Hello,

My name is Ben, I’m an artist living in Providence, Rhode Island who works with people, places, and things. I operate OPEN, a small gallery in the Valley neighborhood, and am often assisted by a cool seven-year old. OPEN is located within 50 Sims, where I’m Manager of Events and Community Programs. As part of that work, there’s a bi-annual open studios project called Open Valley—the first of which was on May 3, 2026 and the next will be on November 7. It’s also the HQ for Awesome Foundation Rhode Island, a monthly gifting project I organize.

A few other things are documented on this Projects page, and within that there’s a longer Event History. That sort-of complete, goes back to the early 2000s. My family moved to Rhode Island in late 2021 and below, I’m listing what’s happened since.

Thanks for stopping by,
Ben (Email)

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Upcoming

+ Not Just Tapes, Providence Public Library, July 2026
+ Star Dot Star, RISD Fleet Library, Fall 2026
+ Venn Diaphragm, Pecha Kucha, Farm Fresh RI, 07.29.26

Recent Grants & Awards

+ RI Humanities, 2025
+ RISCA, 2024
+ RI Humanities, 2023
+ Art, Culture, and Tourism, 2023
+ RI Humanities, 2022

Committees & Community

+ Awesome Foundation Rhode Island
+ RISD Unbound, 2025, 26
+ Panelist, RISCA, 2024
+ Panelist, RI Humanities, 2023

Curatorial, Editorial, Project-based

+ OPEN, 2025 –
+ The Well, East Providence, RI, 2024
+ Permanent Collection, PVD, 2022–23
+ atac, Framingham, MA, 2022–2023

DJ Sets

+ Soft Opening DJ night, E.P, RI, 2024–2025
+ Arquivo Tony Sonto, Myrtle, 10.05.25
+ Droll Yankees set, Myrtle, 04.19.25
+ Jeremy Earl, Dan Higgs, DJ Ben Sisto, AS220, 03.24.25
+ Extended Play, Myrtle, 06.20.24

Websites for Artists

+ Providence Commemoration Lab
+ DJ Dayglow
+ Michael Beresford
+ Dennis Byrnes

Exhibiting Art, Sharing Ideas
* Beyond OPEN-related work

+ Getting Warmer, East Manning Projects, Providence, 2026
+ Bodie Talk, for Pecha Kucha PVD, ISCO, Providence, 10.22.25
+ Bait/Switch: Affect & Cause, Boston, 2025
+ AFRI x Pecha Kucha PVD, Clubhouse, Providence, 02.26.25
+ PechaKucha, Providence, The Met, Providence, RI, 10.23.24
+ Beyond the Photograph, RICPA, 2024
+ Autonomous, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 2024
+ PechaKucha, Providence G Rooftop, Providence, RI, 01.31.24
+ Plural, City Hall, Providence, RI, summer 2023
+ ARTiculate, Rogers Free Library, 2023
+ Ocean State of Mind, Rogers Free Library, 2023
+ Art Odyssey, Rogers Free Library, 2023
+ Rhode Island QSL Archive, AS220, 2023
+ QUERI, Dye House, Providence, 2022
+ Inside/Out, Warwick Center for the Arts, 2022
+ Boundaries, 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA, 2022