Warwick Center for the Arts

Warwick Center for the Arts WCFA presents art exhibits, cultural performance, art classes, camps and more. More info is posted online at www.warwickcfa.org

As Warwick's largest non-profit arts organization and the area's cultural center since 1976, WCFA provides performance and exhibition space for talented artists, writers and performers from many communities in RI. WCFA hosts frequent art exhibitions -- plus a wide variety of cultural arts activities like comedy, theater, music, poetry and literature -- in the beautifully restored Kentish Artillery Armory in Apponaug Village. WCFA is also available for private events like weddings, birthday parties & fundraisers for non-profits.

This Saturday, the teachers get the wall.Our RI Art Educators Exhibit brings together 37 works by 25 art educators from ...
09/10/2026

This Saturday, the teachers get the wall.

Our RI Art Educators Exhibit brings together 37 works by 25 art educators from across the state, the people who spend their days drawing out everyone else's work, showing what they make when no one's assigning it. Oil, stained glass, ceramics, quilting, felted paper, digital painting, a two-by-three-inch landscape painted on location in a garden. Several of them are self-portraits, which tells you something.

Come meet them! 🎨

📅 Saturday, September 12 · 11 AM – 1 PM
📍 3259 Post Road, Warwick
🎟️ Free,
🏆 $400 in juror awards announced at the reception

Can't make Saturday? The show is up through October 2, Wed–Fri 12–5 and Sat 11–3.

Co-produced with the Rhode Island Art Education Association. Pictured: J Rowen O'Dwyer, 3 Arrows · Jordan Silveira, The Weird Art Teacher · Bart Hollingsworth, Self Portrait Circa 2025

Meet the artists of the 40th Annual Rhode Island Open at the Warwick Center for the Arts.Juror Richard Whitten had a wid...
09/06/2026

Meet the artists of the 40th Annual Rhode Island Open at the Warwick Center for the Arts.

Juror Richard Whitten had a wide and wonderful pool to choose from this year, and selected the pieces with real staying power- work that struck him immediately and kept revealing something new on the second and third look.

Congratulations to every artist on this list. We can't wait to see your work on the walls.

📅 On view October 8 – November 21
🥂 Opening reception Thursday, October 8, 6:00–8:30pm
📍 Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Rd, Warwick RI

Free and open to all. Light refreshments, remarks from the juror, and the awards presentation at the reception.

Upcoming at WCFA over the next two weeks.✨Mindfulness Meditation✨Free, and back on its usual schedule of 1st & 3rd Monda...
09/03/2026

Upcoming at WCFA over the next two weeks.

✨Mindfulness Meditation✨
Free, and back on its usual schedule of 1st & 3rd Monday of each month after Labor Day. Please note the September 7 class is cancelled for the holiday.

🧘 The Art of Yoga 🧘
Every Friday, 10–11am. Surround yourself with art while you practice.

🎤 Bring Your Own Improv 🎤
Every Friday, 8–9:15pm. Family-friendly comedy. Grab tickets at bringyourownimprov.com

🎨 RI Art Educators Exhibit Opening Reception 🎨
Saturday, September 12, 11am–1pm, in partnership with RIAEA. All are welcome!

Register at warwickcfa.org

🎨❄️ Calling all local makers! ❄️🎨Warwick Center for the Arts is putting together our Winter Market, and we want to featu...
09/02/2026

🎨❄️ Calling all local makers! ❄️🎨

Warwick Center for the Arts is putting together our Winter Market, and we want to feature YOUR work! Whether you create ceramics, jewelry, fiber arts, wall art, or anything handmade in between, we'd love to have you as part of it.

🗓️ Market runs November 28 – December 20, 2026
📝 Applications close October 15th at 11:59pm
🔗 Apply now at warwickcfa.org

Tag a maker who should apply! ✨

Meet the artists of the RI Art Educators Exhibit 2026 ✨Every name on this list belongs to someone who spends their days ...
08/23/2026

Meet the artists of the RI Art Educators Exhibit 2026 ✨

Every name on this list belongs to someone who spends their days teaching others to make art and still finds the time to make their own. We're honoured to be showing their work.

📍 Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Rd, Warwick
🗓 On view September 5 – October 2
🥂 Opening reception Saturday, September 12 at 11am

Come meet the artists, see the work. All are welcome, and admission is free.

Tag yourself if you're on the list, and help us share the word.

