Third Thursday

Experience art in new ways through performances, snippets of conversation, hands-on art-making, and encounters with contemporary artists. This month, join us for The Art of Race, presented in partnernship with the Center for Reconciliation (registration required); a talk and reading by Walker Mettling, the Museum’s 2017 Artist Fellow; and a conversation with artist Justin Kimball. Bring your work buddy, your studio neighbor, an old friend or a new date and start your evening with Third Thursday.

5:30-8:30 pm: Work in Process and student performances

Chat with students to learn about their processes and techniques and encounter performance art in the galleries.

5:30-8:30 pm: Hands-on Art

Make your own work, inspired by art and design on view.

6-7:30 pm: The Art of Race (registration required!)

Join staff from The Center for Reconciliation and the Museum to explore slavery, the slave trade, racial identity, and reconciliation through the Museum’s collection of decorative arts.

6 pm: Artist Talk - Justin Kimball

Photographer and RISD alum Justin Kimball in conversation about his solo exhibition, Elegy, on view now.

6 pm and 7 pm: Ways of Looking: Dance

Discover your own perspective on art and design through guided conversation.

7 pm: Artist Fellowship Presentation - Walkeer Mettlling

2017 Artist Fellow Walker Mettling reads from his new screen printed book, "On Display in A Gallery That No Longer Exists," and talks about his research into a variety of masks in the Ethnographic Art collection.

7-8:30 pm: Community MusicWorks Sonata Series

Pianist Jeff Louie performs Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 3 with violinist Luke Fatora and Amy Beach’s Violin Sonata, Op. 34 with Jesse Holstein.