Currently On View
PPL offers free major exhibitions and community showcases throughout the year.
Exhibitions are viewable in our Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, Providence Journal Rhode Island Room, Updike Room, Marble Staircase Community Gallery, and other locations.
PPL in partnership with AS220, OPEN, and the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT), has formed a curatorial collaboration to activate and sustain the Library’s gallery spaces during a period of transition. If you are interested in proposing an exhibition or project, please fill out this form. Please note that, at this time, funding for honoraria and production support is limited.
By the Fall of the Waters..
Artwork by Sophie Foulkes, recipient of the 2025-2026 Providence Public Library’s Creative Fellowship
Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, 3rd Floor
A solo exhibition exploring the interplay between select Rhode Island architectural structures, the waterways they extend across, and the evolving public narratives surrounding these landmarks. Integrating archival materials, this new series of collages and screen prints invites the viewer to explore the interconnectivity of changing social perspectives and the reshaping of our natural landscape.
Sophie Foulkes is an illustrator and printmaker based in Providence, RI. Often described as narrative and playful, her work spans printmaking, editorial illustration, murals, and book design. Her fine art collages observational drawings with historic photographs and maps, evoking a sense of familiarity and connection. She received a BFA in Illustration from RISD in 2023. Select clients include: Amherst College, The Avenue Concept, Boston Common Magazine, The Gullet, Looky Here Magazine, Motif Magazine, Newport Mansions, Small Batch Books, Sun Thief Press, WaterFire, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council.
Support for this program was provided by the Providence Public Library’s Creative Fellowship.