July 2 – August 30, 2026

475 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02908

About America, Unfinished?!

The WaterFire Arts Center is a contemporary arts venue developed from a restored industrial building once part of U.S. Rubber. Operated by WaterFire Providence, the space supports exhibitions, community events, venue rentals, and public programs that engage civic space, creative practice, and community dialogue.

America, Unfinished?! brings together works that examine the systems, stories, and spaces that have shaped, and continue to shape, the idea of America. The art here will engage these ideas critically, experimentally, or through lived experience, including themes such as:

• Labor and infrastructure

• Migration and movement

• Identity and belonging

• Memory and history

• Civic life and shared places

• Material culture and everyday experience