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WHEN : Thurs, March 18, 2010
5-9 pm - Gallery Night returns!
KICK-OFF PARTY : Visit us at One Regency Plaza starting
at 5 pm for a party to celebrate our 14th season! Sample
refreshments from local eateries including United
BBQ, Seven Stars and Nancy’s
Fancies, and have fun with Big Nazo! Join
Channel 12 celebrity Karen
Adams as she leads a tour through Providence galleries.
It’s fun and it’s all FREE! *** Join
us for a fun-filled cultural extravaganza. 20 galleries, museums,
and historic sites; convenient parking lots; live music; refreshments;
art buses; Celebrity guides
and it's all FREE!
NEW THIS SEASON: Hop on an Art Bus at
the Regency to take one of five tours offered each Gallery
Night. Visit Historic/Traditional Galleries, University
East or West/Educational Galleries, International /Contemporary
Galleries, Contemporary/Emerging Galleries, or Artisan Shops. The
first bus leaves One Regency Plaza at 5:30, two leave at 6:00, one
at 6:30, and one at 7:00. Enjoy a private two-hour guided tour for
FREE.
CELEBRITY GUIDED TOURS: The tour starts
from One Regency Plaza at 5:30 pm. This month’s celebrity
guide is Karen
Adams-an award winning anchor at Eyewitness News now celebrating
over twenty years with WPRI-TV and Fox Providence.
BIKE tours Looking for an affordable
alternative to driving? Ride your bike to Regency Place and meet
up with other avid art bike fans. Art Bike Tours will be available
in the summer months.
GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS :
• Lisa Guarino (Bank
RI)
• Doug Bosch and Steven Fisher (Bannister
Gallery at RIC)
• In Their Own Way: Vintage Watercolors
by Providence Artists 1890-1960 (The
Bert Gallery)
• Domenico Riccitelli (Chabot
Gallery)
• On Nature (Chazan
Gallery)
• The Three Menschen (Gallery
Z)
• RIAEA Annual Exhibit(Krause
Gallery)
• Contemporary/Emerging artists (LAUNCH
at Gail Cahalan)
• Tuareg and Berber Jewelry (Peaceable
Kingdom)
• 12th Annual Fidelity Investments Extreme Scale Juried
Exhibition (Providence
Art Club)
• 2010 Studio Faculty Exhibition (Reilly
Gallery at PC)
• Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line (RISD
Museum)
• Seasons in Landscape (Royal
Gallery)
• Stop the Abuse: Domestic Violence Awareness Exhibit
(URI)
NEW Galleries AIAri,
Bannister Gallery
Closed MARCH Gallery Night AIAri,
Bell Gallery
INFO CENTER : Our central Art
Bus depot and info booth : One Regency Plaza in
downtown Providence. Kitty-corner from the rear of the
Providence Public Library on Greene Street, a hop, skip, and a jump
from the Dunkin Donuts Center, One Regency Plaza
offers us our first-time-ever indoor information booth for those
rare less-than-perfect evenings in Providence.
Associate
Galleries & Art Spots : Not every gallery is open on
Gallery Night but you can discover these artistic wonders on your
own almost every day of the year.
- Above Providence Optical Gallery
-
Atrium Gallery
- BIG NAZO LAB
-
The Gallery at City Hall
- Hotel
Providence
- Sine Cera
- Studio Hop
HOW TO DO GALLERY NIGHT
:
WALK
Park free at any one of the many parking lots situated conveniently
throughout the city and stroll from gallery to gallery, enjoying
the Providence skyline and the historic city streets. Use the brochure
maps to discover the galleries, museums, art spots, and parking
lots just a short walk from one another.
TAKE THE ART BUS
New this year are private dedicated tours leaving at 5:30, 6, 6:30
and 7 p.m.
Tours stop at approximately 4 galleries each and run about 2 hours.
Park free at our central location at One Regency Plaza located at
the end of Greene (2nd parking lot on the left) in back of the Providence
Public Library.
DRIVE
Log on to our website, www.gallerynight.info or stop at our information
center at One Regency Plaza and learn about the evening's exhibitions.
Choose the exhibits that interest you the most and drive directly
to the parking lot nearest the gallery of your choice.
BIKE
Art Bike Tours are new for 2010. Looking for an affordable alternative
to driving? Ride your bike to Regency Place and meet up with other
avid art bike fans. Art Bike Tours will be available in the summer
months.
ACCESSIBLE BUS TOURS
Accessible bus tours will be offered on each Gallery Night from
June through September. The tours run from 5:30 -7:30. Space is
limited and reservations are required. To reserve a space, please
call 401 490-2042.
CELEBRITY GUIDED TOURS
Celebrity Guided Tours offer the public a chance to mix and mingle
with people who care deeply about art. Celebrities Guides run the
gamut from the curators and academics who shape opinions about art
to the artists whose lives' work is giving form to their passion.
Take a tour and follow in the footsteps of someone who thinks a
lot about art and enhance your personal point of view.
WALKING TOURS
Walking tours are available starting from Regency Place weather
permitting.
Dates for 2010
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
July 15
August 19
September 16
October 21
NOVEMBER 18
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