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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - August 12, 2009
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
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Friday Night Concert Series At Waterplace Park |
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The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism will showcase five dynamic local artists this summer. Performing this week is Zerui De Pina. |
August 14
Fridays At 7:30pm
Waterplace Park
Free To The Public
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Burnside Park After Work Music Series |
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Every Thursday, wind down after work with DJs and bands from
all over New England and a
beer garden from Trinity Brewhouse. |
Thursdays, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Burnside Park Noon Tune Music Series |
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Every Wednesday, head on over at lunch and enjoy some
midday sounds right in
front of the
fountain! |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Blackstone Park Summer Concert Series |
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Brought to you by Whole Foods, this concert series showcases local acts. Performing next is Tish Adams. |
August 24, 4pm
Blackstone Blvd. Trolley Station
Opposite 585 Blackstone Blvd.
Free To The Public
Call 272-6290 For More Info |
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Thursday Nights Live
@ Alco |
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Everyman Bistro presents this concert series featuring a locally sourced theme. Performing next is Ameranouche. |
August 20, 7pm
American Locomotive Works
555 Valley Street
Free To The Public
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RIHS Concerts Under The Elms |
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A concert series held every Thursday evening on the lawn of the John Brown House. Performing next is Pendragon. |
August 13, 6:30pm
John Brown House
63 Power Street
Admission Is $8
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MAYOR DAVID N. CICILLINE'S NEIGHBORHOOD PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE |
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Live music that reflects the cultural & ethnic diversity of the neighborhood. This week enjoy a performance by Dominic Dipasquale. |
August 12, 6:30pm
St. John's Park
Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Performances every Thursday in collaboration with the West Broadway Neighborhood Assciation. This Week: Movies In The Park. |
August 13, Dusk
Dexter Park
Parade Street
Free To The Public
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Live music throughout the Summer in collaboration with the Friends of Brown Street. Performing next is
Super Chief Trio. |
August 17, 5pm
Brown Street Park
Behind Hope High School
Free To The Public
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The End of Summer Festival will feature a cookout, face painting, pony rides, live music from the Cobra-Matics and much more! |
August 18, 6pm
Fargnoli Park
Smith/Jastram Street
Free To The Public
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SPECIAL EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Numerous interactive art installations and games, local artists showcasing their creations and twelve hours of all-original music will make this the most art-packed, music-filled Foo Fest yet! |
August 15, 1pm - 1am
AS220 & Surrounding Area
Empire Street
Admission Is $5
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National Arts Marketing Project Conference |
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Learn how you can save the day when it comes to marketing, sponsorship and fundraising
at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference held this year in
Providence. |
October 30 - November 2
RI Convention Center
One Sabin Street
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Fledgling Festival |
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Get out of the summer heat and check out The Fledgling Festival. Festival founder and curator Peter Deffet presents new works of dance, theater, puppetry, music and mania from local and not-so-local artists. |
August 20 - 30
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10
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John Brown House Museum Tours |
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This magnificent and elegant building allows the public to learn about the people who helped create Rhode Island's capital city. |
Through December 19
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $8
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Lippitt House Museum Tours |
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The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum is now open for the season. Tours begin on the hour with the first tour at 11am and the last tour at 2pm. |
May - October
Lippitt House Museum
199 Hope Street
Admission Is $10
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This walk shares the history of RI's capital city and the history of WaterFire. Offered during WaterFire full lightings by the RI Historical Society. |
August 22, 5:30pm
Tours Begin - John Brown House
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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Movie Mondays |
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Beat the heat, watch a movie at the library. Many of the movies are based on popular books that may be read and enjoyed by the whole family. Next: Chronicles of Narnia. |
August 17, 1:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire St, 3rd FL
Free To The Public
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The award-winning films of this year's 48 Hour Film Project will be screened featuring a Q & A with the filmmakers and a party in the lobby of the theater with food & beverages. |
August 15, 7pm
Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway
Tickets Are $10
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Movies On The Block |
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Watch some great flicks with family and friends under the stars, including a short film from the RI International
Film Festival. This week's film is Anchorman. |
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Thursdays Through September
Dusk - Grant's Block
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Gallery Night |
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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 to a visual arts party. |
August 20, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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OOP! |
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Come listen to some cool tunes, enjoy a glass of wine
and some fun times every Thursday in August
after work! |
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August 13, 5pm - 7pm
OOP!
