| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | "O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward" ScreeningPresented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 21, 2012 Lynd Ward is the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art. This premiere screening of 217 Films’ new documentary “O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward” will be held Monday, May 21 at 6 pm in the Providence Public Library’s Auditorium. The screening will be introduced by filmmaker Michael Maglaras with a short discussion to follow.
Featuring more than 150 wood... | Providence Public Library | 05/21/12 | Providence |
| "Shark Gone, Glitter Shine" New Works by Marguerite Keyes | The Storefront at 186 Carpenter Street | 05/03/12-
05/26/12 | Providence |
35th Annual Heritage Day Festival & RING Celebration of DiversityPresented by Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission at Roger Williams National Memorial September 22, 2012 Rhode Islanders of all ages are invited to join in a lively celebration of our state's rich cultural heritage. The Roger Williams National Memorial (North Main St) will be filled with booths from countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala, India, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and others that will showcase their culture, music, and dance.
This year the RIHPHC committees have joined with the RI National Guard and RISCA (RI State Council on the Arts) to celebrate peace, diversity and the rich... | Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission | 09/22/12 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| A Matter of Interpretation | Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown | 05/01/12-
06/01/12 | 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 |
ART Night Gallery & Open Studios of Bristol and WarrenPresented by Art Night -- Gallery & Open Studio Tours of Bristol and Warren, RI May 31, 2012 Historic, coastal towns, Bristol and Warren, RI, have joined forces to offer nine “ART Nights” throughout 2012, on the last Thursday of every month from March through November. Think gallery stroll with a twist as “ART Night” provides access to the inner workings of artists’ studios. Each monthly event features two local artists who open their studio doors for an up-close and personal look at where their work is created. A free trolley service runs between... | Art Night -- Gallery & Open Studio Tours of Bristol and Warren, RI | 05/31/12 | Warren |
Art Opening, “Chakra Forces”Presented by Angelnook Gallery at Angelnook Gallery May 5-June 3, 2012 Angelnook Gallery presents the group thematic exhibition, Chakra Forces. This exhibition will focus on art inspired by artists’ interpretation of Chakra Forces and will be held at the Angelnook Gallery from May 5th –June 3rd, 2012. The Artistic interpretation of a Chakra is a floating lightweight symbol in which many try to catch a glimpse of the definition. According to Tantric tradition, everyone has seven energy centers that serve as junction points between the body and... | Angelnook Gallery | 05/05/12-
06/03/12 | Cranston |
Arts Marketplace: PawtucketPresented by Pawtucket Arts Festival at Pawtucket Armory Arts Center September 8-September 9, 2012 A new and exciting exhibition and sale focusing on fine art and craft by artists throughout our region. In partnership with the Pawtucket Arts Festival, the Arts Marketplace: Pawtucket is in keeping with the long history of the festival that celebrates the arts and traditions in our community. A juried show whose mission is to meet high standards of technical and artistic excellence and to present the best of contemporary fine Art and American-made crafts in a comfortable, professional and... | Pawtucket Arts Festival | 09/08/12-
09/09/12 | Pawtucket |
AS220 Main Gallery ExhibitPresented by AS220 at AS220 Main Gallery May 6-May 26, 2012 Trees - New Work By Sharon Donhue
Rhode Island Lighthouse - New Work by Richard Hanson
| AS220 | 05/06/12-
05/26/12 | Providence |
| AS220 Open Window Gallery | AS220 | 05/06/12-
05/26/12 | Providence |
| As220 Project Space Exhibit | AS220 | 05/06/12-
05/26/12 | Providence |
| AS220 Youth Gallery Exhibit | AS220 | 05/06/12-
05/26/12 | Providence |
| Awakening (Juried Show) | Portsmouth Arts Guild | 08/10/12-
09/09/12 | Portsmouth |
| Barbara Alpert, Mary McNally, Amy Schusser | DeBlois Gallery | 07/02/12-
07/29/12 | Newport |
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 |
Children Through The YearsPresented by Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum at Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum May 10-May 30, 2012 With four children growing up in the house during the last quarter of the 19th century, followed by three children in the first quarter of the 20th century, ample material is available to explain the life of these young people. Photos, school books, diaries, scrapbooks, toys, games, clothing and sporting equipment will bring alive a young boy or girl’s life. | Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum | 05/10/12-
05/30/12 | Warwick |
Contemporary RealismPresented by Royal Gallery at Royal Gallery March 6, 2012 - Ongoing Every artwork has something to tell: whether it is a story about fantastic animals living inside a bouquet, a pink boat floating peacefully, sculptures that move like silent clocks, or copper teapots that hide messages of love. You can discover stories like these and more scattered on the walls of Royal Gallery, paintings large and small, which like tiles in a mosaic, compose the wonderful tapestry it is now. | Royal Gallery | 03/06/12-
Ongoing | Providence |
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 |
| Creation | The Spot on Thayer St. | 01/03/12-
Ongoing | 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 |
Dan Walsh: UnCommon GroundPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum June 8-October 21, 2012 Dan Walsh’s large-scale abstract paintings extend the basic language of Minimalism’s geometric shapes and grid compositions. But rather than creating hard-edge forms, Walsh draws lines by hand and applies luminous color with soft brushes, always allowing for subtle inflections of light and color. These canvases are logical, but not too logical. Patterns repeat, but forms may hover at the bottom of the field and other unanticipated irregularities give a personal dimension to the... | RISD Museum | 06/08/12-
10/21/12 | Providence |
Designing Traditions Biennial: Student Explorations in the Asian Textile CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum May 18-November 11, 2012 This popular biennial exhibition reveals the working design process of contemporary student textile designers inspired by objects in the RISD Museum of Art’s collection. The vast Asian textiles collection was among the earliest donations to the Museum and has long served as an integral design resource for Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) students. Now, in a collaboration between the Museum and the School, intricately crafted objects ranging from Hawaiian bark cloth to a Chinese... | RISD Museum | 05/18/12-
11/11/12 | Providence |
Discovering New England Painting Competition ExhibitPresented by Chabot Fine Art Gallery at Chabot Gallery May 14-June 16, 2012 Chabot Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present the opening of the Discovering New England Painting Competition Exhibit sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama. The beauty and culture of the New England region was the criteria with an emphasis on the diversification of styles. Juror Michael Giaquinto, the exhibitions curator from the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis Massachusetts has selected the works from the submissions received for this collection from artists living within the New England... | Chabot Fine Art Gallery | 05/14/12-
06/16/12 | Providence |
East Greenwich Art FestivalPresented by Festival Fete at New England Tech September 1-September 2, 2012 Join us for over 135 Contemporary American Artisans, Festive Food, Live Music and Strolling Entertainment to include The Toe Jam Band and The Big Nazo! Come out to the East Greenwich Art Festival to celebrate the magic of the arts!
