Hello,
My name is Ben Sisto, I’m an artist in Providence, Rhode Island working with people, places, and things. I run OPEN, a project at 50 Sims in Valley. On the side I organize Awesome Foundation Rhode Island. Other things are on this Projects page——art, loose ideas, past gigs, etc. There’s also this Event History page (sort-of complete) going back to the 2000s. Below is mostly 2021 — present day.
Thanks for stopping by,
Ben (Email)
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Upcoming or On Now
+ Not Just Tapes, Providence Public Library, Jul-Aug 2026
+ Dean Martineau: Artifacts, OPEN, Providence, August 6–31
+ OPEN x Gallery Night Providence, Aug 20, 2026
+ Beach Towel Art Show, White Crest Beach, MA, 08.23.26
+ Star Dot Star, RISD Fleet Library, Aug 24-Dec 13, 2026
+ Collectors’ Night, Narragansett Brewery, 09.15.26
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
Other Curatorial, Editorial, Project-based
+ Open Valley, Valley, Providence, RI, 2026
+ The Well, East Providence, RI, 2024
+ Permanent Collection, PVD, 2022–23
+ atac, Framingham, MA, 2022–2023
DJ Sets and Mixes
+ Soft Opening DJ night, E.P, RI, 2024–2025
+ ProviDance (guest mix), 2024
+ 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, Talking
+ Various Talks, PechaKucha, Providence, 2022–
+ Getting Warmer, East Manning Projects, Providence, 2026
+ Bait/Switch: Affect & Cause, Boston, 2025
+ September, various local shows, 2023-2024
+ Roger Free Library works, Bristol, RI, 2023
+ Reinsulator Reading Room, Providence Public Library, 04.20.24
+ 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