The Skye Is the Limit: Skye Gallery adjusts to life under lockdown
When I visited Skye Gallery on March 7, it was packed – people spilling out onto the sidewalk, voices bubbling and music throbbing inside the brightly lit reception for DIVINE […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Bubble, Bubble
If you’re washing your hands eleventy-million times a day, you’re doing it right. If you’re not using local soap, you could be doing it better. Check out our roundup of […]
Cleaning House: Maid in RI makes busy people less busy
The basic upkeep of a home can be daunting, leading people to put it off, which only makes for more work. While some people find it to be therapeutic (seems […]
Getting Creative: Outsider Collective showcases work of artists with differing abilities
Outsider Collective is a newly established non-profit art gallery storefront/studio space located at Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket. They currently have 35 artists with pieces showcased at the studio, including […]
Pop One Open in Style: Crandon Whitsitt-Lynch and the art of wax casting
Students at Rhode Island College (RIC) may recognize alumni Whitsitt-Lynch as the school’s building technician, but after hours, this former pupil uses his BFA in printmaking skills in the studios […]
A Conversation with Riffraff Cofounders Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge
On December 7, Riffraff bookstore and bar (60 Valley St. #107A, PVD) celebrated its second anniversary (see story motifri.com/riffraffturns2. Sean Carlson interviewed cofounders Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge for Motif. […]
Open and Closed
Opened12 Metre Cafe: Inside the Seamen’s Church Institute, 18 Market Sq, Newport. A seaside cafe along Bowen’s Wharf. Bar ‘Cino: 22 Washington Sq, Newport. barcinopnewport.com It’s “chee-no” like Al Pacino. […]
Bristol’s Ode to Historic Hotpoint: A restored sign lights Bristol’s streets
Santa visited historic downtown Bristol early this year — on May 11, one still-cool Friday night. Swapping his sleigh for a Bristol Fire Truck, he rode into 39 State Street […]
Paying it Forward: Impact Everything does good around the world from right here at home
Lanna Nawa and Saroj Bhandari reacted to the devastating 2015 earthquake in Nepal by raising more than $10,000 through various fundraisers with assistance from some of their college friends. They used […]