Jamestown Arts Center. Photo Credit: Jamestown Arts Center

Feel festive and support the work of artists and artisans during the annual Holiday Arts Market at the Jamestown Arts Center on Friday, December 9 from 5:30-7:30 pm and Saturday, December 10 from 10 am – 4 pm.  

This free two-day event features one of a kind art objects from ceramicists, painters, jewelry makers, textile artists, printmakers and more. Early shopping and an opening reception will be held on Friday from 5:30-7:30 pm. 

“The Holiday Arts Market is a highlight of the holiday season,” says Maureen Coleman, JAC Executive Director. “The Arts Market brings together an incredibly talented group of artists and artisans at a time when shopping and supporting locally is so important. And you won’t leave empty handed!”  

Artists include: Jillian Barber, Mary Jameson, Elizabeth Lee, Melonie Massa, Christine Mathieu, Kate Petrie, Didi Suydam, Annie Tuthill, Casey Weibust, Elizabeth Rye, Geralyn Socha, Enrique Newman, Francesca Garofano & Elliott Italiano, Catherine Curtis, Abigael McGuire, Kathy Ward, Peter Elsworth, Erica Klein, Eva Goodman, and Sherry Italiano. 

Visitors of the Arts Market are encouraged to bring a canned good or shelf stable grocery item as a donation to benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Newport, RI. 

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