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Friday, March 12, 2010Exhibition Opens - The Figure: Contemporary Works from the Collection
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The human figure, one of the oldest motifs in the history of art, seems to be an inexhaustable source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The theme is presented here in a range of mediums and approaches, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, and needlework. Some artists represented in the exhibition use themselves as subject matter while others work with live models, photographs, or personal memory as a starting point. The selection of objects includes a number of recent acquisitions that are being exhibited at the museum for the first time, including works by Tom Friedman, Tracey Emin, Keith Coventry, Judy Glantzman, Ryan Trecartin/Lizzie Fitch, Allison Newsome, and Grayson Perry, among others.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Piano Recital
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Benjamin Nacar (Brown '12) presents a program of classical piano music including works by Bach, Chopin and Beethoven.
Free with museum admission.
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Primacy of Paper: Recent works from the collection
12:00 AM - 11:55 PM
Opening January 15 in the Linda and Vincent Buonanno Works on Paper Gallery. Contemporary drawings and prints can function as key components of an artist’s practice, and in recent years, works on paper have come to challenge the primacy of painting and sculpture. This selection, intended to complement the exhibition Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line, features recent works by Shahzia Sikander, Julie Mehretu (MFA 1997), Kiki Smith, Sol LeWitt, and others for whom the act and process of drawing plays a key role in the creation or rejection of meaning.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Presence through Process
12:00 AM - 11:55 PM
Opening January 15 in the Bill and Nancy Tsiaras Gallery in Honor of Aaron Siskind.
The desire to depict the perceptual and physical experience of the human body, rather than merely its appearance, can serve as a catalyst for photographic experimentation. This exhibition presents works by Emmet Gowin, Vik Muniz, Frederick Sommer, Lesley Dill, and other artists exploring the poetics and politics of the human figure. Featured is a cross-section of photographic processes from the latter half of the 20th century, from camera manipulation to more direct registers of presence.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Music Friday: Infusion Experience
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Enjoy the Latin Salsa of Infusion Experience!
Enter through the Chace Center and view the exhibition Inner City. Also open are the Granoff Galleries of 20th-century art and design. The music, refreshments, and bar are all in the Main Gallery, which features European paintings from the Museum’s collection.
Attendees must be over 21. Admission: $5-members; $8-general public.
For more information, call 401/454-6322
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Tuesday Talks Series: Lines of Communication in Renaissance Europe: Bruegel’s Paradoxical Virtues
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Held in conjunction with the exhibition The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480–1650, this three-part series explores Renaissance artists, the cities in which they worked, and the transcontinental exchange of images and techniques that culminated in these acclaimed works of art.
Lectures begin at 1pm in the Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center. Fee: $15 per lecture for nonmembers; FREE to Museum members and RISD + Brown communities. To register, contact Deb Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
Bruegel's Paradoxical Virtues
Dr. Margaret Carroll, Professor of Art History, Wellesley College
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Exclusive member shopping night at risd|works
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
RISD Museum members, get in the holiday spirit with a private shopping opportunity at risd|works! Enjoy 10% off all merchandise, free gift wrapping, a holiday tea tasting with Tea Forte, and a trunk show with stunning handbags and jewelry by renowned artist Andrea Valentini, RISD BFA, 1995. Discounted parking available at Metropark on South Main St. Please join us for this festive evening!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: Line Up!
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Straight, curved, thick, thin. Lines take many forms and help describe depth, tone, and volume. Come explore artists’ use of line in the galleries, then make them your own in art workshops. Enjoy a screening of Harold and the Purple Crayon, the 1969 classic animated short film in which a young boy brings his world to life through drawn lines.
Free admission all day. Gallery exploration, hands-on art workshops, performances, and film screenings offer engaging ways for children and adults to discover art and design in The RISD Museum’s collections and special exhibitions. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A Medium’s Means: Ceramics Past and Present
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The gallant and coy figures of eighteenth century decorative porcelains find contemporary resonance in Arnie Zimmerman's ceramic laborers who toil and muddle through a metropolis his exhibition Inner City. This close dialogue between the historical and contemporary offers a point of departure to explore continuity and change within the techniques and meanings of ceramics. In this panel discussion artist Arnie Zimmerman, Lawrence Bush, Associate Professor and Department Head of Ceramics, and Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, consider contemporary ceramic practices in relation to the medium's history, modernist discourse, and the prevailing strategies of contemporary art.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Radeke Society Event: Behind the Scenes in the Minskoff Center
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Join associate curator Emily Peters and renowned contemporary artist and RISD professor Andrew Raftery for an invitation-only reception and behind the scenes tour of the Chace Center's new Minskoff Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, which houses a collection of more than 25,000 works. View treasures from the collection from Renaissance through the late 19th century by artists such as Durer, Tiepolo, and Whistler.
For more information, contact Kristen Powich at 401-454-6321 or kpowich@risd.edu.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Music Friday Presents The Bourbon Boys
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Jam to the music of the Bourbon Boys and enjoy stunning art! This quirky Bluegrass bands has members who are all named Lou. Don't miss this unusual performance.
Enter through the Chace Center and view the exhibition Inner City. Also open are the Granoff Galleries of the 20th-century art and design. The music, refreshments, and bar are all in the Main Gallery, which features European paintings from the Museum's collection.
Attendees must be over 21 years of age.
Admission: $5 - members and current CE students, $8 - general public
For more information, call: 401/454-6322
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Lecture: Saving Spode
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Donald Carpentier, an expert in the process of manufacturing the kinds of earthenwares made in the factories of Staffordshire, has collected period potters' tools, interviewed potters, and preserved some of the less glamorous history of the potting business. Under the aegis of his Historic Eastfield Foundation, he bid to preserve the Spode factory, founded in Stoke-on-Trent the 18th century by Josiah Spode, which was bankrupt and scheduled for demolition. The original Spode blakcs, molds, tools, and other items are now at Eastfield Village. Presented by the Pottery and Porcelain Club.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday Talks Series: Lines of Communication in Renaissance Europe: Michelangelo and Raphael from Florence to Rome
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Held in conjunction with the exhibition, The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, this lecture series explores Renaissance artists, the cities in which they worked and the transcontinental exchange of images and techniques that culminated in acclaimed works of art.
Lectures begin at 1pm in the Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center. Fee: $15 per lecture for nonmembers; FREE to Museum members and RISD + Brown communities. To register, contact Deb Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
November 10
Michelangelo and Raphael from
Dr. Mary Bergstein, Professor and Department Head of History of Art and Visual Culture, RISD
The final date for this series is Tuesday, December 8.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: Princesses, Pioneers, and Presidents
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for Free-For-All Saturday with activities for all ages from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discover how costumes reveal everything! Using the clues in paintings, sculptures, and photographs, discover the lives and adventures of the many characters inhabiting the Museum. When you arrive at the Chace Center, grab a map with the gallery activities and find all of the works of art. The Museum is free all day from 10am to 5pm.
Workshop I Revealing Portraits, Lisle Room with Cathren Housley
Use your stories and imagination to transform yourself!
Workshop II Making Masks, Program Gallery with David Ashley
Take on the identity of the characters or beasts you meet in the galleries.
