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Tonight at 6:30 at the @waterfireartscenter!

Join us with our partners @symposiumbooks for the first WaterFire Symposium of 2024 in the gallery @waterfireartscenter on Thursday, April 25 starting at 6:30 p.m. with critically acclaimed hhhauthor and visual artist, Robert Zeller (@robzellerart) as he discusses his newest book, New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting (@_newsurrealism)

The book offers a sweeping exposition of both historical Surrealism and its legacy in the world of contemporary art. It demonstrates the many ways in which the most significant art movement of the last century continues to be relevant today, featuring an international selection of contemporary artists whose compositions and studio practice reveal its influence.

Tonight at 6:30 at the @waterfireartscenter!

Join us with our partners @symposiumbooks for the first WaterFire Symposium of 2024 in the gallery @waterfireartscenter on Thursday, April 25 starting at 6:30 p.m. with critically acclaimed hhhauthor and visual artist, Robert Zeller (@robzellerart) as he discusses his newest book, New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting (@_newsurrealism)

The book offers a sweeping exposition of both historical Surrealism and its legacy in the world of contemporary art. It demonstrates the many ways in which the most significant art movement of the last century continues to be relevant today, featuring an international selection of contemporary artists whose compositions and studio practice reveal its influence.
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🔥**NEW COLLECTION ALERT**🔥

@waterfireprov is excited to announce our collaboration with @designwhat on a new jewelry line. Ashley has been both participating and vending at WaterFire Providence events for the past 17 years; she believes it to be a quintessential part of Providence and provides support for businesses like hers that rely on event-goers for sales of their artwork. Inspired by WaterFire, Ashley wanted to create something that would capture its essence.

Each piece takes inspiration from an element of WaterFire, handcrafted by Ashley. The products in the collection include:

💙🔹🌀 Blue Water Studs + Dangles
🔥🧡 ✴️ Orange Fire Studs + Dangles
❤️❣️💥 Red Fire Studs + Dangles

Studs start at $15 and Dangles start at $20, all which are laser cut acrylic and crafted in the @designwhat studio (located right near the @waterfireartscenter in the Valley neighborhood!) ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This line comes just in time for Mother’s Day and will be sure to dazzle! Be sure to come into the store or check this line out on our website. Our store hours are Wed. – Sun. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Thursdays until 9:00 p.m. 🔥🔥🔥 🔗 in bio

🔥**NEW COLLECTION ALERT**🔥

@waterfireprov is excited to announce our collaboration with @designwhat on a new jewelry line. Ashley has been both participating and vending at WaterFire Providence events for the past 17 years; she believes it to be a quintessential part of Providence and provides support for businesses like hers that rely on event-goers for sales of their artwork. Inspired by WaterFire, Ashley wanted to create something that would capture its essence.

Each piece takes inspiration from an element of WaterFire, handcrafted by Ashley. The products in the collection include:

💙🔹🌀 Blue Water Studs + Dangles
🔥🧡 ✴️ Orange Fire Studs + Dangles
❤️❣️💥 Red Fire Studs + Dangles

Studs start at $15 and Dangles start at $20, all which are laser cut acrylic and crafted in the @designwhat studio (located right near the @waterfireartscenter in the Valley neighborhood!) ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This line comes just in time for Mother’s Day and will be sure to dazzle! Be sure to come into the store or check this line out on our website. Our store hours are Wed. – Sun. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Thursdays until 9:00 p.m. 🔥🔥🔥 🔗 in bio
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***Please share!*** Tonight’s WaterFire Lighting and Press Conference have been canceled due to the rain. 🌧️ Our season schedule announcement will proceed as planned on our website and social media channels at 7:30 p.m. 🔥 Thank you for your understanding. 

