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Art by WaterFire Accelerate artists

WaterFire // Accelerate

A year-long professional development program for emerging artists under 30

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Dining & Shopping In Providence

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Providence Hotels

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Burning braziers, at WaterFire in Providence, Rhode Island. Photograph by Erin Cuddigan.

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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 been performing at WaterFire events for many years. He is also a talented musician who currently lives and works 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.