The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County will present its 2026 Dominique Award to Rosalind Weir at its annual Raise Up the Arts celebration on Tuesday, June 24, at Johnny’s Restaurant at the Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Ave. in Middletown.
The award, created in 2010, honors people who have contributed time, influence and creativity to Newport County’s cultural landscape, according to the alliance. Past recipients have included educators, volunteers, board members and civic leaders.
Weir came to New England from the South in 1969 and studied at Skidmore College, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Radcliffe Institute. She is a practicing residential landscape designer. With her late husband, Jim Weir, she has been a driving force in the development of Tiverton Four Corners, according to the alliance. Beginning in 1983, the Weirs constructed four new buildings and restored eight, including a traditional meeting house used for performances and a sculpture park open to the public.
Tickets to Raise Up the Arts are $40 and are available at newportarts.org.
The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County, founded in 1994, is a member-supported nonprofit that promotes arts and culture in the region.
