This month, join us for a special tour departing from the Gateway Center at Roger Williams Park!
We will leave at 6:00 pm, and finish our tour around 8:00 pm. This is a walking tour, so make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Irene Yibirin with Guest Guide Charlotte Abotsi. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
The Providence Commemoration Lab (PCL) is a collaborative program, organized by The Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT) and the Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS). PCL works with artists to create temporary, public art/installations geared towards commemoration and understanding in communal spaces. Currently PCL is highlighting work by nine artists at three locations in Providence: Roger Williams Park, Columbus Square, and Public Street. Gallery Night’s August 21st tour will visit several of these sites and feature talks from PCL artists, including Edwige Charlot and k. funmilayo aileru, Raffini, at her sculpture, I (Eye) Am Woman (RW Park), and Shey Rivera Rios, who will discuss their cultural intervention pieces, “Abre Caminos” and “Museo de las Ancestras” (Columbus Sq.).
La Galería del Barrio presents What Color Are Your Feelings? Artists of all backgrounds and skill levels showcase work that visually represents emotion and highlights Latinx identity through color.
The Roger Williams Park Gateway Center presents a special exhibition from the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Mobile History Museum, Healing Histories: Youth Mental Wellness and the Power of Representation. This exhibit explores stories of “resilience and resistance” in Chinese, Cambodian, and Vietnamese-American communities and highlights the legacies of Chinese American women whose defiance of an oppressive legal system has persisted for over a century.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR SHOW UP THE NIGHT OF!
Half of the seats on the trolley or mini coach will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night! The other half of the seats are available to reserve in advance via Eventbrite. We ask that you donate $1 when you check out, for the convenience of guaranteeing your spot on the tour of your choice ahead of time.
Accessibility notes:
Many of the Gallery Night art spaces are wheelchair accessible. However, the trolleys we hire for Gallery Night cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
All tours involve some walking and some stops may include stairs.
We invite wheelchair users to enjoy self-guided tours on Gallery Night, and have created some suggestions (Make Your Own Tour tab page) where we note which galleries are wheelchair accessible.
Some notes to help you out the night of the event!
We recommend arriving to the Graduate 5 to 10 minutes before your tour time. One of our volunteers will be at a podium with a Gallery Night banner, near the main entrance, and will check you in and answer any questions!
If your plans change, please remember to cancel your Eventbrite reservation so that someone else can enjoy the tour.
Tours occasionally run late. We recommend allowing buffer time if you're planning on attending another event after ours.