ON THE COVER: Kai Gietzen
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 […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
FLYING SAUCERS! SPACE ALIENS! ATOM BLASTERS! MINI GOLF?: The Dusty Planet’s 9-hole indoor course offers sci-fi B-movie vibes
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 NAUT-Y TALE OF 3 BEERS: Featuring Juggernaut, Cybernaut, and Supernaut at Apponaug
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 […]
On the Cover: Spocka Summa of Anti-Robot Club
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 […]
DIRT PALACE MARKS ITS 25TH YEAR THIS MONTH: To celebrate, feminist collective plans a fundraising brunch
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 […]
On the Cover: Sydney Bienstock
“I finally found my niche,” Sydney Bienstock says of her journey from doing arts and crafts as a youngster to fashioning distinctive collages, like the one gracing the cover of […]
On the Cover: Shey Rivera Ríos
For cover artist Shey Rivera Ríos, it’s all about community. “I create in all kinds of art forms; I really love performance and visual art,” they say, adding, “All of […]
What’s in a name? everything: Especially with this artistic trio’s In-Between exhibition
Walking between oval mirrors mounted above altars on opposite walls in the entryway of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery in Lorraine Mills, the theme of the mixed-media and immersive In-Between […]
SUMMER READING CHALLENGE TAKES OFF IN WARWICK: Participants have to log 16 hours of reading by late August
The Warwick Public Library (WPL) on Sandy Lane, whose reading programs run from infancy to adulthood, is abuzz with the Summer Reading Challenge. Split into three age groups, participants have […]
IN THE LIBRARY AT THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY: A children’s educator reflects on her role at PPL
“I get paid to do the Hokey Pokey. It’s kind of a cool gig,” Anne Leyon Kilkenny says of her job at Providence Public Library (PPL) on Empire Street. She […]