Currently On View
PPL offers free major exhibitions and community showcases throughout the year.
Exhibitions are viewable in our Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, Providence Journal Rhode Island Room, Updike Room, Marble Staircase Community Gallery, and other locations.
Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out
Curated by Ben Sisto
Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, 3rd Floor
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Baha Men's global pop sensation, "Who Let the Dogs Out," OPEN presents Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, an archive of research materials collected by Providence-based artist Ben Sisto during the development of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, a decade-long examination of intellectual property law and cultural production. WOOF! The exhibition will feature some 300 items including shirts, records, books, magazines, novelty toys, and other primary source materials which together, gently nudge-back against the concept of individual authorship in favor of a view that art is a collective process. A free screening of the documentary Who Let the Dogs Out (Hodgee Films, 2019) will be held on July 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM, followed by a reception in the gallery.
Ben Sisto (b. 1980, Providence, RI) is an artist who lives on the East Side. He is the world's leading expert on "Who Let the Dogs Out." "Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out" is designed by OPEN, a Providence-based curatorial platform celebrating archives, books, and communities. Check out his website here.
Go Home
Artwork by Robbie Sena, Teen Creative Fellow
Updike Room, 3rd Floor
GO HOME explores Robbie Sena's experiences as a first-generation American youth trying to navigate his connection to his homeland and culture.
My name is Robbie. I’m a multimedia? Interdisciplinary? Artist? here in Providence. This exhibit – as part of the Teen Creative Fellowship 2025 – is the exploration of my identity as a first-generation Filipino American, which has been something I’ve grappled with for a long time. I’m Filipino by blood, yes, my entire family is Filipino, but how Filipino I feel is debatable. I feel there are a lot of shortcomings I have that invalidate my status as Filipino, even though I know that’s silly. But don’t worry. My conclusion after all this is that I’ve got other things to worry about and life is awesome anyway.