Photo: Studio Hop RI: Ann-Marie Gillett

Hop on the Gallery Night trolley this Thursday, the 20th. Join one of their 6 free guided tours, or make your own tour and follow along at your own pace.

Learn more about what’s showing and what galleries you can visit on our website! If you’d like to reserve your spot in advance, click on the graphics below to go to Eventbrite. Space is available on all tours. 

There are 5 separate guided tours – see info below for times.

Half of the seats on each trolley tour are available to reserve in advance via Eventbrite for a $1 donation. 

The remaining half of the spots are available (first-come, first-served, completely free) to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night!

Just come to the Graduate Hotel for the 4:45, 5, 5:15, 5:45, and 6:15 pm tours, or the WaterFire Arts Center for the 6:30 pm tour.

You can always make your own tour on Gallery Night!

Below are some ideas for self-guided tours for this upcoming Gallery Night, on Thursday, October 20. You can follow our tour suggestions exactly, or use them as a starting point to mix and match what galleries you visit! We also have a printable pdf here.

An asterisk * after the gallery means it’s been confirmed accessible for wheelchairs. Two asterisks ** after the gallery means that it is accessible, but with staff assistance.

A + sign after the gallery means that exhibit materials are available in Spanish as well as English.

Idea #1: “Prolific painters” tour

1. BankRI Turks Head Gallery**
   • Address: One Turks Head Plaza
   • Exhibit: “Paintings by Dan Talbot”
   • Hours: 4:30 to 6:30 pm
2. Anahid Ypres Art Studio
   • Address: 118 North Main Street, 3rd floor (Note: requires use of stairs, no elevator in the building)
   • Exhibit: Artist’s working studio with finished and in-progress paintings
   • Hours: 5 to 8 pm
3. Sprout CoWorking*
   1. Address: 166 Valley Street, Building 6M
   2. Exhibit: “Familiar: From the Personal to the Universal,” paintings and other work by Coco Gordon
   3. Hours: 5 to 8 pm

Idea #2: “fiber, costumes, and textiles” accessible tour

1. 134 Collaborative / Mathewson St. Church*
   • Address: 134 Mathewson Street
   • Exhibit: “Entangled: KnitWork Musings by Joy Ann Williams”
   • Hours: 5 pm to 8 pm
2. URI Feinstein Providence Campus 1st and 2nd floor Lobby Gallery*
   • Address: 80 Washington Street
   • Exhibit: “GILDING THE SHOESTRINGS III — Crafting Character: The Costumes of David T. Howard”
   • Hours: 5 to 9 pm
3. RISD Museum*
   • Address: 20 North Main Street
   • Exhibit: “Inherent Vice”
   • Hours: open until 7 pm
4. WaterFire Arts Center*
   • Address: 475 Valley Street
   • Exhibit: “Tender Cargo,” an exhibition by Taleen Batalian
   • Hours: Open until 9 pm

Idea #3: “Technology past, present, & future” tour

• AS220 Reading Room**
  1. Address: 95 Mathewson Street
  2. Exhibit: “Mockerspace/Fakerspace: Items from the Gibbon Shop & The Monkey Zombie Opera Reconsidered” by Shawn Wallace
  3. Hours: 12 pm to 8:00 pm
• Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College*+
  1. Address: Roberts Hall, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave
  2. Exhibit: “DiMoDA 4.0: Dis/Location”
  3. Hours: 5 pm to 8 pm
• Dye House*
  1. Address: 46 Dike Street in Providence
  2. Exhibit: QUERI, Decision Paralysis Relief Pop-Up
  3. Hours: 6 to 8 pm ONLY open to public on Gallery Night.

To view websites of all locations – go to the Gallery Night website – https://www.gallerynight.org/upcoming-events