PERFORMANCES, 12:30pm & 2:30pm
Storyteller Len Cabral
Nationally recognized storyteller Len Cabral will be spinning tales of wonder, humor and a time when fairy godmothers walked among us. Transformations can lead to the unexpected!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Lecture: Quality in Renaissance and Baroque Engraving: The Critics’ Response
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This special lecture by renowned scholar Michael Bury addresses the praise and censure of prints in Renaissance Europe. In association with the exhibition The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480–1650, Bury considers how an engraving’s quality of line was measured and defined. Michael Bury is reader emeritus of the history of art at the University of Edinburgh. His 2001 exhibition at the British Museum, The Print in Italy, 1550–1620, was a groundbreaking reassess-ment of the reproductive print in Europe.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Fall Symposium: The American Renaissance and Providence’s Golden Age
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Providence Preservation Society invites RISD Museum members to receive a special discounted rate to a two-day symposium on the American Renaissance (1876–1914) featuring expert lectures and site visits. For more information please check the PPS website at www.ppsri.org.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Fall Symposium: The American Renaissance and Providence’s Golden Age
12:00 AM - 11:55 PM
The Providence Preservation Society invites RISD Museum members to receive a special discount to attend a two-day symposium on the American Renaissance (1876–1914) featuring expert lectures and site visits. For more information please check the PPS website at www.ppsri.org.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Artist Lecture: Arnie Zimmerman
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The artist discusses his work, including Inner City, currently installed at the Museum. Free with Museum admission; sponsored by the Pottery and Porcelain Club.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Curator Conversation: Indonesian Textiles
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Inger Elliot, the author of Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java and founder and president of China Seas, Inc., the award-winning fabric-design firm, talks with Joanne Ingersoll, curator of costume and textiles.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Curator Conversation: Bringing to Life the Early Modern Engraver
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Emily Peters, associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs, and Andrew Raftery, RISD associate professor of printmaking, offer new insight into the inventiveness and technical virtuosity of Renaissance and Baroque engravers. Peters and Raftery co-organized the exhibition, The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650. Free and open to the public. Enjoy other Gallery Night events.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Gallery Night
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A free city-wide art experience, held the third Thursday of the month, 5–9pm. Join a conversation with curators and artists. Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music with wine from our cash bar. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching. Watch award-winning independent documentaries and shorts focused on art and culture.
Music in the Main Gallery, 6:30 – 8pm
Traditional and original folk music by local favorites Chris Turner (harmonica) and Rachel Maloney (fiddle).
Screening: Compassion, Fantasy, Transformation, and Systems, premiere of Art:21, season 5,
6:30pm | Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center
This groundbreaking documentary television series focuses on artists working in the United States today, and provides behind-the-scenes views into their studios, homes, and communities. The artists speak directly to the audience, in their own words, about how, why, and what they create. Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art and member of the Art:21 Curatorial Advisory Council, introduces the screening.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday Talks Series: Lines of Communication in Renaissance Europe: Rubens in Black and White
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Held in conjunction with the exhibition, The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, this lecture series explores Renaissance artists, the cities in which they worked and the transcontinental exchange of images and techniques that culminated in acclaimed works of art.
Lectures begin at 1pm in the Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center. Fee: $15 per lecture for nonmembers ($35 for 3-lecture series); FREE to Museum Members and RISD + Brown communities. To register, contact Deb Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
October 13
Rubens in Black and White: The Art, Intellectual Property, and Marketing of Engravings
Dr. Jeffrey Muller, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University
The other dates for this series: Tuesday, November 10 and Tuesday, December 8
Friday, October 09, 2009
Music Friday: Superchief Trio
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Music Fridays return for the Fall with more live music surrounded by stunning art. Don't miss our opening night party with Superchief Trio. This popular group features a unique combination of two-fisted piano, red hot trombone, powerful vocals and frenzied percussion antics, all rolled up into one small package. Swing, New Orleans R&B, jump blues, boogie-woogie - it's all in there. Don't miss Inner City in the Chace Center gallery. Stroll through the amazing Twentieth Century Galleries and see Joe Deal: New Work. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Members, $5; non-members, $8. For more information, call 401/454-6322 or Email ccutler@risd.edu.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Gail Silver Memorial Lecture: Rob Storr ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN RESERVED!
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Rob Storr, Dean of Yale University School of Art, will deliver the 33rd Annual Gail Silver Memorial Lecture. Previously, he was the Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. Storr, a Consulting Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art of Art, was the Commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale, the first American invited to assume that position. From 1990 to 2002 he was Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. The lecture is free and open to all but seating is limited and reserved tickets are required for admission. Please email your request to pkimel@risd.edu or call 401/454-6505. You will receive a confirmation of your reservation Tickets will be available the day of the lecture at the Chace Center Visitor Services desk beginning at 5 p.m. and must be picked up by 6 p.m. Limited seating available. All tickets have been reserved. Simulcast will be held in the Chace building. Seating for the simulcast will be on a first come/first served basis.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: And We Built A City Together
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for a special interactive installation by Providence-based artists Meg Turner and Andrew Oesch. The two have created a large topographic view of Providence that will be installed on the Moore Terrace of the Chace Center. Explore city life as it is portrayed in the exhibition Inner City and other works around the Museum, then share how you work and live in and around cities in a collaborative project. With the guidance of volunteers, you can help to construct a giant city made of cardboard, drawings, markers and stickers. Then write a message about the City and that message or memory will be hung in a long ticker tape above the city. Enjoy free refreshments from the Tim Horton's doughnut truck. Free admission all day. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Members’ Opening: Inner City
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Members, RISD faculty, staff and students are invited to preview Inner City, a collaborative installation by ceramic artist Arnie Zimmerman with architect Tiago Montepegado. Featuring more than 180 ceramic elements by Zimmerman, the city emerges within an architectural structure conceived by Montepegado. Experience this new exhibition in the Chace Center Gallery before the general public. Groove to music by DJ Nick de Paris--funky house music mixed with an urban vibe. Refreshments provided.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Preview Tour for Radeke Society members
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Invitation-only celebration and preview for Inner City, a collaborative installation by ceramic artist Arnie Zimmerman with architect Tiago Montepegado.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Piano Recital at The RISD Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us today for an encore piano recital performed by Benjamin Nacar (Brown '12) to celebrate the birthday of Glenn Gould. Gould (1932-1982) was one of the best known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th Century, known especially for his performances of the work of Johan Sebastian Bach. Nacar's recital will feature The Goldberg Variations by Bach and Movement #1: Allegro of Beethoven's Symphony #6.
The recital is free with museum admission.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Piano Recital at The RISD Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a Piano Recital in the Main Gallery presented by Benjamin Nacar (Brown '12) to celebrate the birthday of legendary pianist Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was one of the best known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th Century, known especially for his performances of the work of Johan Sebastian Bach. Nacar's recital will feature The Goldberg Variations by Bach and Movement #1: Allegro of Beethoven's Symphony #6.
The recital is free with museum admission.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Artist’s Talk: Singularities in the Pre-Contact Landscape
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Duane Slick, professor of painting and printmaking, speaks about his painting Oration at Dawn, featured in the exhibition Nature/Artifice: Contemporary Works from the Collection. Slick will also share images of new work completed during a recent sabbatical. Program begins in Daphne Farago Gallery and continues in Danforth Lecture Hall.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Gallery Night
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A free city-wide art experience, held the third Thursday of the month, 5–9pm. Join a conversation with curators and artists. Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music with wine from our cash bar. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching. Watch award-winning independent documentaries and shorts focused on art and culture.
