Behind the Scenes - Discovering Treasures of the Rhode Island PBS Holiday Sale

The Rhode Island PBS Holiday Sale blends bounty with bargains from Tuesday, November 13 through Friday, November 16 at our studios at 50 Park Lane in Providence. As a smart shopper, you can harvest the savings on one-of-a-kind and limited quantity items offered at a fraction of retail value. New items will be added daily. Proceeds from the sale benefit the programming fund of Rhode Island PBS (over-the-air digital channel 36.1) and Learn (over-the-air digital channel 36.2). That's win-win-win by any measure: give great gifts, save money, and support local public television station.

Here's our first post, listing some of the "PBS" items we have available.

Here is a small selection of some unique and higher-end items. Of course, once the one-of-a-kind items are sold, they're gone. There is also an amazing collection of framed original art and prints.

Different items will be added every day! 

It's Clear (or colored, or twisted, or frosted, or etched) as Glass!

Gallery Belleau

Creative individuals work in all kinds of media, including some that may not readily come to mind when discussing the subject of art.

Take glass: We carry liquids in it and drink from it. It keeps the weather out of our houses; and in our cars, it protects us wind and debris as we drive, while letting us clearly see the road ahead. Yes, glass is practical.

But it's also beautiful, a medium of artistic expression. Artisans like Chris Belleau shape it while molten, creating beautiful objects like flowers and the Permanent Wave (shown above), capturing fluid motion in a solid object! Larry Winslow turns it into exquisite stained glass lamps. Dorian Webb and Bonnie Perry use it to create fine jewelry. Fire and Ice Studios and Tracy Glover make the practical beautiful. And Alice Benvie Gebhart creates decorative interpretations of everyday surroundings.

So, let's lift a glass to the creative spirit expressed in the Arts Auction!

Larry Winslow

Dorian Webb

Bonnie Perry

Fire and Ice Studios

Tracy Glover

Alice Benvie Gebhart