First Friday Arts Crawl, Westerly – Friday May 3rd, 2024, from 5-8pm

Join us for Westerly’s First Fridays Arts Crawl. Online maps and yellow ‘art stop’ signs help visitors navigate the crawl.  Enjoy the Show ‘After the Masters’ at The Artists Cooperative Gallery in the historic train station. With Featured Artist Richard Inserra and Laurie McKenzie, alongside a special calligraphy exhibit by Mysticalligraphers in the United in Art Community Gallery.  Just behind the train station at 32 Friendship Street, in studio H is mixed media artist Denny Caruso, who's bold, colorful painting excite the eye.
 
Over at AiR Studio Gallery, at 19b Railroad Avenue, the exhibition ‘In the Company of Women’ celebrates friendship and community, showcasing the work of four women artists with diverse creative practices. The exhibit features paintings by Laura Gaffke and Annie Wildey, eco and rust printed textiles and handmade books by Kathy Johnson with paintings and joomchi collages by Diana Sartor.

On Canal Street at Westerly Camera & Darkroom, a must see show transports you back to the late 80s early 90s punk rock era with B&W photographs by photographer Justine DeMetrick. These images from Justine’s archive of over 10K photos capture the raw energy and excitement of a live punk rock show! This will be the first time any of these images have been seen publicly in large format prints. At United Theater you can enjoy a display of art by WHS seniors.