Join us for May Gallery Night! 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 Guest Guide Michael Rose, Gallery Manager at Providence Art Club. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:
Bannister Gallery is pleased to present their 2025 Graduating Art Students’ Exhibition, an annual exhibit of work by graduating seniors in the Rhode Island College Art Department. Various studio concentrations represented include ceramics, metalsmithing, painting, printmaking, digital media, graphic design, photography and sculpture. The exhibition also celebrates Mike Kays, recipient of this year's Graduating Senior Award in Studio Art and the Harriet Brisson Award in Ceramics.
URI Main Gallery presents “PS2025 & Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island”, featuring more than 250 artworks from K-12 students throughout the state. This mixed media exhibit gathers work from public and charter schools, with the honored selection of North Kingstown Public Schools, adding 9 works to the permanent collection due to their extraordinary work integrating the arts into the curriculum across disciplines.
Sprout CoWorking Gallery is proud to present “Heavy Metal”! A show about illustrating what heavy metal, or high fantasy means to each artist. Featuring the works of Alfie Purcell, Kaitie Devlin, Sarah Belanger, David Steigerwald, and others!
Waterfire Arts Center brings to you Mays Boyz Makin’ NOIZE: A Father and Sons Exhibition. Timed with the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, this exhibition by Don Mays, presented in collaboration with his sons Zachary and Nicolas, confronts systemic racism, displacement, and the fight for justice through video, photography, and mixed media.
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.
