ART! Gallery Night in Providence

Gallery Night is coming up tomorrow, Thursday, July 20. There are 5 guided tours going to different art spots and galleries around Providence. Mark your calendar and bring a friend!

Learn more about the guided tours below. You can also see detailed descriptions for the 5 tours on the Upcoming Events page of our website.

The 5 pm walking tour will be led by Frank Toti, and will see work exploring the idea of “plural” at the Gallery at City Hall, “post graffiti abstract-realism” and figures adorned in fantastical couture at the AS220 Main Gallery, a photographic essay honoring the Asian-American community in Rhode Island at the AS220 Aborn Gallery, public art in downtown Providence, and an exhibit exploring orange as color and emotion at URI Providence Campus Gallery. 

The 6 pm trolley or mini coach tour will be led by Shannon Hadfield, and will see geometric abstract paintings and an installation at the AS220 Project Space, pencil drawings exploring the supernatural at the Gallery at 134 Collaborative / Mathewson Street Church, a two-person painting show at Galerie le Domaine at Domain Properties, and an exploration of typography used in romance novels at Paper Nautilus Books.

The 6:15 pm trolley or mini coach tour will be led by Rosemary Rocchio, and will see work from six different photographers at RI Center for Photographic Arts, see and shop local crafts and artwork at Studio Hop, and get a taste of the many amazing exhibits the RISD Museum has to offer! Enjoy a little extra time at our last stop, the RISD Museum, now open until 8 pm on Thursday nights!

The 6:30 pm trolley or mini coach tour will be led by Sam Nehila, and will see paintings and portraits from beloved local legend Father Raymond Tetrault at the Gallery at Sprout CoWorking, ceramics and shimmering paintings perfect for all budgets at QzillaBlue Gallery, and thought-provoking contemporary work for the Providence Biennial at the WaterFire Arts Center. 

Please note that the 5 pm, 5:30 pm, 6 pm, and 6:15 pm tours leave from the Graduate Hotel. The 6:30 pm tour leaves from the WaterFire Arts Center.

Half of the seats on each tour will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night! Just come to the Graduate Hotel or the WaterFire Arts Center a few minutes before the tour you want to come on leaves.

The other half of the seats are available to reserve in advance via Eventbrite. We ask that you donate $1 when you check out on Eventbrite, for the convenience of guaranteeing your spot on the tour of your choice ahead of time.

You can also make your own tour on Gallery Night! Choose how many and which galleries you’d like to visit, whether that’s 1 or 5 of them. 

All the information in one place for you right here!

Meet Larisa Martino, who is both a guide for the Gallery Night guided tours, plus a skilled artist in her own right! Our intern Justin had the pleasure of interviewing her. You can catch a tour guided by Larisa in September!

You are an artist yourself – tell me about your art.Larisa is a contemporary, figurative, and abstract artist who loves to work on multimedia surfaces, often using materials such as canvas, wood, fabrics, and glass to convey her deep artistic creativity. Larisa’s work is exceptionally diverse, not only in the multimedia surfaces used but also in the size of her artwork, which range from smaller 8×10 pieces suitable for bathrooms to larger 6 foot pieces for living rooms. With her background in fashion design, she is able to create pieces of art that illustrate her mastery of figurative work and the human body.

Larisa has been with Gallery Night for many years. She was first introduced to the non-profit by her good friend and former Gallery Night director Alyssa Heller, back when there was only one trolley boarding location. Larisa has been with Gallery Night since then!

THANK YOU to Bank Newport, one of our newest season sponsors, for helping to keep our tours free and accessible to all!