Special film from the Rhode Island International Film Festival, 6:30pm
Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center
Music in the Main Gallery, 6:30pm
Josh Bell, mandolin and guitar, plays traditional music.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
risd|works Artist Trunk Show: Priya Himatsingka
2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Marked by a minimalist elegance and playful sophistication, jewelry made by Priya Himatsingka (RISD BFA, Jewelry and Light Metals, 2002) ranges from everyday casual to contemporary formal. Each piece is handmade, typically light in weight, and almost ethereal. Himatsingka’s lines can be found at risd|works and at stores and galleries throughout the country.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Member Preview Day, The Brilliant Line: Following the Modern Engraver, 1480–1650
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Members, RISD faculty, students and staff can preview the exhibition before the general public. Just show your ID.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Radeke Society and special guests Preview Reception: The Brilliant Line: Following the Modern Early Engraver, 1480–1650
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
This invitation-only celebration includes a first look at this exquisite exhibition, which explores the art of engraving and its dynamic transformations during the European Renaissance.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
A Grand Tour: Introduction to Art History begins
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sundays, September 13, October 11, November 15, January 10, February 14, March 14, April 11, + May 16, 2:30-4pm
Explore the history of art from Ancient Egypt to the present day in The RISD Museum galleries with specialist curators. Each of the eight monthly sessions will include a close discussion of major artists and primary texts, including Praxiteles and Pliny, Titian and Vasari, Manet and Baudelaire and Pollock and Greenberg, among others. Members, $360; non-members, $400; fee includes course readings. Fee includes all dates. Space is limited, registration is required before September 4. To register, contact Deborah Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The RISD Museum reopens to the public
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday, August 31, 2009
The RISD Museum is closed for August
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The RISD Museum is closed to the public for the month of August. Administrative staff and curatorial staff are available via telephone and e-mail during the month. Please refer to the staff directory for a complete listing. Please visit us in September when we open several exciting exhibitions.
Sunday, August 09, 2009
RI Film Festival Screening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Filmmaker Spotlight: Independent Filmmaker, Jake Mahaffy Program 2
Gravity
Categories: Shorts
Run time: 3 min.
An humorous short from the Motion Studies series depicting a test of earth's pull on foreign bodies in high scientific fashion. Premiered at Sundance 2005.
Heat
Categories: Shorts
Run time: 3 min.
An humorous short from the Motion Studies series depicting a farmer and a resuscitation doll.
Egypt Hollow
Categories: Shorts
Run time: 20 min.
Completed as a senior thesis film at RISD, this film depicts a young boy haunted on his family farm by the mysterious Burn Barrel Man.
"War" Feature Film
Jake Mahaffy 2004 Categories: All Films Run time: 70 min. | USA NEAR THE BEGINNING OF JAKE MAHAFFY’S B&W POSTAPOCALYPSE EPIC WAR, AN OFFSCREEN VOICE MURMURS, “This is the world after the end of the world.” The quote refers to the film’s camera trail of poverty and economic devastation, images suggesting a ruined American heartland as shot by Andrei Tarkovsky or Walker Evans. But the quote could just easily apply to Mahaffy’s own brand of independent filmmaking. Over the course of five years, Mahaffy shot War with a hand-cranked silent camera and without a crew. “I started off with a script and a very clear idea of what I wanted to do,” he explains. “But I didn’t have the money to shoot dialogue. So rather than stop I decided to shoot everything except the script. I shot hours and hours of the lives of the characters not in the script. I would just roll film and hope that it would come together in the end.”
"Wellness" 2007 Categories: Trailer Run time: 3 min. A trailer for the feature film Wellness to be shown in Program I of the RIIFF Filmmaker Spotlight.
The result is a strange, ghostly depiction of lonely characters adrift in a rural wasteland set to a soundtrack of radio broadcasts and pensive narration. War played the Sundance Frontier section in 2004, and since then Mahaffy has continued to mine his singular style, returning to the festival this year with a short, Motion Studies #3: Gravity, part of a series of films “mocking the religion of science by artistically reinterpreting various scientific data.”
Friday, August 07, 2009
RI Film Festival Screening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Filmmaker Spotlight: Independent Filmmaker, Jake Mahaffy Program 1
The Wax Supper
Categories: Shorts
Run time: 5 min.
A humorous short from the Motion Studies series depicting a man looking for God in a wax museum. Premiered at Sundance 2009.
"Wellness,” 2007
Categories: Features
Run time: 90 min. | USA | Language: English
In the docurealist American tragedy Wellness, Willy Lomanesque salesman Thomas Lindsey gives everything he’s got—including his heart, soul, and money— to a financial scam that ends up bankrupting him and destroying his life. Falling under the spell of Paul Stubbs (played by the filmmaker’s own father), the charismatic bully behind the fake Wellness Corporation, Lindsey is lured in by a pyramid scheme that promises material, spiritual, and physical well-being in the form of a capsule. Despite his awkward persona and utter lack of experience, Lindsey (Jeff Clark, a psych-ward therapist by day) believes that he too can succeed at the miracle-cure business by spreading the word to other investors. Traveling to a small Pennsylvania town, he struggles to organize a sales presentation, awaiting the arrival of promotional materials that never materialize. Perversely, as the situation worsens, Lindsey’s resolve increases, until he finally steels himself for a leap of faith that can only mean disaster. In the end, he must choose between betraying other unwitting hopefuls or confronting the devastating loss of his life savings. Taking his own leap of faith with a projected budget of $2000, a handheld camera, and a two-week shooting schedule, director Jake Mahaffy and his nonprofessional cast improvised on location to flesh out his fictional premise, capitalizing on the naturalistic effects of such quasi-guerrilla techniques to highlight the tragic elements of the film. Wellness walks a tricky line between hope and denial with an unrelenting eye toward truth that can make viewers squirm with uneasy laughter even as they glean insight into the desperation on society’s fringes.
Inertia
Run time: 2 min.
A humorous (very) short film from the Motion Studies series depicting the furthest distance a man can run in a full suit of armor. Premiered at Sundance 2008.
Perpetuum Mobile
Run time: 3 min.
A humorous short from the Motion Studies series proving the elasticity of time based on a study laundry cycles.
"War" Trailer
Run time: 3 min.
A trailer for the feature film War to be shown in Program II of the RIIFF Filmmaker Spotlight.
Museum Members receive free admission. For tickets go to the RIIFF website.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
RI Film Festival Screening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The RISD Museum and the Rhode Island International Film Festival presents a special screening. The films that will be shown:
P.S. Krøyer - What A Life!
Anna von Lowzow 2008 Categories: Documentaries 61 min. P.S. Krøyer is the undisputed centre of the Skagen painters. He is famous; he is lionized, and married to the most beautiful woman in Copenhagen. He is ignorant of the fact, that he has inherited his mother's mental illness, so he rides the pinnacle of success, until fate catches up with him. This documentary is a tribute to an artistic prodigy, who, in spite of his manic disease, kept "the great party" going, was given room to excel, and thus brought Danish art to an international level. Krøyer brings a whole new way of life to Skagen. An artist's colony is created, and the great party can begin. Everybody wants to go there. Friends, and the friends of friends, are all received in festive style by the colony and its toastmaster Krøyer. "Hip Hip Hurra" becomes the symbol of the two decades of happiness and unity around the turn of the century, where P.S.Krøyer is the central figure in the great breakthrough for a new style of painting at the end of the 1800s. But when his mother's insanity starts to manifest itself in Krøyer, the famous painter faces desperate times. Once he was singing and feeling almost invincible, but now his beautiful life starts to unravel. His wife leaves him, and with her the whole foundation of his idyllic existence disappears. But he has to live on. And maternal Henny Brodersen becomes Krøyers steady loving support until the very end.
Annie Leibovitz; '"So, There You Go" Douglas Sloan 2009 Categories: Documentaries Run time: 9 min. | USA Commissioned by the International Center of Photography Museum this film was created to honor Annie Leibovitz and her Lifetime Achievement Infinity Award. the film looks back at 40 years of Leibovitz' work beginning with her reportage work for Rolling Stone through her current work for Vanity Fair and Vogue. The interview and portrait filming was shot on-location at Annie Leibovitz Studio NYC.
