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This Week From The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism - March 18, 2009
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
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Francophonie RI |
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Offering activities all week long to share the wonders of the French language and the French-speaking world! |
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March 19 - 29
Downtown Providence
Various Venues
Price Varies By Event
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St. Patrick's Day Parade |
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The parade will include several marching bands and floats. A 5K race will begin at 11:30am on the Parade route. |
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March 21, 12pm
Elmhurst Ave &
Smith Street
Free To The Public
Call 751-1553 For More Info | |
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Gallery Night Providence |
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A fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene with 21 of the city’s hot “art spots” opening their doors. |
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March 19, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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Creative Providence Studio |
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Educate For Lifelong Creativity:
Developing creative thinking
and practice in youth for 21st
century global citizenship. |
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March 24, 9am - 12pm
New Urban Arts
743 Westminster Street
Free - Registration Required
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Photography And Portraits Of Artists |
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Joseph Chazan shares his inspiration for NetWorks 2008, a series of exhibitions celebrating the work of local artists. |
March 19, 6pm - 7pm
Danforth Hall - RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission $10
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Join Quintana Heathman, Asian art curatorial assistant, for an introduction to the world of Japanese prints. |
March 22, 3pm - 4pm
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission $10
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The Black Lavender Experience |
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Rites And Reason Theatre presents 4 days of theater and conversations sparked by the works of queer playwrights. |
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April 2 - 5
Rites And Reason Theatre
155 Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Senator Whitehouse On The Arts |
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A discussion about the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 and it's impact on the local creative sector. |
March 20, 10am - 11:30am
The Steel Yard
27 Sims Avenue
Free To The Public
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Listen Local: Composers' Forum |
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A conversation with composers featured in last season's Community MusicWorks Listen Local project. |
March 26, 6pm - 7:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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LUNAFEST |
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LUNAFEST films are renowned for celebrating the talents and stories of women. All proceeds from the festival benefit the Breast Cancer Fund & Families First Rhode Island. |
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March 19, 7pm
Tazza Caffe
250 Westminster Street
Tickets Are $35
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First Look 2009 |
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The First Look series gives audiences a peek at narratives, animations, comedies, dramas and documentaries that have already been accepted into 2009
RI International Film Festival. |
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March 20, 7:30pm
Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway
Tickets Are $10
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SENE Arts Festival |
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The Southeast New England (SENE) Film, Music & Arts Festival will offer 60 films, 8 musical performances and 7 exhibiting artists in downtown Providence over 4 days. |
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April 2 - 5
Multiple Venues
Downtown Providence
Prices Vary By Event
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Royal Gallery |
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Composed of contemporary still life works of extraordinary brilliance, this exhibit pays homage to a tradition of artwork reaching back to ancient times. |
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March 17 - April 25
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Dodge House Gallery will feature Emergence while the Maxwell Mays Gallery will feature The Fidelity Green Works Juried Exhibition. |
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Through March 27
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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This exhibit will feature over twenty oils, watercolors and drawings by Florence Leif from the last two decades of her painting career. |
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March 24 - June 19
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
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John Nicholas Brown |
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A solo exhibition of the work of New England artist Cora Marshall, whose mixed media artwork draws from the history and legacy of slavery. |
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Through April 5
John Nicholas Brown Center
375 Benefit Street
Free To The Public
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The Bank RI Turks Head Gallery will be featuring Drawings and Pastels by Marian Purviance through the month of March. |
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Through March
Bank RI Turks Head Building
One Turks Head Place
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at City Hall will be featuring a new exhibit titled Broken Down Nostalgia: New Works By Bradley Fesmire through the month of March. |
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Through March 27
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Experience artwork during the month of March at Gallery Z that challenges the viewer to decipher an abstract language of colors and forms. |
