Prismatica Light Installation from QDSi and RAW Studios

District Park, on display 24/7, January 19-February 20

Avenue Concept-curated Projection Art

Johnson and Wales Yena Center Building, 95 Dorrance Street

In partnership with ATR Treehouse and The Avenue Concept, digital artist Julio Berroa has curated a breathtaking new experience in Downtown Providence as part of Lumina.

Featuring video artwork by arists Shey ‘Ri Acu’ Rivera Rios, Eduardo VM, Savonnara Alexander Sok, Corinne Gregoire, Mark Medeiros, and Grace Victoria, a digital wall will be shown on the Yuna Center at @jwuprovidence at 111 Dorrance Street on January 26, 27, and 28 from sundown to 10:30 PM.

Le Monde Studio Installation

Bank Newport City Center, until Feb 20

Come Bee the giant bananas & play the Mushroom Music Box

The Guild Beer Garden and Food Trucks will be on site from 4:00pm - 8:00pm. A heated tent will help attendees enjoy their food and drink in comfort.

Food Trucks in attendance:

Masa Taqueria

Café Modesto

Nanu Burmese Fusion

4pm-6pm: Sponsored by Bodhi Spa and open to all attendees free of charge
6pm-10pm: Book a private experience from 6pm-10pm HERE.

Altær Space mobile sauna will be on site at District Park! From 4pm-6pm the sauna will be open to the public as a place to warm up and relax from the bustle of Lumina. Starting at 6pm, the sauna will be reservable for private groups.

A mobile sauna combines our desire to be within nature as well as a desire to come back to Self. Enjoy the deep and calming resonance with the fire’s heat and aromas of Cedar and Nordic Spruce. Sandwich time in the sauna with time in nature. After a sweat we can take a break in the cooling air, ocean, lake, pond, or cold plunge.

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Inspired by light play and art pieces curated by Imagination Play Project, P3 will visit Lumina with the ARTCart! from 4-7pm Friday, January 26th. “It’s Lit!” will offer participants of all ages a collection of translucent and textured recycled and upcycled materials to create unique and colorful works of art and light.

Come make your very own art with us!

5:30pm-6:30pm

Meet the Tellers:

Muriel Johnson:

Muriel was born and raised in Salisbury, MD until the age of 18. She grew up in an environment where language was celebrated. Her mother was an English teacher, actress and avid reader. As a child Muriel would sit in awe as her mother would read, tell stories, sing songs and recite nursery rhymes. By the age of five Muriel had acquired an extraordinary vocabulary, soaring imagination and gift of expression. It was only natural that when Muriel became a mother and a teacher that she was compelled to share the same way her mother had shared with her. Muriel moved to California as a young adult where she built a life, raised 3 children, developed her storytelling artistry and became an educator. For over 30 years CA was her beloved home. However, Muriel has recently relocated to New England from the San Francisco Bay Area. In New England she enjoys being near two of her 3 grandchildren.

In addition to grandparenthood, Muriel has been an Early Childhood Educator for 28 years and enjoys teaching about the role storytelling plays in the development of early literacy and language skills.

As a professional storyteller, she has performed at pre-k and elementary schools, churches, museums, colleges, theaters, festivals and countless other venues from Wyoming to West Africa.

In 2022 Muriel had the honor of traveling to Brazil, South America for a multi-city tour. This year her storytelling has taken her to Colombia, Panama, and back to California where she was a featured teller at the renowned Sierra Storytelling Festival in Nevada City, California.

Adding author to her repertoire, in 2021 Muriel published her first children's book, We Sing Like This.

Learn more about Muriel on her website: www.forherstories.com

Valerie Tutson:

Valerie Tutson has been telling stories in schools, churches, libraries, festivals and conferences since 1991. She draws her stories from around the world with an emphasis on African traditions. Her repertoire includes stories and songs she learned in her travels to South Africa, her experiences in West Africa, stories from African American history. In addition, she is gaining quite a reputation for her exciting retelling of age-old Bible stories.

She graduated from Brown University with a Master’s Degree in Theatre Arts and a degree in a self-designed Major-Storytelling as A Communications Art

Marlon Carey:

Marlon Carey is a multitalented artist who is always looking for ways to help build community and inspire people to make positive changes to the world. As a storyteller, he weaves an intricate tapestry with words, using a variety of methods with respect to the Storyteller traditions of old. He is a full-time father of three remarkable children and three cats.

Starts at 195 District Park on 1/26-27 and at Aloft Lobby starting on the 28th until 2/20

Sunset - 10pm: Avenue Concept Presents an Interactive Digital Art Projection on the side of the Johnson and Wales Yena Center, 111 Dorrance Street