TROOPTOP THURSDAYS : ‘Tis the season for a rooftop beer garden. WaterFire Providence’s TroopTop Thursdays rock the top of WaterFire Arts Center now through Aug. 29, except July 4 and July 25. Each week, you can catch the sunset, and the current exhibition, 5-9 p.m. Expect tunes, snacks, beer and wine. 475 Valley St., Providence. Details here. […]

Artists in Conversation Creative Collaboration Thursday, August 1 / 5:30-7 pm Museum Galleries About We welcome artists and designers at any stage of their career to come together in-person with fellow artists for informal discussions about work on view in the galleries. Join co-facilitators Fernando Mondragón and Sam Nehila in exploring variables in participation, material influence, and working patterns […]

FEATURE ARTIST OPENING Liz White Aug 1st from 6-8pm at 4 Market St. Warren RI AS ALWAYS, ARC{HIVE} WILL BE BE OPEN FOR DRINKS AND SNACKS "I’m a single mom who wears a lot of hats and tries to make space for art every day. Painting is my visual journal, a space where I process […]

Tim Davey is an abstract artist based in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. Most of his art consists of medium- to large-scale acrylic paintings, typically on canvas or on other found material (wood panel, heavy paper, tar paper). Wholly self-taught and with zero formal education to speak of — earning placement in artistic subcategories […]

Join us for Artists in Conversation to engage further with Waterfire's current exhibition, NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Patronage, a large-scale exhibition featuring over 100 NetWorks Rhode Island artists. This exhibition celebrates a dynamic community of innovative artists living and working in Rhode Island and their champion, Joseph A. Chazan M.D. Over […]

Think & Drink! France Thursday, August 1 / 6-7:30 pm Museum Galleries About Take a trip to France via the notable French paintings in the collection. With the Summer Olympic games set for summer, this Think & Drink will take you away to France - no passport required! Join Maureen O'Brien, Curator of Painting and […]

ERIK ROCK, GRETA GRANITE AND THE THUNDERSTONE: In case you missed the unveiling last weekend, it’s officially Troll Time in Rhode Island. Renowned trash artist and recycle activist Thomas Dambo’s two trolls in Ninigret Park are now open to the public. 5 Park Lane, Charlestown.

A procession is part of life; people gather and move together to celebrate, worship, protest, mourn, escape, or call for change. These expressions are all at the heart of The Procession, an ambitious installation first commissioned by Tate Britain, UK, and making its North American debut at the ICA Watershed. Get Water Shuttle tickets  Through his […]

ODD-KIN presents an exhibition of work spanning over 20 years by Providence-based artist Jungil Hong (b.1976). This exhibition represents different eras and approaches to labor, offering a glimpse into Hong's evolving identity as an immigrant, a mother, a daughter, a partner, and an artist. In the time between the oldest and newest works in this […]

less EVENT DETAILS Saturday, August 3, 10 am—5 pm (Rain date: August 4) Free and open to all Open Studios is a one-day, island-wide event where participating artists invite the public into their studios. MAPS Click hereon your smartphone to open the digital map for turn-by-turn directions, or scroll below. Printed maps are available at […]

Full Lighting: Sunset (5:47 pm) – 10:00 pm Onshore programming and vendors open at 5:00 pm Supported by Brown University Please join us for a full lighting on Saturday, October 26, made possible through the crucial support of Brown University. The lighting will begin at 6:04 PM and end at 10:00 PM. The earlier closing hour […]

Put simply, there's nothing like Waterfire. Wander downtown in an ethereal world of fire, music and performers. Scattered across the summer calendar, Waterfire is an other worldly experience that somehow is never the same. This award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence, has been praised by Rhode Island residents […]