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Through March 28
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The Holocaust: Women And Resistance - The Will To Survive And Thrive will be the featured exhibition through the month of April. |
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Through April 30
URI Providence Gallery
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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5 Traverse |
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The 5 Traverse Gallery will be featuring Jonathan Bonner's exhibit titled Pooms and Scott Lapham's exhibit titled
See-Shore. |
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April 3 - May 16
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Providence Library |
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Hidden from History: Slavery in Rhode Island from its Inception to Its End, a landmark exhibit depicting slavery in RI, will be featured through March. |
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Through March 29
Providence Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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This exhibit in the Fleet Library
at RISD, Bedazzled, examines the questions surrounding
the relationship of art and camouflage. |
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Through March 29
Fleet Library @ RISD
15 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University presents the 2009 Student Exhibition which will run through the end
of March. |
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Through March 29
Bell Gallery - Brown University
64 College Street
Free To The Public
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Krause Gallery |
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The Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School will be featuring an exhibit highlighting work from the Rhode Island Art Education Association. |
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Through April 5
Moses Brown
250 Lloyd Avenue
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 is pleased to announce The Precession, a site-sensitive multi-screen event involving collaborative digital text and choreography. |
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March 20
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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This exhibition will examine the variety of printed effects that could be achieved in Japanese monochrome printmaking, including book illustration. |
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Through July 5
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission $10
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery will
be featuring New Collage
Paintings by Deb Hickey
and New Paintings
by Amy Ryan. |
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Through March 28
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Showcasing the work of two Rhode Island College professors in
"William Martin and Krisjohn Horvat: Focus on Sculpture." |
Through March 26
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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Kicking off their Spring Season as part of Gallery Night with food, drink and an exhibition from three RI artists titled Color. |
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March 19
2nd Floor - Hotel Providence
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Reilly Gallery |
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The Reilly Gallery at Providence College will be featuring
an exhibit titled
Providence College Studio
Art Faculty. |
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Through April 5
Providence College
549 River Avenue
Free To The Public
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This opening reception will feature New Works by Lee Chabot and performances by Providence’s Enterprise Opera Productions. |
March 19, 5pm - 9pm
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 presents The
2009 Rhode Island College Student Exhibit Of Jewelry And
Metalworks which runs through mid-April. |
March 22 - April 19
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
$5 Suggested Donation
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Johnson & Wales University |
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In celebration of Woman's History Month, the Johnson & Wales Multicultural Center will exhibit works from artist Alicia Perez. |
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Through March 30
Xavier Complex - J&W
60 Broad Street
Free To The Public
598-4776 For More Info |
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The art and art installations presented in nine downtown art windows are by Jillian Clark, Eric Rice, Marisa DiPaola, Deb Hickey and many more. |
Opening March 19, 5:30pm
Design Within Reach
210 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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The exhibition highlights the ways that local and national artists respond to the shifting landscapes that backdrop our society’s actions and intentions. |
Through April 3
RISD CIT Building
169 Weybosset Street
Free To The Public
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Manton Avenue Project |
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Disco Will Never Die! Those 70's Plays features Fan-tabulous plays written by kids and acted out by adults. |
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March 27 - 29
Media/Arts Center - Met Public
325 Public Street
Free - Reservations Suggested
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The Secret Rapture |
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When a father dies, two sisters must come together and face their differences — and their intrusive stepmother. |
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Through March 29
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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The Importance Of Being Earnest |
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In Oscar Wilde’s best-loved comedy of manners, mistaken identities backfire and Lady Bracknell is not amused. |
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April 10 - May 10
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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The Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium presents Shakespeare’s tale of the powerful and reclusive magician, capable of manipulating man and nature. |
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April 30 - May 3
Pell Chafee Performance Ctr.
