6:00 pm Trolley or Mini Coach Art Tour! with Gallery Night Providence

Spend the last Gallery Night of the season with us! We will leave at 6:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel, and return to the Graduate around 8:00 pm. This tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Bradly VanDerStad and will visit the following locations and exhibits:

• is hosting a pop-up gallery at Venture Café Providence through the Artists of CIC initiative. This exhibit, Roots and Routes, invites artists to reflect on the paths we’ve traveled and the origins we carry within us. It explores themes of transition, growth, and connection to self, heritage, and community. Throughout the exhibit, guests can enjoy networking, special programming, drinks and light fare.
• presents the colorful fabric collages and ribbon quiltings by Cranston artist Carol “Cat” Wiseman as well as Inner Communications and Outer Response by Jack Ellis, a collection of mixed media work on loose canvas, cardboard, and more.
• welcomes viewers to New and Selected Works, 1968 to 2024 by Don Smith, who works in a range of media including painting, drawing, watercolor, collage, and monoprint. This particular exhibition showcases his body of expressionist work.
• The RISD Museum has a variety of different exhibits on view. On the Gallery Night tour, you can get a taste of the many amazing exhibits that the museum has to offer! Explore the show Sensory Silhouettes : Experiencing South Asian Garments before it ends next month, an immersive exhibit with audio narrations and textile samples for viewers to touch.

Half of the seats on the trolley or mini coach will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night!

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

Reserving Multiple Tickets? Eventbrite requires you to make a separate reservation for each ticket. Each time you put in an order, it's only for one ticket (even if you choose to donate more than $1). For example, tickets for 3 people would be 3 separate orders, each with a $1 donation.

Accessibility notes:

• Many of the Gallery Night art spaces are wheelchair accessible. However, the trolleys we hire for Gallery Night cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
• All tours involve some walking and some stops may include stairs.
• We invite wheelchair users to enjoy self-guided tours on Gallery Night, and have created some suggestions (Make Your Own Tour page on our website) where we note which galleries are wheelchair accessible.

Some notes to help you out the night of the event!

• We recommend arriving to the Graduate 5 to 10 minutes before your tour time. One of our volunteers will be at a podium with a Gallery Night banner, near the main entrance, and will check you in and answer any questions!
• If your plans change, please remember to cancel your Eventbrite reservation so that someone else can enjoy the tour.
• Tours occasionally run late. We recommend allowing buffer time if you're planning on attending another event after ours.

We have other guided tours the same night! Go to our Eventbrite Organizer Page and scroll down, the other tours will be listed under "Upcoming Events."

You can also discover more about Gallery Night Providence on our website.

And before you go...

We are a non-profit organization, and we depend on the generosity of individuals and businesses in the community to continue to present Gallery Night as a FREE event!

If you want to support us, you can donate at this link. Donate at least $10, mention it at check in on Gallery Night, and we'll offer you a Gallery Night tote bag as a token of our appreciation. Every little bit helps us invest in the creative community here in Providence and show people some of the incredible art that Providence has to offer!

THANK YOU!

Host or Publisher Gallery Night Providence