Ten shows to check out this month, arranged by opening reception date. Looking for more? Patreon subscribers will get an exclusive guide to the fall arts season.
Above: Lorena Pugh, Falling Dress (2019) at Coastal Contemporary Gallery
OPENING

Rooted in Memory
Yary Livan, Pete Pin, Amy Lee Sanford, LinDa Saphan, and Savonnara Sok
September 5 – October 10
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery at Bristol Community College
777 Elsbree Street, Fall River
Opening reception Thursday, September 5 (6–8pm)

Not Just Mill Towns: Urban Photography of Robert Easton
September 6 – September 22
Rhode Island Spirits
59 Blackstone Avenue, Pawtucket
Part of Pawtucket Arts Festival
Opening reception Friday, September 6 (5–8pm)

Dutch Colorists
September 5 – September 28
Dedee Shattuck Gallery
1 Partners Lane, Westport
Opening reception Saturday, September 7 (5–7pm)
pictured: Barbara Rink, A Loss of Sadness

Heebe-Tee-Tse Lee | Urbanology: Indigenous transition of tradition
September 7 – September 28
AS220 Project Space
93 Mathewson Street, Providence
Opening reception Saturday, September 7 (5–7pm)

Todd Bartel and Jack Massey: working PAPER
September 7 – October 5
Hera Gallery
10 High Street, Wakefield
Opening reception Saturday, September 7 (6-8pm)
Artist talk with Todd Bartel Saturday, October 5 (1pm)

Many Cities, One Providence—Tel Aviv: From the seafoam and clouds to the here and now
David Adika, Ronny Carny, Yael Efrati, Hilla Toony Navok, and Shay Zilberman
September 11 – November 16
PC–Galleries
63 Eaton Street, Providence
Opening remarks & reception Wednesday, September 11 (6–8pm)
pictured: Hilla Toony Navok, Extensions (2018)

Fleeting: Lorena Pugh, Sandi Daniel, Gin Stone
September
Coastal Contemporary Gallery
491 Thames Street, Newport
Opening reception Saturday, September 14 (4–8pm)
pictured: Sandi Daniel, New Beginnings

Robert Datum and Neal Walsh: surface shadows
September 19 – October 9
Chazan Gallery at Wheeler
228 Angell Street, Providence
Opening reception Thursday, September 19 (5–8pm)
pictured: Robert Datum, Old Colony Easement (2018)

“Walls divide and walls protect, Walls enclose, and walls exclude.”
A show of art quilting by Rhode Island Threads
September 3 – September 27
Sprout CoWorking
166 Valley St (Building 6m, Suite 103), Providence
pictured: Allison Wilbur, In or Out?
Opening reception Thursday, September 19 (5–9pm)

The Art and Design of Spider Silk
September 27 – April 19, 2020
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street, Providence