space, and material. Each artist shares a succinct and tactile affi nity for paint as substance, acknowledging both its physical and emotive presence.
Lisa Russell uses close observation of carefully constructed still life arrangements as the... | Bannister Gallery | 04/05/12- 04/25/12 | Providence |
Roger Shimomura: LithographsPresented by Bannister Gallery at Bannister Gallery March 8-April 26, 2012 The artist says of the work presented at Bannister Gallery:
"This exhibition of lithographs not only offers a few of my earliest memories of life in Camp Minidoka, Idaho, but is also meant to bring attention to the failure of America during WWII to distinguish between the Americans of Japanese descent and the Japanese enemy that ultimately led to the incarceration of innocent people. I also offer this exhibition as a metaphor referring to the 9/11 disaster and as a warning and... | Bannister Gallery | 03/08/12- 04/26/12 | Providence |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum April 27, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation,cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 04/27/12 | Newport |
Soul Masquerade - New Work by Una GallagherPresented by Peregrine Gallery at Peregrine Gallery March 5-May 4, 2012 For the first time on the East Coast, Una Gallagher will exhibit recent sculptural work in a two-month exhibition at the Peregrine Gallery, 150 Waterman St #6, Providence, RI. The exhibition will open on March 5th, 2012, and run through May 4th. The opening reception is Thursday, March 15th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Soul Masquerade presents a collection of masks, ornately and meticulously created from fabric and a wide range of natural materials including such things as seed pods,... | Peregrine Gallery | 03/05/12- 05/04/12 | Providence |
Newport Annual Members' Juried ExhibitionPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum February 4-May 13, 2012 The “Newport Annual Members' Juried Exhibition” returns in a one-time new format to celebrate the diverse creative energies of our member artists during the Centennial. | Newport Art Museum | 02/04/12- 05/13/12 | Newport |
RISD Museum: Art + Design Lab for Ages 10–14 Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum March 24-May 19, 2012 These one-day workshops for 10–14 year olds dive into a variety of artistic topics and techniques. $35 per class, or $45 per class with lunch included; space is limited | RISD Museum | 03/24/12- 05/19/12 | Providence |
RISD Museum: Tours For TotsPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum February 7-May 24, 2012 Start them young! These interactive tours with read-aloud story time and gallery activities for children ages 3–5, and their parents or caregivers, explore a different theme each week. Free with Museum admission; space is limited. Meet at Farago Entrance.
| RISD Museum | 02/07/12- 05/24/12 | Providence |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum May 25, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation, cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 05/25/12 | Newport |
RISD Museum: Open StudiosPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum February 5-May 27, 2012 After visiting the galleries, are you inspired to make art of your own? Express yourself with drop-in artmaking for all ages. All materials provided.Saturdays, 1–3 pm; Sundays, 11 am – 1 pm | Meet in Fain Education Classroom | RISD Museum | 02/05/12- 05/27/12 | Providence |
| A Matter of Interpretation | Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown | 05/01/12- 06/01/12 | Providence |
RISD Museum: Art + Design Lab for Families Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum January 28-June 2, 2012 Children ages 6–9, and their adult companions, explore art in the galleries and then experiment and create in the studio. The spring labs, Artistic Experimentation I +II, address a variety of artistic mediums — from traditional techniques to experimental tools. $125 per series of 5 sessions; space is limited. | RISD Museum | 01/28/12- 06/02/12 | Providence |
Garden City Center Art FestivalPresented by Festival Fete at Garden City Center June 9-June 10, 2012 Join us for over 125 Contemporary American Artisans, Festive Food, Live Music and Strolling Entertainment to include The Toe Jam Band and The Big Nazo! Come out to the Garden City Center Art Festival to celebrate the magic of the arts!
