On the Cover: Matthew C. Kramer
“I was born and raised in Providence. I’m locally grown organic,” says cartoonist and illustrator Matthew Kramer. Kramer graduated from Brown with an MFA in Literary Arts and works as […]
Events:
A Changing Reflection
This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023The Performative Self-Portrait
Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Ana Flores
Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmRhode Island Art Educators Exhibit, September 1-30
Join us for our annual RI Art Educator’s Showcase, an exhibition featuring artwork from those individuals who teach art to others. Art teachers have the unique gift of
September 1 - September 30Silent Disco
2 DJ’s – 1 Pair of Headphones.
September 30Vic DiBitetto
Comedy show with comic legend Andrew “Dice” Clay.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPat Travers Band
Rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmForeigners Journey
Foreigner & Journey tribute
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmUnderEstimated Prophet
Grateful Dead tribute and OG rock.
October 1 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmAl Copley Quintet
Blues, jazz, and swing.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmShadows of the ‘60s
Featuring top industry musicians and singers performing Motown hits spanning several decades. It’ll get you dancing in the street!
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmAn Evening with Tom Rush
Long-standing folk and blues phenomenon
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmChris Botti
Everything from jazz to pop to rock.
October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmKelly & the Poor Boys
A female-fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band.
October 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmFolk U
Musician/band
October 8 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAmy Helm
Singer-songwriter.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmTake it to the Bridge
Funk, soul, and rock & roll.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmHey Nineteen
Tribute to Steely Dan.
October 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
On the Cover: Carmen Christina Moreno
Photo: Rites of Ochún, Carmen Christina Moreno. As summer tapers, the leaves will fall, annual flowers will die, apples will drop and rot into the ground. The sweet stench of […]
On the Cover: R.A. McElroy
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and […]
On the Cover: Daniel Chang Christensen
Is there a moment in a horse’s stride when all four hooves are off the ground? was the question Leland Stanford wanted Eadweard Muybridge to investigate. In 1878, Muybridge, a […]
On the Cover: Zoë Anderson
Mad Max inspired food truck race. Illustrated by Zoë Anderson. This month, Motif was honored to welcome back Zoë Anderson of Warwick for our July Food Truck Award nominees issue. […]
On the Cover: June 2023
Contrary to popular belief, Warren-native John Rego is NOT a 17-time Olympic gold medalist for synchronized swimming. However, he is an egregiously talented illustrator whose work is currently on display […]
On the Cover: An interview with Erminio from Big Nazo
Erminio Pinque: the creator of extraterrestrial creature phenomenon Big Nazo, our comics editor, and nuanced pad and pencil enthusiast spoke with me about his design for this Motif’s cover. “Since […]
On the Cover: Nick Marshall
The cover artist for our health issue is automotive mechanic and part-time welder Nick Marshall. Marshall chose smooth pulleys and gears with teeth to show the complexities in our brain. […]
On the Cover: November 2022
Ripples and Reflections is an original painting by Rhode Island artist Joel Rosario Tapia – a segment of the work was restructured for our November issue, to acknowledge Indiginous People’s […]
On the Cover: September 2022
Motif is excited to welcome illustrator and visual artist Jeremy Ferris to the cover of our 2022 Fall Guide. Ferris is currently living in PVD where he is the Digital […]