This event is being sponsored by Providence College: 100 Years of Light – Celebrating a Century of Values that Endure [one_half] May 19th, 2017 – Full Lighting Sunset: 8:03 p.m. Lighting time: 8:30 p.m. The fires will remain lit until 12:30 a.m. Music Program [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] All Full WaterFire installations light up over… Read More »May 19th, 2017 – Full Lighting
This event is being sponsored by: Rotary Conference 2017, LLC [one_half] Friday April 28th, 2017 – Basin Lighting Sunset: 7:41 p.m. Lighting time: 8:30 p.m. The fires will remain lit until 11:00 p.m. Music Program [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] Basin lightings include the circle of twenty-two braziers in the Waterplace Park Basin… Read More »April 28th, 2017 – Basin Lighting
There are many historical features that make the WaterFire Arts Center unique. When the building was owned by the US Rubber company it had different needs than it does today. Those needs demanded solutions that we no longer commonly see today. But those original provisions make the WFAC unique.
The WFAC has a great number of large windows. This allowed the maximum amount of natural sunlight to enter the building, and minimize the amount of electrical light needed to function in a time when electricity and electric lighting were much more expensive than today.
The large scrolling doors were tall enough to allow full-size locomotives to enter the space and unload cargoes of rubber, and deliver finished product out.
Read More »Building for the Future | Episode 27 Historic Architectural Elements
During the summer, Green Beast can be spotted at various WaterFire Lightings interacting with humans and prowling the riverfront. You’d recognize him instantly: tall fellow, white mask, covered in moss and swamp and greenery. Since it’s his down-time, I was able to get in touch with the mysterious and elusive… Read More »Q&A with The Green Beast of Rhode Island
Well, happy people really! Check out this time lapse in which the WaterFire Arts Center gets its new carpets installed on its office floor. Designed to align with the event day dress code that we and our volunteers adhere to at WaterFire, the new carpets are done in black and… Read More »New Carpets, Happy Feet!
This event is being sponsored by the Hemophilia Federation Of America [one_half] April 8th, 2017 – Basin Lighting Sunset: 7:19 p.m. Lighting time: 7:29 p.m. The fires will remain lit until 11:00 p.m. [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] Basin lightings include the circle of twenty-two braziers in the Waterplace Park Basin and the… Read More »April 8th, 2017 – Basin Lighting
This is a Volunteer Spotlight in which the pictures really do the talking. Kevin Murray is a street photographer by trade who has been cutting his teeth on WaterFire photography for three seasons. One of the biggest perks of the job, he says, is how much it opens your eyes… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Kevin Murray
Today the cement for the main hall of the WaterFire Arts Center was poured! It took all day and dozens of laborers, but the floor is complete! Truck, after truck, after truck, brought loads of cement into the arts center parking lot, where it was pumped through the emergency doors… Read More »Floored by the Cement Pour!
Electrical Systems Make Us Glow! Nothing can compare to our bonfires on the rivers of Providence. But our electrical systems make the WaterFire Arts Center a stunning place to be! Supplementing our natural light, mandatory during the night, our lighting fixtures were chosen to be appropriate to the age and industrial history of our… Read More »Building for the Future Episode 26 | Electrical
Dani Torres is one of WaterFire’s most reliable and hard-working Special Ops leads – in other words, one of those pesky volunteers keeping guests a safe distance from lit torches. Torch processions truly make each event stand out from the others, marking a special occasion or celebration, and Dani plays… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Dani Torres
