YOUTH ARTIST OPENING

Olivia Kelly

June 14th from 2-3pm at 4 Market St. Warren RI

ARC{HIVE} Generously Donates the snack board. They will be open for additional snacks and drinks!

My name is Olivia Kelly, and creating artwork has been a hobby of mine since I was nine years old. Throughout the course of my time at La Salle Academy, I feel that the messages and techniques used in my pieces have grown exponentially as I have continuously worked on achieving dynamic perspectives in my work. Specifically, my work focuses on consumerism and my addiction to technology and all forms of media, something that I chose to focus on since the media continues to influence me in my daily life. To convey this message through my artwork, I decided that it would be best to showcase my inner consumer by depicting the vast amount of products I have purchased that are tied to well-known brands. This is something that I show in one of my pieces titled “My Room,” in which I took reference from a shelf in my bedroom that has products from brands such as Nintendo, San-X, Disney, and Pokemon on it. These are the brands that have also shaped me as an artist since I have taken inspiration from Pokemon as well as Nintendo games to build upon and create a distinctive art style. That’s the main reason as to why many of my pieces are extremely colorful and bright as all of my interests and passions in my life have helped me to discover who I am as an artist.

As I envision the future, I see myself as becoming an even stronger artist as I plan to continue making art for many years to come. The passion that I have for this hobby has turned into something much greater as I plan to incorporate art into my daily life as I begin to head into college, my major being in elementary education. I believe that I have the ability to create a fun environment for children to learn through my own love for learning, something that I wouldn’t have realized if I never delved into the world of art. The main reason why my artwork has improved so much has everything to do with what I’ve been taught by others, which is why I want to become a teacher. As a teacher, I plan to incorporate my own artwork in the classroom through lesson plans while continuing to make strides in improving my art in my own life.

Join us on Friday, June 13th for an Open Mic Poetry Night! We’ll have good friends, refreshments and of course poetry! FREE to attend and participate - but donations are always welcome!

Heartbreak Alchemy - 3 Part Creative Writing Workshop with Eve Kerrigan

Who broke your heart? Was it family? An estranged brother, sister, parent, child? A former friend? An ex lover? A lover that never was?

 Let’s tell our stories and make gold from the shattered shards of our hearts.

When: Thursday, May 15th, Thursday, May 22, Thursday, May 29

Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm

Where: The Collaborative Lab, 508 Main Street, Warren

Cost: $125

Sliding Scale

Apply LAB25 at checkout for 25% discount

Apply LAB15 at checkout for 15% discount

NEW LOCATION:  The Collaborative Lab / 508 Main St, Warren, RI 02885

In addition to our gallery on 4 Market Street, The Collaborative Lab is a creative hub on Main Street in the heart of Warren. We offer creative workshops, live music, poetry readings, and film screenings… with more to come!

Heartbreak Alchemy - 3 Part Creative Writing Workshop with Eve Kerrigan

Who broke your heart? Was it family? An estranged brother, sister, parent, child? A former friend? An ex lover? A lover that never was?

 Let’s tell our stories and make gold from the shattered shards of our hearts.

When: Thursday, May 15th, Thursday, May 22, Thursday, May 29

Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm

Where: The Collaborative Lab, 508 Main Street, Warren

Cost: $125

Sliding Scale

Apply LAB25 at checkout for 25% discount

Apply LAB15 at checkout for 15% discount

NEW LOCATION:  The Collaborative Lab / 508 Main St, Warren, RI 02885

In addition to our gallery on 4 Market Street, The Collaborative Lab is a creative hub on Main Street in the heart of Warren. We offer creative workshops, live music, poetry readings, and film screenings… with more to come!

Heartbreak Alchemy - 3 Part Creative Writing Workshop with Eve Kerrigan

Who broke your heart? Was it family? An estranged brother, sister, parent, child? A former friend? An ex lover? A lover that never was?

 Let’s tell our stories and make gold from the shattered shards of our hearts.

When: Thursday, May 15th, Thursday, May 22, Thursday, May 29

Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm

Where: The Collaborative Lab, 508 Main Street, Warren

Cost: $125

Sliding Scale

Apply LAB25 at checkout for 25% discount

Apply LAB15 at checkout for 15% discount

NEW LOCATION:  The Collaborative Lab / 508 Main St, Warren, RI 02885

In addition to our gallery on 4 Market Street, The Collaborative Lab is a creative hub on Main Street in the heart of Warren. We offer creative workshops, live music, poetry readings, and film screenings… with more to come!

YOUTH ARTIST OPENING

Angelina Ruiz

May 8th from 6-7pm at 4 Market St. Warren RI

ARC{HIVE} Generously Donates the snack board. They will be open for additional snacks and drinks!

