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August 26 - October 6, 2024
VISUAL ART | COMMUNITY | KIDS and FAMILIES
An exhibition, visual arts activation, and celebration of creativity and mark-making by over 400 young artists
VISUAL ART | COMMUNITY | KIDS and FAMILIES
An exhibition, visual arts activation, and celebration of creativity and mark-making by over 400 young artists
September 7, 2024, 6:30PM
PERFORMANCE | COMPOSITION | POETRY
A multidisciplinary work that reimagines pansori, a traditional Korean musical form that combines improvisation, song, story, and gesture.
PERFORMANCE | COMPOSITION | POETRY
A multidisciplinary work that reimagines pansori, a traditional Korean musical form that combines improvisation, song, story, and gesture.
September 12 - October 6, 2024
INSTALLATION | ARCHIVE | MULTIMEDIA
An immersive video installation and experimental documentary piece about the Newport Navy Sex Scandal of 1919
INSTALLATION | ARCHIVE | MULTIMEDIA
An immersive video installation and experimental documentary piece about the Newport Navy Sex Scandal of 1919
September 19 - December 8, 2024
Bursting with color, texture, and organic form, the intensely personal work of Franklin Williams (b.1940 in Ogden, UT; lives and works in Petaluma, CA) sustains a tension between figuration and abstraction.
Bursting with color, texture, and organic form, the intensely personal work of Franklin Williams (b.1940 in Ogden, UT; lives and works in Petaluma, CA) sustains a tension between figuration and abstraction.
April 6-November 17, 2024
VISUAL ART
Appreciate Brown’s distinguished public art collection with a student-curated tour. 40-minute guided walking tours will explore 6 works of art. All tours are outdoors, rain or shine.
VISUAL ART
Appreciate Brown’s distinguished public art collection with a student-curated tour. 40-minute guided walking tours will explore 6 works of art. All tours are outdoors, rain or shine.
Installation: September 12-30, 2024
Event: September 28, 2024, 12-2PM
PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC HISTORY | CONVERSATION
A public artwork documenting the history of Providence’s Chinese communities and the city’s active policies of exclusion.
Event: September 28, 2024, 12-2PM
PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC HISTORY | CONVERSATION
A public artwork documenting the history of Providence’s Chinese communities and the city’s active policies of exclusion.
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IGNITE Series Projects
Experience how art opens up space for dialogue and for change as we navigate the key issues of our times.
Interdisciplinary and collaborative programs created by members of the Brown community
Interdisciplinary and collaborative programs created by community members in Providence and beyond
Artistic residencies and explorations drawn from the Artistic Innovators Collective
Recent News
The Brown Daily Herald
Silk, film, plexiglass: How one Brown student printed the Moon with sunlight
With the help of the Brown community, Logan Tullai ’25 created long silk prints using decommissioned Lunar Orbiter film and the cyanotype printing method.
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The University’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center hosted the sold-out Global C.A.F.E., a free and open-to-the-public concert curated by Rhode Island hip-hop artist Chachi Carvalho.
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Current Highlights
Brown Arts’ new multi-year series of creative activations, interventions, and investigations produced by communities across Brown, Providence, the Rhode Island region, and beyond.
A new journal from Brown Arts Institute that explores the purpose and power of art criticism, poetics, and theory today.
The Lindemann pushes the boundaries of innovation in performance space to inspire new forms of art-making and artistic collaboration. Learn more about the five radically different configurations for the Main Hall plus the three rehearsal level spaces that also double as performance venues.
The Ronald O. Perelman Arts District highlights the prominence of arts teaching, scholarship and performance at Brown.
About Brown Arts
Interdisciplinary Arts Research, Practice, and Scholarship
Brown Arts represents the fueling of the arts ecosystem on campus, in the surrounding community, nationally and globally by nurturing new voices, new work and new audiences. We believe that the arts are integral to life at Brown, and beyond, serving as a resource and inspiration for creative exploration, innovation and expression for all.
Brown Arts Institute Hours
Normal operating hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Building Hours:
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
Monday-Friday 8:30am-10pm
Saturday 12pm-6pm
Sunday 12pm-8pm
Closed on University holidays
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center
Monday-Friday 8:30am-10:30pm
Monday-Friday 8:30am-10:30pm
Saturday 12pm-6pm
Sunday 12pm-8pm
Closed on University holidays
Contact Us
Brown Arts Institute
Mailing Address:
Brown University
Campus Box 1987
Providence, RI 02912
Physical Address:
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell Street
Providence, RI 02906
Phone
401-863-1934