By appointment only. Email industries@as220.org to set up a time to visit. If you are already a member, please book time 48 hours in advance on Booked.
We are located on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Mercantile Building at 131 Washington St. in downtown Providence. Our main entrance is at the rear of the Mercantile, on Lucie Way, a pedestrian walkway accessed via Mathewson St. For elevator and handicapped access, use the front entrance of the Mercantile Building.
April’s Member Spotlight features ,embers are exhibiting artworks and projects at the AS220 Galleries, World’s Fair Gallery, Trade Pop Up and Providence United Way.
All AS220 Galleries exhibitions will run from APRIL 6 – 27, 2019: Opening reception Saturday, April 6th, 5-7 p.m. AS220 Galleries include the Reading Room, the AS220 Project Space, the Resident Gallery and the Gallery at the Main Stage.
ƒrµÏ†Ï✿Ǹ is a Providence-based art collective and fashion project led by designer, P. Phomsouvannady, in collaboration with Jess Artigliere and ASMR Homegoods. Phomsouvannady, Artigliere, and Nick Carter of ASMR Homegoods are all Industries members. The fashion show was held at Roger Williams Park Botanical Center on 4 November 2018. The collection is made of one-of-a-kind apparel, customized to each individual model’s style and personality, using up-cycled denim, hand-me-downs, thrift purchases Frankenstein-ed with ASMR Homegoods fabrications. The show in AS220’s Resident Gallery will include the outfits from the collection, alongside photos and videos of the studio production process, ‘behind-the-scenes’ from the event, and the event itself. A collection of PPHO x ASMR ready-to-wear items will also be on sale for the first time.
Industries Member Kate Aitchison is showing new works in an exhibition entitled Botanic at the READING ROOM @ 93 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI
AS220 Staff and Industries Member David Dvorchak, Pet Sitting | MAIN GALLERY @115 Empire St. Medium format film portraits of people and animals. Shot at Media Arts and processed and printed in the Community Darkroom.
Member Michael Ezzell will be showing new work at World’s Fair Gallery. Opening reception of ADONIS: New Copperplate Intaglio + Ceramic Vessels by Michael Ezzell & Ariela Kuh on April 19 fron 6-9pm. Show runs April 19 – June 21, 2019. Providence printmaker Michael Ezzell shares his new collection of cut copper plates and intaglio prints portraying personal mythologies. Ceramic artist Ariela Kuh (ANK Ceramics) presents a collection of drinking vessels and amphorae inspired by primitive Greek forms and her recent travels through Greece. Urns, vases and new cups coming your way just in time to be filled with spring flowers and elixirs by Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails
Member Pat Olivera‘s solo exhibition opens at Trade Pop Up on April 4, 2019. The pop-up exhibition will run from April 4-7. For the complete pop-up schedule visit, tradepvd.com.
AS220 Resident and Member Rosemary Marchetta will be showing selected work from their series Ocean State and Multiples series of photographs at United Way, 50 Valley St. in Providence. They are on view from April 1 to June 30, 2019 during regular business hours. The Ocean Stateseries brings the ocean into the frame with the Rhode Island State House and other historic sites in Providence, RI. Multiplesis a collection of constructed realities. The images are of familiar buildings and landmarks in Providence, RI, juxtaposed with images of the sea, of palm trees, of things Marchetta wants to see as they walk around the city.
March 15, 2019
Member Spotlight: Member March Shout Out!
This month in our Member Spotlight, we wanted to give a few shout outs to Industries members would are exhibiting regionally and locally.
AS220 Resident and Industries Member Kyle b co. are an exhibiting fellowship recipient of the 2019 Rhode Island Council on the Arts Fellowship. Their artist talks and the closing reception of the annual fellowship show is set for Sunday, March 31, 2019, at the Warwick Center for the Arts.
A(raylicious)-Package-of-Blackness by Artist Kyle b. co. // CUT + PASTER Postcard Image by John DeMelim, Fragments on the Wall, 8” x 8” x 2”, collage.)
AS220 Resident and Industries Member Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez is participating in a group show entitled, CUT & PASTE at the Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI. Their works along with others will be on view from March 14 – April 20, 2019.
New Member Austin Blanks and his team recently proposed their project is titled “Hay Neighbor!” for the “Imagine Us Here” request issued by CityWorks. In collaboration with Aaron Tobey and Shou Jie Eng, they propose a series of pavilions made with straw bales along the Providence River Greenway. Their project statement as follows: Hay Neighbor! is a commitment to using the familiar in unfamiliar ways. From the oft-overlooked straw bale as a mode of construction to the underused and transitory stretch of South Water Street as a site for community action, this commitment threads its way through the project just as the Providence River weaves through the city. Our proposal creates a series of five pavilions that we call “vessels”: places where civic energy can be accommodated and amplified along the river. Each vessel performs a specific function, like an urban instrument. From north to south along the river, the vessels in turn see, gather, listen, project, and condense.
