| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Music Friday with The CobramaticsPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 10, 2010 Enjoy Art, Live Music, Food Samplings and a Cash Bar
in the Museum's Main Gallery
Cobra-Matics (Rockabilly)
Featured exhibition: Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor
Each month, be sure to enter our Music Fridays raffle to win one of three prize packages that include, Museum passes, gift certificates, tickets to local events, and more!
Food samplings courtesy of Marra Restaurant Group | RISD Museum | 09/10/10 | Providence |
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"Presented by The Wilburys at Perishable Theatre September 2-September 12, 2010 Edward Albee's classic "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at Perishable Theatre.
Directed by James Calitri and featuring Rae Mancini, Jim O'Brien, Josh Short and Bonnie Griffin.
| The Wilburys | 09/02/10- 09/12/10 | Providence |
“The Search”, Aurea and Morris NathansonPresented by FirstWorks September 26, 2010
A Soundscape of Music, Words and Imagery
“Innovative… enthralling!” – The Providence Journal
A Rhode Island treasure, Aurea returns to FirstWorks with its unique alchemy of music and the spoken word. Aurea and illustrious architect/artist, Morris Nathanson, collaborate in a dynamic, eclectic juxtaposition of words and music, with images and inspiration from Nathanson's early... | FirstWorks | 09/26/10 | Providence |
3rd Annual Fall Out of Summer Arts FestivalPresented by Artists' Exchange at Artists' Exchange September 26, 2010 An all day outdoor festival featuring live music and theater, art activities and contests, artisans, food and more! | Artists' Exchange | 09/26/10 | Cranston |
Open Studios: PawtucketPresented by Pawtucket Arts Collaborative September 25-September 26, 2010 Over 80 artists will be welcoming the public into their studios during Open Studios : Pawtucket. Their studios are located in five historic mill buildings in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which formerly served the city’s textile industry. Participating artists include sculptors, painters, printmakers, woodworkers, jewelers, photographers, glass artists, ceramists, textile artists and more. The artists will be showing, selling and talking about their work, along with several giving... | Pawtucket Arts Collaborative | 09/25/10- 09/26/10 | Pawtucket |
“Panther and Crane”, IBEX PuppetryPresented by FirstWorks October 3, 2010
A Mythic Journey Through Our Earth’s Waterways
“A gorgeous and moving piece.” – The Orlando Sentinel
IBEX Puppetry’s Heather Henson carries forward the legacy of her father Jim Henson, summoning soaring puppets, beautiful projections, and fluid movement that envelop you into a universe of mythical imagery and dreamlike metaphor. Delve into the world of migrating cranes, pacing panthers and wading... | FirstWorks | 10/03/10 | Providence |
Pixilerations [v.7]Presented by FirstWorks September 30-October 10, 2010 New Media Fringe Festival @ FirstWorks - Pixilerations gathers groundbreaking works from the liveliest minds in digital media, music and art. This year’s festival sweeps to the far reaches of the global frontier with provocative installations by Taiwanese artist Dar-Kuen Wu and Rhode Island’s Megan and Murray McMillan; dynamic performances at Firehouse 13; and exciting new work by Mark Cetilia and Joe Cantrell at Machines With Magnets. Pixilerations extends its reach to new... | FirstWorks | 09/30/10- 10/10/10 | Pawtucket |
“BLINKING”, Lostwax Dance CompanyPresented by FirstWorks at Pell Chafee Performance Center October 14-October 16, 2010 A Visual Interplay of Dance and New Media
“Refined, mysterious and sophisticated.” – The Boston Globe
We blink 10 times a minute. But what is lost in these liminal moments? Inspired by author Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, choreographer Jamie Jewett explores the fascinating human process of understanding pattern, information and perception with a provocative new work by multi-media dance company Lostwax. In this groundbreaking premiere... | FirstWorks | 10/14/10- 10/16/10 | Providence |
Tristin Lowe: Under the InfluencePresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum May 28-October 24, 2010 The moon, Earth’s only satellite, has been a source of mystery and wonder since the beginning of history. Scientists have studied the moon’s physical characteristics for millennia, and artists and writers have been inspired by its powerful presence. Using low-tech (but labor-intensive) methods and material, sculptor Tristin Lowe (American, b. 1966) created a sizeable version of the moon to fill the Museum’s lower Farago Gallery by covering an inflatable sphere,... | RISD Museum | 05/28/10- 10/24/10 | Providence |
West Bay Open StudiosPresented by West Bay Open Studios October 23-October 24, 2010 On October 23-24, nineteen artists residing in the West Bay of Rhode Island will participate in the second annual West Bay Open Studios Tour. The tour is free and self-guided, open to the public. It meanders through the neighboring coastal towns of East Greenwich, Warwick, and North Kingstown. This is a once a year opportunity to meet the artists in their studios and purchase their original paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, pottery, photography, and mixed media. Participating artists... | West Bay Open Studios | 10/23/10- 10/24/10 | East Greenwich |
Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda ConnorPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1-October 31, 2010 This artist-designed installation of 76 photographs presents more than 30 years of work created by Linda Connor (BFA 1967), who traveled the world in search of sacred spaces. Connor works with a large-format camera to capture the rich detail of her subjects with remarkable clarity. The resulting photographs, printed in the sunlight of her garden in direct contact with her 8 x 10 inch negatives, are toned with gold chloride to achieve warmth and luminosity. The photographs in the exhibition,... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- 10/31/10 | Providence |
Designing Traditions Biennial: Student Explorations in the Asian Textile CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1-November 14, 2010 The Designing Traditions Biennial showcases contemporary student textile designs alongside Asian textiles and clothing from the Museum’s permanent collection. Comprising some of the earliest donations to the Museum, the Asian textiles collection was conceived at the outset as a design resource for RISD students. To honor a long tradition of fruitful exchanges between the Museum and the School, intricately crafted objects drawn from Japan to the Middle East are selected to inspire the... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- 11/14/10 | Providence |
John Brown House Museum ToursPresented by The Rhode Island Historical Society at The John Brown House May 18-November 30, 2010 One of America's grandest mansions when completed in 1788, the house at 52 Power Street was home first to John Brown, a businessman, patriot, politician, China Trade pioneer and slave trader who participated in the debates and practices that shaped the new nation and the world. However, this is more than an eighteenth century mansion. It was the home of John Brown's daughters and their families; the winter residence of the elegant Gammell family during the second half of the nineteenth... | The Rhode Island Historical Society | 05/18/10- 11/30/10 | Providence |
Of Clover and Chrysanthemum: Autumn Themes in Japanese Woodblock PrintsPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1-December 12, 2010 Autumn themes decorate a wide variety of objects in Japan. In woodblock prints, one finds characteristic subjects such as chrysanthemums, morning glories, and autumn grasses. These motifs, like geese flying before the autumn moon or persimmons, are based upon observations of seasonal changes in nature. The subjects also have rich literary associations. Some themes, like chrysanthemums, are derived from Chinese literature, which was much admired and imitated by the Japanese; others,... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- 12/12/10 | Providence |
Lynda BenglisPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum October 1, 2010-January 9, 2011 American sculptor Lynda Benglis (American, b. 1941) is known for pioneering and challenging work that questions the rigors of Modernism and Minimalism by merging material, form, and content. Spanning 40 years, this exhibition represents the breadth of Benglis’s extraordinary creative output, including wax paintings and poured latex and polyurethane foam sculptures of the late 1960s; innovative videos, installations, and “knots” from the 1970s; metalized, pleated wall... | RISD Museum | 10/01/10- 01/09/11 | Providence |
The Figure: Contemporary Works from the CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1, 2010-February 28, 2011 The human figure, one of the oldest motifs in the history of art, seems to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The theme is represented here in a range of mediums and approaches, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, and needlework. Some artists represented in the exhibition use themselves as subject matter while others work with live models, photographs, or personal memory as a starting point. The selection of objects includes a number of recent... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- 02/28/11 | Providence |
Watercolors in the Porcelain Gallery: Flower and Still Life PaintersPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum May 14, 2010 - Ongoing Due to the remarkable generosity of an anonymous donor, The RISD Museum has one of the finest collections of 18th- and 19th-century British watercolors in this country. Rotating exhibitions of watercolors from this rarely-seen collection are on view in the Museum’s Porcelain Gallery, home to an outstanding group of 18th-century figural ceramics donated by Miss Lucy Truman Aldrich in 1937. Now on view are works by British artists who specialized in painting flowers, fruits, birds and... | RISD Museum | 05/14/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Pendleton HousePresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1, 2010 - Ongoing Pendleton House was built in 1906 to display Charles L. Pendleton's (1846-1904) remarkable collection of 18th- and 19th-century furniture and related decorative arts. Pendleton House also showcases the Museum's outstanding collection of American painting and sculpture, Gorham silver, English ceramics, Chinese export porcelain and French wallpaper.
