"BLUEBIRDS FLY, LOVE AND HOPE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM" Documentary Film Screening at the Jane Pickens Theatre
Not normally open to the public, come enjoy the chance to explore this remarkable home and the legacy of Newport furniture making as NRF staff offer informal tours of the house and neighborhood. We will also be selling autographed copies of "Extraordinary Vision: Doris Duke and the Newport Restoration Foundation." Light refreshments. Free, donations welcome.
Revolutionary War Reenactors, Living Historians, and Colonial Artisans recreate and authentic military encampment and battle on the ground of Spell Hall, the Historic 1770 Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead, home of George Washington’s Most Trusted General. Meet General and Mrs. Greene, experience colonial camp-life, music, musket and cannon demonstrations, tour Gen. Greene’s 1770 Homestead and watch […]
Wordsmith/Metalsmith allows for exploration of the communicative energy written text brings to jewelry and metalwork, a highly personal form of visual art. Showcasing contemporary artists from around the world, including the Boris Bally, Kristin Beeler, Liz Hamman, Keiith Lo Bue, Mary Hallam Pearse, and Katherine Richmond, these artist draw attention to symbolic language, making objects […]
Rhode Island Jewelry History presentation by Laura Johnson, Associate Curator at Historic New England, in conjunction with the jewelry exhibition Wordsmith/Metalsmith. Laura Johnson situates RI as a jewelry powerhouse from the eighteenth century on and explores reasons why RI was so successful until the crash of the 1970s. She will use a combination of pieces […]
Join artist Mary Beth Meehan at the RISD Metcalf Auditorium for the launch of Seen/Unseen: Providence and a conversation about artistic collaboration, place, and community that will challenge predisposed beliefs.
Join the RI Center for the Book and Goat Hill this Saturday, 3pm at Aurora for a Writer's Feast, a panel discussion with RI writing groups, as part of the Providence International Arts Festival.
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism invite you to visit the Gallery at City Hall for the newest exhibition SeenUnseen: Providence, a body of work by photographer Mary Beth Meehan. Meehan spent a year travelling throughout Providence making portraits of its residents. The result is a collection of photographs […]
Join WaterFire June 13th, 2015, 243 years after the burning of the Gaspee, as we retell and relive the story of that historic night through a variety of artistic mediums, events, and experiences.
In partnership with the Council, Rhode Island Latino Arts' 500 Years of Latino History programming will begin on August 15, 2015 from 12-2PM at the Southside Cultural Center with a Kick-Off of Café Recuerdos, a traveling humanities art installation that will engage participants with the theme of “Re-Examining America’s Social and Cultural History.” The installation […]
