Pawtucket Arts Collaborative

10/31/2025

Today PAC is featuring an oil painting on paper by Bonnie MacDonald. Its title is " The Limestone Pool, Warren Falls, Vermont." It is part of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Juried Exhibition, which runs through November 2nd. The gallery hours are Saturday, 1:00-4:00pm and Sunday, 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

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10/30/2025

Today’s spotlight shines on the work of Paul Meli. His digital print “Redscape 2” is included in PAC’s ‘Scapes Exhibition. He says of his work: “There are reasons to be mindful as we navigate our path.”

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Exhibition ends on November 2nd, but there’s still time to view the show. We are open to the public on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

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10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Today we have two featured artists to spotlight. The first is Em Loren, whose work “Special Sunday Spot” was created with oil sticks on a wood panel.

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Exhibition ends on November 2nd, but there’s still time to view the show. We are open to the public on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

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10/28/2025

Todd Monjar is today’s featured artist with work in the ‘Scapes Juried Exhibition. His photograph “Disturbed” was one of many selected for this show.

As a gallery sitter, Todd is also entitled to showing two additional works. They are “Balance” and “Agent Smith.”

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Exhibition ends on November 2nd, but there’s still time to view the show. We are open to the public on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

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10/28/2025

And you can do all 4 entering our MEMBERS WINTER SHOW — PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE 1. make the art 2. put it in the show with all our artist members 3. come to the opening to support and see all the art 4. enjoy pawtucket's art community and eat a little cheese/wine with artists!

10/27/2025

Today's featured artist is Joanne Luongo, whose paper mosaic, "Bain's Beach, Shetland" was accepted into the 'Scapes Juried Exhibition, ending on November 2nd.

She says:

"My work is an extension of my life. It is orderly and systematic, ritualistic and obsessive. My world is a place where the repetition of movement and form are the seeds that formulate every idea.

The elements in the exhibited work are a formal representation of the passage of time; an optical record of daily ritual and creation. The patterns in the piece are an accumulation of temporal moments: seconds into minutes, and minutes into hours. The visible manifestation of the small and painstaking task of tearing and assembling small bits into larger patterns keep my world orderly and rhythmic.

Long a fiber-based artist, I am influenced by traditional craft and adornment. The properties of the paper mosaic are similar in form to the traditional American quilt, which also shares a similar process, joining small individual parts into a whole."

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Exhibition ends on November 2nd, but there’s still time to view the show. We are open to the public on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

Website: www.papergirlsstudio.wixsite.com/papergirlsstudio
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jo.luongo

10/27/2025

CALL TO ARTISTS - digital entry by 11/5/25
Top prize $300!

PAC HOLIDAY SHOW 2025...
enter here https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/calendar-1/members-winter-show

All PAC Members NEEDED-This is the last show of our 25th Anniversary Year and we hope you will all participate. We want that gallery absolutely stuffed with amazing --reasonably priced for holiday shopping --ART!

Important- Membership must be active at time of entry.

Not a member? Need to renew? No problem! Visit our website first and get set up.

WHY BE A MEMBER?

$45 a year allows you to exhibit in two shows a year for free and gets you a discounted entry fee in our juried shows. You also get a discounted rate for our figure and life drawing classes. And the opportunity to use our space for pop-up shows, workshops and more. Plus active members' who gallery sit during open gallery hours are able to display additional work on the sitters' wall that PAC does not take a commission from if sold!

3 pieces of work, all priced $250 or below for our PAC Members' Holiday Show.

This is a wonderful low-pressure opportunity to showcase your art and show it off to the world. The holiday show is unthemed, the only caveats are that work must be priced $250 or below and be under 60" in size. Due to limited wall space diptychs and triptychs would not be considered individual pieces, but would count as 2 or 3 pieces. No art that has been previously shown at PAC please.

PRIZES * awarded at the opening 11/13/25 at 6:30 approx.
1st $300
2nd $150
3rd $75

We also encourage our PAC membership to ATTEND the opening, invite their friends and family, and support/shop the local art for the holidays! RSVP here MEMBERS WINTER SHOW — PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE

*Purchased work can be BOUGHT OFF THE WALLS at the opening on Thursday November 13th, 2025*
or picked up on 12/21/25 between 11 and 4pm.

