Woods-Gerry Gallery

students mingle in woods-gerry gallery surrounded by student work

Activating the first floor of a 19th-century mansion, RISD’s primary gallery for undergraduate work features group exhibitions throughout the academic year. Students learn from preparing work for exhibition, helping to mount shows and discussing their work and that of fellow students, in the context of shows open to the public.

Current exhibition

Glass Triennial
Nov 8–17, 2024                                    
Opening reception: Nov 7, 6-7:30 pm     

 
 
A series of abstract glass objects casting shadows in blue light
see images of the current show

Upcoming exhibitions

Textiles Triennial
Nov 22–Dec 8, 2024                              
Opening reception: Nov 21, 6-7:30 pm     
 
Experimental and Foundation Studies Triennial
Jan 10–26, 2025                                   
Opening reception: Jan 9, 6-7:30 pm     
 
Jewelry + Metalsmithing Triennial
Jan 31–Feb 18, 2025                             
Opening reception: Jan 30, 6-7:30 pm     
 

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Inside the gallery

During the fall and Wintersession, the gallery hosts group exhibitions of student work from all undergraduate majors. In the spring, the gallery presents a series of shows featuring work by seniors.

several mannequins decorated with apparel designs on display in a gallery hallways, surrounded by walls adorned with artworks
light-brown wooden chairs and other furniture sit in a gallery room illuminated by light coming through a window in the background
ceramic sculptures of fantastical creatures sit on a display surface at the center of a gallery room, dimly illuminated by light from a rear window
an assemblage of lamps, chairs and other design objects stand in a row at the center of a gallery hall
chairs sit in the middle of a gallery room, surrounded by tapestries on each side of the room

Location and contact

Woods-Gerry House  
62 Prospect Street, 1st floor  
Providence, RI  
Gallery desk: 401 454-6141 
Email: exhibitions@risd.edu

Gallery hours

Monday-Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Sunday 2–5 pm

Past exhibitions

Interior Architecture Triennial
Oct 25–Nov 3, 2024

Graphic Design Triennial
Oct 11–20, 2024

Senior Invitational
May 31 – Jun 2, 2024

Textiles Senior Show
May 17 – 21, 2024

Glass & Jewelry + Metalsmithing Senior Show
May 10 – 14, 2024

FAV Open Media & Photography Senior Show
Apr 26 – 30, 2024

Printmaking & Ceramics Senior Show
Apr 26 – 30, 2024

Furniture Design Senior Show
Apr 19 – 23, 2024

Sculpture Senior Show (Group 2) 
Apr 12 – 16, 2024

Sculpture Senior Show (Group 1) 
Apr 5 – 9, 2024

Painting Senior Show (Group 2) 
Mar 22 – Apr 2, 2024

Painting Senior Show (Group 1) 
Mar 15 – 19, 2024

Industrial Design Senior Show 
Mar 1 – 5, 2024

Illustration Senior Show 
Feb 23 – 27, 2024

Film/Animation/Video Triennial 
Jan 26 – Feb 18, 2024

Apparel Design Triennial 
Jan 12 – 21, 2024

Printmaking Triennial 
Nov 17 – Dec 10, 2023

Sculpture Triennial 
Nov 3 – 12, 2023

Photography Triennial 
Oct 13 – 29, 2023

Illustration Triennial 
Sep 22 – Oct 8, 2023

Senior Invitational '23 
Jun 2 – 4, 2023

Furniture Design Senior Exhibition 
May 19 – 23, 2023

Blanket Statement: Textiles Senior Show
May 12 – 16, 2023

Glass and FAV Open Media Senior Show
May 5 – 9, 2023

Photo and Jewelry + Metalsmithing Senior Show
Apr 28 – May 2, 2023

Printmaking & Ceramics Senior Show
Apr 21 – 25, 2023

Industrial Design Senior Show
Apr 14 – 18, 2023

Sculpture Senior Show
Apr 7 – 11, 2023

Apparel Design Senior Show
Mar 24 – Apr 4, 2023

Painting Senior Show II
Mar 17 – 21, 2023

Illustration Senior Exhibition
Mar 10 – 14, 2023

Painting Senior Show I
Mar 3 – 7, 2023

Sort Later | Graphic Design Senior Show
Feb 24 – 28, 2023

Ceramics Triennial
Jan 13 – Feb 19, 2023

Scale to Fit: Architecture Triennial
Nov 18 – Dec 11, 2022

Furniture Design Triennial
Nov 4 – 13, 2022

Industrial Design Triennial
Oct 21 – 30, 2022

Graduate Painting Biennial
Sep 30 – Oct 16, 2022

Pre-College 22 Exhibition
Aug 4 – 5, 2022

Summer Faculty Exhibition
July 15 – 28, 2022

Sculpture Senior Show
May 20 – 24, 2022

Furniture Design Senior Show
May 12 – 17, 2022

Textiles Senior Show
May 6 – 10, 2022

Glass and FAV Open Media  Senior Show
Apr 29 – May 3, 2022

Photography and Jewelry + Metalsmithing Senior Show
Apr 22 – 26, 2022

Printmaking & Ceramics Senior Show
Apr 15 – 19, 2022

Graphic Design Senior Show
Apr 8 – 12, 2022

Trial & Error: Industrial Design Senior Show
Mar 25 – Apr 5, 2022

Unfinished: Work in Progress by Apparel Design Seniors
Mar 18 – 22, 2022

Painting Senior Show II
Mar 11 – 15, 2022

Painting Senior Show I
Mar 4 – 8, 2022

Illustration Senior Show
Feb 25 – Mar 1, 2022

Glass Triennial
Nov 19 – Dec 12, 2021

Graphic Design Triennial
Oct 29 – Nov 14, 2021

REFRAME: Conversations in Contemporary Interior Architecture
Oct 15 – 24, 2021

Textiles Triennial
Oct 1–10, 2021

Glass, FAV Open Media Senior Show
Apr 30 – May 4, 2021

Furniture Design Senior Show
Apr 23 – 27, 2021

Textiles Senior Show
Apr 16 – 20, 2021

Photography & Jewelry + Metalsmithing Senior Show
Apr 10 – 13, 2021

Illustration Senior Exhibition
Apr 2 – 6, 2021

Painting Senior Exhibition
Mar 26 – 30, 2021

Points of Inflection | Graphic Design Senior Exhibition
Mar 19 – 23, 2021

Incompltnss | ID Senior Show
Mar 12 –1 6, 2021

Painting Senior Exhibition ’21
Mar 5 – 9, 2021

Apparel Design Triennial
Oct 23, 2020 – Jan 30, 2021

RISD Senior Show 2020
Oct 9 – 15, 2020

All in the Making
Mar 5 – 10, 2020

Painting Senior Show
Feb 28 – Mar 3, 2020

Illustration Senior Exhibition
Feb 21 – 25, 2020

EFS Triennial
Jan 31 – Feb 16, 2020

Ceramics Triennial
Jan 10 – 26, 2020

Furniture Design Triennial
Nov 22 – Dec 11, 2019

Work in Progress
Nov 1 – 17, 2019

Painting Triennial 
Oct 11 – 27, 2019

Large Format
Sept 4 – Oct 6, 2019