❇ on view in November ❇

There is SO MUCH ART happening in Providence!

Below is a list of galleries and art spaces participating in Gallery Night on Thursday, November 20th. Their doors will be open to the public, and everyone is welcome to come explore the art—free of charge! Some venues may even have the artists present or offer refreshments. Take a look at the list below and decide how many galleries you'd like to visit. Some of these galleries are open outside of Gallery Night and their hours are included below.

An asterisk * after the gallery means it’s been confirmed accessible for wheelchairs. Two asterisks ** after the gallery means that it is accessible, but with staff assistance. A + sign after the gallery means that exhibit materials are available in Spanish as well as English.

Interested in taking a guided tour? Learn more about our free guided tours here.

Visitors at AS220’s Project Space


 
 

134 Collaborative*

  • Exhibit: Creatures of Light & Darkness — featuring artists Ellen Rogers and Jade Santana — whose love of nature, global perspective on environmental issues, and unwavering commitment to justice informs their artwork. This exhibition aims to inspire dialogue about nature and ignite emotional connections in viewers. | Artwork credit, Jade Santana

  • Address: 134 Mathewson Street, Downtown Providence, RI 02903

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5pm to 8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Gallery Night reception and by appointment only. Call 401.331.1069

  • Parking: On -street metered parking and paid parking lot next to the building

 

Anahid Ypres Art Studio

  • Anahid Ypres Art Studio, where you can get an inside look at the artist's space, & have the pleasure of seeing both in progress & finished paintings! 

  • Address: 118 N Main st, suite #6, Providence, RI

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5pm to 8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: By appointment only — call (508) 530 1235

  • Parking: Street parking

  • Accessibility Note: No elevator, stair access only

 

Angell Street Galleries*

  • Exhibit: Late Autumn Exhibition featuring ten different artists working in a variety of mediums and styles.

  • Address: 324 Angell Street, Providence, RI

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5pm to 8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: By appointment call 401-263-4104

Parking: Parking lot with limited off-street parking. Plenty of street parking.

 

AS220 Aborn Gallery**

  • Exhibit: GOD’S PROVIDENCE | Leiyana Simone Pereira — A portrait series where subjects reflect the definition of Providence. This project serves as a cultural appreciation for the natives of the ever-changing and gentrifying Providence. It honors the spiritual power and magic that exists here. | Photography credit, Leiyana Simone Pereira |

  • Address: 95 Empire Street, 2nd floor

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 1 pm to 7 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Thursday & Friday 1-6pm & Saturdays 12-5pm & by appointment

  • Parking: See downtown parking ideas here.

 

AS220 Main Gallery*

  • Exhibit: ​​To Every Orange Tree | RISD Students for Justice for Palestine — a powerful group exhibition centering art, memory, and resistance, bringing together artists from Rhode Island and beyond whose work speaks to love, care, and liberation. From prints, quilts, and zines to film, textiles, and mixed media, every piece carries a story — of Palestine, of community, of persistence.

  • Address: 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI, 02903

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 1 pm to 7 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Thursday & Friday 1-6pm & Saturdays 12-5pm & by appointment

  • Parking: See downtown parking ideas here.

 

AS220 Project Space | Reading Room**

  • Exhibits: New Formations | Rena Rong and OVO: A walk through the Orchard | Tonycha. Rena Rong is a New England-based Chinese-American sculptor and photographer known for her multidisciplinary work, including ceramics, photography, and functional objects. Tonycha’s work explores “the silent and twisted cycle of what it looks like to grieve, and experience learned acceptance through pain and personal development.” 

  • More info about accessibility for the Project Space:

    • Concrete sidewalks leading to the gallery are standard width, even with intermittent gaps. The entrance to the gallery has a 7.5″ step up into the gallery. The door to the gallery is narrow and manual. The interior space is narrow, which could make maneuvering a wheelchair or stroller tricky. There is wheelchair access at 95 Mathewson through the lobby and rear entrance into the gallery. The gallery monitor at the Project Space will assist. For any questions, clarifications, or to make an appointment, email neal.walsh@as220.org

  • Address: 93 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 1pm to 8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Thursday & Friday 1-6pm & Saturdays 12-5pm & by appointment

  • Parking: See downtown parking ideas here.