220 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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A showcase for over 50 local and nationally known American artists featuring creations in glass, clay, wood, metal,
and more. |
Ongoing
Gallery Belleau
424 Wickenden Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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The Royal Gallery's Eastern European Art: Five Contemporary Perspectives exhibit features works from Yana Movchan, Tatyana Eliseeva and more. |
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Through August 22
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Providence Art Club's
Maxwell May Gallery's
featured exhibition is
Class Exhibition: Inspired
Art. |
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Through August 21
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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Bert Gallery will is showcasing Documenting: A Moment, A Place, An Era featuring the photography of O. Wilson Link and Carmel Vitullo. |
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Through August 28
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
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Art + History |
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An exhibition and community series about the processes of interpreting history, featuring works from Carla Herrera-Prats and Jill Slosburg-Ackerman. |
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Through October 2
John Nicholas Brown Center
375 Benefit Street
Free To The Public
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The Bank RI Turks Head
Gallery is featuring
Computer Graphic
Environments by Peter Ciccariello. |
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Through September 2
Bank RI Turks Head Gallery
Turk's Head Place
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at Providence City Hall is featuring an
exhibit with works from Balam Soto through the month of
August. |
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Through August
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Gallery Z features an exhibition of new artwork by Ewa Romaszewicz and Brian O’Malley titled Real & Imagined Landscapes. |
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Through August 29
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The mixed media exhibit includes art from recycled/found objects to highlight the need to recycle and Live Green and more. |
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Through August 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
is featuring Collective Access: New Work From
The AS220 Print Shop Key Members. |
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Through August 16
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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The Everything Party is a series of audio-visual performances & multi-media installations every Sunday in August. |
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Sundays In August
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The Hamilton House Gallery is featuring pastels and oil paintings from local artist John Riedel. |
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Through August 31
Hamilton House
276 Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Chapel Gallery |
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The Mathewson Street Church Gallery's featured exhibit is ARTREACH: Reaching For The Stars. |
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Through August 31
Mathewson Street Church
134 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery is featuring a group exhibition titled On the Line: 19 On
Paper. |
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Through August 29
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Fusing architecture with fashion by blending and diversifying materials from one industry into another. |
Ongoing
Conley's Wharf
200 Allens Avenue #1
Free To The Public
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Featured at the RISD Library is Representing the Wild: 19th and 20th Century Illustrations of Birds and Animals. |
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Through September 15
Fleet Library At RISD
15 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Waste Not Want Not |
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Promoting resourceful creativity through recycling, reuse
and repurpose of
reclaimed materials and found objects. |
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Ongoing
Waste Not Want Not
232 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Chabot Gallery presents Freedom of Expression, an exhibit filled with creativity from artists who exhibit around the world. |
Through September 5
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Hotel Providence |
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The RISD Gallery, located on the second floor, is home to a sample of the contemporary art collection of the hotel’s original owner, Stanley Weiss. |
Ongoing
Hotel Providence - 2nd Floor
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Summer Farmers' Markets |
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Rhode Island farms bring a bounty of fresh foods into 10 neighborhoods across the city. A market every day of the week! |
Through October 31
Various Providence Locations
Free To The Public
And More Info | |
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Farmers' Market |
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Shop for tasty harvests from RI farms on the sidewalk along Burnside Park. Brought to you by Farm Fresh RI. |
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Fridays, 10am - 4pm
2 Kennedy Plaza
Burnside Park Brickwalk
Free To The Public
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Market Bazaar Monday |
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Food, antiques, books, records, art, merchandise and a whole lotta' fun in a lively,
urban setting. |
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Mondays, 11am - 5pm
2 Kennedy Plaza
Burnside Park Brickwalk
Free To The Public
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Pole To Pole |
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| Discover the frozen stretches of our planet that act as the Earth’s thermostat - featuring a polar bear display! |
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Through December
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $3 - Children $2
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2009 Hunter Music Series |
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Children’s songwriter Maria Sangiolo performs songs from her latest album Under the Mystic
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August 16, 4pm
Henry Lippitt House
199 Hope Street
Free To The Public
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Play Power |
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Engaging kids and adults in imaginative activities
investigating air, light,
magnets, motion and sound. |
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Ongoing
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Museum Admission $7.50
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City Arts 2009 Summer Soiree
August 14, 6pm - 9:30pm, RISD, Woods Gerry Mansion, 62 Prospect St, Tickets $65
The Summer Soiree is a new Providence art event to raise funds to support free quality arts education programs for urban at-risk youth. It will feature live music, creative food selections, a silent auction, an art sale and much more. For more information please click here.
