Join us this month! We will leave at 6:30 pm from the WaterFire Arts Center, and finish our tour at that same location around 8:30 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Danielle Wolfrum. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
Providence College Galleries presents WOR[L]DS — exhibited in the Reilly Gallery, Smith Center for the Arts. Organized by guest curators María Fernanda Mancera and Gabriel Sosa, this group exhibition considers the possibilities and limits of language by exploring its capacity for worldbuilding. The show includes works by New England-based artists Tatiana Gómez & José R. Menéndez, Anna McNeary, Meg Rotzel, Diana Sánchez, and Gabriel Sosa.
E.M. Bannister Gallery presents The Galileo Project. Drawing from the history and the visual language of the scientific instruments housed in the Museo Galileo, Nancy Bockbrader, Doug Bosch, and Richard Whitten have created a dialogue across media, time, and imagination — one that links contemporary art to centuries-old scientific inquiry. Bockbrader’s hand-bound catalogue, with essays by curator Dr. Victoria Gao and Dr. Natasha Seaman, provides a satisfyingly unique companion for the exhibition. | A special thank you to Victoria Gao for the exhibition description.
Sprout CoWorking Gallery presents whaddya have 4 breakfast today – an exhibition by Liam Nickerson and Kai Bee Studios that explores identity, place, and perspective through distinct yet complementary practices. Nickerson’s large-scale spray paint portraits are highly emotive and technically informed, capturing the faces that shape his world. Kai Bee’s mixed-media works explore queerness, belonging, and daily life on Cape Cod through intimate, imaginative scenes. Together, their work illuminates how we see through portrait, place, and texture.
The WaterFire Arts Center presents BuyArt — Back for the holiday season, BuyArt offers visitors a chance to support local artists by purchasing affordable small works. Featuring hundreds of original artworks by Rhode Island-based artists across a variety of media, this curated sale is perfect for holiday gifting. BuyArt also coincides with several weekend markets held in the Main Hall, including the Providence Artisans Holiday Shows, The Good Trade Makers Market, and the Holiday Arts Market.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR SHOW UP THE NIGHT OF!
A number of seats on the trolley or mini coach will always be available (first-come, first-served), to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night! The other seats are available to reserve in advance via Givebutter. We ask that you donate 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 WFAC 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 Givebutter 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.