Head downtown Saturday for the opening of the February Galleries at AS220. Seen here is ‘Web of Lost Dreams,’ acrylic on canvas, by Rhode Island artist Zach Prosser. His ‘Visions of Energy’ will be in the Open Window Gallery at 115 Empire Street. Prosser also works in chalk pastel, citing Basquiat as an early influence. …
Mike Dooley creates some of the most gorgeous landscape photography I’ve ever seen; the Rhode Island Blood Center even uses his shots on postcard and posters as incentives to donate. Mike is currently showing a mix of 30 sea, land, and cityscapes, some printed on aluminum, at Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery that will make …
“Collections” is a group show featuring paintings and drawings by three local artists: Rebecca Adams (RISD ’06), Emeline Allen (BROWN ’10), and Jillian Clark (RISD ’04). Each artist uses images of women as the basic subject matter for their work, branching out into their distinctive styles and media to allow for a broad range in …
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Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in an entirely different way. Head on over to One Regency Plaza in downtown Providence and help kick off Gallery Night Providence’s 15th season. Roving Art buses visit Providence galleries and museums. On the buses guides talk about the art on view and pass out sweet desserts from LaSalle Bakery and …
This Saturday, December 11, Noon to 4 p.m., Above Providence Optical Gallery presents a special Holiday Show with a great selection of one-of-a-kind Drawings, Fine Art Note Cards, Handmade Pillows, Jewelry, Small, affordable, framed Artwork and Fine Art Furnishings for your home. They will also be serving holiday refreshments AND a 10% discount on all …
Friday is opening night of the Faculty Triennial 2010 at the David Winton Bell Gallery, . . .featuring the work of 24 faculty artists from five departments, the largest faculty exhibition ever at Brown. The exhibition represents artists from the departments of Visual Art, Modern Culture and Media, and Theater Arts and Performance Studies, as …
Well, since he’s not pretending that it’s anything other than over-the-top and self-indulgent, here’s a cheap promo: In light of Umberto Crenca’s 60th birthday and the 25th anniversary of AS220, the downtown Providence arts non-profit he founded, Crenca is taking over three of AS220’s exhibition spaces for a colorful retrospective of his art work. You …
‘1839!’ is the new photography exhibition being mounted by a group of talented students soon to graduate from Rhode Island College. The word ‘photograph’ was coined in 1839 and these artists — Leah Edelman Brier, Andrew Davis, Kayla Hood, Sam Kashuk, AnnMarie Nethercote, and Elena Scotti — vividly demonstrate the variety of forms and techniques …
Three things happening tonight, all of which are conveniently located on the same corner: Local filmmaker Faythe Levine curated the show opening at Craftland, which features work by Merrilee Challiss and Margaret Oomen. From the press release: Merrilee brings her gouache and ink images of a darkly humorous view of natural history all the way …
Craftland’s year-round now, but there’s still the big holiday a-do this Friday, along with a ton of other holiday happenings: * Craftland Show Opening Party: December 4, 5-9pm. The first 300 shoppers will receive the highly-coveted goodie bags. * Girls Rock RI Party: December 9, 6-9pm * Buy Art Reception: December 10, 5-8pm * Hive …
The Blackout 11.07.09 8pm-12am West Side Arts Gallery 645 Westminster Street The Blackout is a showcase of up-and-coming talents and brands poised to make a difference in their local communities and the world. A handful of graphic artists, fashion labels, musicians, DJs, aficionados and media outlets will gather for this very special night to celebrate …
Not to turn this blog into the Matthew Lawrence Press Release Clearinghouse, but just so you know a show I curated is opening tomorrow at Craftland (235 Westminster St). It’s called World of Queercraft and it features eight artists who have stitched and sewn and crocheted and painted all kinds of flags and karaoke and …
From their blog: The Craftland grand opening hoo-ha, fete, celebration, whatever you call it, is set for Friday, September 18th, from 5-9pm. We’ll have a guest DJ and plenty of food and drink to go around. In addition, party-goers have the opportunity to win prizes and gift certificates during the pinata portion of party, which …
URI’s Providence campus is featuring a two-story exhibit called “Imagination! The World of Children’s Book Illustrations” that’s free and open to the public. If you get down there tonight (oops, which is now), you’ll make the opening reception, which features both book signings and readings. If not, you can still see the work of thirty-five …
I’d forgotten to post about this until I ran into the artist, Nathan Fitch, outside the show’s opening yesterday. It stays up all month. His words below. Right now I have a show up in the main gallery at AS220. For about a year I hung out and photographed a group of artists with disabilities …
The August exhibitions open tonight at the AS220 Galleries. The main gallery features a group exhibition, ‘On-The-Line: 19 on Paper‘. Collages by Christina Olszewski are in the Open Window. And ‘Quiet Riot’ new work by Sarah Samways is in the Youth Gallery. The AS220 Project Space holds ‘Pieces’ new work by Sharon N. Kahn Cutts …