Contemporary Art in Providence, Rhode Island

Propel Gallery

Propel Gallery is a decentralized contemporary art platform dedicated to work that transforms how we see the world.

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WINDFALL
Open call for artists
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Presented by Propel Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Windfall Late September/Early October
What falls without being picked. Chance, abundance you did not earn, the fruit on the ground. The word also carries a meaning around luck and money. Both readings are open to you, and so is the space between them.
Open to artists 18 and older in Rhode Island and the surrounding region. No exhibition history required. No entry fee, ever.
Open medium. Work must be original and yours, ideally made within the last five years. Hanging work arrives ready to hang, 60 inches maximum in any direction. Sculpture stands on its own or comes with its plinth. Installation and video proposals welcome; tell us what the work needs.
Propel covers all exhibition costs. Sales split 50/50, you set your prices, payment within 30 days of closing. Work may be listed not for sale.
Submit up to 5 works, with title, year, medium, dimensions, and price. Add a bio to 150 words in the third person and a statement to 300 words.
Artists deliver and collect their own work. Propel handles installation, lighting, labels, and takedown, and carries insurance on work in the space.
Submissions close August 15, 2026 at 11:59pm. One per artist.
Apply: https://forms.gle/sDroCFaR3Enbf4uF9
Questions: [email protected]

Past Exhibitions
In/Out of Control
Presented by Propel Gallery
At Make Do Studios, 72 Tingley Street, Providence
July 16 to 19, 2026 . Thursday to Sunday
We spend our lives negotiating how much to hold and how much to let go. Control can be steadying, the discipline that builds a life and the focus that finishes a thing. It can also become a cage, a grip so tight that nothing new gets in. Losing control can feel like falling, but it can also feel like flying, the moment we stop managing and start living.
Art sits inside this same negotiation. It is made through deliberate choices and through accidents the maker never planned, and it can soothe us or unsettle us depending on which we need. This show holds both truths at once and asks where you stand between them.New Eyes: Art as Transformation
Propel Gallery @ Make Do Studios
72 Tingley St.
Providence RI 02903
See it virtually
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