Be among the first to experience the special exhibition, Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970. View the exhibition, enjoy wine from Bottles Fine Wine, and light snacks. Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970 casts new light on the legacy of this distinctive company, established in 1831 in Providence, Rhode Island. Home to the largest collection of […]
Consider the lasting effects that the Gorham Manufacturing Company has had on the community where it grew and prospered. Through the RISD Museum's newest soundwalk, Reverberations, you can listen to firsthand multi-generational accounts about Gorham and its connections with labor, craft, and the Elmwood neighborhood, as well as Indigenous and environmental perspectives about the landscape […]
Gorham Manufacturing Company was a mainstay of Providence's cultural and economic landscape for over a century. On this walking tour, led by Rhode Island Historical Society educators and guides, explore the earliest beginnings of the company in the early 19th century, then move into downtown to look at large-scale creations that are still present in […]
Rhode Island School of Design is hosting Collapse in Providence, RI, on September 21-23, 2022 and will feature speakers, a series of panel discussions, and an exhibition of original works by RISD faculty and staff funded by the CfC inaugural Art & Inquiry grant program. Join a dialogue among artists, designers, scholars, and activists exploring phenomena of collapse. From 9/11 […]
POST-SHOW : CONVERSATORY at the RISD MUSEUM "Mysteries from Quikuchá" : Questions, answers and more questions Friday, August 18, 2:30-4 pm Common Room In this conversatory, Argentinean artist hernán darío jourdan will share questions guiding the creation of Quikuchá –a video-performance piece currently delivered by the Narragansett waters and beyond. Adjusting to crisis and human-led […]
Jeannine Chartier, Executive Director of Arts Equity (formerly VSA Arts Rhode Island), exemplified the value of collective responsibility - the theme for Arts and Humanities Month in RI this October. She was a tireless lifelong advocate for the visibility, rights and inclusion of people with disabilities in American society. She partnered with Rhode Island State […]
What I Want You To Know is a documentary featuring 13 veterans and their personal stories from their deployments in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Executive producers Travis Weiner and Tommy Furlong, combat veterans, made this film as an outlet for veterans to candidly share their emotional experiences of these wars and for civilians to listen. […]
