Join us for May Gallery Night! We will leave at 5:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel at 11 Dorrance Street, and return to the Graduate around 7:00 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Barbara Zdravesky and will visit the following locations and exhibits:
The Gallery at City Hall showcases the work of Laura Petrovich-Cheney, a Massachusetts-based artist who draws inspiration from feminism and traditional women's arts like needlework, weaving, and quilting, “transforming salvaged materials into stories of resilience, renewal, and hope”. Both textiles and woodworking are major components of her craft.
Anahid Ypres Studio, where you can get an inside look at the artist’s space and appreciate both in progress & finished paintings! Her work touches on subjects ranging from landscapes & the figure, to abstract still lifes.
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts presents their 11th International Open Call Exhibition, showcasing contemporary photography selected by Providence-based artists Zora J Murff and Rana Young. From nearly 700 submissions, 55 photographs by artists from 19 states, Canada, and Italy were chosen to offer a fresh look at current photographic practice.
RISD Museum Get a taste of the many amazing exhibits housed here! Last chance to see The World Is on Fire by 2025 Dorner Prize winner Kailyn Bryant (BFA 2025, Furniture Design), which creates a vital site for expression. On view in the Chace Lobby, the interactive painting invites visitors to share unspoken thoughts, amplifying queer and BIPOC voices often absent from museums.
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 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.