2025 Motif RI Tattoo Awards
Winners have been listed below. Save the date! Come out to Narragansett Brewery for our Tattoo Awards spotlighting the best in local tattoo talent. Expect live tattooing, free Hi Neighbor […]
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
2025 Motif’s RI Spoken Awards
Tuesday April 15th6 – 10pmMyrtle, East PVD For the third time in a row, this April the Spoken Awards return with categories embracing storytelling, poetry, spoken word, and stand-up comedy. […]
Rhode Island Comic Con 2024: Who Is the Best Superhero?
The Rhode Island Comic Con is set to begin November 1. What better way to ring in this year’s festivities than with a little comic fandom. So, we polled some […]
The Genius of Mash-Up Art: Two Thangs
We’ve all heard of mash-up songs. Maybe you were once a fan of “Glee” or grew up listening to rap music. At some point, we’ve all been introduced to the […]
New Story in an Old Neighborhood: RI Actor/Director Nick Albanese to Show His Film Charles Street
Directed by RI’s own Nick Albanese, Charles Street is a depiction of his life growing up on one of Providence’s main arteries. Now a resident of Lincoln, Albanese has fond […]
Two Feet, Two Bucks: Melville Park
So far, Two Feet, Two Bucks has introduced a very accessible Audubon wildlife sanctuary, as well as a walk through a park to a lifeguarded beach and miles of adventure […]
Get Ready for A Day-long Musical Buffet in Wakefield
So, maybe you’re tired of battling beach goer traffic jams, bored with the family barbecue or even worse, tired of the same old, worn out Tom Cruise sequels available to […]
Who the F* is Arthur Digby Sellers?
When you hear the name “Arthur Digby Sellers,” does it mean something to you? If so, you’re probably a fan of the Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski. If you […]
Where to Find Your New Queer Friend(s)
June may be a great time for smooching (etc. etc.), but a lot of us gays are out here desperately seeking friends! Luckily, Rhode Island has many opportunities for would-be […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… Many years ago, ok, many, many years ago we at Motif were asked to compile a playlist of songs about summer. The reason for the manys is […]