Entries for the 40th Annual Rhode Island Open, close THIS SATURDAY August 22 at 11:59 pm.Here is who will be judging.Ric...
08/20/2026

Entries for the 40th Annual Rhode Island Open, close THIS SATURDAY August 22 at 11:59 pm.

Here is who will be judging.

Richard C. Whitten is a professor of painting at Rhode Island College and recently completed a term as department chair. He earned his MFA at UC Davis, studying with Wayne Thiebaud and Robert Arneson, and holds a 2023 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and a 2024 residency at Yaddo.

He will select the work for our 40th Annual, and will choose $400 in cash awards in person once the show is installed.

Open to all Rhode Island artists 18 and up. Link in bio.

⏰ Submissions for the RI Art Educators Exhibit close TONIGHT at 11:59pm! If you've been meaning to submit, now's the tim...
08/17/2026

⏰ Submissions for the RI Art Educators Exhibit close TONIGHT at 11:59pm! If you've been meaning to submit, now's the time.

While you finish up your entry, meet the jurors reviewing this year's work:

🎨 Carol Shelton: our WCFA-affiliated juror, a Rhode Island plein air painter capturing architecture, nature, color, and light. Exhibiting member of the Providence Art Club, West Bay Open Studios, and Matunuck Art League, with recent shows at the Graham Gallery and Charlestown Gallery.

✨ Alice Gebhart: our non-affiliated juror, a kiln-fired fused glass artist creating landscape panels inspired by the northeast's natural beauty. A former art educator herself, Alice owns Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio in East Greenwich, with exhibition history including the Providence Art Club, CraftBoston, and Paradise City.

📚 Jean Carmody: our RIAEA-affiliated juror, a retired Rhode Island art educator with 38+ years teaching visual arts and special needs students. Named 2023 RI Elementary and Special Needs Art Educator of the Year, and nationally honored with the Beverly Levett Ge**er Lifetime Achievement Award.

We can't wait to see what you submit. Link in bio to enter before the deadline!

⏰ Submissions for the RI Art Educators Exhibit close TONIGHT at 11:59pm! If you've been meaning to submit, now's the tim...
08/17/2026

⏰ Submissions for the RI Art Educators Exhibit close TONIGHT at 11:59pm! If you've been meaning to submit, now's the time.

While you finish up your entry, have peek at two of our talented jurors reviewing this year's work:

🎨 Carol Shelton: our WCFA-affiliated juror, a Rhode Island plein air painter capturing architecture, nature, color, and light. Exhibiting member of the Providence Art Club, West Bay Open Studios, and Matunuck Art League, with recent shows at the Graham Gallery and Charlestown Gallery.

✨ Alice Gebhart: our non-affiliated juror, a kiln-fired fused glass artist creating landscape panels inspired by the northeast's natural beauty. A former art educator herself, Alice owns Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio in East Greenwich, with exhibition history including the Providence Art Club, CraftBoston, and Paradise City.

We can't wait to see what you submit. Link in bio to enter before the deadline!

The door is open for kindness and connection—step inside.✨This Monday, August 17 at 6:30 PM, take 60 minutes just for yo...
08/16/2026

The door is open for kindness and connection—step inside.

✨This Monday, August 17 at 6:30 PM, take 60 minutes just for you. Free.

Our mindfulness meditation practice is completely free, beginner-friendly, and open to anyone needing a little peace in a busy world.
Come as you are, quiet the external noise, and find a little internal balance.

No meditation experience needed. We would love to have you join us.

Part of the WCFA Art of Well-Being series of programs. Visit www.warwickcfa.org for more information.

Meet Carol Shelton, one of the jurors for the RI Art Educators Exhibit with our friends at RIAEA A Rhode Island native, ...
08/12/2026

Meet Carol Shelton, one of the jurors for the RI Art Educators Exhibit with our friends at RIAEA

A Rhode Island native, Carol studied Art Education at Rhode Island College and spent years working in graphic design before turning fully to painting. Today she works primarily en plein air, painting on location around the state from her Warwick studio, Cove View, with a focus on architecture, nature, color, and light. Her work has earned numerous awards, including a solo exhibit at Coastal Living Gallery in Wickford in 2017.

We're grateful to have her eye on this year's show.

Submission deadline: August 17, 2026.
To enter, follow the link in our bio.
See more of Carol's work at csheltonart.com

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Warwick, RI
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Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm

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