Zephyr John Bush 2008 Categories: All Films Run time: 7 min. | USA ZEPHYR, a dance film choreographed by Nadine Helstroffer, features a trio of sleepy, wind-ruffled blossoms in the green soul of New York City. At times giddy, at times poignant, this surreal take on spring celebrates the fluidity of being - the elusiveness of it all within the gift of each moment. Dance and environment rise together in a vision of luminous transience where the flow of the dancers, the play of the light and the touch of the wind permeate each other. Their shimmering quality yields a unique moment in the natural life of a great city - a fleeting passage reflecting our very own evanescence. The music, tranquil yet lyrical, comes from the album, The Golden Morning Breaks, by French composer Colleen (aka Cecile Schott). This piece, played only with acoustic instruments, combines playful chimes, droning guitar and keyboards into a delicate soundscape of waves and textures. The melody glistens with the light of spring time. ZEPHYR is part of a series of four shorts filmed by John Bush and choreographed by Nadine Helstroffer, each corresponding to a season, shot outdoors in NYC and environs and portraying dance as urban pilgrimage.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
The RISD Museum is closed for the month of August
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, July 31, 2009
Last Day to View Carl Ostendarp's "Pulled Up" exhibit
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Carl Ostendarp (American, b. 1961), known for paintings that respond to and take off from the history of late Modernist art, was invited to visit the Museum's storage spaces to select objects from the collection to be juxtaposed with his own works. His choices range from works by Odilon Redon, Jean Arp, and Joan Miro to Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, John Wesley, Ed Ruscha, and others. Ostendarp's style is characterized by simple biomorphic forms, words or images, and flat color that meres Pop, Color-field, and Minimalism into a profoundly deadpan but witty language of its own.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Last Day to View Yousuf Karsh: Portraits of Artists
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, b. Armenia, 1908-2002), one of the most celebrated portrait photographers of the 20th Century. Throughout his long life, he photographed more than 15,000 individuals, among them such notable figures as Sir Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein. Artists and designers wer frequent subjects, and 25 of these portraits are the focus of this exhibition, which includes well-known images of Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keefe, Pablo Picasso, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The photgraphs in Portraits of Artists have been promised as gifts to The RISD Museum by Estrellita Karsh, the artist's wife.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Last Day to View Facing Artists: Twentieth-Century Portraits from the Collection
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This exhibition, intended to give context to the Yousuf Karsh photographs in the adjacent gallery, presents portraits of literary, performing, and visual artists by a broad range of 20th-century associated with the genre. Portraits are often collaborations between the maker and the sitter, and when they are the collaboration of two artists, the results can be quite exceptional. Works on view include Marlene Dietrich by Cecil Beaton, Stephen Spender by Lucien Freud, Brassai by Pablo Picasso, and Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: From Ordinary to Extraordinary
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Held the last Saturday of the month, 11 am–4 pm. Admission and all activities are free! These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay half an hour or the whole afternoon. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For information, call 401 454-6674. Artists often use ordinary objects to create extraordinary things. Explore Shih Chieh Huang’s colorful laboratories of fantasy and see how a plastic bottle or highlighter can be turned into a spinning and twinkling work of art. Afterward, have fun and learn a little about physics at The Marriage of Art and Science, a performance by the Everett Dance Theatre.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Special Screening of Herb and Dorothy
5:15 PM - 7:30 PM
What does it take to build a great art collection?
5:15 p.m. Intro and screening
Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, The RISD Museum who visited the Vogels in their NYC apartment will talk about their collecting and some of the artists in their collection. She will also discuss the amazing project to disseminate their collection through the Fifty Works for Fifty States program including the gift to the RISD Museum.
$7 Admission: Museum Members and RISD faculty, students, and staff (show ID)
$9 Admission: General Public
Seating is limited. First come, first seated.
Cable Car Cinema and Café
204 South Main Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401-248-5401
Check out a trailer from the movie.
The RISD Museum of Art is the recipient in the State of Rhode Island of a generous gift from the Vogels under The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States Programs.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Class: Drawn from Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
This series of drawing and mixed-media classes encourages participants to explore objects in the galleries for inspiration then respond with a variety of materials, including ink, collage, and papers. Dates: July 10, 17, 24, + 31. Adults only, all levels welcome. Fee for the series (includes some materials): $85 members; $145 non-members. Space is limited and pre-registration is required; please contact Deb Clemons at dclemons@risd.edu or 401 454-6530.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Gallery Night: Summer Concert + more
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
6-8 pm Drop-In: Free Art Lesson Receive instruction from professional art educator. Materials provided; no experience necessary. 6-8 pm Music + Refreshments Chace Center Plaza, if rain Main Gallery, 5th Floor
6:30-7:30pm Art Shots These engaging, 10 minute gallery talks focus on individual works of art from the perspective of student artists and art historians.
7-7:30 pm Guided Museum Tours in English + Spanish/Visita Guiada en Español Meet in Chace Center Lobby for either choice.
Enjoy a summer concert with Mes Amis a favorite local Cajun band.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Special Film Screening of "Karsh is History" with Director Joseph Hillel
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
KARSH IS HISTORY Canada/2009/Betacam/colour/52 min/English
Recipient of the Award for Best Canadian Film 2009, 27th Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA), Montréal, the film presents a contemporary reflection, in images and music, on Yousuf Karsh's work and its place in the context of portrait photography history up to present. As 2009 is the 100th anniversary of his birth, the film commemorates the artist and his work. From its conception, photography has had a closer relationship with celebrity. In a sense you could say the emergence of photography coincides with the emergence of the public celebrity as an important part of everyday life. Meet the director Joseph Hillel and enjoy a lively discussion and Q&A following the screening. This event is suppported in part by Délégation du Québec à Boston , Société de Développement des Enterprises Culturelles Québec (sodec). The event is organized in partnership with the Brown University French Studies Department.
In conjunction with the exhibition Yousuf Karsh: Portraits of Artists now on view in the Tsiaras Gallery.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: Landscapes: Real and Imagined
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Held the last Saturday of the month, 11 am–4 pm. Admission and all activities are free! These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay half an hour or the whole afternoon. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For information, call 401 454-6674. Artists often venture into nature for inspiration. They also create imagined worlds for our own escape. Explore artists’ responses to nature and create your own real or imagined landscapes. Also enjoy a performance by Community MusicWorks, presenting a varied program from classical to fiddle tunes.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Indonesia and the Zone of Attraction: Textiles from the Permanent Collection
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Selections from the Museum’s permanent collection offer an investigation into
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
risd|works pre-inventory sale!
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
risd|works pre-inventory sale!
