$18 Adult

Lap children under 3 are free

Schedule
*April 15-Memorial Day


Every day except Tuesday
Tours leave promptly at 11 am and 1 pm

*Memorial Day-4th of July
Every day except Tuesday
Tours leave promptly at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm

*4th of July-Labor Day
Open every day
Tours leave promptly at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm

*Labor Day-Fall
Call our Trolley Line for tour times at 401.421.3825

        

Friday, May 23, through Sunday, October 5

Geologist, explorer, and archaeologist Raphael Pumpelly received two albums of privately commissioned Japanese prints (surimono) on leaving Japan in late 1862. Shipped back to the U.S., they were some of the earliest Japanese prints to enter this country. In 1956, the contents of one album were generously gifted to the Museum by George Pierce Metcalf, who was married to Pauline Pumpelly Cabot, Pumpelly's maternal granddaughter. The xhibition will feature a selection of rare and beautiful wqorks from this extraordinary album, the only known collection of surimono predominantly from Osaka.

        

Tour departs from the

John Brown House Museum
$10 per person
For more information: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org

After the arrival of Roger Williams in 1636, rivers shaped the life of the city of Providence. The Colonial waterfront was the site of a thriving shipping economy for a young town. Eventually, factories and railroads turned attention away from the rivers and toward the land. After the 1950s, highways and bridges covered the waterways, and the rivers were forgotten. But that was yesterday! Today, architects and city planners are creating a “new” waterfront. Once again, the rivers take center stage. And no event commands more attention than Barnaby Evans’ WaterFire. Smartly designed walkways, parks, and pedestrian bridges invite strolling, especially on summer evenings. Urban outdoor sculpture and beautiful civic and commercial buildings of varied architectural styles provide the setting for stories of Providence’s fabled past and dynamic present. This walk shares the history of Rhode Island’s capital city and the history of WaterFire.

Reservations requested for this tour. For schedule of WaterFire lightings: www.waterfire.org, or (401) 272-3111. This walk is offered in collaboration with WaterFire.

        

Opening Day, Saturday May 31st! Promoting a healthy lifestyle and sustainable development in an energetic open-air atmosphere, the hipper-than-thou Providence Open Market is a community icon as well as the hottest place to see and be seen on Saturdays in Downtown Providence, RI. The Market celebrates its second season with a new location, hours and tons of fresh new talent.

New Location - On the Street! Westminster Street between Eddy and Clemence.

New Dates - Spring Season - Every Saturday starting May 31st through the end of June. Fall season starts September 6th and runs every Saturday through the end of October.

New Hours - Spring Season 12pm - 6pm / Fall Season 12pm -5pm

With an abundance of colors, sounds, aromas, and a strong community spirit in the air, the Market's development is a good representation of many different groups working together for a common community goal - to give Providence a unique center to network while shopping for healthy edibles, fragrant blooms, D.I.Y. crafts and designer wares from established artisans including paintings, jewelry, handbags, accessories, sculpture, and clothing along with affordable antiques and collectibles. At the Market, seasoned professionals gather alongside students and beginners aspiring to develop their skills in a friendly environment. Everyone has a place at the Providence Open Market.

        

The Museum opens its first gallery devoted to photography, the Bill and Nancy Tsiaras Photography Gallery in Honor of Aaron Siskind, with an exhibition of some of the most distinguished photographers associated with RISD. Since Harry Callahan arrived in 1961, Providence has been a magnet for photographers and students of the medium. Joined by Aaron Siskind in 1971, Callahan taught here until 1976. Among their students were Linda Connor (BFA '67), Sally Gall (BFA '78), Emmer Gowin (MFA '67), and Francesca Woodman (BFA '79). In addition to these illustrious artists, the exhibition includes work by many of today's faculty- Deborah Bright, Joe Deal, Ann Fessler, Henry Horenstein (BFA '71, MFA '73), Steve Smmith, and Eva Sutton- who continue to attract remarkable students.

