The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County will welcome Harry Philbrick, the new executive director of the Newport Art Museum, at its monthly networking event Nov. 19. Arts Around the Fire will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sardella’s Restaurant, 30 Memorial Blvd. West. The free event is open to the public […]
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Newport Art Museum raises record $648,500 in summer fundraising events
The Newport Art Museum announced Thursday that its signature summer fundraising events generated a record $648,500 to support exhibitions and programming, with attendance reaching more than 1,400 people across three days. The museum’s Summer Art Party and Wet Paint events raised $428,500 for ongoing exhibitions, programming and community outreach. An additional $220,000 was raised to […]
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Newport Art Museum brings back Wet Paint event for 32nd year
Newport Art Museum will host its annual Wet Paint fundraising event on Aug. 9 from noon to 4 p.m., bringing back traditions that organizers say respond to community feedback. The event, now in its 32nd year, will feature live art demonstrations, silent and live auctions, food trucks, and children’s activities across the museum’s historic campus […]
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Newport Art Museum to present ‘Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color’
The Newport Art Museum on Monday (June 23) announced that it will present Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color, the first major retrospective in decades of one of the Gilded Age’s most visionary—and overlooked—American artists. On view in the Museum’s Cushing Gallery from July 12 through December 31, 2025, this exhibition brings together […]
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‘Sean Landers: Lost at Sea’ will be on view at Newport Art Museum
he Newport Art Museum today announced that Sean Landers: Lost at Sea, an evocative exhibition by acclaimed contemporary artist Sean Landers, will be on view May 9 through December 29, 2025. Featuring symbolically charged, introspective paintings, the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on ambition, memory, legacy, and loss. At its center is Moby Dick, The Whale (2013/2023), […]
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Newport Art Museum awarded more than $100,000 in grants
The Newport Art Museum (NAM) announced today that it has been awarded an $84,310 grant from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation (vBCF) to continue a series of capital improvement projects that will enhance visitor experiences and support essential upgrades to the Museum School at the Coleman Center. According to Newport Art Museum, this funding comes […]
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Newport Art Museum unveils new exterior place maker
The Newport Art Museum (NAM) unveiled a new exterior place marker today at a celebratory event to thank the Board of Trustees, members, donors, and public partners who helped make the project possible. The Steel Yard Public Projects, a Providence-based metal art shop, created the work of art. The Van Beuren Charitable Foundation provided funding, […]
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Wet Paint was a fun affair, a complete celebration of the area’s passionate art community
Newport Art Museum’s (NAM) Wet Paint celebrated its 31st anniversary over the weekend and it was a marvelous celebration of art pieces from the area’s notable artists. It’s also an egalitarian event, with artists of all levels participating in the big fundraiser for the museum. On the one hand, some of New England’s renowned artists […]
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Newport Art Museum announces roster of artists-in-residence for 2023
Newport Art Museum has announced an exciting roster of artists for its Artists-in-Residence program AiR/Newport. Selected from a very competitive pool of nearly 70 applicants, three artists were chosen for the diversity of ideas, media, and engagement opportunities they will bring to Newport. In April, Connecticut-based textile artist Emma Welty will be on site. Welty’s artistic practice incorporates weaving, […]
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How to better experience an Art Museum
Dead winter. Even when it’s not snowing or gray and rainy, it’s still cold. Perfect art museum weather. Maybe you think you don’t like art museums. Maybe you feel like I used to: When I got my chance to go to the Louvre in Paris to see the Mona Lisa, I compared it to shopping […]
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Danielle Ogden takes the helm as Interim Executive Director at Newport Art Museum
The Newport Art Museum (NAM) today announced the appointment of Danielle Ogden as Interim Executive Director. Danielle Ogden. Photo provided by Newport Art Museum Ogden brings over 17 years of experience in the museum and academic field, including serving as Associate Director of Academic Programs and Museum Specialist in Adult Learning at the Aldrich Contemporary […]
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Newport Art Museum announces a call for Volunteer Museum Docents
By Newport Art Museum The Newport Art Museum is now accepting applications for its Volunteer Museum Docent program. Museum Docents will join our current dedicated volunteer docents in providing tours for the Museum’s diverse audiences. Docents will be trained to use questions, conversation, and factual content to engage visitors in positive, meaningful, and relevant exploration of the Museum’s exhibitions, collection, […]
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Newport String Quartet to host a Spring Concert at Newport Art Museum
On April 16th at 2 pm, the Newport String Project will partner once again with the Newport Art Museum for a lively spring celebration through chamber music–just in time for the Newport Daffodil Days! The Newport String Quartet will perform the rarely heard Vistas al Mar by Catalan composer Eduard Toldrà Soler, inspired by the maritime-themed poetry of Joan […]
