Ceramic Makers Market
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH 10AM-2PM
​​Start your holiday shopping early!​ Visitors will find one-of-a-kind, handcrafted gifts made by local artisans, including our open studio artists, instructors and students from the Artists’ Exchange.
Customers can freely browse the market and get to know the artists at each table. Choose from a variety of ceramic pieces, including functional ware, sculptures, garden art, and holiday decorations. Each piece is unique and carefully created, making the perfect gift for the holiday season.
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In attending the market, customers are not only purchasing art but also investing in creativity, inclusion, and community connection.
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Proceeds from the market will go directly back to each artist, with a percentage of their table reservation going towards Artists’ Exchange, supporting our nonprofits’ programs, and empowering all individuals through art and creative opportunities.
HORIZON: Lines in Space
OPENING RECEPTION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th 6:30-7:00PM
ON VIEW SEPT - DEC, 2025
A line in space, as it travels in the distance. A line where the land appears to meet the sky. A range of perception or experiences as one looks to the future.
The horizon can act as a grounding concept that guides our visual perceptions through the artwork. Guiding us through the horizon line as it traveled within an abstracted landscape, figurative caricature, or intricate pattern. This collection represents a wide range of talents from the participating artists at Artists’ Exchange; spanning the last 10 years of art making.
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Exhibition presented by Artists' Exchange and will be on display at the historic Park Theatre.
The Park Theatre Mezzanine
848 Park Ave, Cranston
A CERAMIC DINNERWARE EXHIBITION
DECEMBER 16, 2021 - FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Homegrown
135 Gano Street, Providence
401.400.3706
Feast and Fire, Curated by Artists’ Exchange is a collection of art designed for the feast of the everyday. The experience of holding one's mug while drinking a morning coffee, or eating a slice of cake whilst it sits delicately on a whimsical plate. Each handmade vessel is unique, similarly unique to each individual who uses them. When we engage with a handmade object for as we dine we bring the extraordinary feast to our tables with each use; that which delights, entertains.
Dinnerware, so often single use or mass produced, needs to return to a space where there is a connection between the artform and the individual. A space where one enjoys and delights in the everyday.
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This show features the work of 19 students, instructors, and or studio members, all who interact in our space in unique ways.
OPENING RECEPTION
DECEMBER 16TH 6:30-8:00PM
2024 RETROSPECTIVE:
A Glimpse into 20 Years of
Art Making
SEPTEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 29, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH 5:00-7:00PM
A retrospective look into art making. Featuring artwork from classes, programs and exhibitions over the past 20 years that truly demonstrate the creative heart behind Artists' Exchange.
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​Since opening the doors in 2004, students and community members have come together at Artists’ Exchange to make art, develop passions, learn new skills and explore their creativity.​
The exhibit will showcase work by over 50 artists who have participated throughout
the past 20 years.
Artists' Exchange Gallery
50 Rolfe Square, Cranston
401.490.9475
RENEWAL: A Collection
of Drawings & Paintings
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY, MAY 22ND 6:30-7:00PM
ON VIEW MAY - AUGUST, 2025
A series evoking the revitalizing spirit of spring through vibrant colors and nature-themed subjects.
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This exhibit marks the first time the Park Theater will be used as an art gallery, creating a meaningful moment for the Cranston community, the theater now serves not only as a cultural landmark but also as a nurturing ground for local artistic talent.
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Join us for this exciting rebirth of space and spirit—where heritage meets imagination, and every season brings a new story to tell.
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Exhibition presented by Artists' Exchange and will be on display at the historic Park Theatre.
The Park Theatre
848 Park Ave, Cranston
Past Gallery Shows
Like Father, Like Mother, Like Son
Opening Reception Thursday July 13th | 5-7pm
Exhibit runs July 13th - 21st
Free and open to the public.
A collaborative gallery exhibit brings together a family from opposite sides of the world. Like Father, Like Mother, Like Son showcases the artwork of three passionate and talented individuals, Zhanat Baidaralin, Vera Kurmasheva and Daniyar Baidaralin.
Cranston High School East Senior Art Studio Exhibition
Opening Reception Wednesday May 24 | 6-8pm
Exhibit runs May 24-28
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
ART PLAY
Opening Reception Thursday October 27th | 6-8pm
Exhibit runs October 20-November 21 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
“Art Play” is an interdisciplinary multi-media experience that showcases unconventional artwork created by our diverse community of artists in the ‘Basic Art’ classes held daily at Artists’ Exchange. This exhibit combines a mishmash of sight and sound that embodies the unique personalities of our artists and the dynamic energy that is the pulse of our creative explorations.
Axis Art: A Community Drawing Survey
Opening Reception Thursday June 9th | 6-8pm
Exhibit runs June 9-July 7 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
The group exhibition ‘Axis Art’ features a selection of drawings by Artists’ Exchange community artists and educators who adopt an intimate drawing format to explore, create, and express personal themes and ideas. The exhibition emphasizes the importance of art as a shared space in which the artist enters, where the act of making becomes the axis of universal potential through creativity, community, and engagement. Please join us in this visual experience of color, line, mark making, and value expressed in a wide variety of drawing styles.
Cranston High School East Senior Art Studio Exhibition
Opening Reception Wednesday May 12 | 5-7pm
Exhibit runs May 12-26 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Pop Icons: A Dedication to Joanna Gudmundsson
Opening Reception Thursday January 28 | 6-8pm
Exhibit runs January 28-February 28 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
A series of paintings of pop culture icons by Local Artist Alexus Cruz. Cruz has dedicated this showcase to her grandmother Joanna Gudmundsson. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Rhode Island Hospitals Cancer Center.
Nineteen year old artist Alexus Cruz of Cranston, Rhode Island has a lot to say about her new Pop Icon collection of work. It began when Cruz’s Mother took her Grandmother into their home and cared of her as she continued to battle lung cancer. “As one of my biggest supporters, I asked what her favorite movie stars and icons were of the 50s-90s, in hopes of creating a collection dedicated to her.” Cruz’s artwork has always been inspired by abstract and pop art as this collection also contains many of her favorite pop cons as well, but this time her grandmother was the leading inspiration.
Unfortunately, her grandmother had passed away before the collection was able to be showcased, but she did get the chance to be with her as she painted every piece. In honor of her loving memory, Cruz has dedicated this showcase to Joanna Gudmundsson. Her goal is to sell every portrait and donate 50 percent of the proceeds to Rhode Island Hospitals Cancer Center. “On behalf of my family and I, we are truly grateful and thankful for the extra time we were granted to have with her because of the treatments and care they provided. I have no doubt that this donation will be of great use for future treatments and care they provide for current and future patients.”
Cranston High School East Senior Art Studio Exhibition
Opening Reception Wednesday May 13 | 5-7pm
Exhibit runs May 13-26 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
DERP.
Opening Reception Thursday March 26 | 6:30-8pm
Exhibit runs March 26-April 14 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
We are all different. We are all artists.
An exploration of ceramic works from the hands of artists, instructors, and the students that grow with a sense of acceptance and community within Artists' Exchange.
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We are all artists, informed by curiosity, pushing boundaries by embracing limitations. Self-expression, faith in process, faith in people.
The show is running in conjunction with the annual conference hosted by the National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), to be held March 24th-28th throughout Providence.
Integrated Exhibitions series part 3: Convergence
Opening Reception August 28 | 5-8pm
Exhibit runs August 14-September13 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
Featuring artists from Resources for Human Development-RI, Flying Shuttles Studios, Artists' Exchange, and visiting artists from Gallerie Ellipsis in Newport.
Painting, Mixed Media, Fiber Art.
Abandoned Spaces: Solo photography exhibition by Karen A. Bibbo-Lord
Opening Reception June 5 | 5-7pm
Exhibit runs June 5-July 17 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
"As a photographer, I capture an image to suspend time. Otherwise, it's the one thing we cannot do: suspend time.
"I see what draws not only my eye but also my breath—all that which comprises me: all my senses. And I'm fascinated by how, in that one moment, something that has been (past) and is (present) is now immortalized in a single photographic frame. Because, someday, those architectural structures (in this particular case, by name, 'Abandoned Spaces') will cease the existence they'd known. They'll be razed or maybe rehabbed; but what I captured in that instant, becomes suspended in time."
—Karen A. Bibbo-Lord
Owl Habitat Installation
Opening Reception June 5 | 5-7pm
Free and open to the public.
Artists' Exchange artists have been working on and learning about the Common Barn Owl and their way of life for several weeks to put together this installation for you to see!
Cranston High School East Senior Art Studio Exhibition
Opening Reception May 8 | 6-8pm
Exhibit runs May 3-15 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Continuity
Opening Reception April 3 | 5:30-8pm
Exhibit runs March 29-April 25 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
In Continuity, part two of the Integrated Exhibitions series, the viewer is encouraged to discover analogous themes of layering, correlative colors, and shared patterns between Emerging Artists Howard Bander and Orlando Vasquez, and visiting artist Matt McLaren. Balance of color and form, vertical elevation, and the mirror-like alignment of the the works of these three artists create a harmonious viewing experience in the gallery.
Circles & Squares
Exhibit runs January 16-February 28 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
An exhibition breaking boundaries between disciplines from visual artist and multi-instrumentalist Antonio Forte. The shapes commonly referred to as circles and squares are used prominently as jumping-off points for composition, as well as metaphors for life and death, everything and nothing, the universe and the bodies contained therein. Live music composed in both traditional (notes) and graphic notation (coffee stains/splattered paint) will be used to power kinetic sculpture.
AS220 Printshop Keymembers and Artists' Exchange Emerging Artists joint show.
Opening Reception November 14 | 5:30-8pm
Exhibit runs November 14-January 19 | Wednesdays & Thursdays 5-8pm; Sundays 1-5pm
Free and open to the public.
An exhibit pairing dynamic works from both the AS220 Printshop Keymembers, a group of printmaking artists actively involved and responsible for the continued development of the AS220 Industries community, and the Emerging Artists of Artists' Exchange.