DETAILS
*All works entered digitally by 11/5/2025
*All works must be for sale, priced $250 or below
*Max 3 pieces, max size 60"
*All work must be hand delivered to the gallery and picked up.
*All hanging work must be wired to hang, no sawtooths.
*For sculpture- we do have various pedestals but they are limited in number and size- we encourage artists to bring their own pedestals for 3D work if they have it.
*We encourage artists with complex display needs to attend art installation on Sunday 11/9/25 10-12 to assist.
*PAC gallery retains 30% commission on any art sold. Art sale payment will be via paypal or check at the end of the show. (12/22/25)
*PAC members encouraged to volunteer at art drop off Fri 11/7 3-6 and Sun 11/9 10-12. We also need volunteers to set up the show on Thur 11/13 from 4:30-5:30 and clean up from 7:30-8pm. Reply to this email if you can help!

Remember you can JOIN NOW to participate in the show. This is an amazing opportunity for artists who have never shown their work on a professional gallery wall to take the plunge.

Art Drop Off Dates
Friday 11/7/2025 3-6pm
and Sunday 11/9/25 10-12pm

Show Opens Thursday 11/13/2025 from 5:30-7:30 with winners announced at approximately 6:30
Refreshments, live music, and open to the public.

Show Ends 12/21/25
*all work must be picked up on that day between 11-4pm.

10/27/2025

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10/27/2025

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10/26/2025

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery is open today from 10:00am to 4:00pm. We hope you’ll drop by and view some terrific works of art on our walls. The ‘Scapes Juried Exhibition will be ending next weekend on November 2nd.

Today we are featuring the photography of Greg Knisley who had two works accepted into the show: “Tungenset – Senja, Norway” and “Cowgirl on the Beach – Bandon, Oregon” “Cowgirl on the Beach” has been sold.

Gregg says:

“Tungenset is one of the most beautiful rest areas in the world on the island of Senja, Norway near the town of Ersfjord. When the wind is still, the tidal pools offer perfect reflections of the North Sea and jagged peaks of Okshornan, or "Devil's Teeth.”

“Cowgirl on the Beach – Bandon, Oregon
Enter this photograph at low tide and get carried away with the free-spirited horseperson galloping across the black sand beach and a million-year old sea stack in Bandon Oregon.”

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s ‘Scapes Exhibition ends on November 2nd, but there’s still time to view the show. We are open to the public on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm.

We invite you to view this and other works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

Website: www.collaborativelens.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/greg.knisley

10/26/2025

The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery is open today from 10:00am to 4:00pm. We hope you’ll drop by and view some terrific works of art on our walls. The ‘Scapes Juried Exhibition will be ending next weekend on November 2nd.

Today we are featuring the photography of Greg Knisley who had two works accepted into the show: “Tungenset – Senja, Norway” and “Cowgirl on the Beach – Bandon, Oregon”  “Cowgirl on the Beach” has been sold.

Gregg says:

“Tungenset is one of the most beautiful rest areas in the world on the island of Senja, Norway near the town of Ersfjord. When the wind is still, the tidal pools offer perfect reflections of the North Sea and jagged peaks of Okshornan, or "Devil's Teeth.”

“Cowgirl on the Beach – Bandon, Oregon

Enter this photograph at low tide and get carried away with the free-spirited horseperson galloping across the black sand beach and a million-year old sea stack in Bandon Oregon.”.

We invite you to view this and oter works of art in the show at our gallery. You can also purchase most of the art featured in the show, please visit https://pawtucketartscollaborative.org/online-gallery

The gallery is located in the Lorraine Mills Arts/Business Complex, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket RI on the first floor in Room 1-101. The building is accessible from the front door next to the Miss Lorraine Diner. There is a ramp. Parking is available on street and in the lot. You can also enter the building by the side parking lot. There is a stairwell on the right, and also an elevator located down the hall.

Website: www.collaborativelens.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/greg.knisley