Recognized as the earliest example of an American "wing" in any museum, the historic building has been beautifully refurbished... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Jonathan BonnerPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 16, 2010 - Ongoing A new site-specific sculpture by RISD alumnus and faculty member Jonathan Bonner has been installed near the Farago Entrance along Benefit Street. Bonner earned a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art in 1971, his MFA from RISD in 1973 and has taught in Foundation Studies here since 2000. In addition to the numerous site-specific commissions created by Bonner at such places as AS220 and Rhode Island College in Providence and Fidelity Management in Smithfield, his work has been acquired for... | RISD Museum | 08/16/10- Ongoing | Providence |
A Grand Gallery: European Paintings from the Permanent CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The Museum's soaring Main Gallery has been returned to its original splendor. This beautifully proportioned space has reopened as a picture gallery displaying the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings in an installation that recalls the deeply stacked galleries of French and British salon exhibitions. Masterpieces from the Renaissance through the early 19th century - including many that have not been on view for some time - fill the walls.
This restoration was... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |
American Art from the Permanent CollectionPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing In the early decades of the 20th century, the Museum’s distinguished collection of American art was presented to visitors in elegantly proportioned galleries made possible by a gift from Jesse Metcalf in memory of his wife, Helen. Inaugurated in 1897, the Beaux Arts–style Waterman Galleries now link visitors to the Daphne Farago Wing, to Pendleton House by way of the Porcelain Gallery, and to the 1926 Radeke Building. The rooms also offer a direct sightline through the... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Exine by Paul MorrisonPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The RISD Museum of Art has commissioned a new work, Exine by British artist Paul Morrison, for the walls of the Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Education Program Gallery. The artist's bold black-and-white wall paintings often depict botanical themes; the exine is the outer layer of the wall of a pollen grain. This breathtaking composition features dramatic shifts in scale, with outsized plant life juxtaposed with a distant landscape. Born in 1966 in Liverpool, Morrison received a BFA from... | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Impressionist GalleriesPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum August 17, 2010 - Ongoing The Museum’s renowned collection of 19th- and early 20th-century French painting and sculpture centers around Edouard Manet’s magnificent portrait of Berthe Morisot, Le Repos. Important works by Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse, and Rodin are exhibited in intimate galleries that overlook the internal garden of the Museum’s stately 1920s Radeke Building. | RISD Museum | 08/17/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Subject to Change: Art and Design in the Twentieth CenturyPresented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum September 1, 2010 - Ongoing The new Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries in the 1926 Radeke Building display masterworks of painting, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, drawings, photographs, costume, textiles and industrial design from 1900 to 2000, all drawn from the Museum's permanent collection. From the work of Henri Matisse and Frank Lloyd Wright to that of Andy Warhol, Lynda Benglis and Ettore Sottsass, the objects convey the last century's revolutionary changes in art and design, as well as the tremendous impact of... | RISD Museum | 09/01/10- Ongoing | Providence |
Newport Gallery NightPresented by Newport Art Galleries at Newport Visitors Information Center September 8, 2010 - Ongoing The Newport Gallery Organization is comprised of 25 members who offer original works from local artists as well as from artisans around the world. Contemporary, historic, traditional and avant-garde peices may be purchased sales tax free throughout Newport.
Newport Gallery Night, sponsored by the Gallery Organization is held the second Thursday of every month from 5 until 8 in the evening at the galleries. The map and brochure, created by members of the Organization, can be used... | Newport Art Galleries | 09/08/10- Ongoing | Newport |