5:00 pm Walking Art Tour! with Gallery Night Providence

We will leave at 5:00 pm from the Graduate Hotel, and return to the Graduate around 7:00 pm. This is a walking tour, so make sure you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! The tour will be led by Gallery Night Guide Rex Blumenthal. We will visit the following locations and exhibits:

AS220 Aborn Gallery presents Idioms of Distress: Being Khmer Elsewhere | curated by Savonnara Sok — an exhibition that brings together a new generation of post–Khmer Rouge Khmer artists. In a culture shaped by survival and diaspora, this show insists on visibility—honoring our elders while making space for those who have never seen themselves reflected on a gallery wall. With current tensions along the Thai–Cambodian border, the work’s urgency is unmistakable: we cannot and will not be erased.

AS220 Main Gallery presents Mello Art, an exhibition of paintings by Steve Mello in a variety of themes and subject matter, and Bedouin Dreamscapes by Eman Abdalla. Abdalla’s paintings are where ritual meets deconstruction—where fragments of memory and emotion transform into an inward world of reflection and resilience.

134 Collaborative presents Inception: Emerging Artists. Curated by Kylee Hong and Karen Gager, this group exhibition showcases a diverse range of mediums and themes by students and recent graduates of colleges in the Providence-metro area. This show highlights the creative voices, evolving perspectives, and practices of the next generation of artists.

Art in the Atrium, First U presents Light Writes the Story, an exhibition curated by Gillett Nicholson Graseck, featuring artwork by Ann-Marie Gillett, Karole Nicholson and Susan Graseck. Through cyanotypes, cityscapes, and landscapes this exhibition explores the shifting language of light across natural and built environments.

Please note that the AS220 Main and Aborn Galleries are in the same building, and are within a few blocks of the Project Space/Reading Room! And there is lots of public art to enjoy along the way.

Half of the spots on the tour will always be available (first-come, first-served), completely free, to anyone who shows up on Gallery Night!

The other half of the spots are available to reserve in advance via Eventbrite. We ask for a donation (minimum of $1) when you check out, for the convenience of guaranteeing your spot on the tour of your choice ahead of time. Your donations help keep Gallery Night going!

Reserving Multiple Tickets? Eventbrite requires you to make a separate reservation for each ticket. Each time you put in an order, it's only for one ticket (even if you choose to donate more than $1). For example, tickets for 3 people would be 3 separate orders, each with a $1 donation.

Accessibility notes:

• Many of the Gallery Night art spaces are wheelchair accessible. However, the trolleys we hire for Gallery Night cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
• All tours involve some walking and some stops may include stairs.
• We invite wheelchair users to enjoy self-guided tours on Gallery Night, and have created some suggestions (Make Your Own Tour page on our website) where we note which galleries are wheelchair accessible.

Some notes to help you out the night of the event!

• We recommend arriving to WaterFire Arts Center 5 to 10 minutes before your tour time. One of our volunteers will be inside with a Gallery Night banner, near the main entrance, and will check you in and answer any questions!
• We do have a limited number of seats on the tour! If your plans change, please remember to cancel your Eventbrite reservation so that someone else can enjoy the tour.
• Tours occasionally run late depending on traffic. We recommend allowing buffer time if you're planning on attending another event after ours.

We have other guided tours the same night! Go to our Eventbrite Organizer Page and scroll down, the other tours will be listed under "Upcoming Events."

You can also discover more about Gallery Night Providence on our website.

And before you go...

We are a non-profit organization, and we depend on the generosity of individuals and businesses in the community to continue to present Gallery Night as a FREE event!

If you want to support us, you can donate at this link. Donate at least $10, mention it at check in on Gallery Night, and we'll offer you a Gallery Night tote bag as a token of our appreciation. Every little bit helps us invest in the creative community here in Providence and show people some of the incredible art that Providence has to offer!

THANK YOU!