🍽️ We encouraged our intrepid supporters to forge ahead with their plans to support WaterFire Providence and our Community Partners by shopping, dining, and drinking out in Providence tonight! Check out the #SparkYourAppetite details through the link in our bio! 🔗

💙🧡 Help us spread the word to support WaterFire and some awesome Providence businesses! 💕🍴#WaterFireDay #KeepTheFiresBurning #SupportLocalBusinesses #SparkYourAppetite⁠

Bayberry Garden (@bayberrygarden)
Bellini Providence (@belliniusa)
Blu Violet Roof Bar (@bluvioletroofbar)
Charuma Tea Bar (@charumateabar)
Flatbread Company 🍕* (@flatbreadcompanyprovidence)
Moonshine Alley (@moonshine.alley)
Plant City (@plantcitypvd)
Wok & Pot (@woknpot) 
Symposium Books (@symposiumbooks) 
Insomnia Cookies (@insomniacookies)
The River Bistro (@theriverbistrori)
Durk’s BBQ (@durksbbq)

🍕* Eat pizza on Tuesday, April 16 instead of April 18!
Flatbread Company is hosting a Community Bakes night in support of WaterFire Providence on Tuesday, April 16. WaterFire Day promotions are not in effect at Flatbread Company on Thursday, April 18.

***Please share!*** Tonight’s WaterFire Lighting and Press Conference have been canceled due to the rain. 🌧️ Our season schedule announcement will proceed as planned on our website and social media channels at 7:30 p.m. 🔥 Thank you for your understanding.

🍽️ We encouraged our intrepid supporters to forge ahead with their plans to support WaterFire Providence and our Community Partners by shopping, dining, and drinking out in Providence tonight! Check out the #SparkYourAppetite details through the link in our bio! 🔗

💙🧡 Help us spread the word to support WaterFire and some awesome Providence businesses! 💕🍴#WaterFireDay #KeepTheFiresBurning #SupportLocalBusinesses #SparkYourAppetite⁠

Bayberry Garden (@bayberrygarden)
Bellini Providence (@belliniusa)
Blu Violet Roof Bar (@bluvioletroofbar)
Charuma Tea Bar (@charumateabar)
Flatbread Company 🍕* (@flatbreadcompanyprovidence)
Moonshine Alley (@moonshine.alley)
Plant City (@plantcitypvd)
Wok & Pot (@woknpot)
Symposium Books (@symposiumbooks)
Insomnia Cookies (@insomniacookies)
The River Bistro (@theriverbistrori)
Durk’s BBQ (@durksbbq)

🍕* Eat pizza on Tuesday, April 16 instead of April 18!
Flatbread Company is hosting a Community Bakes night in support of WaterFire Providence on Tuesday, April 16. WaterFire Day promotions are not in effect at Flatbread Company on Thursday, April 18.
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This is the FINAL week to view, ART is Everywhere: ART inc., A @rhodeislandpbs Exhibition, @waterfireartscenter!

We have been honored to collaborate with @rhodeislandpbs to bring the ART inc. series to life in the gallery this month. “As human beings, we’re innately creative. When we open ourselves to this possibility, we realize that art is everywhere" shared Tracy MacDonald (@doteltracy), the Executive Producer, Arts and Culture at RIPBS, "We’re thrilled for the opportunity to collaborate with WaterFire for this exhibition. WaterFire shifted the creative culture of the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island. Their work continues to serve local communities and expand creative possibility. This exhibition is the perfect way to bring ART inc. stories to life in person. This collaboration and curation is its own form of art.”

The exhibition ends this Sunday, April 28, so be sure to stop by before it’s gone!
WFAC store + gallery HOURS:
Wed-Sun 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-9pm

Participating artists and performers from ART inc. are Sam Heydt (@samheydt), William Heydt (@wheydt), Jeff Palmer (@pixelpalmer), Willa Van Nostrand (@wmvn), Eva Goodman (@evagoodmanglass), Jennifer Gilooly Cahoon (@jgcahoonartist), LaDiva Jonz (@ladivajonz), Zuly Palomino Jimenez (@retablospalominojimenez), Eben Horton (@ebenhorton), Jen Nauck (@jennifernauck), Dan Fischer (@onelastwaveproject), Sam Allerton Green (@samallertongreen), and Joel Rosario Tapia (@tapiauno1). Additional artists included are AGONZA (@agonzaart), Savonnara Alexander Sok (@savonnara401), and Kent Stetson (@kentstetson).

