Juried Members Show: Fantastical Realities
Upcoming Exhibition
Upper Gallery September 17 - October 17, 2026Fantastical Realities explores the junction between imagination and lived experience. It considers how artists construct worlds that blur boundaries between what is real and what is invented. We invite you to venture past the familiar and into incredible, transformed, or dream-like spaces.
Artists are encouraged to interpret this theme broadly, from surreal landscapes and legendary narratives to quiet distortions of everyday environments. Works may explore unexpected color and dimensions, psychological interiors, speculative futures, or reimagined pasts.
In uncertain and rapidly changing times, imagined realities create a space for reflection, critique, escape, or possibility. This exhibition seeks artworks that invite viewers to experience a new reality, one shaped through artistic vision.
Juried by Michael Rose: Michael Rose is a gallerist and writer based in Providence, Rhode Island. Since 2014 he has served as the gallery manager at the historic Providence Art Club, where he oversees an ambitious exhibition schedule spread across three unique gallery spaces. In addition to his gallery work, he is a sought after juror and judge for exhibitions around the region including recent shows at Lyme Art Association, Wickford Art Association, Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, and others. Michael is also the founder and editor of New England Art News, a popular weekly newsletter and blog focused on sharing resources with artists around the region and beyond.
Michael earned his BA in Art History at Providence College and a Graduate Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts at New York University. In 2026 he was nominated by Governor Dan Mckee and confirmed by the Rhode Island Senate to serve a three year term on the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Learn more about Michael at www.michaelrosefineart.com, and read his newsletter at www.newenglandartnews.com.