Opening Reception for Providence Biennial for Contemporary Arts' concurrent exhibitions, POIESIS and REMEDY at the WaterFire Arts Center

POIESIS: Street Culture & The Art of the City curated by Melaine Ferdinand-King and REMEDY curated by Joel Rosario Tapia explore the theme Commemoration.
  
All are welcome to the Opening Reception on Thursday, July 13 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Land Acknowledgement by Raymond Two Hawks Watson
Performance by Eastern Medicine Singers
Intervention by Lilly Manycolors
DJ Cam Bells on the roof deck for TroopTop

In 2021, the Providence Biennial of Contemporary Art launched Providence Curates, an initiative that focuses specifically on recruiting emerging curators and assisting them in developing exhibitions of contemporary art. Through a creative partnership between the Providence Biennial and the WaterFire Arts Center, concurrent exhibitions curated by two Providence curators, POIESIS and REMEDY will be on view at the WaterFire Arts Center in the Main Hall and gallery from Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, August 20, 2023.

Additional Events:
July 16 – 29 | Fringe Festival PVD
Thursday, July 20 | Gallery Night + TroopTop
Thursdays, July 27, August 3 and August 10 | TroopTop Thursdays
Wednesday, August 2, 6-8pm | Curator Talks
Thursday, August 17, 6-8pm | Closing Celebration + Gallery Night + TroopTop

The WaterFire Arts Center hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.