Enjoy 30-60% off. For one day only, [TUESDAY, JUNE 23rd] risd|works will have a pre-inventory blow-out sale in the Chace Center Lobby. The sale will include works from every department. Check out the kitchen wares, jewelry, books and handbags. One-offs, display models, and discontinued items will be drastically reduced. We will be open from 10am-7pm.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Gallery Night: Providence
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A little bit social and a lot of fun, Gallery Night is a free event at the Museum. Join a ten-minute talk or two. Take gallery exploration into your own hands. Enjoy live music and a glass of wine. Exercise your artistic potential with optional coaching—materials are provided and no experience is necessary.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Music Fridays Presents Santa Mamba
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The last Music Friday of the season. Get down to the Latin-spiced funk of Santa Mamba. The refreshments for the evening will be provided complements of our friends at NYLO Hotel LOFT Restaurant. The featured exhibition is Marcel Breuer: Architecture and Design. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Members, $5; non-members, $8. Music Fridays are supported by the Providence Tourism Council. Media sponsor:
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Angkor Dance Troupe Performance
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FirstWorks concludes its season of the Silk Road with the visually stunning Angkor Dance Troupe. Experience the artistry of ancient Cambodian dance traditions infused with the youthful energy of modern cultural influences ranging from hip-hop beats to break-dancing. Join FirstWorks for this affordable, family-friendly performance, preceded by “Dancing Silks,” a special lecture on Khmer costuming and culture. For more info, visit www.first-works.org. Tickets to the performance cost $5 for adults and $1 for children/seniors.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
June Party
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This invitation-only donor appreciation party celebrates a remarkable year by recognizing the Museum’s closest friends and supporters. We will be taking a look at preliminary plans for the reinstallation of the ancient art galleries.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Free Admission in honor of RISD Commencement
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In celebration of Rhode Island School of Design Commencement, The RISD Museum of Art will be free all weekend, May 29, 30, and 31. Congratulations new RISD grads and welcome friends and family members.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Free Admission in honor of RISD Commencement
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In celebration of Rhode Island School of Design Commencement, The RISD Museum of Art will be free all weekend, May 29, 30, and 31. Congratulations new RISD grads!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Free Admission
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In celebration of Brown University Commencement, The RISD Museum of Art will be free all weekend, May 22, 23, and 24. For a listing of current exhibitions go here.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Free Admission
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In celebration of Brown University Commencement, The RISD Museum of Art will be free all weekend, May 22, 23, and 24. For a listing of current exhibitions go here.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Free Admission Weekend in honor of Brown Commencement
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In celebration of Brown University Commencement, The RISD Museum of Art will be free all weekend, May 22, 23, and 24. For a listing of current exhibitions go here.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Museum Concert Series: Jewish Baroque and Beyond
2:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Museum Concerts of Rhode Island returns to its original home, The RISD Museum for this performance. Jewish Baroque and Beyond will include a double program of art and music. At 2:30 p.m. in the Danforth Lecture Hall, Andrew Raftery, Associate Professor of Printmaking, will present a talk using prints and drawings of 18th Century Venetian life from the Museum's collection. The lecture is free with museum admission to all. For admittance, Museum Concert ticket holders should present their tickets at the Chace visitor services desk for admission. Following the lecture at 3:30 p.m. return to the lobby and enter the Metcalf Auditorium for the performance. The concert will include the music of Salamone Rossi, Biagio Marini and Dario Castello as performed by the early instrument string quartet Windhover, who will celebrate the birth of the violin as a solo instrument in 17th Century Italy. Tickets for the concert may be purchased at the door for $23; $20 seniors; and $8 students (RISD Museum Members receive a $3 discount on each ticket). Tickets may be purchased in advance at arttixri.com or at 401/621-6123.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
FREE-FOR-ALL SATURDAY: Modular Cities and Good Design
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Spend the day exploring architecture and design. Explore the discovery Marcel Breuer made when riding his bicycle that changed furniture design forever. Take a seat and create a chair of your own and then discover chairs throughout the centuries in the Museum's collection.
The youth dance company Jump Inc. performs its original choreography. Performances are at 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm in Metcalf auditorium. Admission and all activities are free! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lectures: Politics + Porcelain in Ming and Qing China, 14th-19th centuries
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Rose Kerr, an internationally known authority on Chinese porcelain, is the retired keeper of the Far Eastern collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and an author of numerous books. Free with Museum admission; sponsored by the Pottery and Porcelain Club.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lectures: Ceramics + Society in Song and Yuan China, 10th-14th centuries
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Rose Kerr, an internationally known authority on Chinese porcelain, is the retired keeper of the Far Eastern collection at the
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Brown University Chamber Music Recital
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Music students from Brown University perform classical music in the Main Gallery. Free with museum admission.
Monday, April 06, 2009
A Spectacular Day with David Stark
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Event planner and designer David Stark (RISD BFA 1991) will serve as this year’s guest speaker for The RISD Museum Associates annual fundraiser luncheon, to be held April 6 at the Museum. Stark is known for creating sophisticated and imaginative events that often feature unconventional décor elements. Stark and his team produce and design a wide range of events, from intimate dinner parties to elaborate destination weddings, museum openings, foundation and non-profit benefit galas, and large-scale corporate functions. David Stark Design & Production has developed events for some of the world’s most prestigious brands and personalities, including Condé Nast, Turner Broadcasting, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Sundance Institute, the New York Public Library, Target, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Walker Art Center.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Gallery Talk: The Lure of Ink: Japanese Monochrome Prints and Books
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join Quintana Heathman, Asian art curatorial assistant, for an introduction to the world of Japanese prints and a closer look at the variety of printed effects achieved in these works.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
SUNDAY FAMILY WORKSHOP: African Masks
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Visit the Museum’s African mask collection and make your version own using tissue paper, cardboard, and mixed media. These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshops are held between 3 and 4:30 pm. Tickets are required; $15 each for adults and children (which includes admission), members pay $5 each. Advance tickets are available through
Thursday, March 19, 2009
GALLERY NIGHT
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join our drop-in workshop For Adults Only: a free art lesson anytime between 6 and 8 pm! Receive one-on-one instruction from a professional artist/educator. Materials are provided; no experience is necessary. From 6 to 8:30 pm, enjoy a drink at our cash wine bar. At 7 pm, you may take a visita guiada en Espa–ol/guided tour in Spanish. We also offer a 7 pm gallery tour for the public. Meet in the Chace Center lobby for either choice.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: Making Musical Instruments
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
In honor of Black History Month, make musical instruments inspired by African American culture.
Free-For-All Saturday, the last Saturday of the month (except December), is for families of all ages, and admission to the Museum and all activities is absolutely free! These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay a half-hour or the whole afternoon! Children must be accompanied by an adult. For information, please call 401 454-6674.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Lecture: Carl Ostendarp
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
For his mural installation “Pulled Up”—on view in the Lower Farago Gallery—Carl Ostendarp selected works from the Museum’s collection and juxtaposed them with his own paintings. In his lecture, Ostendarp talks about this project as well as his interest in late Modernism, including Pop Art and Minimalism.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Silver Screen Party
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Breaking NEWS: an original Dale Chihuly vessel (valued at $20,000+) will be part of the live auction. The vessel nested with smaller pieces were all blown in Chihuly's Seattle Studio. This unique opportunity to acquire an original Dale Chihuly will surely make the auction a lively event. If you haven't already gotten your tickets, please call Carol Cutler at 401/454-6322.
Celebrate Hollywood's most glamorous night on February 22 from 7 to 11 pm as Providence’s Susie Symonds, a member of the Museum’s Board of Governors, hosts her annual benefit at the Museum in support of Dig the Museum!, the education initiative with Providence Public Schools. The evening offers an opportunity to dress for the red carpet, enjoy classic cocktails and a delicious buffet, bid on silent auction items, and cheer for your favorite movie stars on Tinseltown’s biggest night—all while supporting Providence’s schools. Tickets start at $150. For more information on Susie’s party, please contact the Development Office at 401 454-6316.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Egyptian Hippo in the Reeds: Take a gander at the blue faience hippo in the Egyptian sculpture gallery. Using tissue paper, oil pastels, and colored paper, make collage of a hippo in its natural environment.
