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Community Reading of Mo Holmes’ play WINGS// WATERMELON

Community Reading of Mo Holmes’ play WINGS// WATERMELON

by | Sep 20, 2026

Cato Vernon’s struggle for freedom reverberates throughout history. At this community reading, you and your neighbors will pick up a script and join the 1500, a group of sharecroppers and tenant farmers from the bootheel of Missouri, as they camp out on the highway to protest the failings of the president’s New Deal. Based on historical and familiar events from peoples who take to the road. Discussion to follow.

Featuring readers Peter Coriander, Dillon Medina, Trevor Neal, Kelly Robertson, Quinn Saunders, Indigo Sindayiganza, and Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Ages 5+ and up. Free for all.

About Mo Holmes:

Mo Holmes is a playwright, librettist and dramaturg, born in San Antonio and raised on the long stretch of road from Texas to Alabama. She is a winner of the Yale Drama Prize, Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize and Next Wave Initiative Lorraine Hansberry Award. Her work has been developed and/or presented by The Bushwick Starr, The Fire This Time Festival, the Sam French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival and Good Apples Collective in New York; and the Playwrights’ Center, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Minnesota Opera, Atlanta Opera, DePaul University’s Climate Action New Play Collective, and elsewhere nationally. As a dramaturg and teaching artist, she has supported new play development at the Playwrights’ Center, Guthrie Theater, Horizon Theatre Company, Good Apples Collective and Columbia University, among others. MFA: Columbia.

From Revolution to Reclamation, Indigenous Perspectives of Sovereignty, Independence, and the American Revolution: a Talk with Chrystal Mars Baker of the Tomaquag Museum

From Revolution to Reclamation, Indigenous Perspectives of Sovereignty, Independence, and the American Revolution: a Talk with Chrystal Mars Baker of the Tomaquag Museum

by | Sep 20, 2026

Though many people know that African heritage people served in the American Revolutionary War, we sometimes overlook the Narragansett and Wampanoag people who fought. In this presentation from Chrystal Mars Baker of the Tomaquag Museum we’ll learn more about their crucial contributions and the long history of Indigenous service.

Free for all.

About Chrystal Mars Baker:

Chrystal Mars Baker is a Narragansett Tribal citizen, educator, and advocate whose work centers on uplifting Native voices and creating inclusive, truthful educational spaces. She is the Education Manager at the Tomaquag Museum and serves on the boards of the Rhode Island Humanities and the Jonnycake Center for Hope. Grounded in the legacy of her ancestors and inspired by her family, Chrystal envisions an educational future where all cultures are represented through their own histories, fostering mutual respect and healing across communities.

Welcome Home: Exhibition and Artist Talk with Eric E. Sung

Welcome Home: Exhibition and Artist Talk with Eric E. Sung

by | Sep 20, 2026

The selected photographs present artifacts recovered from Rhode Island’s first state prison, established in Providence in 1838 which photographic medium is uniquely situated to explore. These objects, preserved and cataloged by the Public Archaeology Laboratory, offer a rare and tangible connection to the early history of incarceration. Created as part of a larger body of work titled Welcome Home, this series contributes to an ongoing exploration of the carceral experience in the United States. The broader project includes contemporary portraits and personal narratives of individuals impacted by incarceration today, situating these historical artifacts within a continuum of justice system experiences across time, which will be introduced at the artist talk.

Any age, but ideal for ages 16 + up. Free for all.

About Eric E. Sung:

Eric Sung is a lens-based artist, scholar, and cultural worker whose interdisciplinary practice bridges art, scholarship, and community engagement. His work has been presented internationally in distinguished peer-reviewed and juried venues, including the Society for Photographic Education, International Visual Literacy Association, IARSLCE, and Imagining America.

His artistic and community-based projects have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism, and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. His work has been exhibited in internationally recognized galleries, cultural institutions, and public spaces.

Sung is Full Professor of Art at Providence College and Lab Faculty at College Unbound. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Photographic Education, is a member of the WARP Collective Artists Group, and currently serves as a Commissioner for Arts and City Life for the City of Providence.

Words in Motion Printmaking Workshop with Lois Harada

Words in Motion Printmaking Workshop with Lois Harada

by | Sep 20, 2026

Join artist Lois Harada for a drop-in hands-on workshop featuring moveable, wood type and a printing press. Participants will set a word using antique letters, add ink in their favorite color, then make a unique print. No experience necessary and appropriate for children with adult help.

Free for all.

About Lois Harada:

Lois Harada is an artist and printmaker working in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and settled in Providence after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. She works at DWRI Letterpress, a commercial letterpress printshop where she also prints her own work. Harada utilizes text and the medium of the poster to tell her family’s story of incarceration — her paternal grandmother was interned in Poston, Arizona from 1942 -1945. She takes inspiration from propaganda printed and distributed by the United States government and prints with type and equipment similar to that which would have created the original works.

Artist Talk with Lois Harada

Artist Talk with Lois Harada

by | Sep 20, 2026

Artist Lois Harada is a printmaker based in North Providence, RI. Join her for an artist talk about her practice, recent projects and her work.

Bring your pennies; the artist will have a custom penny press installed at The Cato Vernon Freedom Library.

About Lois Harada:

Lois Harada is an artist and printmaker working in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and settled in Providence after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. She works at DWRI Letterpress, a commercial letterpress printshop where she also prints her own work. Harada utilizes text and the medium of the poster to tell her family’s story of incarceration — her paternal grandmother was interned in Poston, Arizona from 1942 -1945. She takes inspiration from propaganda printed and distributed by the United States government and prints with type and equipment similar to that which would have created the original works.