Illuminating Rhode Island
For Nearly 30 Years
WATERFIRE ARTS CENTER’s 2024 Summer Exhibition
8th Annual FireBall Gala
Join us on October 17, 2024 to celebrate 30 years of WaterFireFire! Walk the red carpet into the WaterFire Arts Center and enjoy a night of breathtaking performances, a splendid seated dinner, and WaterFire’s own twist on haute couture. We encourage guests to lean into the theme of FireBall Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air & Flair!
The Latest News from WaterFire
Announcing the 2024-2025 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort
We are pleased to announce the fourth cohort of WaterFire Accelerate, a professional development program for artists under 30. The fourth cohort includes six prolific young artists spanning a variety…
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2024 WaterFire Summer Intern Update
Photo by Fraenkie Poluchov, Photography Intern As the summer of 2024 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the incredible work of the WaterFire Providence interns.…
What is the Map Tent?
The Map Tent, also called the Pin It Pavilion, is one of our many ways of gathering demographic data about WaterFire participants. Quick and interactive, participants can stop by the Map Tent, to answer a few questions and place a pin in a map, marking where they call home.
Upcoming WaterFire Lightings
Due to declining revenue from sponsorship, the long-term financial impacts caused by the pandemic and in an effort to reduce expenses, our summer WaterFire events will now end at 11 PM instead of midnight. Thank you for understanding.
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WaterFire has literally and figuratively illuminated Rhode Island for nearly three decades. Every season, around a million visitors flock to the state to experience this incredible public art installation. One small non-profit organization has transformed our city and state in incredible ways, but we cannot do it alone.
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Video credits: Fire dancer Spogga has performed at WaterFire events for many years. He is also a talented musician living and working in New Orleans. Storyteller Len Cabral is shown during his appearance at our Rosa Parks House Project exhibition. Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon was the centerpiece of our To the Moon and Beyond: Celebrating the 50th-Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing exhibition.
