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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - September 2, 2009
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 |
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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 distributed to venues and serve as a thank you to their art buyers. Selected artists will receive a stipend of $500. The deadline to submit is September 4. For more information please click here.
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Burnside Park Noon Tune Music Series |
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Every Wednesday, head on over at lunchtime and enjoy some
midday sounds in front of the fountain. Performing this week is Fishing With Finnegan. |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
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 and a beer garden from Trinity Brewhouse. Performing this week is Route .44. |
Thursdays, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Classical guitarists Mark and Betty Davis will perform pieces from their CD Ayres and Dances For Two Guitars. |
September 13, 2:30pm
Henry Lippitt House
199 Hope Street
Admission Is $15
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SPECIAL EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Hope St. Fall Festival |
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Featuring a wide variety of entertainment and events including the Big Nazo Puppets, cookie decorating, crafts, a sidewalk sale and much more. |
September 13
Hope Street
Between Fifth St. & Lauriston St.
Free To The Public
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WaterFire Providence is the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence. |
September 5, 7:15pm
Providence River Walk
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Nighttime Economy Forum |
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Do you want to manage safety and quality of life impacts from nightlife? Learn how at the Providence Regional
Forum. |
September 30
Providence Biltmore
11 Dorrance Street
Tickets Are $95
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Rededication Of The Xxodus Cafe |
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Come share over a decade of memories of the good times that you have had with the Black Rep and the positive impact that it has had on our community. |
September 9, 6pm
Providence Black Repertory
276 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
Call 401-338-7606 For Info
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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 RIIFF. This week's film is Wayne's World. |
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Thursdays Through September
Dusk - Grant's Block
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular |
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The acclaimed Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns this
October featuring an artful
display of thousands
of pumpkins. |
October 8 - November 1
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$12 Adults/$9 Children
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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 before WaterFire full lightings by the RI Historical Society. |
September 5, 5:30pm
Tours Begin - John Brown House
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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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. |
September 17, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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Peerless Atrium |
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The Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit features the work of local photographers. |
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September 10 - October 10
Peerless Atrium
150 Union Street
Free To The Public
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The Chazan Gallery at
Wheeler will be featuring
the art of Gretchen Dow Simpson and Joshua
Enck. |
September 17 - October 7
Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler
424 Wickenden Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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The New England Artists: Showcasing Local Talent exhibit features fresh, diverse and vibrant works from artists all over New England. |
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Through October 3
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
featured exhibition will be
Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Artists. |
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September 13 - October 2
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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Bert Gallery will be showcasing Robert Thornton 2009: New Works, a collection of
recent paintings by Robert Thornton. |
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September 15 - October 16
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
new work from Providence photographer
Jill Broady. |
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September 3 - October 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 Rebecca E. Jenness through the month of
September. |
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Through September
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Gallery Z will feature an exhibition of new artwork
by glass blower Ian Silvia
and painter Marty
McCorkle. |
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Through October 3
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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Explore the world of children's books and the enchanting art that inspires children to love reading with the Children’s Book Illustrator exhibit. |
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Through September 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 new works from painter David S. Barnes and sculptor Michael
Bizon. |
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Through September 15
5 Traverse Gallery
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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Firehouse 13 will feature a painting show with poetic and pop flavored works by people who rock Providence inside out. |
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September 17 - 29
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The David Winton Bell Gallery is featuring work from paper sclupture Kirsten
Hassenfreld. |
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Through November 1
Bell Gallery - List Art Ctr
64 College Street
Free To The Public
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Chapel Gallery |
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The Mathewson Street Church Gallery's newest exhibit is UnGlassed which features work from Saberah Malik. |
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Through September 30
Mathewson Street Church
134 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery will feature Double Vision: Nathan Fitch & the Artists of Top Drawer Art Center. |
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September 4 - 26
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The Andrea Valentini Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring lanscape painter
Hilary Merzbacher.l |
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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Bannister Gallery |
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The Annual Faculty Exhibition is an opportunity for the community to see firsthand the inspiring talent that is in residence at RI College. |
September 3 - 23
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
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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At Flutterby, you'll wander through a picturesque greenhouse filled with hundreds of beautiful butterflys. |
Through September 7
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$3 In Addition To Zoo Admission
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MetLife Family Friday |
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The Museum is open free of charge during these special hours. Stay out late to splash, play and explore |
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September 18, 5pm - 8pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Free To The Public
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES |
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.
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 event.
Call For Child Actors
Trinity Repertory Company will be holding an open call for child actors on Saturday, September 26, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Cardi’s Furniture Superstore (Route 1A, South Attleboro , MA ) for its 33rd annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Birgitta Victorson. Children ages 8-12 are welcome to audition, although children who turn 13 before December 31, 2009, are not eligible. No appointment is necessary for the auditions. For more information please click here.
Marketing For The Independent Artist Preconference
October 30, 9am - 5:30pm, RI Convention Center
Take control of your own marketing by learning what it can and can't do for your career. Discover how to define targets and objectives based on overall career goals, how to construct a solid marketing strategy based on those objectives and how to make it real as a team of one (or maybe 2 or 3 if you're a collaborative). For more information please click here.
Fidelity Investments Board Development Program
September 15, 8:30am - 11am, 500 Salem Street, Smithfield, $50
The Fidelity Investments Board Development Program at the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence aims to enhance the governance and leadership of nonprofit organizations. The first session, Boards 101, provides an overview of the basic roles of boards, with particular emphasis on legal and fiduciary responsibilities. Participants will review the basic documents boards should have in place and learn about policies and practices they can utilize to ensure the legal and fiscal health of the organization. For more information please click here.
NEFA Google For Nonprofits
September 11, 9am - 12:30pm, NEFA, 145 Tremont Street, Boston, Free, RSVP Required
At this free information session held at the New England Foundation for the Arts office, representatives from Google will share some of their tools for arts nonprofits in the region. For more information please click here.
Call For Artist Mentors
Each September, New Urban Arts selects 20 artist mentors to participate in their after-school programs. Arts mentoring at New Urban Arts is a wonderful opportunity for artists and educators to learn how to effectively work with high school students in a community setting. The deadline to apply is September 11. For more information please click here.
Call For RI Women Artists
The Hive Archive seeks art and art installation proposals from Rhode Island women artists for The Hive’s Work by Women Billboard. The Hive is a women-run feminist arts organization with a mission to promote gender equality by dismantling obstacles that limit women and girls in reaching their full creative potential. Their work is focused on empowerment through art, creative expression, and civic involvement. Interested artists can download the full project description and proposal guidelines by clicking here. The deadline to submit is September 18.
Call For Bike Art
Procycle 2009 Art is seeking film, music, photos, sculptures, illustrations and mixed media directly related to and positively represent contemporary bicycling culture. Entrants must be legally adult (18+) amateur, professional or student artists from the tri-state area of CT, MA and RI.
Before September 17th, email contact information, resume in brief, and a suitable image of an available piece that fits criteria above. A link to a url that features own music, photo or video can be included, if applicable. No fee for entries. For more information 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. |
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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