T Shirts for Tuition
One Gun Gone is an anti-gun violence art project that takes one gun off the street, turns it into art and then sells that art for funds for a gun […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Homegrown Art: Creativity abounds in this gallery and nursery mash-up
Homegrown is an unexpected oasis on Providence’s East Side. Inside this unassuming building on Gano Street you’ll find airy, white-walled rooms, fragrant with greenery. An elegantly limned hummingbird and vine […]
VOTE!: A new mural appears in PVD
As the weekend began, a rough sketch of the word VOTE appeared on the side of a building on Dyer Street in PVD, waiting to be filled with color. This […]
Creature Beach
Since Governor Raimondo reduced parking at Misquamicut and Scarborough Beaches to 25% of capacity, the beach now is populated with crabs, birds and giant turtles, and the waters are full […]
Musical Mad Scientist: Andrew Hlynsky’s immersive art pieces stop people in their tracks
“I thought I was gonna be a drummer in a rock band and go on tour and sell CDs,” Andrew Hlynsky tells me, laughing at how absurd he thinks his […]
Good Trouble: The Womxn Project mixes art with activism in their latest installation series
Art + Activism = artivism. And these artivists are coming from The Womxn Project, a non-profit organization focused on building a feminist, community-based movement to further human rights. Their form […]
Summer in the City
PVDFest is an annual event that typically transforms The Creative Capital into a boisterous celebration of art and culture. Unfortunately, the dumpster fire that is 2020 necessitated its cancellation this […]
My Rhode Island: Photographer and physician Howard Schulman discusses his exhibit
We spoke with Howard Schulman, MD, whose photography show, My Rhode Island, is currently on exhibit at BankRI in downtown Providence through September. Cathren Housley (Motif): Which came first, the […]
Ecstatic Ekphrastic
Public art is meant to inspire conversation, and What Cheer Writers Club and The Avenue Concept recently teamed up to formalize that exchange in an event called Ecstatic Ekphrastic. The […]
Very Good Boys
It was a love of animals that inspired Susan Joseph to found the New England Humane Society in 2013. Since then, Joseph has gathered a group of dedicated workers who […]