| Festival Fete | 09/01/12-
09/02/12 | East Greenwich |
Everyday Things: Contemporary Works from the CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum April 13, 2012-February 24, 2013 Everyday Things brings together contemporary works from the collection that depict commonplace objects and imagery, utilize everyday elements in their construction (teabags, fluorescent lights, metal pipes, a bowling ball), or serve as functional artist-made objects, including benches, chairs, and light fixtures. With roots in Pop Art, Photorealism, and design, artists in the exhibition use non-traditional materials and subject matter to transform, repurpose, and represent aspects of... | RISD Museum | 04/13/12-
02/24/13 | Providence |
Exine by Paul MorrisonPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The RISD Museum of Art has commissioned a new work, Exine by British artist Paul Morrison, for the walls of the Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Education Program Gallery. The artist's bold black-and-white wall paintings often depict botanical themes; the exine is the outer layer of the wall of a pollen grain. This breathtaking composition features dramatic shifts in scale, with outsized plant life juxtaposed with a distant landscape. Born in 1966 in Liverpool, Morrison received a BFA from... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10-
Ongoing | Providence |
| Family Threads | Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum | 09/10/12-
09/23/12 | Warwick |
Fearless ViewingPresented by R K Projects at RK Projects May 10-June 1, 2012 RK Projects presents a group show featuring work from Hannah Abelow, Michael Dotson and Martin Smick. | R K Projects | 05/10/12-
06/01/12 | Providence |
Gallery Belleau ShowcasePresented by Gallery Belleau at Gallery Belleau January 4, 2012 - Ongoing Gallery Belleau is a showcase for over 50 local and nationally known American artists and craftsmen. Visitors will find creations in glass, clay, wood, metal, jewelry, paint and more. | Gallery Belleau | 01/04/12-
Ongoing | Providence |
Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza November 15, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza June 21, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza July 19, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza August 16, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza September 20, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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Gallery Night ProvidencePresented by Gallery Night Providence at Regency Plaza October 18, 2012 Gallery Night Providence is a free, fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene! On the third Thursday of the month, from March through November, twenty-one of the city’s hot "art spots" open their doors inviting you to a visual arts party.
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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 |
| Helen Hadley, Lisa May, Rebecca Lane | DeBlois Gallery | 09/08/12-
09/30/12 | Newport |
| Holiday Show (Non-Juried) | Portsmouth Arts Guild | 11/30/12-
12/16/12 | Portsmouth |
Impressionist GalleriesPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The Museum’s renowned collection of 19th- and early 20th-century French painting and sculpture centers around Edouard Manet’s magnificent portrait of Berthe Morisot, Le Repos. Important works by Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse, and Rodin are exhibited in intimate galleries that overlook the internal garden of the Museum’s stately 1920s Radeke Building. | RISD Museum | 08/17/10-
Ongoing | Providence |
| Invitational Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts | DeBlois Gallery | 11/24/12-
12/24/12 | Newport |
| Invitational Show (TBA) | Portsmouth Arts Guild | 07/13/12-
08/05/12 | Portsmouth |
| Jan Armor, Judy Chaves, Valorie Sheehan | DeBlois Gallery | 11/03/12-
11/18/12 | Newport |
| Jillian Barber, Allan Gerson | DeBlois Gallery | 05/05/12-
05/27/12 | Newport |
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 |
Kathy Halper: POS (Parents Over Shoulder) @ CraftlandPresented by Craftland at Craftland May 17-June 16, 2012 1. Mom friends her teen on Facebook. 2. Mom sees crazy photos of kids in compromising situations and questionable status updates. 3. Mom creates delicately embroidered renderings of these images and updates to process this technological moment in time and her relationship to it. Kathy Halper POS (Parents Over Shoulder) Original embroidered works from the "Friend Me" series May 17th - June 16th, 2012 Friend Me is a series of embroidered drawings created by Chicago artist, Kathy... | Craftland | 05/17/12-
06/16/12 | Providence |
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