Industries Member Madison Emond has a solo exhibition at Space Place Gallery in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Located in the center of the Eurasian continent, sitting 25 kilometers east of the border between Europe and Asia alongside the Ural Mountains. Her show entitled, “North Side of the Sound,” features work from two projects: my senior thesis “I Have Never Stepped in the Same River Twice” and my latest project, “North Side of the Sound”
Common Thread featuring the works of Providence-based Contemporary artists: Christian Roy & Industries member Michael Ezzell. Common Thread is an exploration of classical myths told through the lens of printmaking and weaving. Tactile in nature, Roy’s delicate wall hangings interpret stories conceptually and graphically, utilizing repetitive shape and pattern. Ezzell’s etchings celebrate the richness of detail and symbolism that myths would illuminate, guiding the viewer through an illustrative narrative. Shown side by side, threads can be drawn between the two.
Printmaker Micheal Ezzell’s etching process, artist proofs, and exhibition announcement.
Industries member Kah Yangni will be participating in the MFA Late Nite March event as part of their rollout for their new Gender Bending Fashion exhibition. Kah will be participating in their Maker Market, which will feature queer artists in and around Boston, MA.
Display of Artist Kah Yangni’s printed tote bagsPaul Parker Portrait for their show “Labels” // David Dvorchak Petting Sitting Portrait of Owner and their pet
Industries member Paul Parker is exhibiting new works in his exhibition entitled, Labels on view at the AS220 Main Gallery at 115 Empire Street. AS220 Staff and Industries’ member David Dvorchak’s show, Pet Sitting, will be at the AS220 Main Gallery in April (opening April 6th). Medium format film portraits of people and animals. Shot at Media Arts and processed and printed in the Community Darkroom.
ƒrµÏ†Ï✿Ǹ, the gallery show is opening on Saturday April 6th, 5-7pm, at AS220’s Resident Gallery. The show will include all the outfits from Industries members Nick Carter and Ming Pho of PPHO X ASMR ‘s FW18 collection, a limited edition lookbook featuring profiles of all the models, new ready-to-wear merch, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, and more!
December 7, 2018
Member Spotlight: 🔦 Hannah Liongoren
Hannah Liongoren
Email: hello@hannahliongoren.com
Hannah is a Filipino illustrator and designer that loves seeing her drawings come to life in 3-dimensional space. She is a member at AS220 Labs.
Hannah worked as a freelance art director for various advertising agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam for the past decade before taking the leap in 2013 and pursuing a masters’ degree in Interior Architecture focused on Adaptive Reuse in Rhode Island School of Design.
“I am currently based here for a while with my inventor husband, Alex, and our 2-year-old daughter, Lumen, fabricating and designing our own furniture and toys in our favorite maker space, AS220.”
Freshly out of grad school, she is enjoying reading books and drawing at her own pace, while working on designing and fixing the interiors for a sailboat that she acquired in exchange for a poem.
The play kitchen Hannah made for @kneaddoughnuts at AS220 Labs.
Alison Nitkiewicz is a silkscreen and installation artist living in Providence, RI. She is interested in large-scale installation.
Alison is a member at AS220, where she uses the community printshop and other resources to create her work. In the past, Alison has used the Industries to create her nstallation for the Dirt Palace’s revolving window gallery project.
She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Printmaking in 2013. Since June of 2013, Alison has been a member of the Dirt Palace, a 15-year-old feminist art collective in Olneyville.
“My own artwork deals with embodiment, queerness and aggressive femininity. ” – Alison
Most recently, Alison used resources to create an original wallpaper to be installed at the latest Dirt Place public project, the Wedding Cake House. Alison designed intricate 4-color repeating design for her wallpaper. The design was inspired by textiles from the RISD museum Tirocchi collection. Although, she handprinted all of the wallpaper at her home studio, Alison utilized our large format inkjet printer in our media arts space to produce her films.
Pictarico films separated into Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and BlacK
Member Sarina Mitchel is an artist and illustrator, and a resident in the AS220 Live/Work spaces.
Originally from Jersey, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration in 2015. After a year of Americorps and teaching art, she decided to pursue creating, showing, and selling work full time.
“I’m currently a resident at AS220, an amazing community arts organization in Providence, RI.”
Sarina’ new drawings “The proboscis Show” will be on view November 1 through purchasepropecia December 5 at BankRI (downtown), One Turks Head Place, Providence, RI, 02903. Hours Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 am to 4 pm. Thursday & Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Reception: 5 to 9 pm, November 15, at the BankRI downtown branch at One Turks Head Place. Free and open to the public. Stop by on your own, or as part of the free Gallery Night Providence bus tour! Check gallerynight.org for details.
“The proboscis Show” by Sarina Mitchel
November 6, 2018
Member Spotlight: 🔦 Michael Ezzell
Michael Ezzell is an illustrator and printmaker from Elkhart, IN. He graduated with a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art & Design and currently resides in Providence, RI.
Michael is a key member at AS220, where he uses the community printshop and other resources to create various illustrations and products.
The concepts for his illustrations that evokes visual elements from history’s most fashionable and decadent periods. He strives to bring to paper all the characters and fantasies of his imagination, combining humor, nonsense, and attitude with fashion and beauty.
“Paper Shuttle was conceived with the intention of creating a line of beautifully crafted goods that tell obscure and strange stories. Inspired by mythology, folk lore and fairytales, our products interpret iconic stories and shed new light on lesser-known ones.”
Product packaging printed at the AS220 Community Printshop.
Lunar Calendar printed at the AS220 Community Printshop.