10am to 5pm Daily. | Festival Fete | 06/09/12- 06/10/12 | Cranston |
| Senior Show | Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown | 06/11/12- 06/15/12 | Providence |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum June 22, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation, cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 06/22/12 | Newport |
Crafting Origins: Creativity and Continuity in Indigenous TaiwanPresented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 14-June 30, 2012 This exhibit, curated by Christy DeLair (PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology), brings together a collection made by linguistic anthropologist Colonel George Shelley (Emeritus Professor of Chinese, English, and Cultural Anthropology, Norwich University) during fieldwork in the late 1960s with the Rukai tribe in Budai village in southern Taiwan, with contemporary crafts from indigenous tribes collected throughout Taiwan in 2011 by the curator on a grant from the Haffenreffer Museum of... | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | 01/14/12- 06/30/12 | Providence |
Taoist Gods from China: Ceremonial Paintings from the MienPresented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 20-June 30, 2012 The Mien, one of the many hill-tribes who inhabit South China, North Vietnam, Laos and Northern Thailand, have adhered for centuries to an early southern school of Chinese Taoism. This ancient Taoist tradition, differs significantly from the Taoist practice found in most parts of China, although it still exists in some parts of Taiwan and among a few Chinese communities in Southern China. In this early Taoist tradition, paintings play a central role in religious practices and serve as the... | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | 01/20/12- 06/30/12 | Providence |
CultureLabPresented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology February 11-June 30, 2012 Explore some of the museum's one million objects. (How? Look, touch, examine, listen, smell, discover) (Why these objects? Some are here because they’re being used in classes, others to show the diversity and depths of the collection) Discover the similarities and diversities of the world's cultures. (Why? Because it’s a way to understand ourselves and others.) Learn about the work of anthropologists and archaeologists. The Haffenreffer Museum's... | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | 02/11/12- 06/30/12 | Providence |
Centennial GalaPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum July 7, 2012 The Centennial Gala will be held on July 7 at the Newport Art Museum beginning at 6:30pm. Tickets cost $350. The evening includes cocktails, dinner catered by Russell Morin Fine Catering and dancing to the Mac Chrupcala Orchestra. The entire Newport Art Museum Board of Trustees is serving as the Gala Committee. Dress is festive attire.. | Newport Art Museum | 07/07/12 | Newport |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum July 27, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation,cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 07/27/12 | Newport |
4th FridaysPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum August 24, 2012 Meet your friends after work. Unwind with conversation,cocktails and live music surrounded by exceptional art and architecture. | Newport Art Museum | 08/24/12 | Newport |
Watercolors in the Porcelain Gallery: Flower and Still Life PaintersPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum May 14, 2010 - Ongoing Due to the remarkable generosity of an anonymous donor, The RISD Museum has one of the finest collections of 18th- and 19th-century British watercolors in this country. Rotating exhibitions of watercolors from this rarely-seen collection are on view in the Museum’s Porcelain Gallery, home to an outstanding group of 18th-century figural ceramics donated by Miss Lucy Truman Aldrich in 1937. Now on view are works by British artists who specialized in painting flowers, fruits, birds and... | RISD Museum | 05/14/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Pendleton HousePresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1, 2010 - Ongoing Pendleton House was built in 1906 to display Charles L. Pendleton's (1846-1904) remarkable collection of 18th- and 19th-century furniture and related decorative arts. Pendleton House also showcases the Museum's outstanding collection of American painting and sculpture, Gorham silver, English ceramics, Chinese export porcelain and French wallpaper.
Recognized as the earliest example of an American "wing" in any museum, the historic building has been beautifully refurbished... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Jonathan BonnerPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 16, 2010 - Ongoing A new site-specific sculpture by RISD alumnus and faculty member Jonathan Bonner has been installed near the Farago Entrance along Benefit Street. Bonner earned a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art in 1971, his MFA from RISD in 1973 and has taught in Foundation Studies here since 2000. In addition to the numerous site-specific commissions created by Bonner at such places as AS220 and Rhode Island College in Providence and Fidelity Management in Smithfield, his work has been acquired for... | RISD Museum | 08/16/10- Ongoing | Providence |
A Grand Gallery: European Paintings from the Permanent CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The Museum's soaring Main Gallery has been returned to its original splendor. This beautifully proportioned space has reopened as a picture gallery displaying the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings in an installation that recalls the deeply stacked galleries of French and British salon exhibitions. Masterpieces from the Renaissance through the early 19th century - including many that have not been on view for some time - fill the walls.
This restoration was... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |
American Art from the Permanent CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing In the early decades of the 20th century, the Museum’s distinguished collection of American art was presented to visitors in elegantly proportioned galleries made possible by a gift from Jesse Metcalf in memory of his wife, Helen. Inaugurated in 1897, the Beaux Arts–style Waterman Galleries now link visitors to the Daphne Farago Wing, to Pendleton House by way of the Porcelain Gallery, and to the 1926 Radeke Building. The rooms also offer a direct sightline through the... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |