Open Valley 2
A free, self-guided day touring artists' studios and galleries along the Woonasquatucket Greenway, with food, drink and exhibitions.
Saturday Nov 7, 2026; 12pm-5pm Free, All Ages, Self-directed Welcome Center is at 50 Sims 50sims.com/open-valley
Walk the amazing Woonasquatucket River Greenway Bike Path and consider the area's central role in the industrial revolution. Visit studios and galleries, and learn how organizations like the Creative Reuse Center of RI, The Steel Yard, Teatro ECAS, WaterFire, Wilbury Theatre, and 50 Sims put the Creative in Creative Capital. You don't need to know a thing about art to attend.
Studios like: + Anyhow Studio (ceramics) + Binch Press / QAW (printmaking) + Olneyville Video (VHS, horror, goods) + Womxn Project's A|R|T Lab (radical activism) + Glu Factory (visual arts duo) + Shellflife (recycling oyster shells)
Food and Drink From: + Buttonwoods x Screaming Unicorn + The Industrious Spirit Company + Providence Winter Farmers Market + Ja Patty and more
Exhibitions on view at: + WaterFire Art Center + Aunty's House + The Gallery at Make Do Studios + and more!