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Bert Gallery at Corliss Landing
Traditional/Historical Gallery
540 South Water Street
Mon-Tues by Appointment
Wed-Fri 11 am - 5 pm
Sat 12-4 pm or by appointment
Closed Sunday  
Call ahead, we are often in the gallery working off-hours if you want to stop by. 
Exhibits are free and open to the public.

November 3-December 23
Holiday Selections 
Back by Popular Demand: Look for our 12 Days of Christmas promotion beginning December 2nd.  For the Holiday season:  12 consecutive e-mails, featuring daily specials for 12 gallery business days (Monday-Friday)!

Holiday Hours: For the month of December, extended Bert Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday, 11am-5pm and Saturdays 12-4pm.  Closing Thursday, December 23rd at 5pm for Christmas Holiday.

For the holiday season, Bert Gallery has assembled a fine selection of artwork by local artists both past and present.  Many of the paintings are noted Providence painters from the late 19th century, including seascapes by Elijah Baxter (1849-1939) and Henry Cady (1849-1935), Landscapes by Stacy Tolman (1860-1935), Grace Albee (1890-1985) and F. Usher DeVoll (1873-1941), and still life by Gordon Peers (1909-1988) and Florence Leif (1913-1968). 

In addition, there is a special exhibit of vintage travel images.  Travel to foreign lands has been a source of inspiration for many artists and a nostalgic reminder of past discoveries of different regions and countries both near and far away.  Bert Gallery has selected a variety of historic etchings, engravings and works on paper of various travel sites - Edna Lawrence (1898-1980) was an intrepid traveler documenting her summer breaks and Lester Hornby (1882-1956) was known for his European etchings particularly of Paris.  Visit during the Holiday season to pick up a special historic image of a city or country for a perfect creative holiday gift this season  A large number of  works are priced under $200.

Parking is available on the street in front of the gallery or in the parking lot across the street. Exhibits are free and open to the public. Visit the Bert Gallery website at www.bertgallery.com to see additional paintings by Rhode Island artists in our inventory and make sure to visit the research section for biographical essays on individual artists. 

Bert Gallery celebrates twenty-five years in business in 2010.  Founded by Catherine Little Bert and Hugo Bert in 1985, the gallery was located for seven years in the Biltmore Hotel and has exhibited the rich artistic heritage of Rhode Island.  In 1991 Catherine Little Bert became sole proprietor and re-located to the present location in Corliss Landing, 540 South Water Street.  Over the past twenty-five years the gallery has organized over 120 exhibitions, been open for 90 Gallery Night Providence celebrations, lectured and published on historic Rhode Island artists.  The gallery website was launched in 2001 and documents past and current exhibits, videos and podcasts. 

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Gallery Belleau
 Artisan Shop 
424 Wickenden Street
Wed-Fri 11 am-5 pm • Sat 10:30 am-6 pm • Sun 12-5 pm • Seasonally closed Mon & Tues

Ongoing: "For those who seek the Unique"
Gallery Belleau is a showcase for over 50 local and nationally known American artists and craftsmen. Visitors will find creations in glass, clay, wood, metal, jewelry, paint and more.

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John Brown House Museum
of the Rhode Island Historical Society
Traditional/Historical Gallery
52 Power Street
April-December: Tues-Fri 1-4 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm
Call for tour times 401-273-7507 x 60
www.rihs.org | dsantos@rihs.org

Thursday, November 18, 6:30 p.m.
If These Walls Could Talk…Save the Date! John and Sarah Brown’s Wedding Anniversary
250 years ago, John Brown wed Sarah Smith, joining two of the most influential families in Rhode Island at the time. Come to learn about weddings in the 18th and early 19th centuries and celebrate the Browns’ anniversary with us.

Visit the John Brown House Museum to see and hear the stories of Rhode Island's history as told through the lives of the inhabitants of this “most magnificent mansion”, built in 1788.  View artwork from the eighteenth century and follow the Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally in our gallery. The first floor is open for free tours.

