(4.30) To celebrate his 40th birthday, comics artist Walker Mettling (Providence Comics Consortium and Wipeout) will stay awake for a 24-hour drawing marathon starting at “12am, Wednesday, April 29” which I take to mean 12:01am. More at Walker Mettling: A Durational & Isolational Birthday Celebrational. Walker posts up in his apartment doorway for a 24-hour …
(10.9) The Providence Preservation Society’s Sites and Stories Explored project will focus on the hidden and layered narratives of several endangered historic sites in Providence. The PPS has selected five artists and artist teams to create new works related to four sites featured on their 2018 Most Endangered Properties list. Each artist will begin the …
The Providence Comics Consortium is holding Comics Camps throughout the spring and summer. If you know kids ages 7 to 12 (ish) who need to make some comics check this out. In May the camps are being held at the Washington Park and Olneyville Libraries. From the Providence Community Libraries Facebook page, Another great series …
(11.16) Tonight is Gallery Night which means free admission and trolley service to art venues around town. The RISD Museum has something special planned with Walker ‘N’ Friends. Join 2017 RISD Museum Fellow and madcap comic artist Walker Mettling in the Chace Center lobby between 5:30pm and 8:30pm. Bring a blank T-shirt. OMG! Come to …
(7.24) Head over to Ada Books Monday night for the ‘Wipeout #3’ Oversize Comic Release hosted by Walker Mettling. The new issue features the work of Alison Rutsch, Caitlin Cali, Dailen Williams, Malachy Hopkins, Milky Pear, Mimi Chrzanowski, Ryan Alves, Zachary Kemp, and Walkeer Mettlling, with the screenprinting-sweat-labor of Julia Gualtieri and costs a mere …
A new exhibit “Portals: The History of the Future” is on display now at the Providence Public Library downtown. The dream of time travel has fascinated humans for centuries. Facing the future, it engenders both hope and fear about our imagined outcomes; facing the past, it provokes curiosity (and sometimes scorn) toward people who lived …
(10.29) Head down to AS220 for ‘A Night of Terrifying Stories V,’ the Providence Comics Consortium fifth birthday party, with host Walker Mettling. Walker hosts another Night of Terrifying Stories! This year it’s a mash up with the Providence Comics Consortium ‘s 5th Anniversary! With Weird Prizes, Videos, Slime, Monsters, And New Stories by Kid …