These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through
Thursday, February 19, 2009
RISD Faculty Biennial Opening
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In celebration of the first Faculty Biennial in the new Chace Center galleries, join us for an opening reception. Meet RISD’s talented faculty and see their work in various media. A longstanding tradition, this exhibition offers the public an exciting opportunity to view studio work by RISD’s outstanding full- and part-time faculty. The works in the exhibition represent more than 150 artists and range from painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking to graphic design, industrial design, architecture, and more. Presented in the Museum’s new Chace Center galleries and the Gelman Student Gallery.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Video Artists Lecture: Carlos Motta
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
In conjunction with the video exhibition Alternating Beats, featured artist Carlos Motta talks about multidisciplinary approaches in his practices, different ways he utilizes public spaces, how he engages the public as participants in his artwork, and political involvement through art.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
New Member Orientation + Gallery Talk
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
New members will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Museum and enjoy an exclusive gallery talk by Jan Howard, curator of prints, drawings, and photographs, about the exhibition Harry Callahan: Eleanor.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The perfect date night, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Listen to the romantic sounds of Luna Moon Jazz Trio. Get a Kiss from Kroma! Our friends at Salon Kroma on Thayer Street will be giving away special Aveda gifts just in time for Valentine's. PLEASE ENTER THROUGH FARAGO ENTRANCE ON BENEFIT STREET THIS MONTH. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Members: $5, nonmembers, $8. Music Fridays are supported by the Providence Tourism Council. Media sponsor:
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Potting for Eternity: The Terra Cotta Army of the First Emperor of China
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Maggie Bickford, professor of the history of art and architecture at Brown University, delivers this lecture, which is free with Museum admission and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Pottery and Porcelain Club, Providence.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Lecture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Royal Portraits: Observe the full-size, full-figure portraits of the king and queen of the These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Japanese Figure Drawing: Look at Kunisada’s Twelve Months prints in the Japanese print gallery. Create a colorful drawing of a robed Japanese figure and place him or her on a collaged background. These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through
Sunday, February 01, 2009
14th Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This year, on Hughes’s actual birthday, join this inspiring gathering to celebrate his legacy. Local poet Christopher Johnson serves as guest reader, with jazz music and a reception to follow. This program is presented in coordination with Anne Edmonds Clanton.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
LAST CHANCE TO SEE BUILDING BOOKS: ART OF DAVID MACAULAY
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This is the last day to see Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay. The exhibition spans the artist’s thirty-five years of book creation, from Cathedral (1973) to the newly published The Way We Work (October, 2008.) The show features not only original drawings but also sketchbooks, models, manuscripts, correspondence, and travel mementos—the joists and girders of his books. Building Books is the first comprehensive traveling exhibition of Macaulay’s work and, as such, offers a unique opportunity to admire the broad scope of his interests and the evolution of his artistry. The exhibition was organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Free-For-All Saturday: Paper Lanterns
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate the Chinese New Year by creating paper lanterns of different colors and watching an exciting performance by Maine Thunder Spirits. Free-For-All Saturday on the last Saturday of the month (except December) is for families of all ages, and admission to the Museum and all activities is absolutely free! These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay a half hour or the whole afternoon! Children must be accompanied by an adult. For information, please call 401 454-6674.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Lecture: Leonard Marcus
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Noted writer, critic, and historian of children’s literature Leonard Marcus speaks about his newest book, Minders of Make Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature, a history of children’s literature from colonial times to the Harry Potter era. Co-presented with the Providence Athenaeum.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day Screening
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The RISD Museum will offer an opportunity to view the Inauguration Day coverage from 11 am to 3 pm in the Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, S. Main Street. The ceremony will begin at 11:30 am. At noon, the new President will be sworn into office and then will deliver his address. Between 2 and 2:30 pm, the inaugural parade will begin. Please join us for this historic day.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Design a Castle: Tour the David Macaulay exhibition and discuss his book, Castle, as you consider both castle design and book illustration. Design and draw your own medieval castle. These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Chihuly chandelier installation
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Following an historic and wildly popular showing of the exhibition, Chihuly at RISD at The RISD Museum, one chandelier will remain behind permanently and become a part of the Museum’s collection. The chandelier called “Gilded Frost and Jet Chandelier, 2008” by Dale Chihuly RISD MFA, 1968, was one of the main attractions in the exhibition which attracted nearly 80,000 visitors during its three-month run. The chandelier which does not include any electrical components and is made of blown glass on a metal armature measures 4 x 9 x 7½ feet. The piece will hang in front of a large arched window in an open stairwell of the 1926 Radeke building.
The installation crew (including both RISD Museum staff and staff from Dale Chihuly’s Seattle studio) will be installing the chandelier during these hours with regular breaks. Prime viewing times will be between 11 a.m. to Noon and 2 to 4 p.m. On Sunday, the installation will be completed.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Chihuly chandelier installation
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Following an historic and wildly popular showing of the exhibition, Chihuly at RISD at The RISD Museum, one chandelier will remain behind permanently and become a part of the Museum’s collection. The chandelier called “Gilded Frost and Jet Chandelier, 2008” by Dale Chihuly RISD MFA, 1968, was one of the main attractions in the exhibition which attracted nearly 80,000 visitors during its three-month run. The chandelier which does not include any electrical components and is made of blown glass on a metal armature measures 4 x 9 x 7½ feet. The piece will hang in front of a large arched window in an open stairwell of the 1926 Radeke building.
The installation crew (including both RISD Museum staff and staff from Dale Chihuly’s Seattle studio) will be installing the chandelier during these hours with regular breaks. Prime viewing times will be between 11 a.m. to Noon and 2 to 4 p.m. On Sunday, the installation will be completed.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Artist Conversation: Shapeliness is Always in Style
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Furniture maker Thomas J. MacDonald talks about his ambitious recent work, which was largely inspired by The RISD Museum’s rare 18th-century bombé desk and bookcase.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Boat to the Afterlife: Talk about the Egyptian philosophy of the afterlife, then use clay to make a boat, people, and possessions appropriate for the journey. These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through ArtTix RI. You can book for one or all of the workshops. Purchase your tickets online at http://arttixri.com or call the Info Line at 401 621-6123. You may also buy tickets at the ArtTix box office, located at 155 Westminster Street. The ArtTix box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 6pm. For more information, please call 401 454-6674. On the day of the workshop, please enter through the Chace Center at 20 N. Main Street.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Groove to the Latin jazz of Carlos de Leon, a
Sunday, January 04, 2009
LAST DAY TO SEE CHIHULY AT RISD
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Today is the last opportunity to experience the exhibition, Chihuly at RISD. Don't miss this spectacular display by one of RISD's most renowned alums.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
No Free-For-All Saturday Activities
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
There are no Free-For-All activities today but the Museum is open free to the public all day.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
No Gallery Night hours, Museum closes at 5 pm
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
There will be no Gallery Night in December. The Museum closes at 5 pm.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday Family Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Advance tickets to the Sunday Family Workshops are now available through ArtTix RI.
You can book for one or all of the workshops. Purchase your tickets online at http://arttixri.com or call the Info Line at 401 621-6123. You may also buy tickets at the ArtTix box office, located at 155 Westminster Street. The ArtTix box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 6pm. For more information, please call 401 454-667. On the day of the workshop, please gather in the Chace Center Lobby.
Glass Ornaments: Let the over-the-top ornamentation of Chihuly at RISD be your guide as you create your own gorgeous holiday bauble.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Cozy Music Collective is an electro-acoustic improvisational ensemble featuring Tim O’Keefe (electronics), Umberto Crenca (flute, flarinute), Cliff Wood (sax), Bryan Minto (keyboards, harmonica, guitar), and Tony Teixeira (bass). Their sound brings together a variety of styles, including jazz, electronica, downtempo, world rhythms, blues, and funk. Please use the Chace Center entrance. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Members: $5, nonmembers, $8. Music Fridays are supported by the Providence Tourism Council.
