Tori Hong: For the Time Beings
January 2026
Positioned within queer theory and praxis, Tori Hong pursues an interdisciplinary art practice expressed through drawing, installation, social practice, textiles, and writing. Her artistic research explores the complex themes of Hmong and (North) Korean ancestry, self-determination, and collective survivance. Through diaristic investigations, Hong invites her audience to find connection with oneself, each other, and the more-than-human world. Select awards include the RISD Graduate Commons Grant Fellowship (2025), AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship (2024-2025), Springboard for the Arts Hinge Arts Residency (2021), Forecast Public Art Early Career Research and Development Grant (2020), and more. Hong is currently based in Providence, RI, where she received her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025.
https://ntxoo.art
https://www.instagram.com/ntxoo.art/
Ana Popescu + Chris Mayes-Wright
February 2026
Ana Popescu (b. 1988) is a Romanian-American artist currently living in Providence, Rhode Island. After receiving her BFA from Pratt Institute, Ana co-founded A.Pop, an immersive underground event company in NYC producing site-specific installations and live performances. In 2023, she completed a residency at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, followed by the Anderson Ranch Scholarship in 2024. Ana received her MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025, where she was awarded the RISD Fellowship, the Windgate Foundation Scholarship, the RISD Graduate Ceramic Award, and the Graduate Ceramic Residency.
Chris Mayes-Wright (b. 1984) is a British-born music composer, producer and audio technologist with experience in many aspects of audio applications. He is interested in the concepts of aleatoric sound, non-conventional rhythm, and using found sounds from the built and natural environments in music composition. He also has a deep working knowledge of multi-channel networked audio systems and has designed and installed immersive sound systems in New York, Las Vegas, Miami and Toronto.
https://www.anapopescu.com
Gallerie All Together with Kara Stokowski
March 2026
Gallerie All Together (GAT) is an experimental educational platform offering children and pre-teens a safe, fun introduction to the practice of curating in a gallery context. With emphasis on play, GAT promotes critical thinking, independent and collaborative decision making, and self confidence. GAT first took place at the RISD Museum in 2024.
Kara Stokowski—a long-time youth educator, DJ, curator, and community organizer in Boston and Providence—is in the process of versioning the original GAT model for a new run of events at OPEN, March 2026.
openforever.org/gallerie-all-together
Sara Ahli
April 2026
Sara Ahli (b. 1993) is an Emirati and Colombian-American visual artist based between Dubai and Providence, Rhode Island. Working at the intersection of sculpture, design, and embodied research, her interdisciplinary practice spans fashion and glass; exploring the body as a vessel for memory, transformation, and cultural inheritance. Through materially driven processes, she investigates the thresholds, limitations, and resilience of the human form.
Ahli is represented by Aisha AlAbbar Gallery in the UAE. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA, Glass, 2024) and the California College of the Arts (BFA, Fashion Design, 2015). Her curatorial work explores how nontraditional spaces can become cultural venues for deeper public engagement, bridging art and everyday life.
https://www.saraahli.com
https://www.instagram.com/sara.aahli/
Photo by Raheed Allaf
A Seekonk Museum
May 2026
Seekonk is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, on the border with Rhode Island. It was incorporated in 1812 from the western half of Rehoboth, MA. The earliest known inhabitants of Seekonk (Seaconke) were the Wampanoag people and today, Seekonk has an area of 18.4 sq miles and a population of around 15,500. A Seekonk Museum might be the only Seekonk Museum, we’re not sure.
A Seekonk Museum is the first project in OPEN New England, a six-part cycle exploring histories and ephemera from around New England.
openforever.org/seekonk-museum
Sasha de Koninck
June 2026
Sasha de Koninck is a visual artist, designer, and educator. While studying textiles in undergrad, she was introduced to the field of electronic textiles and wearable technology. She went straight to graduate school after completing her BFA, in order to further continue the expansion of her research. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Intermedia Art, Writing, and Performance at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she worked with Laura Devendorf and the Unstable Design Lab. Currently, she is a postdoctoral research fellow at Northeastern University in Boston, where she works with Laura Forlano in the Critical Futures Lab.
https://studiosdk.net
FringePVD
Summer 2026
OPEN is proud to be one of many Valley Arts District organizations supporting FringePVD for their summer 2026 run. More info will be announced by The Wilbury Theater Group down the road.
Since 2014, The Providence Fringe Festival®, a.k.a FRINGEPVD, has nurtured emerging and established performing artists by presenting fun, fearless and affordable theater to the community. FRINGEPVD creates ties between artists, audiences, businesses and local organizations, amplifying the vibrancy of Providence as a renowned cultural destination and an unparalleled place to live, work, and visit. Photo: Motion State Arts
fringepvd.org
To the Future
Closed for summer break, August 2026
Dan Neff, September 2026
Cara Giaimo, October 2026
Heather McPherson, February 2027
Gut Check Library and Research Center, May 2027