Join us in November as DESIGN WEEK RI 2026 continues with our statewide Open Studios Weekend, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look inside design studios, maker spaces, and creative businesses across Rhode Island.
Open Studios invite you to step inside the places where design happens, meet the people behind the work, and experience creative processes firsthand. It’s an opportunity to ask questions, make connections, discover new practices, and get a closer look at the people and businesses shaping Rhode Island’s creative community.
From visiting a rug tufting studio and witnessing how eyeglasses are handcrafted, to exploring glassblowing studios and ceramic slip-casting businesses, Open Studios offers an inside look at the tools, techniques, and ideas that bring creative work to life.
Check out the participating studios below, and start planning your November 6th weekend — registration will open soon!
The Steel Yard has welding, jewelry, blacksmithing and ceramics studios, which accommodate resident artists, open studios and classes. The public can expect to see working artists using this equipment to fabricate and create a variety of art objects.
Founded by Raynold Jacques Bidon, an artist and master print maker with more than 30 years of experience in the commercial print industry, Bidon Community Print & Design Studios provides custom letterpress and offset lithography services.
Founded by Alaina Mahoney, A.M. Design and Fabrication, LLC is an ornamental metal shop specializing in architectural detail preservation and art fabrication.
Olefson Art Opticals sells handmade and hand finished eyeglass frames with frames that you cannot find at any optical shop and the largest selection of readers in RI.
Family owned and operated since 1930, Rustigian Rugs is a rug gallery and designer carpeting showroom specializing in a curated collection of beautiful internationally sourced handwoven rugs and luxury carpeting.
Atlantic Mills Left Tower | 118-122 Manton Ave, 4th Floor, Studio 405-407, Providence, RI 02908
WARP Collective
Film |Industrial Design |Print Design |Textile Design |Web Design
WARP is a collective studio located in historic Atlantic Mills, Providence, RI. Artists in WARP emerge from varied interests and disciplines, and together develop a studio infrastructure with emphasis on pattern, textiles, printmaking and paper works.
UNIT B is the new studio and concept space-brain child of Jason Tranchida and Matthew Lawrence. Jason and Matthew's collaborative projects have included the queer art publication Headmaster, the multi-channel video documentary-musical Scandalous Conduct: A Fairy Extravaganza, and many site-specific curatorial projects and events.
AS220's Community Studios, Galleries, and Live/Work Program will collaborate on a campus wide open house, showcasing the work of the artists who live within our buildings, create in our community maker spaces, and exhibit with us.
AS220's Community Studios, Galleries, and Live/Work Program will collaborate on a campus wide open house, showcasing the work of the artists who live within our buildings, create in our community maker spaces, and exhibit with us.
AS220's Community Studios, Galleries, and Live/Work Program will collaborate on a campus wide open house, showcasing the work of the artists who live within our buildings, create in our community maker spaces, and exhibit with us.
AS220's Community Studios, Galleries, and Live/Work Program will collaborate on a campus wide open house, showcasing the work of the artists who live within our buildings, create in our community maker spaces, and exhibit with us.
AS220's Community Studios, Galleries, and Live/Work Program will collaborate on a campus wide open house, showcasing the work of the artists who live within our buildings, create in our community maker spaces, and exhibit with us.
Visitors to the Myrth studio in East Providence can see our full production floor in action. Our 6,500 square foot space houses everything under one roof, including our design studio, showroom, and events kitchen. It's a rare chance to see exactly how handcrafted porcelain tableware goes from raw clay to finished piece.
Blackstone River Glass hosts a fun mosaic make your own project. Guests will be able to tour individual artist spaces and watch classes being taught all day and into the evening. Demos available in stained glass, fused glass, flame working and glassblowing.
Hope Artist Village | 1005 Main St, Unit #8113, Pawtucket, RI 02860
TuftxPVD
Interior Design
TuftxPVD is RI's first and only Black, queer and woman owned Rug tufting studio. Visitors to TuftxPVD will step into a vibrant, hands-on fiber art studio. Watch how we use yarn to create incredible works and memories. Hands on demo stations, snacks and vibes.
Studio Phlaneur focuses on constructing goods and environments that highlight our individuality and emphasizes that each story is worth telling/showing.
Explore the Sandra Liotus Lighting Design Showroom and Workshop. See how lighting is made and assembled by our technicians and production manager. We will also show you our lighting design plans for projects that have been completed or in the works.
As the only Black female business owner in Newport’s historic Travers Building, I provide high-end, individualized wardrobe styling through The Style Studio. Leveraging my expertise as a Vogue-trained stylist, I curate everything from streamlined capsule wardrobes and bespoke bridal looks to comprehensive fashion branding strategies.
Clancy Designs Glass Studio is owned and operated by the collaborative efforts of Jennifer and David Clancy. Visitors to the studio will get to see glassblowing demonstrations, the sculpture gallery, the glassware gallery, and have an opportunity to shop.
