SELECTIONS EXHIBIT 2025

Winners from the Juried Regional

Feb. 8-Apr. 3, 2025

Opening Reception: Fri. Feb. 7, 5:00-7:00pm

Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically) 

SHARI BORAZ   ELISABETH MALLOY   MAUNDY MITCHELL   SUSAN PARMENTER ANN SAUNDERSON   CHRIS SCOTT   LYN SWETT MILLER 

Show Jurors: ROBERT K. CARSTEN + ADELE V. SANBORN

Sponsored by:  SUGAR RIVERBANK

SELECTIONS 2025:  Winners from the Juried Regional

Feb. 8 -Apr. 3, 2025
Gallery Hours:  Tues.-Fri. 11:00-4:00  |  Sat. 10:00-2:00

Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically) 

SHARI BORAZ
ELISABETH MALLOY
MAUNDY MITCHELL
SUSAN PARMENTER
ANN SAUNDERSON
CHRIS SCOTT
LYN SWETT MILLER
 

Show Jurors: ROBERT K. CARSTEN + ADELE V. SANBORN

Sponsored by:  SUGAR RIVER BANK

Let’s Paint the South of England!

with Artist and Guide Heidi Lorenz

April 30 – May 8, 2025

Paint the South of England with Artist Tour Guide, and Dorset Native, Heidi Lorenz. Paint in Heidi’s favorite painting spots in this picturesque region and lodge at a gorgeous British inn which will provide beautiful English breakfasts and dinners. Visit local museums and castles; paint and walk the South of England, carrying the simplest of tools. Leave with a full expressive sketchbook, and an incredible travel experience. 

See extensive information about this exciting trip, including the robust itinerary, accommodations, and so much more at the link below.

Plein Air Outdoor Adventure Painting

Music with Friends: for Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers

Wednesday Feb. 12th, 9:30am 
Library Arts Center Gallery
with instructor Julie Love
Free this week, in honor of the Newport Winter Carnival!
*PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED.

Experience  making music together in this class designed for babies through five year-olds and their caregivers.  Music will come to life as everyone sings, dances, drums and claps, experimenting with voices, instruments and movement. 

Drop-in Bandana Making - FREE!

Wed. Feb. 12th – 3:00-5:00pm
AND  Sat. Feb. 15th – 10:00am-2:00pm
Library Arts Center Gallery

The Arts Center will provide all the materials needed to make your own personalized and very artistic bandana for the Newport Winter Carnival!  This activity can be done in a few minutes, or much longer, depending on your time and interest.  The project is for adults and families alike and will be ready to wear when you are done!  Free to participate, and ALL are welcome! 
For Adults, Families, and Children

Plein Air Outdoor Adventure Painting

Western Movie Night on the Silver Screen: The Quick and the Dead (Rated R)

Wednesday, Feb. 12th – 7:00pm
Library Arts Center Gallery
Movie Night in in the gallery is a FREE event with a movie projected on the large silver screen, complete with popcorn!

A mysterious woman gunslinger, Ellen (Sharon Stone), saunters into the town of Redemption looking for revenge. Her father was killed by the town’s sadistic mayor, Herod (Gene Hackman), who is in the midst of organizing a quick-draw tournament. The lady enters, joining a cast of miscreants and outlaws for a brutal competition in which the loser dies. Among the competitors is “The Kid” (Leonardo DiCaprio), an upstart who has his own score to settle with Herod.
This film is Rated R.

POSTPONED "That reminds me of a funny story..."

An evening with humorist and storyteller Rebecca Rule

Thursday, Feb. 13th – 6:00pm
Free and all are welcome.
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.**

Storyteller Rebecca Rule will tell some of her favorites among the stories she’s collected over the years about life in this rocky old place we love so much. Plus she’ll challenge listeners with a few questions from her new book, NH Trivia. 

Rebecca Rule is a writer, humorist, storyteller, host for ten years of NH Authors on NHPBS, currently host of Our Hometown, also on NHPBS. She’s the author of fourteen books for children and adults, including That Reminds Me of a Funny Story; Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting;The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever; and, most recently, NH Trivia.