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Newport Art Museum to host Call & Response 2022 Artist Talk
Newport Art Museum today announced that it will present a Call & Response 2022 Artist Talk with exhibiting artists Diane Barceló, Emily Belz, and On-Kyeong Seong on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 5:30 pm. The talk will be followed by an informal Q&A with artists in the galleries. The event is free and open to all and can be enjoyed in person […]
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“Six Picks” Events: What to do in RI this weekend – Trolls, Burgers and Bruins
It’s another busy winter weekend out there with lots to do in and around RI. Check out a few happenings around the state in our weekly feature “Six Picks Events.” All Weekend: Don’t miss An Officer and a Gentleman at the Providence Performing Arts Center this weekend. The producers of the 1982 Richard Gere, Deborah […]
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Museum Reads: Newport Art Museum’s Art-Themed book group returns on January 20
A new year of Museum Reads, the Newport Art Museum’s Art-Themed book group for adults begins on Thursday, January 20, 2022. According to a press release from Newport Art Museum, Museum Reads promises engaging conversations with authors and each other on the third Thursday of each month from 12 – 1 pm. Meetings will take place in person at the Newport Art […]
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Newport Art Museum announces The Newport Biennial 2022 Featured Artists
The Newport Art Museum today announced its acceptance of 69 artists into The Newport Biennial 2022 exhibition, which will be on view from January 8 – May 29, 2022. For over 30 years, The Newport Biennial (formerly known as the Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition) has been a highly anticipated event by artists, curators, and collectors in Rhode […]
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ReVision: Newport Art Museum announces new exhibition by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
The Newport Art Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition, “ReVision,” with work by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, which will be on view to the public Saturday, September 25 through January 9, 2022. An Opening Reception celebrating “ReVision” will be Thursday, September 30 from 5 – 7 pm. The Opening Reception is free for Museum members, and $10 suggested donation for the […]
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Newport Art Museum to host a virtual art excursion to the Reynolda House Museum
Newport Art Museum will host a virtual Art Excursion to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 10am, exclusively for Museum members. The tour is free to Museum members and will be delivered virtually via Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link, and is available at newportartmuseum.org/events. The […]
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Newport Art Museum to offer Curator Tour and Artist Talks
A curator tour of current exhibition “Abstract Ideas” will take place virtually on Zoom Thursday, March 25 from 4:30 – 5:15 pm with Newport Art Museum Senior Curator Francine Weiss. Two Artist Talks, featuring participating artists from current exhibition “Digital Breath:Video and Sound Art in the Age of Global Connectivity,” will also be offered virtually on Wednesday, March 31 from 5:30 – […]
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Two new exhibitions open at Newport Art Museum
The Newport Art Museum today announced details of two new exhibitions on view through April 25, 2021. “Abstract Ideas” features an array of modern and contemporary American artists from the Museum’s permanent collection exploring ideas and emotions through abstraction. Eliciting feelings and sensations, abstract art prioritizes emotional experiences over tangible realities. With this exhibition, viewers are […]
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Searching for Peace at Home: Newport Art Museum to host a community conversation on domestic violence
Inspired by the current exhibition Donna Ferrato: Selections from ‘Living with the Enemy’, Newport Art Museum today announced that they will host “Searching for Peace at Home: A Community Conversation on Domestic Violence” virtually via Zoom Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 6:30 – 8 pm.”The Newport Art Museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture have the […]
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Read/Eat/Chat: Newport Art Museum releases fall schedule for art-themed book club
The Newport Art Museum will host three more meetings in 2019 of its art-themed book club known as Read/Eat/Chat. All are welcome to bring a lunch and discuss a predetermined book selection at each meeting. Read/Eat/Chat will take place at 12 pm on September, 19, October 17 and November 21, 2019 in the Newport Art Museum’s historic John […]
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Newport Art Museum to host Museum Art Excursion to Salem, MA on October 20th
The Newport Art Museum will host a Museum Art Excursion to Salem, MA on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Guests will depart the Newport Art Museum on a coach bus at 8 am to visit the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) as well as The House of the Seven Gables, and return at approximately 7 pm. Tickets are $150, or $130 for Newport […]
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Newport Art Museum to welcome Spring Exhibition, Avant Gardens
The Newport Art Museum is pleased to present a new exhibition this spring entitled Avant Gardens featuring the work of contemporary artists who examine themes related to the garden and cultivated nature. Avant Gardens will be on view April 27 through September 8 in the Ilgenfritz, Griswold Corridor and Wright galleries of the historic John N.A Griswold House on the campus […]
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Newport Art Museum to welcome Jodie Mim Goodnough: Biophilia
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 […]