Xero Lithography with Deb Talbot

Xerox Lithography is a printmaking technique that uses a laser jet printout as print “plate,” as opposed to a stone slab or pronto plates. This leaves a lot of creativity to play within the print. 

Lithography relies on the principle that water and oil don’t mix. The toner of the print will repel water. The non-image areas are treated with gum Arabic and are dissolved, while the image areas remain water-repelling. Oil based ink is then applied, adhering only to the water-repelling image. Dampened archival paper is placed onto the “plate” and then run through the printing press.

Each press yields only 1 print so be prepared to bring several of each image. Strong contrast black and white images are best.  Bring lots of different images and copies of each.

Please also bring at least 5 pairs of disposable gloves or some good fitting playtex kitchen gloves.  Also bring a lunch or snack.  Filtered water, tea and coffee are available. Each student gets 1 piece of printmakers paper.   More can be purchased: $10 for a 22x30 sheet of fine French rag printing paper. Please reach out with any questions, Deb at 401-230-2479

When: Sunday, May 4

Where: Church Street Press, 13 Church Street, Warren

Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Cost: $50

Sliding Scale

Apply LAB25 at checkout for 25% discount

Apply LAB15 at checkout for 15% discount

NEW LOCATION:  The Collaborative Lab / 508 Main St, Warren, RI 02885

In addition to our gallery on 4 Market Street, The Collaborative Lab is a creative hub on Main Street in the heart of Warren. We offer creative workshops, live music, poetry readings, and film screenings… with more to come!

About Church Street Press - Church Street Press is a brand-new printmaking studio in Warren offering workshops in intaglio, relief etching, collagraphs, lithography and more. They also offer shared studio space for up to 2 people a day with access to their press. Contact dkostisin@gmail.com 

Cyanotype Printmaking with Faye Silvia

$45.00

Cyanotype Printmaking

Explore the amazing art of making Cyanotypes- also known as sun prints! This artmaking process records the shadows of objects- the chemicals react to the sun and turn blue while shadows stay uncured or white. Use found objects, flowers, and drawings to create a blue and white image of whatever you choose. Cyanotype is a chemical process that works on fabric or paper! This is a great activity to help celebrate the incoming warm weather.

Bring your own flowers, objects or drawing or choose from or use the MATERIALS PROVIDED. All skill levels are welcome!

When: Sunday, April 27th

Time: 12 noon - 3:00 pm

Where: The Collaborative Lab, 508 Main Street, Warren

Cost: $45

Sliding Scale

Apply LAB25 at checkout for 25% discount

Apply LAB15 at checkout for 15% discount

NEW LOCATION:  The Collaborative Lab / 508 Main St, Warren, RI 02885

In addition to our gallery on 4 Market Street, The Collaborative Lab is a creative hub on Main Street in the heart of Warren. We offer creative workshops, live music, poetry readings, and film screenings… with more to come!

YOUTH ARTIST OPENING

Safa Salboukh

April 10th from 6-8pm at 4 Market St. Warren RI

ARC{HIVE} Generously Donates the snack board. They will be open for additional snacks and drinks!

OPENING RECEPTION

Kaitie Devlin

AT THE COLLABORATIVE LAB

Thursday, April 3rd from 6-8pm

508 Main Street, Warren

Kaitie Devlin (she/her) is an emerging artist originally from Southern Illinois, now residing in Providence, RI for nearly a decade. She studied Broadcast Journalism in her early 20s and after volunteer work exchange at a hostel on Smith Hill. She left in 2017 to Texas and Tennessee facing flows of challenges alongside rediscovering her passion for painting. She came back to Providence in 2018 and has been continuously pushing to grow in her skills as an artist. Her influences from the past are part of what she incorporates in small ways into her pieces.  Specifically, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Joan Mitchell to name a few. Devlin's work explores the emotional highs and lows of modern life, using layered textures and chaotic splatters to convey themes of disruption, frustration, transformation and positivity.

My artwork centers on abstract expressions that capture the dynamic interplay between resilience and hope. Through bold colors, intricate forms, and layered textures, I explore the continuous journey of seeking positivity in the face of life’s challenges. Each piece is a reflection of the determination to persevere, allowing the viewer to find their own narrative within the complexities of the abstract.

@ktdartwork

YOUTH ARTIST OPENING

Zoe Suter

March 13th from 6-8pm at 4 Market St. Warren RI

ARC{HIVE} Generously Donates the snack board. They will be open for additional snacks and drinks!

Hi!