 
 
 

David Winton Bell Gallery*

  • Exhibit: ojo|-|ólǫ́, a solo exhibition by Diné (Navajo) artist Eric-Paul Riege; a multisensory experience combining textile, sculpture, sound, video, and performance.

  • Address: List Art Building, 64 College St, Providence, RI 02912

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 11 am to 8 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: The Bell is open daily, on Saturdays-Wednesdays from 11 am–5 pm and on Thursdays-Fridays from 11 am–8 pm.

  • Parking: There is metered parking available on Prospect St and unmetered and additional street parking on Benefit St.

  • Accessibility Note: If dropped off at the entrance via a vehicle, the building has a wheelchair accessible entrance. However, College St and Waterman St are not themselves wheelchair accessible (due to the slope). More info available here: https://bell.brown.edu/about/accessibility

 

E.M. Bannister Gallery*

  • Exhibit: 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. | Artist Credit, Richard Whitten | A special thank you to Victoria Gao for the exhibition description.

  • Address: 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI 02908

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 12 to 8 pm. On View: 11/6 - 12/5

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Monday-Friday, 12-8 PM, when exhibitions are on view

  • Parking: Free visitor parking in front of Roberts Hall

 

Galerie le Domaine

  • Presents an exhibition of abstract paintings by multi-disciplinary artist Karin Gielen. Located at the offices of Domain Properties, Galerie le Domaine is dedicated to presenting established and emerging artists from Rhode Island in an intimate venue that allows for interaction with artists on Gallery Nights. | (Artist credit: Karin Gielen)

  • Address: 173 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02906

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 4:30 to 7 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: By appointment. Call or text 401-864-9006 to make an appointment to see the work. If someone does not pick up, please leave a voicemail (without a voicemail or text message, the call is assumed to be spam).

  • Parking: Small parking lot and plenty of street parking

 
 
 

Providence College Galleries *

  • Exhibit: 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.

  • Address: 63 Eaton Street, Smith Center for the Arts, Providence College, Providence RI 02918

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 11am-5pm, PCG Reilly Gallery will be open until 8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Mon - Fri 11am - 5pm; Sat 11am - 4pm during the academic year

  • Parking: Some free and some metered on the street, and a paid parking lot on the same block. Also see downtown parking ideas here.

 

RI Center for Photographic Arts

  • Exhibit: Landscapes: Real or Imagined with Cara Weston. This juried group exhibition features photographers whose work explores, captures, and documents a broad range of landscapes, from the natural to the constructed, from the pristine to human constructs or interventions. The opening reception is on November 20th from 5-8pm during Gallery Night.

  • Address: 2nd Floor at 118 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 2pm to 8 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Wednesday through Saturday, 12 pm to 6 pm

  • Parking: Some free and some metered on the street, and a paid parking lot on the same block. Also see downtown parking ideas here.

  • Accessibility Note: No elevator, chair access only.

 

RISD Museum*

  • Exhibits: The RISD Museum offers six exhibitions this month, including The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea — an installation that investigates the complex history of Parsi gara embroideries, THIS IS A THING: Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, & Photographs, 2020-2025, and LIZ COLLINS: Motherlode — an exhibition of “radical experiments with fiber” by queer, feminist artist, Liz Collins.

  • Address: 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 12 pm to 8 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm; Thursday & Friday 12 to 7 pm. Free Sunday & Thursday evenings from 5 pm to 7 pm!

