The Agenda

An interactive art project is waiting at the Dirt Palace in Olneyville Square for a little food. Please Feed the Monster is a collaborative sculpture that can change daily depending on what people “feed” it. But what do you “feed” to a monster?

by Jaime Lowe

There are very few places open twenty-four hours in Providence besides gas stations and convenience stores. Now instead of ethanol and Twinkies, one can fill up on art at any time of the day or night, thanks to the Dirt Palace’s free twenty-four hour storefront window exhibits. The Dirt Palace, a feminist-owned art collective, has been host to a variety of monthly exhibits by artists and community groups since their purchase of a formerly abandoned library building in Olneyville Square. This month, a collection of six years’ worth of tiny dolls, made out of felt and various other fabrics by 16-year-old Rowe, Massachusetts resident Abagail Phelps, is on display.