This is the FINAL week to view, ART is Everywhere: ART inc., A @rhodeislandpbs Exhibition, @waterfireartscenter!

We have been honored to collaborate with @rhodeislandpbs to bring the ART inc. series to life in the gallery this month. “As human beings, we’re innately creative. When we open ourselves to this possibility, we realize that art is everywhere" shared Tracy MacDonald (@doteltracy), the Executive Producer, Arts and Culture at RIPBS, "We’re thrilled for the opportunity to collaborate with WaterFire for this exhibition. WaterFire shifted the creative culture of the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island. Their work continues to serve local communities and expand creative possibility. This exhibition is the perfect way to bring ART inc. stories to life in person. This collaboration and curation is its own form of art.”

The exhibition ends this Sunday, April 28, so be sure to stop by before it’s gone!
WFAC store + gallery HOURS:
Wed-Sun 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-9pm

Participating artists and performers from ART inc. are Sam Heydt (@samheydt), William Heydt (@wheydt), Jeff Palmer (@pixelpalmer), Willa Van Nostrand (@wmvn), Eva Goodman (@evagoodmanglass), Jennifer Gilooly Cahoon (@jgcahoonartist), LaDiva Jonz (@ladivajonz), Zuly Palomino Jimenez (@retablospalominojimenez), Eben Horton (@ebenhorton), Jen Nauck (@jennifernauck), Dan Fischer (@onelastwaveproject), Sam Allerton Green (@samallertongreen), and Joel Rosario Tapia (@tapiauno1). Additional artists included are AGONZA (@agonzaart), Savonnara Alexander Sok (@savonnara401), and Kent Stetson (@kentstetson).
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Come open the WaterFire Arts Center Store and Gallery with me! 🔥We’re open Wednesday-Sunday 10-5, and late on Thursdays till 9! 🖼️ Our current @rhodeislandpbs ART inc. exhibition is on display until April 28th, and it is a must see! 👀 See you soon!! 🌸

Come open the WaterFire Arts Center Store and Gallery with me! 🔥We’re open Wednesday-Sunday 10-5, and late on Thursdays till 9! 🖼️ Our current @rhodeislandpbs ART inc. exhibition is on display until April 28th, and it is a must see! 👀 See you soon!! 🌸 ...

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@littlebittecocktails performing “Inflorence”, creating Aqua Vite, or the Elixer of Life ✨✨✨

@littlebittecocktails performing “Inflorence”, creating Aqua Vite, or the Elixer of Life ✨✨✨ ...

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Make the WFAC a stop on #WaterFireDay (4/18!) for @gallerynightprovidence! ⁠
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5-8pm, our new office gallery, thanks to collector and supporter, Joseph A. Chazan, M. D., is on view all evening. ⁠
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6pm, join artist Willa Van Nostrand (@wmvn) in the gallery for a special garden-to-glass experience where she will activate INFLORESCENCE, a multi-tiered hand-blown glass fountain created by artist Eva Goodman (@evagoodmanglass), in an experiential performance. ⁠
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Guests are invited to participate and taste a contemporary iteration of aqua vitae (Latin, “water of life”), a ceremonial beverage dating back to ancient Roman times. The elixir, inspired by the coming of spring here in New England, will feature local flower essences, edible blossoms, Rhode Island maple syrup, hand-harvested sea salt, and the option of spirit.⁠
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6:30pm, one of @gallerynightprovidence’s trolley tours will leave the WFAC visit @bellgallerybrown, @riphotoarts, and then return to the WFAC. ⁠
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On the third Thursday of the month (March - November), @gallerynightprovidence curates multiple timed trolley tours organized with partner galleries. All are welcome to explore the galleries on their own too, GNP Galleries, or see what GNP has put together for monthly suggestions to ‘Make Your Own Tour’. (see link in bio to learn more!)⁠
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⭐️in the gallery this month⭐️ is ART is Everywhere: ART inc., a @rhodeislandpbs Exhibition, bringing the short-video series ART inc. from the screen to the gallery. Delving into the heart of human expression, the series illuminates the transformative power of art—from its ability to soothe and inspire to its role as a catalyst for societal change.

