Join us for May Gallery Night! We will leave at 6:15 pm from the Graduate Hotel, and finish our tour at that same location around 8:15 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Irene Yibirin and Guest Guide Bob Dilworth. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
Chapel Gallery at 134 Collaborative presents “The Sound of Color”, the work of American visual artist Gerard Avila LeDoux. “As an artist, I am drawn to reflect on the rhythm, detail and flow of the life which surrounds us.” He works in Prismacolor art pencil, exploring the concept of repetition as it appears in artforms across cultures.
Angell Street Galleries presents their Summer Exhibition featuring artists Kathryn Parker Almanas, S.W. Dinge, Vienna Mercedes Gambol, Marjorie Hellman, Rebecca Jenness, Kendel Joseph, James Powers, and John Trainor. The show includes paintings, mixed media, photography, and print.
Bannister Statue, sculpted by local artist Gage Prentiss. Stop by the bronze statue of Edward Mitchell Bannister, a pioneering Black painter and key figure in Providence’s art history. Learn how his legacy lives on through this powerful public tribute.
WaterFire Lighting in Memorial Park, where visitors can enjoy food, art, and evening festivities in the park prior to a WaterFire mini lighting! You will arrive in the park around 8pm, with the option to ride the trolley back to The Graduate at 8:15 OR stay until the lighting and close out the night on your own.
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.