Artist Directory

Jennifer Adler

Survival By Design's smartly funny line of greeting cards, prints, and other fun products (including mouse pads, magnets, luggage tags, prints and lip balms) is targeted towards the fabulous, frank and fierce. The colorful cards, featuring trendy drawn characters saying sassy but honest things, fill a gap in the market... More

Reverend Bastien

Roots Rocker

Blending varieties of Jazz & Ska Punk into American Roots Music, the Reverend shares life lessons and tales of the road. Beginning in 2008 as a solo project, after a year of vagabonding the states with his guitar, Bastien released his first solo album, “Campfire Stories”(2009). Upon its release he... More

Alice Benvie-Gebhart

I grew up in a family where my artistic endeavors were supported. My father, Chris Benvie, was a prolific painter. People said I inherited my father’s talent but what I believe I inherited was that drive that he had for the creative process. As an artist I am most excited... More

Justine Bevilacqua

Video, Theater, Dance

In 2009, Justine received a BFA in film from Emerson College. Her thesis film, Hide & Seek, was selected for the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival, where she received the Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf ’71 Women in Film Award. After graduation, Justine worked as... More

Jenine Bressner

Jenine Bressner wants to see things she has never seen before. She aims to satisfy this wish by drawing with glass rods in a torch flame, laser cutting textiles, and by working in other various media. She studied glass at RISD and Digital Fabrication at AS220, through MIT. More

Ted James Butler

noise, drone, ambient, electronic

Ted James Butler is an electronic musician and visual artist living in Providence, RI. Principal songwriter and producer for Paper Eagles, who advanced to semi-final round of WBRU FM's 2010 Rock Hunt. Paper Eagles was been nominated for Best DJ/Electronic Act in the in the Providence Phoenix' 2010 Best... More

james celenza

James Celenza was born in Brooklyn,NY and educated in NYC public schools; he attended Queens College, CUNY, and later received a masters degree from Brown University. He has been employed as construction worker, maintenance worker, custodian, teacher, occupational health and safety specialist. He resides in Providence RI. Poems and stories... More

Kim Clark

Crafty Jeweler

LuckyBird Studio was founded in a Providence attic by a former graphic designer and slightly odd-ball mother of two sweetie-boys and a 3-legged cat – a goddess-in-progress who isn’t afraid of color, doesn’t have the patience to knit, and is much better off with a creative outlet to keep the... More

Hilary Crane-Stern

I love creating and illustrating. I absolutely love cartoons and have been drawing and watching them my whole life. I love how illustrations look drawn with a pencil and I love how they look drawn with my finger on the track pad on the computer. I carve my original illustration... More

JohnPaul Fernandes

Abstract/Realist/

Born in 1952, and living in RI I have created art from a young age. I work in many materials and have a BA in art from Roger Williams Collage, studied Jewelry design at Rhodeisland School of Design, and Porcelan doll making through the Artisens guild School of doll making... More

Marie Gagnon

As a painter, culture warrior and an avid observer, I paint what captures my heart and eye. It is an emotional act as I am moved by the way light plays with objects as well as scenes that tend to be taken for granted or are so mundane they become... More

Angelnook Gallery

Metaphysical, Spiritual

Angelnook Publishing was established in 2008 by Paul Spremulli with the intention of sharing his personal awakening of Spirit through fine art and the written word. The company has long acted as an agent between divinely inspired artists and their collective media outlets and continues to do so with the... More

Peter Gilli

I am a freelance saxophonist and composer living in Providence, RI. I offer private lessons in classical and jazz music around the state and can be seen performing with several local ensembles. I also perform regularly with my group A Troop of Echoes and compose music in a wide variety... More

Erik Gould

Erik relocated from Rochester, NY to Providence on a whim. He had been working on theater set design and freelance photography. The move here motivated him to take his photography more seriously and he began to work within that field. The physical space of RI was a very appealing. Just... More

Peter Green

Wildlife Photography

I enjoy photographing the wild raptors that live and hunt in Providence.