My name is Zoe and I’m a growing artist who moved to Rhode Island in 2015. I go to Melville Elementary in Portsmouth. One day I did a really cool art project in school that involved drawing snowmen and it inspired me to keep drawing and building off of it. That began a passion for me. I paint and draw all sort of things I see and imagine, but I really love to draw people and landscapes. I am now actively working to get my dream of making a career with my art. I still look for art in the things around me. I do art for fun, but I would also like to be successful and attend RISD some day. This is my second ever art show. Thank you so much for your support!

Birthday Bash!

AT THE COLLABORATIVE LAB

Monday, March 10th from 7-9pm

508 Main Street, Warren

Join us at The Collaborative Lab, 508 Market Street on Monday, March 10th from 7 – 9pm to celebrate The Collaborative’s 9th Birthday! We’ll have light refreshments and entertainment, along with the work of five Artist Collaborators and our March Feature Artist David Poyant!

We’re able to celebrate 9 years, because of YOUR support. . .so come one, come all!

OPENING RECEPTION

David Poyant

AT THE COLLABORATIVE LAB

Thursday, March 6th from 6-8pm

508 Main Street, Warren

THREAD PAINTING

My name is David Poyant, and I didn’t follow the traditional path to becoming an artist. I am a cobbler by trade, with a background in shoe repair and handcrafted orthotics.  I worked in the trade for 25 years and then completed my professional career in retail.  Handcrafted artistry comes in many forms and provided me multiple pathways in work and art throughout my life.  As I approached retirement, I pondered next steps.  Always one to be working with my hands, I remembered my mother sitting in her chair knitting, cross stitching, and embroidering.  She was always stitching something.  Therefore, with no formal training, I picked up my needles, embroidery threads, and a stretcher at a hobby shop and started sewing.  But what do I sew?  I began by finding photographers who would allow me to embroider their work and I haven’t stopped stitching since then.  Each thread-paint embroidery is hand stitched on artist canvas using both 1 and 2 strands of embroidery thread and can take up to 60 hours to complete.  

I have neither a college degree, nor any experience in advanced art or stitching classes.  However, I have always had an eye for design and many experiences in my 68 years of life that inspired me to develop my artwork. I was not shy about showing my thread-paint embroidery pieces to anyone interested while I worked in retail.  Most of my thread painting pieces were landscapes, trees, and coastal scenes.  While working, I met the director of the board at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA.   She asked if I would be willing to do a thread painting of an animal for the fundraiser at the Zoo.  The Red Panda was the first of what was to become a series of animals adorning the walls of the Zoo as well as other pieces used to support their fundraising efforts.  This opened up other forums to display my pieces, such as fishing boats for the Fisherman’s Heritage Museum in New Bedford and donations for fundraisers in support of the American Cancer Society.

http://davidpoyantembroidery.com

Conversation HeART

January 30th - Feb 16th

4 Market Street, Warren RI

The Artist Collaborators were inspired by Valentine’s Conversation Heart candy.

“Be Mine” or “Bug off”?

What does your HeART say?

OPENING RECEPTION

Grant Craig

AT THE COLLABORATIVE LAB

Thursday, February 6th from 6-8pm

508 Main Street, Warren

I first developed an interest in painting in 2019, though it took me a bit to get started, as I wasn’t sure if I would even be able to do it. I had made comic-books and drawings in my youth but never really considered myself to be a creator of any sort. When I was in 6th grade I had the good fortune to meet a local painter from Cape Cod named Sam Barber. He was the father of my best friend at the time and I spent a lot of time going over to their home. One day, Sam showed us his painting studio, which was located inside the top of a lighthouse, overlooking Hyannis Port. It was a great environment to be in and I don't doubt his influence has affected my work to some degree. I think in retrospect, I had the art bug in me, but never realized it until I was in my late 20’s. I eventually started painting in the fall of 2023 and I have enjoyed each moment with the painting process ever since. My favorite type of paintings to create would be impasto style paintings. I enjoy exploring the difference in textures I can work with for painting.

https://www.instagram.com/greatrockart/

OPENING RECEPTION

Talia Clark

AT THE COLLABORATIVE LAB

Thursday, February 6th from 6-8pm

508 Main Street, Warren

Talia Clark (Talidactyl) is a Rhode Island based, self taught Illustrator and Fine artist. Strongly influenced by art nouveau,  and vintage fantasy illustrations; She loves taking things from nature and putting a fantasy spin on them.

"My goal is for my work to give others the feeling of reading a good book and getting sucked into it's world."

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Talidactyl

Portfolio- Talidactyl.com

Instagram- @Talidactyl

SMALL WORKS!

A Community Group Exhibit

ALL WORK IS TAKEN AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

Gallery Hours

Thursday & Friday 6-9

Saturday 3-9

Sunday 3-6