[Summit] Reopenings this week for the RISD Museum, Gallery Night & downtown Providence Public Library

Sun Jun 13 19:37:17 UTC 2021

 Sorry to bombard you with so many graphics at once, but all these long-awaited expansions are happening this week.
Have a good week,
Dave

Sun, Jun 13 at 8:01 AM
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| It's reopening day and we are bursting with excitement! A heartfelt thank you to donors, alumni, and friends for your support and patience as we navigated through a most challenging year.
We are proud to welcome you back with new and exhibitions and additions to the collection. Check the Visitor Guide for exhibitions on view and a floor-by-floor guide through the galleries, or stop by Bolt Coffee at Cafe Pearl to enjoy refreshments.
We’ll be doing everything we can to keep you safe.

Museum hours: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 10 am - 5 pm; Thursday and Friday 12 pm -7 pm. The RISD Museum will close on Saturday, June 19th in honor of Juneteenth. |

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| Black FlyyyThrough September 26, 2021
Six short films and videos by artists including Sophia Nahli Allison, Bree Newsome Bass, and Charles Burnett explore self-revelation, craft, legacy, and ancestral knowledge(s) in ways that center Black narratives and challenge white cultural hegemony. Explore |

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| Defying the ShadowThrough December 18, 2021
Curated by Anita N. Bateman, Ph.D., Defying the Shadow presents images by Black artists and of Black figures that resist the consumptive impulses of looking. As anti-portraits or visages that challenge the impulse to be known, comprehended, categorized, or easily identified, these works oppose a historical narrative of dispossession and domination that continues to violate the humanity of Other-ed subjects. Explore |

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| It Comes in Many Forms: Islamic Art from the CollectionThrough December 18, 2021
>From an Egyptian textile fragment dating to the 1100s to a contemporary woman’s top by the Paris-based designer Azzedine Alaïa, objects offer explorations into migration, diasporas, exchange, and suggest the difficulty of defining arts from a transnational religious viewpoint. Explore |

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| Raid the Icebox Now
Raid the Icebox Now with Beth KatlemanGames of ChanceThrough July 4, 2021
Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo HelgueraInventarios / InventoriesThrough August 21, 2021
Raid the Icebox Now with Paul ScottNew American SceneryThrough December 30, 2021 |

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| On the Surface: Contemporary CeramicsThrough June 30, 2023
This exhibition presents seven different techniques for decorating ceramics—slip, sgraffito, unadorned, decals, texture, glaze, and painting—and the variety of approaches that artists have taken to each. Explore |

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| *See the entire list of current and upcoming exhibitions at the museum. |

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| Support the RISD Museum by becoming a member |

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| Membership is for everyone. Feel at home in the galleries, explore new exhibitions, or share the comprehensive collection with visiting friends and family. Member benefits include:

   - Unlimited free admission to the Museum for one year
   - 10% discounts at RISD Store, RISD Continuing Education, & Café Pearl
   - Discounts and advance registration for programs
   - Invitations to events and members-only trips and more.
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| Images:Photos by Erik Gould; exhibition and publication graphics by Jada Akoto, Ophelia Duchesne-Malone, Carson Evans, and Brendan Campbell.Sophia Nahli Allison, New Galaxies from the self-portrait series Dreaming Gave Us Wings, 2017 - present. Courtesy of the artist.Nicole Buchanan, DG 14, 2015, Gift of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, BostonEdward Grazda, Taliban at Jadi Maiwand, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1997, Helen M. Danforth Acquisition FundInstallation photography of Raid the Ice Box Now at the RISD Museum.Howard Kottler, Incognito, 1969. Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund. © Howard Kottler
RISD Museum is supported by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with the generous partnership of the Rhode Island School of Design, its Board of Trustees, and Museum Governors. |

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| Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design224 Benefit StreetProvidence, Rhode Island 02903401 454 6500 |

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Return of the TROLLEY!
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For the first time since our 2019 season, we will be offering a FREE guided TROLLEY Tour on Gallery Night - Thursday June 17th!
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Not ready to be on a trolley?  We have 3 options for walking tours too!
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| Artist Sara Dager will lead the
4:30 Downtown Walking Tour, with stops at:

The Graduate Hotel
The Gallery @ Providence City Hall
BankRI Gallery (Turk's Head Building)
University of RI Providence Campus 
AS220

Pre-registration is required.  Masks are required while inside galleries, regardless if you are vaccinated.
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| Gallery Night Guide Frank Toti will lead the
5:30 College Hill Walking Tour, with stops at:

The RISD Museum
RI Center for Photographic Arts*
Anthony Tomaselli's Studio & Gallery

Pre-registration is required.  Masks are required while inside galleries, regardless if you are vaccinated.

*This gallery is located on the 2nd floor.  There is no wheelchair access. |

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| Artist Sherri Snyder will lead the
5:30 Olneyville Walking Tour, with stops at:

WaterFire Arts Center
The Steel Yard
The Gallery at Sprout CoWorking

Pre-registration is required.  Masks are required while inside galleries, regardless if you are vaccinated.
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| Kelly "Starspangled" Brown will lead the
5:45 TROLLEY Tour, with stops at:

The RISD Museum
Galerie Le Domaine
Homegrown Gallery*

Pre-registration is required.  Masks are required on the trolley & while inside galleries, regardless if you are vaccinated.

