Gallerie All Together Closing Celebration!
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.
Open Valley Spring ‘26 Participant RSVP is Live!
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.
Silent Like A Painted Crow, Reception Pix
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.
2026 RISD Unbound Art Book Fair: Applications Soon!
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 Jan 30 in solidary with Minnesota
OPEN is closed on Jan 30; we’ll be at the state house for the general strike.
Very Unofficial Rhode Island Grants Report
Some of the places people get some of the money for some of the things.
Tori Hong at Pecha Kucha PVD, 01.28.26
Catch Tori Hong tonight at Pecha Kucha PVD, right here at 50 Sims!
Here & Elsewhere: Opening Celebration
Here & Elsewhere brings together seven artists who live and work in Providence’s West End.
One-Day Scrabble Tournament—POSTPONED DUE TO STORM!
“Come to Providence! Scrabble is a good way to stay warm during a New England winter.” - Niel Gan, Organizer
Tori Hong: “For the Time Beings” Reception Pix
Openign reception photos from January 9, 2026. In celebration of Tori Hong’s “For the Time Beings.”
Join RISCA for “Mix & Mingle: Artists/Creatives” at OPEN on January 21st!
OPEN is pleased to welcome our good friends at RISCA for an evening of creative connections and community building.
Persephone Allen and Heather McPherson awarded 2026 Interlace Grants!
Congrats to the 2026 Interlace Grant Fund Awardees!
Cross Arms, PA
A fresh stack of vintage Cross Arms magazines have been added to Reinsulator, an archive of paper ephemera from the insulator collecting hobby.
Recent Acquisitions, October 2025
Photorealistic ASCII-style prints from the 1930s, a rare one-off folk art postcard, and some air mail.
lexi welch, opening & gallery hours
On Thursday October 16, lexi welch’s audio installation Under the Eyelid’s Mildness opened to the public. The piece plays Thursdays through Sundays, sunset to sunrise.
Public Disclosure Recap
Some photos from Public Disclosure, OPEN’s first celebration of local amateur archivists and folk-object collectors. Held at the Narragansett Brewery Tap Room on September 18, 2025.
OPEN Opens with Rafay Rashid’s Wreck Room
On Friday September 5th, OPEN officially opened with Wreck Room by Rafay Rashid. DJ arythmia provided a nice mix of classic postpunk, and D.U.M.E. performed live while guests played chess, ping pong, and lounged. Photos by Therese Iacono.
GO ‘HEAD, FIX YOU A PLATE at AS220
Join OPEN in celebrating GO ‘HEAD, FIX YOU A PLATE, a new exhibition from artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson at AS220's Aborn Gallery. Co-curated by OPEN advisory group’s own Persephone Allen.