  • Parking: Street parking, also see downtown parking suggestions here

 
 

Sprout CoWorking Gallery*

  • Exhibit: In whaddya have 4 breakfast today, Liam Nickerson and Kai Bee Studios explore identity, place, and perspective through distinct yet complementary practices. Nickerson’s large-scale spray paint portraits blend precision and emotion, capturing the faces that shape his world. Kai Bee’s mixed-media works reflect queerness, belonging, and daily life on Cape Cod through intimate, imaginative scenes. Together, their work illuminates how we see through portrait, place, and texture.

  • Address: 166 Valley St, bldg 6M, suite 103, Providence, RI 02909

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5 pm to 8 pm — Opening Reception from 4-8pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: M-F 9-3, other hours by appointment

  • Parking: Free parking in the rising sun mills lot

 

Studio Hop*

  • Exhibit: Studio Hop is a local studio and shop specializing in contemporary fine art, jewelry, ceramics, hand crafts, and clothing. It is a local studio and shop offering a variety of handmade creations. Artist credit: Jaclyn Tomasso

  • Address: 810 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5 pm to 8 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Monday through Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday 12 to 5 pm

  • Parking: Street parking (no meters)

 

The Avenue Concept*

  • Exhibit: A Season of Ripples: A Public Art Infusion — a group exhibition showcasing over 50 Rhode Island-based artists, opening on October 16 at the TAC Paintbar Gallery. The Ripples Project included the painting of 50 utility boxes and five large-scale murals throughout Providence between 2024 and 2025. The exhibit showcases all RIPPLES art pieces as part of our project-end celebration. 

  • Address: 304 Lockwood Street, Providence, RI 02907

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5 to 8 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night:  Weekdays 9 am to 5 pm

  • Parking: Visitors may park in front of the building

 
 

The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler**

  • Exhibit: Elemental Forms / Broken Earth — featuring the work of  BC Crane, Denny Moers, and Jonathan Sharlin. The opening reception is on November 20th, 5-8pm during Gallery Night. 

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 5 - 8pm

    • On View: 11/20 - 12/10

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Monday to Friday, 3 to 6 pm / Saturdays 10 am to 4pm (and by appointment). The gallery is closed on Sundays and during the summer.

  • Parking: Street parking

 

The Gallery at City Hall**

  • Exhibit: presents Cerca de la Cerca — a two-part community art project with students from the Mary Fogarty School, an elementary school in South Providence that is currently awaiting the construction of a new building. Reception: October 16th, 4:30pm-6:30pm

  • Address: 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 4:30 pm to 6 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

  • Parking: See downtown parking suggestions here

 
 

The Providence Art Club**

  • Exhibit: The121st Annual Little Pictures Show and Sale — the oldest and largest exhibition of small works in the country! The show features over 700 works created by over 120 local artists. 

  • Address: 11 Thomas Street, Providence, RI

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: We will be open from 4pm.

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Sundays - Fridays 12-4pm (Hours are abbreviated in July and August and are extended in November and December)

  • Parking: Ample street parking is available nearby along Benefit Street and North Main

  • Accessibility Note: Our public galleries are both accessible through the entrance in our brick archway area. Some staff assistance may be required. Other elements of the Club, like our bar and the historic part of our cafe space, are not accessible.

 

WaterFire Arts Center*

  • Exhibit: 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.

  • Address: 475 Valley Street, Providence

  • Hours:

    • On Gallery Night: 10 am to 9 pm

    • Outside of Gallery Night: Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 am to 5 pm. and Thursdays, 10 am to 9 pm

  • Parking: Free parking. A parking lot is at the front of the building. Overflow parking in neighboring lot is also available at night and on weekends.


Idea #1: Language & World-Building

134 Collaborative

Providence College Galleries

RISD Museum

The Chazan Gallery

Idea #2:  History & Sense of Place

AAPI History Museum

David Winton Bell Gallery

Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts

Galerie le Domaine

Idea #3: Art for the Holidays

WaterFire Arts Center

Providence Art Club

Studio Hop

If you decide to make your own tour, we’d love it if you could complete our survey about your experience!

Take the survey!