Founded in 1822, the Rhode Island Historical Society is the nation's fourth oldest state historical society and is today the steward of some 30,000 artifacts and 500,000 library items. The Society maintains its research library and John Brown House Museum in Providence and operates the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket. The Society's ongoing public and educational programming includes publication of the historical journal Rhode Island History and the presentation of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and tours.

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  Contemporary/Emerging Artist Gallery 
Launch Gallery
c/o ANDREA VALENTINI Inc.
Conley's Wharf / Providence Piers
200 Allens Ave., Entry No. 1
Hours: Tue - Sat, 11 am - 6 pm or by appointment

"The Fallible Compass"
Myles Dunigan & Gabrielle Nurnberger

Artists' Statements:
Myles Dunigan:
Spaces define our existence, we structure our world upon the physical boundaries between these intimate locations. We see these places through the imperfect lens of memory and dreams, where time ceases to be linear and space can exist without limitations. There is always this paradox within landscape, the struggle between the limitations of the human eye and the limitless abstractions of the mind These landscapes seek to bridge this gap, to forge a connection between the tangible world of nature and the nebulous world of myths, dreams, and the subconscious. These primordial images exist within a time and place that is inexplicable, a place that is so tremendous and sacred that they force the viewer to question their own experience.

Gabrielle Nernberger:
This work servers as an ongoing effort to create images which marry the physicality of paint with painting's tradition of storytelling. The American mythic south is the state for my personal symbology to create unite allegories which resound with an American viewer. The bayou represents a transition place between land and sea, night and day, life and death, and the built up stages of unintentional mark are like the many strata of that landscape. The pigment and oil are analogous to the mud and water which they depict, and these images emerge out of the pain the same way archetypal allegories arise from the collective unconscious, the say way life emerges from the primordial soup.

About LAUNCH (www.launchgallery.com)
Launch Gallery, situated at Conley's Wharf/Providence Piers, is a program designed by Andrea Valentini, to bridge RISD students and recent graduates with the local community as an initial public viewing. Named specifically for its port side location, Launch features the work of RISD students from all disciplines of fine art and design and is intended to transition pre graduating and post graduate student work from campus to community. A percentage of sales from the gallery will be donated toward a RISD scholarship fund for Rhode Island high school students.

About ANDREA VALENTINI (www.andreavalentini.com)  
Andrea Valentini is a renowned Rhode Island-based artist/designer of sculptural furniture, textiles, bags, jewelry and lighting. Her work highlights the transformation of industrial related materials into sensual functional objects. Collections are sold at exclusive retail stores and galleries such as the MOMA Design Store; Takashimaya both in New York City; Bloomingdales, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; and the RISD Museum Store, Providence. Her work has appeared in galleries and museums in the US, Europe, and Asia.

The Peaceable Kingdom
  Artisan Shop 
116 Ives Street
Tues-Sat 11 am-6 pm • Sun by appointment

Nativities from Around the World
Gallery Night reception  November 18, 5-9pm

The Peaceable Kingdom will exhibit their annual display of over 100 different nativities from around the world.  From Haitian oil barrel cut outs to Kenyan soap stone to  Colombian orange peels, these nativities both small and big show such imagination and uniqueness with this traditional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Since 1980, the Ritchie family has been collecting, traveling and sharing folk art from around the world. The Peaceable Kingdom is a place where stories come alive and where art created within cultural traditions transports the viewer to exotic lands.

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PARKING LOTS
Parking is free from 5 to 9 pm on Gallery Night only.
Free parking lots will be designated with Gallery Night signs.
Visitors do not need to show a voucher or ticket when parking.
Gallery Night Providence and lot owners are not responsible for damage, theft or injury.
Wickenden Street
• Our Lady of the Rosary Church Parking Lot
Behind Adlers Hardware on Wickenden Street
(The lot has basketball hoops and is next to 195)
Our Lady of the Rosary Church - Serving the Portuguese-American Community since 1886!
All are welcome.