Plein Air Outdoor Adventure Painting

POSTPONED: Winter Carnival "Yarn Bombing" Guerilla Art Installation

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
6:00PM – 7:00PM
Richards Free Library Entrance

**This event has been POSTPONED.**

The Library Arts Center is excited to partner with the Richards Free Library on this fun event!  The Yarn Bomb will be an evening “guerilla art installation,” taking place in the evening with warm drinks to enhance the experience. We will attach yarn pieces to the front entrance columns of our library. Anyone can contribute a rectangle piece of any size that we will add to the installation. We will also transform the front columns with the Sarah Josepha Hale Scarf remnants. All are welcome and supplies will be provided along with cozy beverages!

Cowpoke Yoga for All Levels with Brianna Renner

Friday Feb. 14th
8:30-9:30am – Mat Class

10:00am – Chair Yoga
FREE this week!  Drop-in.

We are pleased to open up our weekly yoga offerings with Brianna Renner free for the community to enjoy this Friday, in celebration of Newport’s Winter Carnival!  Students can expect to practice both seated and standing poses as well as focus on balance and breath.  Please bring your own mat and any props you would like.

Plein Air Outdoor Adventure Painting

It's Membership Time! Join or renew your membership today.

Our annual membership drive is one of the simplest and most impactful ways you can support and be part of this organization. Please consider becoming a member or renewing your membership so that together we can keep making so much possible in the year ahead. Together, we will continue to build community through the Arts.

This year, all membership donations will be MATCHED, and NEW members will be DOUBLE-MATCHED to benefit the Korn Alley Mural Project. 

Experiments in Collage with Chris Scott

Tues. Mar. 18th | 9:00-12:00
Make a Paper Butterfly Collage.

Playing with pattern and color in collage! At our March 18th meeting of experiments in collage, we will experiment with patterned and colored scrap book papers to create butterflies $15 per person
*Pre-registration required.

Plein Air Outdoor Adventure Painting

Music with Friends

for infants, toddlers & preschoolers

Wednesday Mornings, 9:30am 
Library Arts Center Gallery
with instructor Julie Love |   $12 per family, per week (or special early-bird rate of $8 when you register in advance!)

Experience  making music together in this class designed for babies through five year-olds and their caregivers.  Music will come to life as everyone sings, dances, drums and claps, experimenting with voices, instruments and movement.   *Pre–registration is required.  Sign up online  for specific weeks, or the whole series.

Yoga Classes with Brianna

Friday Mornings| 8:30am All-Levels + Chair yoga 10:00am in the Library Ballroom (during Gallery of Gifts)

Classes are designed for any student looking to practice yoga. Movement will be linked with breath (as offered by the Hatha and Kripalu traditions of yoga), as well as focus on alignment, and attention paid to honoring your own organic movement. Students can expect to practice both seated and standing poses as well as focus on balance and breath.  Please bring your own mat and any props you would like.

Open Studio Art Group

Wednesday mornings,
9:30am-12:30pm
Returning to the studio on Wed. October 2nd
$8 for LAC members/$12 non-members.

Bring your own art supplies and paint alongside a delightful and supportive group of artists. Facilitator Heidi Lorenz will paint alongside all, but is available for light guidance and instruction if desired. This welcoming and friendly drop-in style group is available to artists of all styles and abilities! 

Drop in–No pre-registration necessary.

Basket-Making Workshops with Ray Lagasse

The Library Arts Center is proud to offer these exceptional artisan basket-making workshops with artisan Ray Lagasse.  Students will spend a day in the studio learning this traditional craft and will leave with a fabulous heirloom-quality basket to keep or give as a phenomenal gift.  Workshops are typically offered monthly in the Arts Center studio.

Arts and Economic Prosperity Survey (AEP6)

The results are in for Sullivan County!

The arts have a tremendous economic impact in our region, and we’d love for you to find out more.  Explore the data for our local region at the link below.

Preserving Newport's Heritage Mural

We are beyond excited that the Library Arts Center is helping to spearhead the heritage mural reproduction in downtown Newport. 

Find out more about the Mural Reproduction.

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