Urban Alchemy 3
August 20, 7pm, American Locomotive Works, 555 Valley Street, Donations Welcome
An evening of music from the award winning Ameranouche, a jazz trio that opened for Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins at the 2008 JVC Newport Jazz Festival, to raise funds for VSA arts of RI’s Robert Pryhoda Scholarship Fund for students with disabilities. For more information pleease click here.
A Salute To Hollywood
August 23, 5pm, Cafe Nuovo, 1 Citizens Plaza, Tickets $75
An evening of fabulous dining, dancing and fun that raises awareness and funding for the Gail Badessa Memorial Fund for Cultural Experiences. For more information please call 401-781-4380 x130.
Savor Providence
August 29, 11am - 3pm, Participating Restaurants, Downtown, 10 "Tastes" For $35
Last year's hit event is back! No tents, no lines - Savor Providence leads people right to the doorsteps of the many exceptional restaurants in and around Providence's vibrant downtown. Sample a "taste" of each restaurant's personality and flavor, with signature dishes, house specialties or classic cocktails offered at each establishment. Proceeds from the event benefit the educational programs of Trinity Repertory Company. For more information please click here. |
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES |
Providence Latino CommUNITY Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
Mayor David N. Cicilline, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Hispanic Heritage Project will collaborate to promote activities taking place locally during the national observation of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15. Event organizers should click here to register their Hispanic Heritage month celebration.
Call For Providence Based Artists
The City of Providence, Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is seeking submissions from Providence artists working across all visual mediums for the BUY ART 2009 button campaign. Thumbnail visuals from five artists will be selected by a jury and incorporated into the city’s 2009 series of limited edition “I BUY ART” buttons. 15,000 of these buttons are produced and distributed to venues so that art buyers during the holiday season get thanked. Selected artists will receive a stipend of $500.
Submission specs:
Please send us one compressed jpeg or tiff file at 300 dpi of your art. Select an entire piece, a detail or take a picture of a 3D piece that could make a strong button. The BUY ART Providence jury is seeking a range of submissions across mediums, artist career and aesthetic styles.
Email your submission to Michael Christofaro with your Providence address (home or studio) and contact phone number by close of business September 4th. The jury will take place during the second week of September. Artists will be notified by September 30th.
Call For Providence Based Artists & Art Sellers
Providence's BUY ART campaign is designed to thank all shoppers who buy art and to help promote Providence based art merchants + artists all at no cost to the consumer and seller/artist. 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 - Market Bazaar Mondays
Please join us each week from 11am - 5pm for Market Bazaar Mondays on the sidewalk along Burnside Park in downtown Providence. Delicious food, antiques, books, accessories, art, merchandise and fun! If you or your business would like to set up a booth for Market Bazaar Mondays, please download an application by clicking here.
Trinity Rep Adult AEA Auditions
Trinity Rep will be holding annual local adult AEA auditions on Monday, August 24 and Tuesday, August 25 beginning at 9:00 AM. Auditions are by appointment only. These are local auditions which will take place at Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street, Providence, RI. Persons interested in auditioning must be members of Actors Equity and must make a reservation by contacting Mira Greene at (401) 521-1100 ext 257.
Rhode Island Civic Chorale Auditions
The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra (RICCO), Rhode Island’s oldest continuing community choral ensemble, is announcing auditions to sing with the ensemble during its 53rd concert season. Auditions will be held Saturday, August 29 starting at 10:30am and Wednesday, September 2 starting at 7:30pm. To learn more or schedule an audition please call
401-521-5670.
Providence Singers Auditions
The Providence Singers will be holding auditions August 18 by appointment at the Carter Center in East Providence. Experienced choral singers in all voice parts are welcome; male and alto voices are especially in demand. Audition includes a prepared solo, vocalization, ear training, and sight reading. To learn more or schedule an audition, call 401-751-5700 or click here. |
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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