Join us this month! We will leave at 5:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel, and return to the Graduate around 7:00 pm. The tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Frank Toti. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
AS220 Aborn Gallery presents Idioms of Distress: Being Khmer Elsewhere | curated by Savonnara Sok — an exhibition that brings together a new generation of post–Khmer Rouge Khmer artists. In a culture shaped by survival and diaspora, this show insists on visibility—honoring our elders while making space for those who have never seen themselves reflected on a gallery wall. With current tensions along the Thai–Cambodian border, the work’s urgency is unmistakable: we cannot and will not be erased.
AS220 Main Gallery presents Mello Art, an exhibition of paintings by Steve Mello in a variety of themes and subject matter, and Bedouin Dreamscapes by Eman Abdalla. Abdalla’s paintings are where ritual meets deconstruction—where fragments of memory and emotion transform into an inward world of reflection and resilience.
134 Collaborative presents Inception: Emerging Artists. Curated by Kylee Hong and Karen Gager, this group exhibition showcases a diverse range of mediums and themes by students and recent graduates of colleges in the Providence-metro area. This show highlights the creative voices, evolving perspectives, and practices of the next generation of artists.
Art in the Atrium, First U presents Light Writes the Story, an exhibition curated by Gillett Nicholson Graseck, featuring artwork by Ann-Marie Gillett, Karole Nicholson and Susan Graseck. Through cyanotypes, cityscapes, and landscapes this exhibition explores the shifting language of light across natural and built environments.
Please note that the AS220 Main and Aborn Galleries are in the same building, and are within a few blocks of the Project Space/Reading Room!
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.