For teenager Elliot Langston of Pawtucket, using pipe cleaners to craft characters from monster movies, games, and anime is painstaking work – in both definitions of the term. The 15-year-old […]
Fittingly, old haunts surround a couple of skeletons on the cover of Motif’s Halloween issue, as designed by digital artist Matthew Bernier of Barrington. They are the names of businesses […]
Naylea Hernández of Providence paints in vibrant colors like her favorite contemporary artist, Rocio Cabrera. The cover artist for Motif’s Hispanic Heritage issue, Hernández makes a point of using slime […]
Origin Beer Project of Providence took the top hops spot at Motif’s 2025 Food Truck & Drink Awards held at 195 District Park on September 14. “It feels humbling,” said […]
You won’t see a 6-year-old wielding a blowtorch, but you will see youngsters making jewelry and working with clay at a newly launched childcare program at The Steel Yard (TSY) […]
For the cover of Motif’s Student Guide issue, illustrator Kai Gietzen drew a “monstrous crumpled up ball of notebook paper,” which, he says, “Represents all of the trials one encounters […]
The first hole of the miniature golf course at The Dusty Planet in Olneyville is emerald, like any other putting green. The second hole is golden, like a cornfield on […]
A year and a half ago, Head Brewer Elijah Lawrence joined Apponaug Brewing Company in Warwick because it gave him the opportunity to be creative, he related. And he immediately […]
Don’t be a robot, exhorts visual and music artist Spocka Summa of Providence, the cover artist of Motif’s Fall Guide in concert with several Anti-Robot Club members. Together, they designed […]
The Dirt Palace, a collective of feminist artists, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this month with a fundraising brunch on the lawn of its Wedding Cake House at 514 Broadway […]