87 Empire Street
Tickets Are $5
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Rhode Island’s oldest late night puppet salon! Enjoy the salon that has lasted longer than some marriages. Featuring work from RI and NY artists. |
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March 20, 10pm
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $5
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This stunning new play weaves a spellbinding yarn about the ways we change for others. A world premiere directed by Laura Kepley. |
May 1 - 31
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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Bring Your Own Improv |
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Applaud at a scene you like, yell out fantastic suggestions, or jump up and get involved with them on stage! |
Wednesdays 9pm, Fridays 11pm
The Spot On Thayer
286 Thayer Street
Tickets Are $5
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The Other Shore |
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This one-act play, presented by Brown University, explores the human struggle to reach enlightenment. |
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April 2 - 5
Leeds Theatre - Brown University
77 Waterman Street
Tickets Are $17
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Lolanthe |
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Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan is pleased to present this fully staged and orchestrated spring show. |
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April 3 - 5
Alumnae Hall - Brown University
194-200 Meeting Street
Free To The Public
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Up Close On Hope |
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Winner of Rhode Island Monthly’s “Best of Rhode Island” award for “Ballet in an intimate
setting." |
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Through March 22
Festival Ballet
825 Hope Street
Tickets Are $50
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
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Everything you could want in a musical! Sensational sets, stunning special effects, an irresistible story and more. |
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March 19 - 22
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $38 - $88
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A Chorus Line |
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Winner of nine Tony Awards, this musical is for everyone who's ever had a dream and put it all on the line. |
March 31 - April 5
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $41 - $68
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Jesus Christ Superstar |
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This groundbreaking production starring Ted Neeley in the title role and Corey Glover as Judas is as relevant and timeless as ever. |
April 14, 8pm
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $43 - $65
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Spring Awakening |
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The groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical. |
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April 21 - 26
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $46 - $73
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West Side Story |
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Rise On Broadway brings together amazingly talented actors and singers for the 50th anniversary of the production. |
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March 27 - April 5
Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway
Tickets Are $18
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National Acrobats Of China |
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Skillful performers, using every day objects, perform eye-popping acrobatics and heart-stopping balancing acts. |
March 24, 7:30pm
Roberts Hall - RI College
600 Mount Plesant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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RI College Dance Concert |
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The RI College Faculty & Alumni Concert will showcase the works of alum Liam Clancy '95 and Olase Freeman. |
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March 26 - 27, 8pm
Nazarian Center - RI College
600 Mount Plesant Avenue
Tickets Are $14
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Everett Dance Theatre |
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Aaron Jungels will premiere his new multimedia piece Silas the Teenager, inspired by his nephew Silas, who has autism. |
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April 17 - 23
Carriage House Stage
9 Duncan Avenue
Tickets Are $20
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Africa: Many Places/Faces |
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This new exhibit will explore the culture, art, lifestyle and ecology of a diverse array of African peoples. |
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Ongoing
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $2 - Children $1
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Free-For-All Saturday |
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Create a small-scale mural after visiting Pulled Up, which features works from the Museum’s collection. |
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March 28, 11am - 4pm
RISD Museun
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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Story Cloths |
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Children discover the stories depicted in story cloths, make their own story cloth prints and add their stories to a giant mural. |
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April 4, 1pm - 4pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Museum Admission $7.50
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Local artists compete for a spot to showcase their talent on a Sound Session stage. Performing this week is Greg Lato. |
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March 19, 9pm
Providence Black Repertory
276 Westminster Street
Admission Is $5
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Beatin' The Blues |
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Guitarist Paul "Sweet P" Williams will combat all
your woes, celebrating the healing power of the blues. |
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March 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Knight Memorial Library
275 Elmwood Avenue
Free To The Public
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The Providence String Quartet performs chamber music by Samuel Barber, Dmitri Shostakovich and more. |
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March 21, 8pm
Music Mansion
Meeting Street @ Congdon
Tickets Are $15
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A concert featuring The RIC Wind Ensemble, The American Band and the RI Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensembles. |
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March 22, 3pm
Nazarian Center - RI College
600 Mount Plesant Avenue
Tickets Are $10
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RI Civic Chorale |
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Featuring the winners of the Collegiate Vocal Competition performing as soloists with the orchestra. |
March 28, 8pm
St. Joseph's Church
92 Hope Street
Tickets Are $25
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A choral celebration of presidents, poets + composers with significant birthdays and milestones in 2009. |
March 28, 8pm
Cathedral Of St. Peter & Paul
30 Fenner Street
Tickets Are $26
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Festival Ballet
Ongoing, Festival Ballet Providence, 825 Hope Street, Providence, RI, 02096
Donate one dollar to keep Festival Ballet dancers on their toes. Donations can be dropped off in person or mailed to the address above.
Deborah Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser
April 2, 8pm, Nazarian Center, RI College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Donations Welcome
Faculty members of RIC's Music, Theatre and Dance Department will put their talents on display at the seventh annual Deborah Griffin Memorial Faculty Recital to benefit the Deborah Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to outstanding music majors. For more information please call 401-456-8144.
Nunsense A-Men!
April 9-11, 8pm, Black Box Theatre, Met Media & Arts Center, 350 Public St., Tickets $20
Some of Rhode Island's most infamous drag queens will grace the footlights in this critically acclaimed musical comedy about the Little Sisters of Hoboken to benefit Rhode Island Pride & AIDS Care Ocean State. For more information please click here. |
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Call For Providence Based Artists & Art Sellers
Providence's new BUY ART campaign is designed to thank all shoppers who buy art and to help promote Providence based art merchants + artists. If you are based in Providence, sell art and wish to participate please email Michael Christofaro with your name, website address, brief description of the work you produce, address (internal use only), phone number (internal use only) and email address (internal use only). For more information on BUY ART please click here.
