ACA Artist Award: DeBlois Gallery |
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The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County (ACA) announces that the DeBlois Gallery in Middletown has
been awarded the spring 2021 Artist Award.
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The $500 award is given twice-yearly to grantees who propose art
projects to benefit the community.
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The Artist Award will support an effort by the DeBlois Gallery to “take the gallery outside” by creating a series of murals on the exterior of the Aquidneck Avenue building. The murals will enhance the streetscape and add vibrancy to the area surrounding the building, a mixture of shops and restaurants. The site offers views of the scenic Easton’s Beach reservoir, located behind the gallery.
The DeBlois Gallery is a cooperative gallery consisting of 17 members. For the mural project, seven members will collaborate to design and paint a series of murals, to be installed around a balcony on the north end of the
gallery. The Newport Public Arts artists will also participate in the collaboration.
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“Treasures of Sephardic Song” - a Free, Virtual Concert |
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Touro Synagogue Foundation, in association with Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, will present a free, virtual concert of Sephardic music by
Gerard Edery, to be streamed live on Sunday, July 25 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
“Treasures of Sephardic Song” is the third in this year’s Judah Touro Series of virtual programs. The concert has been made possible through a generous grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
There is no fee to participate in this virtual concert, but reservations are required to receive the Zoom login information.
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NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 2021 |
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2021 ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
This year, out of respect for our artists, we’re letting them decide whether or not to announce if they’re playing FOLK ON or to keep it a surprise. This is why you haven’t seen our regular lineup announcements, and instead have been seeing artists self-announcing. We created this page to aggregate all the artist announcements. Of course, this isn’t the full lineup, and we’ll be adding to this list should artists choose to self-announce.
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Hidden Newport
at the Touro Synagogue April 25th at 2pm
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The Friends of Music at St. John’s is thrilled to announce the return of their annual summer music series, Music on the Lawn, featuring great bands, awesome food trucks, a 50/50 raffle and more! These are outdoor, FREE music concerts held on the lawn of The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist, 61 Washington St., Newport. |
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The fun starts Tuesday, July 20, and is made possible by 2021 season co-sponsors The Point
Association and Edge Realty.
All concerts are on TUESDAY nights. Click here for the full lineup.
Music on the Lawn concerts are free (but donations welcome!) open to all, and family-friendly. Concerts are from 6-8:30 p.m. Lawn chairs encouraged and picnics invited.
61 Poplar Street, Newport RI 02840 401-848-2561
ALSO- the return of one of Newport’s “Best Kept Secrets,” our Quarter Till Organ Recitals, on Sunday, July 11, at 4:45 p.m. and continuing through Sunday, Sept. 19!
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ISLAND MOVING COMPANY
"NEWPORT DANCE FESTIVAL"
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July 20 – 25
at Great Friend’s Meeting House
7:00pm Start
5 Visiting Companies!
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Island Moving Company presents Newport Dance Festival July 20-25, 2021 on an outdoor stage at Great Friends Meeting House in Newport, RI. Each evening performance will feature a unique lineup of dances drawn on the talent, artistry, and unique styles of the festival’s five visiting dance companies, and Newport’s resident Island Moving Company. |
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NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION |
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Casting Call:
A public art performance is coming to the lawn at Doris Duke’s Rough Point this August. The piece is called IN THE WAVES by Melissa McGill. It's a movement-based performance, “which evokes the urgency of rising sea levels and changing climate”. The artist is looking for a total of 100 collaborators, age 15+, no experience necessary, to be part of a community ensemble.
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THE GHOSTS OF BELCOURT CASTLE |
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Harle H. Tinney, well-known in Newport circles and ACA Board Member, has published a new edition of “The Ghosts of Belcourt Castle,” which adds stories and pictures and shares tales of apparitions associated with the famed mansion occupied by the Tinney family for 52 years.
Belcourt was essentially abandoned for 15 years prior to the Tinney’s purchase in 1956. The mansion contained many antiques from foreign countries during their occupancy. “It seems most likely that some ghosts came with antiques,” the author writes.
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Your support ensures that the artistic community of Newport County will continue to enrich our lives. |
Ways you can support the ACA:
Make a tax-deductible donation: Contributions large and small are vital and appreciated. Donate via Paypal by clicking the button to the right
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Fourth of July, 1916
"The Fourth of July, 1916 (The Greatest Display of the American Flag Ever Seen in New York, Climax of the Preparedness Parade in May)"
Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
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