AS220 Labs

Images( L to R) : R. Williams | L. Wallace | S. Mello | D. Thach | E. Abdalla | Lumuku

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

September 6-27th, 2025

opening | Saturday September 6, 2025, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St

​​I deserved a better goodbye | John Bhogal

John Bhogal’s creations show the capacity to overcome, To heal and to thrive. Although, today John Bhogal still lives under the pressure of every day reality he continues to tattoo and inspire others to self express, finding the light within darkness through paintings. 

"Born from the ashes of urban struggle, and growing up…

Moth by Shey Rivera

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

August 9-30th, 2025

opening | Saturday August 2nd ,2025, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St

All Ages Show a retrospective of Punk & Hardcore at AS220 (1991–2006)

This exhibit is a raw glimpse into the energy, urgency, and spirit of punk and hardcore as it

pulsed through AS220 from…

Left to Right. Amanda Joy, Milo Harris, Sylvia Atwood, Charlie Ledbetter, Jennifer Zikller

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

July 12-26th, 2025

opening | Saturday July 5,2025, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St.

Woolgathering, bit by bit | Jennifer Ziller

Jennifer Ziller a visual art educator, who dabbles in expressive arts therapy…

Left to Right: Jason Curzake, Eric Telfort, Jonathan Buonaccorsi Izzard of Lunar Queer Art, Gabriel Richardson

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

June 7-28th, 2025

opening | Saturday June 7,2025, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St.

Retrospective | Chloë Bohórquez

I have always believed that each of these disciplines, indeed all…

Left to Right: details of work by Stephen O’Neil IV & III, Steve Roth, Shawn Wallace, Megan Hall, Kristine Straus

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

May 3-31st, 2025

opening | Saturday May 3rd, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St.

Omnipresent | Kristine Straus & Megan Hall

Kristine Straus explores the…

Pre-dating AS220, the “New Challenge” manifesto was penned by a group of artists between 1982 and 1983, having rallied together in response to a critical panning, from Channing Gray of The Providence Journal, of an exhibit of work by artist Umberto Crenca. The manifesto ended up being signed by only three members of that original group: Steven Emma, Martha Dempster, and Umberto Crenca. It was published in The Providence Eagle, a local alt-weekly newspaper, on April 14th. 1983. Two and a half…

On this date (April 14th) in 1983, a letter to the editor was printed in The Providence Eagle, an alt-weekly newspaper in the city. Its opening read: "It is time we artists stop harboring false hopes and come to terms with the present deteriorating situation in the arts." 

Did I say "a letter to the editor"? I apologize, it was a self-stated manifesto and challenge (indeed, the word…

L - R: kathy wu | Rebecca Rivera…

An extension of Kincaid McLaren’s solo exhibition On Fridays We Fish Fry,

Love Yours is a discussion on the intersections between art, culture, family, land, and love.

Kincaid is joined by Joseph Adegboyega, Gabrielle Sanchéz DoVale, and Imani Ylsanita.

Moderator: Joseph Adegboyega

Panel Participants: Gabrielle Sanchéz DoVale and Imani Ylsanita