        

Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, October 26

The inaugural exhibition in the Museum's new Linda and Vincent Buonanno Works on Paper Gallery celebrates the remarkable contributions of Mrs. Elia Radeke (1854-1931) and her niece, Mrs. Helen Metcalf Danforth (1887-1984) in the creation of the prints and drawings collection. Both served as president of RISD and generously donated objects of remarkable quality and breadth to the Museum. Works in the exhibition, spanning the 15th through the mid-20th centuries, comprise the Museum's best-known and best-loved drawings and prints, including Anthony Van Dyck's masterful chalk "Study for Malchus" (before 1621), Vincent Van Gogh's stunning reed-pen-and-ink "View of Arles (1888), and John Singer Sargent's luminous watercolor "Rio di Santa Maria Formosa, Venice" (1905).

        

Bert Gallery opens up the summer season with the exhibit Sydney Burleigh (1853 – 1931), the Art Worker’s Guild and the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Rhode Island native, Sydney Burleigh (1853 – 1931), continues to intrigue us decades later with his artistic accomplishments. After his Paris study during 1878 – 1880, he returned to exhibit at the Providence Art Club, teach at Rhode Island School of Design, launch the Providence Water Color Club and still managed to play tennis summers in Little Compton. However, perhaps the most unrecognized aspect of his art career was his leading role in importing the Arts and Crafts ideal of British extraordinaire, William Morris. The current Bert Gallery exhibit will explore Burleigh and his manifestation of the movement in Rhode Island from the construction of his 1885 Arts and Crafts studio building, the Fleur de Lys on Thomas Street, to his coterie of artists in the Art Workers Guild.

The Arts and Crafts movement blossomed in the United States at the turn of the century and originated with William Morris in England as a reaction to a depersonalized and mechanized urban society. Providence, a major industrial city post Civil War, was ripe for these sentiments and artist S.R. Burleigh (as Burleigh was also known, his middle name being Richmond) played a pivotal role inculcating these ideals in the local community. Burleigh advocated for the decorative arts and integration of fine arts and design when he returned to Rhode Island from European study in 1880.

The Bert Gallery exhibit will focus primarily on the successful watercolors of S.R. Burleigh along with documentation of local Arts and Crafts inspired projects initiated by the artist. Exhibit themes explored include Burleigh’s introduction to the Arts and Crafts ideal in Europe between 1878 - 1880, his interest in decorative design resulting in the formation of an Art Workers Guild of local Providence artists in 1886, his initiation of the Providence Water Color Club and the his interplay with other Arts and Crafts Providence groups such as the Handicraft Club, local color woodcut artist Eliza Gardiner and the 1901 Providence Art Club’s Arts and Crafts Exhibition.

S.R. Burleigh’s presence was pervasive in the Providence art scene from 1880 until his death in 1931. There is not a newspaper article, artist diary, record of club minutes or general publication that does not have mention of Burleigh involved in some significant art activity. He journeys beyond the local imagination onto a more expansive “Morrisonian” model of art culture and while he left us no personal philosophical writings, it is his numerous art artifacts that lay testimony to his contributions to the American Arts and Crafts movement.

For more information contact Catherine Little Bert at 401 751 2628 or visit the website at www.bertgallery.com.



Admission: Free         

Through August 9: Paintings by Jack Sikes

Jack Sikes paints the world in moments, from country landscapes to urban settings. Making the viewer pause to appreciate the often overlooked, Sike’s paintings introduce us to an illustrative world, capturing the beauty in both traditional landscape sensibility and industrial appreciation. The scenes he chooses to depict often evoke a sense of

nostalgia and history, paired with impactive imagery and strong composition.

August 13 – September 6

LATIN AMERICAN ARTS EXHIBITION

Opening Reception August 14, 4-8pm

Gallery Night/Latino Arts Fundraiser August 21 5 -9pm

Gallery Talk September 6, 4-7pm

A group show of over 14 local Latin American artists working in various mediums will be on display. Nilton Cardenas, Felix Diclo, Carlos Vejarano, Tamara Diaz and more will be showing their work at this special group exhibition. Join us in this celebration of Latin American art.

A special fundraiser on August 21 will raise funds from artwork sales to the Latin American Art Association of Rhode Island. For a chance to hear these artists speak and answer questions come to the gallery talk on September 6.