Make the WFAC a stop on #WaterFireDay (4/18!) for @gallerynightprovidence! ⁠

5-8pm, our new office gallery, thanks to collector and supporter, Joseph A. Chazan, M. D., is on view all evening. ⁠

6pm, join artist Willa Van Nostrand (@wmvn) in the gallery for a special garden-to-glass experience where she will activate INFLORESCENCE, a multi-tiered hand-blown glass fountain created by artist Eva Goodman (@evagoodmanglass), in an experiential performance. ⁠

Guests are invited to participate and taste a contemporary iteration of aqua vitae (Latin, “water of life”), a ceremonial beverage dating back to ancient Roman times. The elixir, inspired by the coming of spring here in New England, will feature local flower essences, edible blossoms, Rhode Island maple syrup, hand-harvested sea salt, and the option of spirit.⁠

6:30pm, one of @gallerynightprovidence’s trolley tours will leave the WFAC visit @bellgallerybrown, @riphotoarts, and then return to the WFAC. ⁠

On the third Thursday of the month (March - November), @gallerynightprovidence curates multiple timed trolley tours organized with partner galleries. All are welcome to explore the galleries on their own too, GNP Galleries, or see what GNP has put together for monthly suggestions to ‘Make Your Own Tour’. (see link in bio to learn more!)⁠

⭐️in the gallery this month⭐️ is ART is Everywhere: ART inc., a @rhodeislandpbs Exhibition, bringing the short-video series ART inc. from the screen to the gallery. Delving into the heart of human expression, the series illuminates the transformative power of art—from its ability to soothe and inspire to its role as a catalyst for societal change.
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🥇APRIL VOLUNTEER SOCIAL 🥇

Are you ready to compete in the 2024 Volunteer Olympics? "Volympians" will be split up into teams and compete for the gold in "minute to win it" style competitions. Teams will play different types of games that may include different skills like agility, creativity, trivia knowledge, puzzle solving, etc. 🧩🤔🤾

The winning team at the end of the competition will win fame, glory, bragging rights, and go down in Volympics History! Are you ready?

RSVP under “events” on Volunteer HQ! This competition will be taking place on April 17th at the WaterFire Arts Center starting at 6pm! All are welcome to join!

🥇APRIL VOLUNTEER SOCIAL 🥇

Are you ready to compete in the 2024 Volunteer Olympics? "Volympians" will be split up into teams and compete for the gold in "minute to win it" style competitions. Teams will play different types of games that may include different skills like agility, creativity, trivia knowledge, puzzle solving, etc. 🧩🤔🤾

The winning team at the end of the competition will win fame, glory, bragging rights, and go down in Volympics History! Are you ready?

RSVP under “events” on Volunteer HQ! This competition will be taking place on April 17th at the WaterFire Arts Center starting at 6pm! All are welcome to join!
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❤️‍🔥Missing lighting season?❤️‍🔥

So are we!! We are just 43 days away from announcing the 2024 lighting season! We cannot wait to see you all downtown very soon! 🔥

Want to know when we are dropping the lighting dates? Sign up for our newsletters on Volunteer HQ to stay up to date with everything WaterFire! Link is in our BIO! 👀

#providence #waterfire #volunteer #nonprofit #sparkyourappetite #strikethematch #pvd #photography #rhodeisland #river #fire #community

❤️‍🔥Missing lighting season?❤️‍🔥

So are we!! We are just 43 days away from announcing the 2024 lighting season! We cannot wait to see you all downtown very soon! 🔥

Want to know when we are dropping the lighting dates? Sign up for our newsletters on Volunteer HQ to stay up to date with everything WaterFire! Link is in our BIO! 👀

#providence #waterfire #volunteer #nonprofit #sparkyourappetite #strikethematch #pvd #photography #rhodeisland #river #fire #community
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