Media sponsor: Providence Phoenix
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Museum Associates Holiday Party
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us for a holiday celebration for the entire family. The day’s events include performances by Vox Carolers, Atwater-Donnelly, Higher Keys, and Sparky’s Puppets; storytelling by the Snow Queen; a visit from Santa Claus; refreshments; and a winter-themed art workshop. Free and open to the public and includes admission to Chihuly at RISD.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Canceled--Preserving Art Lecture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The lecture with Linda Catano, paper preservation specialist, and Ingrid Neuman, object conservator, has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Gallery Night
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
3rd Thursday monthly, 5 – 9 pm
The Museum is proud to participate in this popular Providence event. Admission is always free on Gallery Night, during which you may visit a number of the city’s art galleries. Board the free Art Bus that loops continuously to all venues; free parking at One Citizens Plaza. Join our drop-in workshop For Adults Only: a free art lesson anytime between 5:30 and 8 pm! Receive one-on-one instruction from a professional artist/educator. Materials are provided; no experience is necessary. From 6 to 8:30 pm, enjoy a drink at our cash wine bar. At 7 pm, you may take a visita guiada en Español/guided tour in Spanish. We also offer a 7 pm gallery tour for the public. Meet in the Farago lobby for either choice.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Get in the groove with music by The Chasers, voted 2008’s “best live act” by Motif Magazine, media sponsor for this evening. Enjoy music and cocktails in the stunning Main Gallery. Please use the Chace Center entrance. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Members: $5, nonmembers, $8. Music Fridays are supported by the Providence Tourism Council.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Canceled-Beth Lipman Lecture
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The lecture by artist Beth Lipman scheduled for this evening has been canceled.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
TC Colley Lecture: Emmet Gowin (MFA 1967)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Emmet Gowin (MFA 1967), one of America’s foremost photographers, speaks. Co-sponsored with the RISD photography department’s T. C. Colley Lecture Series. Gowin, born 1941, in Danville, Virginia, received a BFA in Graphic Design from the Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University) in 1965 and an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1967. For nearly four decades, Gowin’s work has been included in exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. His solo shows include those at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1971) Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1983).
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Members’ Opening Celebration: Harry Callahan
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
In celebration of the exhibition, Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Museum Members are invited to attend a special viewing, talk and reception. This evocative exhibition consists of approximately 80 photographs of Callahan’s wife of 63 years, focusing on the two decades from the early 1940s to the early 1960s when Eleanor was the primary focus of Callahan’s work. The exhibition was organized by The High Museum of Art, Atlanta. The exhibition is on view in the Tsiaras and Buonanno Galleries. Enter via the Chace Center, 20 North Main Street. Please bring your invitation or members card. Lecture tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis the night of the event.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Tuesday Talks Lecture Series: Glass
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Rachel Berwick (BFA 1984, RISD faculty), head of the glass department, talks about her work, RISD glassmaking today, and the future of glass in art.
Tickets are $15 per lecture (the series continues on December 9); free to Members. To register or for more information, contact Deb Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
It’s All in the Details: Architectural Tour
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Are color palettes, material, and texture choices your thing? Get the insider’s scoop on the Chace Center’s exterior and interior details with a one-hour tour led by James Brayton Hall (RISD MLA '94), one of the Museum’s assistant directors. Free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Noontime Tours
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Docent-led 30-minute tours take you to special exhibitions, featuring Chihuly at RISD and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Thirty-Third Annual Gail Silver Memorial Lecture: David Macaulay
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Author/artist David Macaulay (RISD BArch 1969; former RISD faculty) presents this year's Gail Silver Memorial Lecture. His books, including The New Way Things Work, Cathedral, Ship, Rome Antics, and Mosque, have demystified the workings and origins of everything from simple gadgets to elaborate architectural structures. They have won him a gold and two silver Caldecott medals, not to mention a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2006. His soon-to-be-released book, The Way We Work, explores the human body. The lecture is free and open to all.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Free-For-All Saturday: In Costume!
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Just in time for Halloween! Parents and children alike are invited to come in costume, but if not, you can always create an original mask and hat in workshops. Roman togas? Carnival ball gowns? Find these and more on a “Costume Quest” hosted by a mystery guest we’ve invited from our favorite fairy tale. At 3 pm in the RISD Auditorium, Boston’s Behind the Mask Theater presents “Three Cats of Venice,” a dazzling blend of music, dance, and puppetry created by award-winning mask-maker Eric Bornstein.
Free-For-All Saturday, the last Saturday of the month (except December), is for families of all ages, and admission to the Museum and all activities is absolutely free! These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay a half-hour or the whole afternoon! Children must be accompanied by an adult. For information, please call 401 454-6674.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Noontime Tours
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Docent-led 30-minute tours take you to special exhibitions, featuring Chihuly at RISD and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Eliza Radeke Society event: The Museum as Collector
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Radeke Society members will join Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, for a gallery talk focused on the Museum's approach to selecting contemporary works of art for the collection. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Lecture: Sara Galner, the Saturday Evening Girls, and the Paul Revere Pottery
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Icons of the American arts and crafts movement, the Saturday Evening Girls were one of many library reading groups developed in Boston’s North End by reform-minded local philanthropists to educate and assimilate immigrant girls. Working at the Paul Revere Pottery (1908-1942) enabled young women to develop craft and business skills and earn wages and the small sum necessary for their school expenses in a safe environment. Sara Galner (1894-1982) was among the most talented. Nonie Gadsden, Carolyn and Peter Lynch Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents the fascinating story. Free with Museum admission and open to the public; sponsored by the Pottery and Porcelain Club.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday Talks Lecture Series: Glass
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, presents “Seeing Through Mass: Glass Architecture and Its Metaphors,” the first of three lectures on glass. A group of Berliners who shared utopian ideas in the early 20th century, along with other pioneers of modern architecture, became the inspiration for innovative glass buildings in the early 1990s by well-known architects Rem Koolhaas, I. M. Pei, and Zaha Hadid, among others. The fee is $15 per lecture ($35 for 3-lecture series continuing on November 4 and December 9); free to members. To register or for more information, contact Deb Clemons at 401 454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Sunday Family Workshop: Ocean Floor
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Revisit the Macaulay show to explore the content of a fascinating tale of the sinking of an old Spanish galleon. Talk about how sunken treasure is removed from the depths of the ocean, then turn your discussion into art. Create a paper collage of the ocean floor with a movable diver. These workshops, for families with kids ages 5 to 12 years, combine gallery and studio experience. Learn about art in the Museum, then create a related artwork using a range of media. Workshop tickets (required) are $15 each for adults and kids, which includes Museum admission. Members pay $5 each. Please reserve in advance by visiting arttixri.com or calling ArtTix at call the Info Line at 401 621-6123. You may also purchase tickets at the ArtTix box office, located at 155 Westminster Street. The ArtTix box office is open Monday through Friday from 12 noon to 6 pm. For more information, please call 401 454-6674.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Adult Art Classes: Pencil It In!
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Looking for a hands-on, engaging, multi-media art experience? Join this six-session adult art class for a creative inquiry into the Museum?s collection and exploration of a variety of materials and techniques. Charismatic art educator Paul Carpentier provides the instruction. Students will be given a list of art materials to purchase and bring to class. Space is limited, pre-registration required. Fee (does not include materials): $145; members, $85. October 18, November 1, 8, 15, 22, and December 6. To register, contact Fran Gorman at 401 454-6530 or fgorman@risd.edu.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Noontime Tours
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Docent-led 30-minute tours take you to special exhibitions, featuring Chihuly at RISD and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Gallery Night
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us at our drop-in workshop For Adults Only: a free art lesson anytime between 6-8 pm! Receive one-on-one instruction from a professional artist/educator. Materials are provided; no experience is necessary. From 6 to 8:30 pm, enjoy a drink at our Cash Wine Bar. At 7 pm, you may take a Visita Guiada en Español/Guided Museum Tour in Spanish. We also offer a 7 pm Gallery Tour for the Public. Meet in the Farago Lobby for either choice.