Call For Vendors
The Providence Open Market is now accepting applications for its 2009 season. For more information please click here.
Call For Artists
Aspire Resturant, located in the center of the arts and theater district of downtown Providence is hosting a contest to redesign the cover of their menu. The artwork needs to be the work of a locally based artisit and must have a Providence-inspired theme. The winning design will be chosen by a panel of Providence art enthusiasts, promoters and students by May 1st. The winner will receive a $500.00 cash prize, as well as a bio of the artisit on the inside cover of the menu! Please email Tricia Carter for an entry form and further instructions on how to get involved. Deadline for submission is April 17th.
Call For Design Submissions
M+D+F 2009 is a juried exhibition to uncover and promote innovative modern furniture by emerging designers in the Northeast. Organized by the Design Within Reach Providence Studio and juried by local creative professionals in the design, architecture and art worlds, M+D+F provides an opportunity for peer, public and professional recognition for up-and-coming designers and firms. These jurors will select the top entries to be exhibited at DWR Providence on Thursday, April 30. The deadline to submit is April 4. For a complete list of guidelines and to download an application please click here.
Call For Photographs & Drawings
Photographs and drawings are sought from kids and professional artists alike across the Ocean State to support the Year of Science theme for the month of June: Oceans & Water. They are seeking artistic works that show us what a day without the ocean would be like. Selected photos will appear on a rotating basis on June’s Year of Science Ocean and Water website. Please send a digital image (photograph or scanned drawing) and caption explaining your thoughts, and include a caption no longer than 80 words, your name, and your grade or occupation with your submission. Submissions can be emailed Michael Lombardi by clicking here. Deadline for submission is May 1.
Rhode Island International Film Festival Internships
Internship applications for Summer and Fall 2009 are available now for the Rhode Island International Film Festival. RIIFF is seeking motivated, industrious, self-starting students who care about the community and want to be a part of New England’s largest film festival. For more information please click here.
Trinity Repertory Company's Young Actors Summer Institute Now Enrolling
For the fifth summer, Trinity Rep will open its doors for boys and girls in grades 5-12 to explore a world of creativity and theater under the instruction of RI's most knowledgeable theater professionals with the Young Actors Summer Institute. The Summer Institute offers students a challenging five weeks of study in the fields of acting, playwriting, dance and much more. The Summer Institute runs from June 29 to August 1 in the Pell Chafee Performance Center. For more information please call 521-1100 X230 or click here.
ISDA Young Professionals Night
March 26, 5pm - 8pm, The Red Fez, 49 Peck Street, Free To The Public
Are you a recent graduate? Have you just moved to Rhode Island? IDSA is hosting Young Professionals Night at the Red Fez. For those looking to make new social connections, this event has been a catalyst for friendships, collaborations and ideas. Designers, architects, engineers, business professionals and politicians are all more than welcome to attend. Their motive is to build and strengthen relationships with the younger community in and around Rhode Island. For more information please click here.
New Roots Providence Grants
New Roots Providence is a program of the Providence Plan. Its purpose is to build the capacity of faith and community organizations by providing training, grants and technical assistance. New Roots will give Capacity Building Grants to individual organizations and partners of organizations working in Providence, Kent and Bristol counties. Grants will be used for activities that strengthen organizations and increase their ability to serve people in need. The Request For Proposals, with full instructions, can be obtained by clicking here. The deadline to submit is March 20. For more information please email Bernadette by clicking here.
The Steel Yard Spring/Summer Community Courses Now Enrolling
Highlights for the upcoming months of warmth include sculptural ceramics, glass casting, building bike trailers and much more. Courses fill up quickly so please click here for more information and to sign up. Space For Rent
Located on 91 Hartford Avenue in Olneyville, this is one of the few existing mill buildings presently being redeveloped for smaller industrial uses. Spaces in this mill start at 668 sq ft and are typically in the 2500 sq ft to 4000 sq ft range. All the units are upgraded with a new 60 amp service and additional electric is available as well as gas and water for processing. Rental rates include heat, electric is separately metered and common trash pickup has a monthly fee. For more information please click here.
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To submit an Arts event for the Newsletter, please email Michael Christofaro at least two weeks prior to the event.
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism / 25 Dorrance Street / Room 111 / Providence / RI / 02903 / 401.421.2489 | |
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