The Newport Art Museum is pleased to present a new exhibition this spring featuring work by Jodie Mim Goodnough entitled Biophilia. Goodnough is a Providence-based artist who works with photography, new media, installation, sculpture, performance, and sound to engage with the issues related to psychology, psychiatry, health, and nature. Biophilia will be on view April 27 through September 8 in the […]
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Newport Art Museum will host Providence Children’s Film Festival Community Jury Night!
Newport, RI – Newport Art Museum continues its commitment to showcasing art in all media when it will host the Providence Children’s Film Festival for a Free Family-Friendly Community Jury Night on Thursday, November 15 from 6:00-8:30 pm. This event joins the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries at 76 […]
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Newport Art Museum launches Wake + Create, the Museum’s newest family program!
Newport, RI – The Newport Art Museum has introduced the newest addition to its public programs: Wake + Create! This redesigned program is an evolution of the tremendously successful Second Saturday program, which has engaged families in the galleries every month for nearly 3 years. Now scheduled for one select Saturday morning a month (aka not always on the second Saturday) Wake + Create […]
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Newport Art Museum’s Art After Dark to feature Faculty & Student Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale
Newport, RI – Newport Art Museum’s Art After Dark, which recently received the 2017 Editor’s Pick Award for Best Artsy Social Event by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine, is back on Thursday, December 14 from 5 – 9 pm. Each Art After Dark has unique programming for the whole family. This event joins the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries at 76 […]
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Newport Art Museum announces 90th Annual Winter Speaker Series
The Newport Art Museum’s annual Winter Speaker Series returns Saturday, January 6th for its 90th season. The series will include seven lectures on a variety of topics and will run Saturdays at 2 pm, January 6 – February 17, in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Returning speaker Darrell West of the Brookings Institution, will kick off […]
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Newport Art Museum Welcomes Four New Exhibitions
The Newport Art Museum welcomes four new exhibitions to its galleries this fall, including Thomas Russell’s 50 Years: Selected Paintings, James Watkins: Reminiscence, 2015 NetWorks 2016, and the Photographers’ Guild Members’ Exhibition. The official Opening Reception for all four shows will be Friday, September 30, 5-7pm. Members free, non-members $10 suggested donation, cash bar. About […]
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Newport Art Museum Welcomes New Senior Curator
The Newport Art Museum Welcomes Francine Weiss as their new Senior Curator After engaging in a national search, the Newport Art Museum management selected Francine Weiss to fill the Senior Curator position previously held by Nancy Whipple Grinnell, who is leaving the museum to pursue other projects. Nancy led the museum’s curatorial department for 18 […]
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Newport Art Museum Awarded $21,468 Grant from RISCA
Newport Art Museum has been awarded a $21,468 grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) as it announced its first round of grant awards for the 2016-2017 season. Grant recipients in 2015 reported that over $134 million was spent by arts organizations and artists in that year in projects funded by the State Arts Council. […]
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Newport Art Museum Introduces New Public Guided Tours
The Newport Art Museum has announced the addition of new PUBLIC TOURS of the Museum, FREE with ADMISSION. On Tuesdays at 11:30am, beginning on July 12, the Museum will offer a 45 minute “Highlights of the Collection Tour”, led by one of our trained Gallery Guides. The tour will focus on the architecture of the National Historic Landmark Griswold […]
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Newport Art Museum to Welcome Summer Exhibitions at Opening Reception
The Newport Art Museum will welcome three new exhibitions to its galleries this summer, including a collaborative exhibition by a mother and daughter, a solo artist, and a group show. Of Water & Bone: New Work by Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Mandle, This Newport: Photographs by Thomas Palmer, and Still Life Lives: Rhode Island […]
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Art After Dark Will Celebrate Advent of Spring and Bid Farewell to Beloved Beech Tree
