OPEN is closed on Jan 30; we’ll be at the state house for the general strike.

Some of the places people get some of the money for some of the things.

Catch Tori Hong tonight at Pecha Kucha PVD, right here at 50 Sims!

Artwork from the NBP24-10 research cruise.

Here & Elsewhere brings together seven artists who live and work in Providence’s West End.

“Come to Providence! Scrabble is a good way to stay warm during a New England winter.” - Niel Gan, Organizer

Openign reception photos from January 9, 2026. In celebration of Tori Hong’s “For the Time Beings.”

OPEN is pleased to welcome our good friends at RISCA for an evening of creative connections and community building.

Congrats to the 2026 Interlace Grant Fund Awardees!

A fresh stack of vintage Cross Arms magazines have been added to Reinsulator, an archive of paper ephemera from the insulator collecting hobby.

Photorealistic ASCII-style prints from the 1930s, a rare one-off folk art postcard, and some air mail.

On Thursday October 16, lexi welch’s audio installation Under the Eyelid’s Mildness opened to the public. The piece plays Thursdays through Sundays, sunset to sunrise.

Some photos from Public Disclosure, OPEN’s first celebration of local amateur archivists and folk-object collectors. Held at the Narragansett Brewery Tap Room on September 18, 2025.

On Friday September 5th, OPEN officially opened with Wreck Room by Rafay Rashid. DJ arythmia provided a nice mix of classic postpunk, and D.U.M.E. performed live while guests played chess, ping pong, and lounged. Photos by Therese Iacono.

Join OPEN in celebrating GO ‘HEAD, FIX YOU A PLATE, a new exhibition from artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson at AS220's Aborn Gallery. Co-curated by OPEN advisory group’s own Persephone Allen.

Marilyn Monroe rendered in Domino-Pix by Metron Studios, early 1980s, California. Colaboration by Kenneth Knowlton and Lou Katz.

Three new old works in ASCII, typewriter, and concrete poetry.

Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out is archive of materials gathered by Ben Sisto during the development of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, a deep dive into the legal and cultural history of a musical hook which combines the phrase “Who let the dogs out” with barking sounds in a call and response pattern.

The Rhode Island QSL Archive is now online and viewable via the Providence Public Library’s digital services. You can view cards in person, too, by making an appointment with Special Collections.

A photo recap of the 2025 National Insulator Association’s show in Marlborough, Massachusetts.