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Newport Galleries Night 2019 is underway and the season is in high gear at our member galleries, museums and cultural institutions with August Newport Gallery Night on Thursday, August 8th from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm. 

Our popular FREE Summer Guided Walking Art Tours continue for August Newport Gallery Night. And these short, informational tours will run hourly as follows:  meeting at 4:00 pm at Thames Glass, 5:00 pm at Spring Bull Gallery, 6:00 pm at Art on Spring and 7:00 pm at Arnold Art Gallery.  Tours, which will last about 30-45 minutes, will include information about all of the participating galleries, museums and cultural institutions in each area as well as any other interesting art related stories. The tours will run on Newport Gallery Nights from May through October. 

There are exciting new shows at many of the 26 member galleries, museums and cultural institutions including:  Atelier, Spring Bull Gallery, DeBlois Gallery, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, andCory Silken Photography.

If you’re hungry after all these exhibitions, step into one of the 7 restaurants that collaborate with Newport Gallery Organization by providing discounts and specials for Newport Gallery Night visitors! Be sure to ask for a voucher at any of the galleries.Free parking will be available for the night at the Gateway Visitors Center and uptown at the Newport Art Museum. 

Newport Gallery Night 2019 is underway and the season is kicking into high gear at our member galleries, museums and cultural institutions with June Newport Gallery Night on Thursday, July 11 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm.

Our popular FREE Summer Guided Walking Art Tours continue for July Newport Gallery Night. The four separate free, short information tours will run hourly as follows: meeting inside at 4:00 pm at Thames Glass, 5:00 pm at Spring Bull Gallery, 6:00 pm at Art on Spring and 7:00 pm at Arnold Art. Tours, which will last about 30-45 minutes, will include information about all of the participating galleries, museums and cultural institutions in each area as well as any other interesting art related stories. The tours run onNewport Gallery Nights from May through October.

After visiting any of the participating galleries, museums, and cultural institutions, make a night of it by picking up a restaurant discount coupon and stopping by one of the 7 participating restaurants for a special!

Free parking is available at the Gateway Visitors Center and uptown at the Newport Art Museum

The Newport Gallery Organization will also be starting a new interactive program during May Newport Gallery Night. This new program will use the current Newport Gallery Organization brochures as punch cards for each of the participating galleries. Whoever visits the most participating galleries during Newport Gallery Night hours will receive a gift card redeemable at any of our galleries. In order to be eligible to receive the gift card, participants must upload a photo of their hole punched/marked off the Newport Gallery Organization brochure to Facebook and tag ‘@Newport Galleries’ in the post. If a participant does not have Facebook, the photo can be emailed to info@newportgalleries.org. If there happens to be a tie, then there will be a random, raffle style tie breaker.

Spring Bull Gallery will be presenting their show, “New Beginnings,” from Saturday, May 4th through Friday, May 31st. This show features Rhode Island-based artists Susan Aitcheson, Donato Beauchaine, Lorraine Bromley, Mark Knapp,  Stephanie Marisca, Susan Petree and Jonathan Small. The opening reception for this show will be held on May 4th from 5:00-7:00pm.

Coastal Contemporary Gallery will be presenting, ‘Ebb & Flow, Reflections of Passing Time’: Paintings and Porcelain Sculptures, from Thursday, May 2nd, through Sunday, June 2nd. There will be live music at the opening reception, which will be held on Saturday, May 11th, 2:00-6:00pm. This new exhibit features artists Annie Wildey, Michele Poirier-Mozzone, and Susan Schultz.

DeBlois Gallery will be presenting their May show, “Living Color,” From Saturday, May 4th, through Sunday, May 26th. All are welcome to the opening reception on May 4th from 5:00-7:00pm. Refreshments will be served. “Living Color,” features artists, Meredith Brower and Kadejah Foster. “Brower forages and photographs mandalas that she creates from the flora and fauna found around her farm in Tiverton RI. Foster, working in the digital realm, takes advantage of the medium to experiment freely with color, scale and style in her pieces.” DeBlois Gallery will be open during Newport Gallery Night hours. Free admission and parking will be provided.

Park for free at the Gateway Visitors Center with a parking voucher and at the Newport Art Museum. Discount coupons for seven Newport restaurants can be picked up at participating galleries. The Newport Gallery Organizationconsists of over 25 participating galleries. For more info about Newport Gallery Night, Free Guided Walking Art Tours, and the Newport Gallery Organization, visit www.newportgalleries.org.