Art After Dark, the Newport Art Museum‘s popular late night event, held each month on the second Thursday (Newport Gallery Night), will celebrate the advent of spring with “Primavera” and also bid a sad farewell to the Museum’s beloved 180 year old Fernleaf Beech tree, on April 14 from 5-9pm. In the spirit of the Culture of Yes!, […]
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Newport Art Museum Will Host Gallery Talk with RI Artist Mary Dondero on Sunday
Members of the public and media are invited to the Newport Art Museum on Sunday, February 28th at 2pm for a Gallery Talk with exhibiting artist Mary Dondero. Learn more about the vision, processes and inspiration behind her elusive and atmospheric prints and drawings. Members of the Chamber Ensemble, the most advanced adult string ensemble […]
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Joan Hall Wins Newport Annual Best-In-Show Award and Newport Art Museum Award
{Photo: BEST IN SHOW – Joan Hall | Global Warming/Algae Bloom} The Newport Art Museum has announced the winners of the 2016 Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition. One of the Museum’s most anticipated annual events, this exhibition highlights top talent from the region, bringing together an eclectic mix of art sourced from Rhode Island and beyond. Entries […]
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Newport Art Museum Will Welcome Four New Exhibitions This Winter
The Newport Art Museum will welcome four new exhibitions to its galleries this winter, including two solo artists, one group show, and an exhibition of recent Museum acquisitions. Mary Dondero: Small Points in Time, Jason E. Smith: Outer Myths, Paintings: Recent Acquisitions, and the Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition will be on view this winter and celebrated during an opening […]
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Darrell West Will Kick Off 88th Annual Winter Speaker Series at Newport Art Museum
Newport Art Museum Welcomes First Winter Speaker Darrell West on January Darrell West, a former Brown University Professor and author of 20 books, will kick off the Newport Art Museum‘s 88th annual Winter Speaker Series on Saturday, January 9 at 2pm in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. In keeping with tradition, […]
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Newport Art Museum’s Faculty & Student Holiday Art Sale to Feature Local Artists & Return of the Museum Gift Shop
The Newport Art Museum will host its annual Faculty and Student Holiday Arts Sale, Friday, November 27, 12 – 4pm and Saturday, November 28, 10am – 4pm, in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue. Shoppers can purchase unique holiday gifts, while supporting local artists and arts education. Items include ceramic tableware and ornaments, quilts, […]
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Newport Art Museum’s Coleman Center Now Enrolling for Holiday Workshops
The Newport Art Museum‘s art school, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, is now enrolling students for holiday themed workshops in ceramics, calligraphy and painting. The workshops, geared toward beginners but open to all levels, are designed to give students an opportunity to learn a new art making skill while creating holiday gifts. Those interested in ceramics can take Handmade Holiday with Charlene […]
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Newport Art Museum Curator to give Gallery Talk on “Reviving Durr Freedley”
The Newport Art Museum invites guests to an afternoon Gallery Talk on Reviving Durr Freedley: Newport’s Forgotten Artist on Sunday, October 18 at 2pm in the Museum’s Cushing Gallery. The talk will be led by Nancy Whipple Grinnell, Newport Art Museum Curator, who will discuss Freedley’s life and work. The event is free with the price of Museum admission. […]
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Art League of RI Sponsors Stem to Steam from the Trenches at the Newport Art Museum
Photo of Babette Allina On Wednesday, October 14th, from 7-9pm, the Art League of RI will present STEM to STEAM at the Newport Art Museum. Presented by Babette Allina, Executive Director of Government & External Affairs, at the RI School of Design (RISD), the event will focus on keeping art and design in the forefront […]
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Newport Art Museum Introduces New Fall Programming: Second Saturdays, Drinks with Designers and Art After Dark
The Newport Art Museum is kicking off the fall season with a series of new programs. “Second Saturdays” (beginning September 12), “Drinks with Designers” (beginning September 17), and “Art After Dark” (beginning October 8), will join the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. These […]