Photos from Therese Iacono, covering the reception of Dean Martineau’s Artifacts show at OPEN on Thursday August 6, 2026. Bar service provided by Hi Bar Lo Bar; and we bought a popcorn machine.

OPEN is a 2026 Rhode Island Monthly “Best of Rhode Island” Editors’ Pick!

We’re thrilled to be returning to the Narragansett Brewery Tap Room in Providence for an evening of amateur archives, curious collections, and treasured trash. Tuesday September 15, 2026!

For the opening reception of Not Just Tapes at the Providence Public Library, co-producers Sandy Dahari and Ben Sisto were joined by performers Gayatri Kunchay and Shany Rajagopalan, photographer Therese Iacono, and a whole host of friendly faces.

Ssss is a four-part audio series by lexi welch, intended for listeners driving alone at dawn. The project develops a theory of night over the course of two mixtapes: PLEASURE/LOSE and ANGEL/BLUE.

With Witness, Providence-based artist Sasha de Koninck considers the natural histories of worn garments, investigating the intimate, often invisible traces of the bodies and environments that shape them.

Our collection of Julius Nelson’s Typewriter Mystery Games series continues to grow!

Second year RISD students’ built a massive pavilion-like structure that served as both meeting space and screening room.

A real photo postcard (RPPC) is a photo printed on postcard stock with continuous tone; not a lithographic or offset print. Below are some from Seekonk, MA in the early 1900s.

Artyping. 1939 first edition published by Artyping Bureau—Julius Nelson himself. 8.5” x 11” staple-bound booklet with cloth binding tape, 44 pp.

A super rare teletype transmission from the 17th Signal Service Co.

Photos from the exhibition “PARIS+FRIENDS” at the Providence Public Library, spring 2026. A collaboration between OPEN, AS220, the city’s Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism, and the PPL. Photos by Jay Ruzicka.

On Friday April 3, 2026 we celebrated the opening of Memory Palace by artists Sara Ahli and Will Beattie. Photos courtesy of Therese Iacono.

On Thursday March 26, 2026, OPEN presented a concert at AS220 featuring Black Eyes, Downtown Boys, and readings from the book We’re Having Much More Fun. Photo + video.

If all good things must come to an end, let us go out in style! We’re saying farewell to Gallerie All Together 2026 with PIZZA and KARAOKE TRUCK (and an ART AUCTION! Join host, educator, and arts enthusiast Kara Stokowski for an afternoon of awesome family fun on Sims Ave.

50 Sims presents a new initiative, Open Valley. Part open studios event, part neighborhood crawl. May 2, 2026 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, across Valley, Providence. For the full picture and up-to-date info, navigate over to 50 Sims’ site here.

On Friday February 13, 2026 we celebrated the opening of Tăcut Ca O Cioară Vopsită (Silent Like A Painted Crow) by artists Ana Popescu and Chris Mayes-Wright. Photos courtesy of Rachel Maeve.

Applications for RISD's UNBOUND Art Book Fair 2026 (April 11, 2026) will be open from February 16th at 12:01am – February 22, 2026 at 11:59pm! 

OPEN is closed on Jan 30; we’ll be at the state house for the general strike.