Camilla Hawthorne

Fiber Artist

I'm the designer of Soulmessenger Accessories, a line of funky, eclectic crocheted pieces including scarves, cowls and earrings. My one-of-a-kind pieces often feature reclaimed jewelry, vintage buttons and recycled yarns in their designs. I draw from a wide range of aesthetic inspirations in my work, including indie, twee, goth, vamp,... More

Keith Johnson

Soap Bubble Artist

Artist full time since 1986. While I continue to tour bubble•less humor based educational programs to elementary schools (www.keithmichaeljohnson.com)... These days I'm working mostly with soap bubbles & touring a performance called BUBBLEOLOGY. //-// PERFORMING Clients include: Texas A&M University/Department of Physics, the Bickford Theater NJ, the Saudi Royal Family,... More

Naomi Lipsky

Judaic and Decorative Arts

Ever since she was a little fairy princess girl, Naomi loved to make things, with paper, scissors, and glue, or fabric, or paint or clay, or whatever hands could do. However, she also wanted to save the world. To that end, she earned a PhD in biochemistry and embarked on... More

Claudine Metrick

painter

Born in Philadelphia, PA in 1979 Claudine Metrick earned a BFA from Arizona State University and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. She is an Adjunct Professor of Art at the Community College of Rhode Island, and maintains a professional studio practice in the Boston Metro area.... More

Ashley Moran

My name is Ashley Moran, and I am currently a Graphic Design Student at Rhode Island College. Despite my major, I love drawing freehand, and experimenting with different mediums. I am very musically influenced, therefore music is reflected throughout my artwork. Music brings another level of inspiration and flow to... More

Ian Newbury

Painter

I began painting watercolors while traveling around Europe in 1989. With a small sketchbook and some water soluble colored pencils I documented my trip of a lifetime. I was simply hoping to record some memories of a great trip, but in the process I found a career. In the years... More

Kim O'Brien

I graduated from University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with a BFA in jewelry/metals in 2003. For the past few years I have tried "real" jobs to make ends meet just to discover how truly bored I was. I have since pushed the "real" job aside (all but once a week)... More

Jane Parisi

blouse is a team of two Providence ladies, Jane and Jen. They hunt high and low for all of the most amazing vintage finds. Jen is the photographer. Jane is the model. The blouse team travels all over Rhode Island to form the images for their website. A few of... More

Carole Ann Penney

Connect the Dots Crafts is Carole Ann, a non-profit go-to gal by day, and artist by nights and weekends. Carole Ann creates unique handmade items by transforming repurposed materials, vintage notions, and patterned fabric into useful and wearable art – from personalized aprons for artists, cooks, and gardeners to distinctive... More

Hayley Perry

Painter and mixed media artist

I consider myself an emerging artist in the southcoast, Ma. area. I am currently a graduate student at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with plans to graduate in May 2011. Currently, my mixed media work delves into the idea of place; how we define place, how we perceive place, and the... More

Andrew Peterson

I have been working in Providence for a few years now. Music has always had a fascination for me despite my inability to play it on any instruments. Instead I have taken to illustrating songs on paper, using only the words of the song to create an image that represents... More

Jeremy Schilling

A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design Illustration Department. Jeremy Schilling has been working as a freelance Illustrator and Fine artist out of Providence RI. His work explores the human mind and how it deals with internal and external conflicts. Publications: -Latasia, Exquisite Fine Fashion Jewelry, East Providence,... More

London Shirreff

WNWN is a local artist collaborative. All WNWN items are handmade by local artists from mostly reclaimed, repurposed and refashioned materials. All proceeds go to support the community workshop and outreach programming of Waste Not Want Not, a non profit organization with the mission to make use of unwanted and... More

Josh Short

Theatre

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Rebecca Siemering

fiber artist

Rebecca Siemering was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1974, and lives and works in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where she began her vocation as an installation artist, arts administrator and curator. For the majority of her career, she has explored the... More