*This gallery is located on the 2nd floor.  There is no wheelchair access. |

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Pre-Register Today (and bring a friend)!
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| Copyright © 2021 Gallery Night Providence, All rights reserved.
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Our mailing address is:
Gallery Night ProvidenceP.O. Box 603024Providence, Ri 02906 |

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   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Providence Public Library <tmason at provlib.org>To: Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021, 10:53:29 AM EDTSubject: Our Hours Are Expanding....And Other Important June News!

| Have You Been In To See Us Yet? |
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| IMPORTANT NEWS from PPL... |

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| June 11, 2021 -- Happening in June! |

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Expanded Hours.... Beginning June 15
We're expanding our hours again...and again...
Starting Tuesday, June 15Mon & Wed: 8:30 am - 7 pmTues, Thurs, Fri: 10 am - 5 pmSat: 8:30 am - 4 pm
Starting Tuesday, July 6Mon, Tues, Wed: 8:30 am - 7 pmThurs & Fri: 10 am - 5 pmSat: 8:30 - 4 pm
Tour the Library -- In Person!Also, in case you missed the news earlier, all of our upper floors and our stacks are now open! AND, we'll be offering tours of our beautiful, newly renovated building twice a week, beginning Wednesday, June 16. Please join us on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays at 11 am!
P.S. -- We'll be closed on Friday, June 18 & Saturday June 19 in celebration of Juneteenth. |

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| A home for the histories of RI's LGBTQ+ communities where all can learn, reflect and engage...
In celebration of Pride Month, we're thrilled to formally announce the RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive at PPL -- a community archives initiative to collect and provide access to the current and past stories of LGBTQ+ people in Rhode Island. We are focused on ensuring the preservation of materials chronicling the social, cultural & political history of RI LGBTQ+ people and organizations.
Check out this tour of the LGBTQ+ Community Archive at PPL, featuring our own Curator of Rhode Island Collections, Kate Wells! *Content warning for some sensitive subject matter.*
Read full story |

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2021 Summer Reading is Kicking Off for Children & Adults
We invite children and adults alike to take the summer reading challenge! For adults..."Escape with PPL" is the theme and it will run June 21 through August 31. Go to provlib.beanstack.org, sign up and ESCAPE! Read, learn, watch, and do! Find enjoyment in every day activities and free materials available from the Library. Complete challenges and earn prizes!
The kids summer reading theme is "My Rhode Island." Tell us your unique tale...beginning June 28 through September 6. Read every day for at least 20 minutes and log your reading at pvd.beanstack.org to be entered into weekly drawings. Complete challenges and attend virtual and in-person events for lots of summer fun and discovery. Every Monday, beginning June 28, pick up your Passport to Summer Learning takeaway bag at the Library (while supplies last). Our Rhode Island themes include Gardens and Growing, Oceans and Beaches, Legends and Mysteries, RI Black History, RI Indigenous Peoples, RI's Unique Foods, RI Wildlife, and RI History & Government. Each bag has materials and instructions for activities as well as online and community resources and a free book! |

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PPL Spirit Week Finale! 
It's not too late to join the fun and support your favorite Library...
J. McLaughlin Fundraiser:

   - Continuing TODAY! Join us @ J. McLaughlin in Wayland Square: shop in-store or via phone (401-680-8985) or email (striprovidence at jmclaughlin.com) from 10 am - 5 pm and 15% of all sales will go back to PPL!

PPL Pets & Virtual Yappy Hour:   
   - Join us for a low-key, virtual celebration of one thing we love even more than books -- OUR PETS! Register for Yappy Hour starting at 5 pm via Zoom HERE! (And yes, please DO bring your pet!) Post a pic of your "fur baby" and use the hashtags #PPLPets #PPLGive2021 ! 

   - Plus, prizes will be awarded for the best Spirit Week looks!

ALSO, our $15,000 match has been extended through today, Friday, June 11, at midnight -- so there is still time for folx to give! Feel free to continue to share our giving link -- prov.pub/supportPPL -- as well as any and all of the #PPLGive Day shenanigans on Facebook! Did we mention that our Executive Director Jack Martin will be tap dancing! NOT TO BE MISSED!!
Thanks again, everyone. Your support of this week and of our third annual Give Day truly means so much! |

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| PVD Community Gardens: Sustaining Connections
Wednesday, June 23 | 6 pm via Zoom
Community gardens are a reserve of biodiversity and resilient practices. In community gardens across the city, immigrant gardeners are growing plants rich in personal value and meaning, while building connections to their new homeland. 
Join Southside Community Land Trust’s Bishnu Poudel and Raffini for an informative talk on community gardens in Providence, immigrant farmers and their practices, and unique and delicious plants from other countries that you may want to taste and grow!
Register |

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Summer Technology Learning Opportunities
We're pleased to let you know that we're offering two technology Learning Circles this summer that are now open for registration.
Sign up today!
Intro to Cyber SecurityWednesdays 12:00 - 1:00 pmJune 23 - Aug 11
Intro to SQL CodingMondays 6:00 - 8:00 pmJuly 12 - Aug 30
Summer RITUG MeetingJoin us virtually (Zoom) for our upcoming meeting.Wednesday, June 23, 6:30 pm |

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| Have you been sleeping...
Even if you've slept through SLEEP MODE -- our spring exhibition & program series -- you can still take it in. All of the Audio Essays and Curator's Conversations are available online. CATCH UP here! |

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| IF YOU COULD SEE US NOW!!We can't wait for you to come and see us now that our first, second & third floors and stacks are open! In the meantime, enjoy this fun tour of our newly renovated spaces. We hope to see you in the Library real soon!!
Please help us spread the word! |

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