At 6 pm, join a Gallery Conversation about book illustration in the exhibition Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay with RISD Professor Jean Blackburn. From 6:30 to 8 pm, listen to the K. C. Moaners play traditional folk, blues, and early popular music. At 7 pm, Designing Traditions is the subject of a Gallery Conversation with Kate Irvin and Laurie Brewer, respectively Assistant Curator and Curatorial Assistant in Costume and Textiles, and RISD students who participated in a project honoring the long tradition of fruitful exchanges between the Museum and the College.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
American Architecture: Lecture by Martin Filler CANCELED -- Film Screening Still On
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture, 1983 (60 min.) looks at the practices of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman, in 1982, at the height of the architectural postmodernist period. The architects show and discuss their projects both in their offices and on location. All protégés of Philip Johnson (who appears as commentator), these architects rejected European modernism in favor of innovative directions. Their work has made architectural history and has since influenced many other architects. The screening is free and open to the public. The lecture by architect critic Martin Filler, originally scheduled to follow the screening, has been canceled.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Music Friday
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Celebrate Music Friday’s first anniversary! Relive the Latin jazz sounds of Infusion Experience, the group that played at our first Music Friday. Admission is $5 for members, $8 for nonmembers. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Music Fridays are supported by the Providence Tourism Council. Please use the new Chace Center entrance. Media sponsor: Providence Phoenix
Friday, October 10, 2008
Noontime Tours
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Docent-led 30-minute tours take you to special exhibitions, featuring Chihuly at RISD and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Learn about great works from the Museum’s Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art: 2 pm, self-guided gallery walk; 3 pm, lecture on “The Art of Joaqu¡n Torres-Garc¡a” by art historian Cecilia de Torres (seating is limited); 4 pm, music and refreshments. This event is free with Museum admission.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
It’s All in the Details: Architectural Tour
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Are color palettes, material, and texture choices your thing? Get the insider’s scoop on all the exterior and interior details of the Chace Center with a one-hour tour led by James Brayton Hall, Assistant Director. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Noontime Tours
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Docent-led 30-minute tours take you to special exhibitions, featuring Chihuly at RISD and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Chace Center lobby.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Mika Tajima lecture at RISD Museum
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Chace Center: Now Open!
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
From the beginning, the Chace Center was created for people — to be a crossroads where students, faculty, staff, alumni and museum visitors from the general public all come together. With its unpretentious design, it melds student and museum exhibition galleries, an auditorium and other public venues with studios, classrooms and collection conservation areas, creating a welcoming center where art is made, studied and enjoyed.
The Chace Center — named by Jane Chace Carroll, Malcolm “Kim” Chace and Eliot Chace Nolen in honor of their parents, the late Malcolm and Beatrice “Happy” Oenslager Chace — was one of several key projects realized through RISD’s $104-million "Future by Design" campaign, the largest comprehensive fundraising effort ever undertaken here. But the stunning facility is much more than a fundraising success; it is an effective design solution for a complex site and an important expression of the growing cultural vitality of the city. It is also the bold outcome of a vision shared by RISD’s Board of Trustees; former President Roger Mandle, along with provosts and museum directors from 1998 to the present; the Chace family and other key donors to this project; and its architect José Rafael Moneo.
Since the beginning of his involvement in 2001, Moneo made eloquent use of the language of architecture to unite disparate activities and architectural styles into a coherent whole. His design of this 43,000-sf LEED-certified structure resolves issues of circulation, cross-pollination and public access, not to mention optimization of space and light. And it does so while offering picture-perfect views and reinforcing RISD’s core values of environmental sensitivity, academic excellence, community engagement and arts advocacy.
Synthesizing the creativity and exploration at the heart of the studio experience, the Chace Center offers both a literal and a figurative front door to RISD and all it has to offer.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Chihuly Exhibit
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday, September 26, 2008
Museum Members Preview: Chihuly at RISD and the Chace Center
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
RISD Museum Members may preview the Chace Center and its site-specific inaugural exhibition of a multitude of hand-blown glass pieces, Chihuly at RISD. Members also enjoy Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years, Subject to Change: Art and Design of the 20th Century, and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
An Evening with Dale Chihuly (RISD MFA, 1968)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The RISD Museum of Art announces that renowned artist and RISD alumnus Dale Chihuly ’68 MFA will talk about his career and work during a unique opportunity on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 7 pm. The lecture, held in the RISD Auditorium, will require tickets for admission and seating is extremely limited. Mr. Chihuly’s talk will serve as a prelude to the opening of the site-specific installation that the artist created as the inaugural exhibition for the new special exhibition gallery in the Chace Center. Serving as a sort of homecoming for this alumnus, Chihuly at RISD will inaugurate the Museum’s new special exhibitions gallery in the much anticipated new building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect José Rafael Moneo. Presenting Sponsor: Chihuly at RISD is presented by Bank of America. Additional support is provided by the Providence Tourism Council, Bafflin Foundation, Corning Foundation, and the Chihuly Leadership Committee.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Gallery Night at The RISD Museum
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Gallery Night
Join us at our drop-in workshop For Adults Only: a free art lesson anytime between 5:30 and 8 pm! Receive one-on-one instruction from a professional artist/educator. Materials are provided; no experience is necessary. From 6 to 8:30 pm, enjoy a drink at our Cash Wine Bar. At 7 pm, you may take a Visita Guiada en Español/Guided Museum Tour in Spanish: un guía docente le invita a recorrer las galerías del Museo; esta visita guiada es gratis y empieza en el Farago Lobby del Museo (meet in the Farago Lobby.) We also offer a 7 pm Gallery Tour for the Public.
Join Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, and Joanne Ingersoll, Curator of Costume and Textiles, at 6 pm for a Curator Gallery Conversation about "Everyday Materials and the Avant Garde." In the new installation Subject to Change: Art and Design of the Twentieth Century, hear about how artists and designers explored everyday materials and processes in their work to discover a new richness of ideas and objects that unified art and life. From 6:30 to 8 pm, popular local folk musicians Chris Turner and Rachel Maloney return to the Radeke Garden (weather permitting) to make music.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Free-For-All Saturday: Gods and Monsters
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free-For-All Saturday—the last Saturday of the month (except
December)—is for families of all ages, and admission to the
Museum and all activities is absolutely free!
These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of
hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery
quests throughout the day. Refreshments, too. Stay for half an
hour or the whole afternoon! Children must be accompanied by an
adult.
For information, please call 401 454-6674 or visit our web site
at www.risdmuseum.org
July 26
Gods and Monsters
Learn about ancient gods, goddesses, and the fantastic beasts
that were once believed to inhabit the earth, seas, and skies.
In workshops, make a warrior’s helmet or a monster puppet. At 3
pm in the RISD Auditorium, enjoy Perseus and Medusa, presented
by the Tanglewood Puppets.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Gallery Night at The RISD Museum
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Gallery Night
3rd Thursday monthly, 5-9 pm
The Museum is proud to participate in this popular Providence
event. Admission is always free on Gallery Night, during which
you can visit a number of the city’s art galleries. Board the
free Art Bus which loops continuously to all venues; free
parking at One Citizens Plaza.
Every Gallery Night
Join us at our drop-in workshop For Adults Only: a free art
lesson anytime between 5:30 and 8 pm! Receive one-on-one
instruction from a professional artist/educator. Materials are
provided; no experience is necessary. From 6 to 8:30 pm, enjoy
a drink at our Cash Wine Bar. At 7 pm, you may take a Visita
Guiada en Español/Guided Museum Tour in Spanish: un guía
docente le invita a recorrer las galerías del Museo; esta
visita guiada es gratis y empieza en el Farago Lobby del Museo
(meet in the Farago Lobby.) We also offer a 7 pm Gallery Tour
for the Public.
On July 17, come to a special Summer Celebration of 20th
Century Art! At 6 PM Curators Maureen O'Brien and Kate Irvin
discuss works on view in the new 20th century installation.
From 6:30 to 8 PM enjoy the music of the Bee-Hives, a B52s
tribute band!
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