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Join us this Saturday for a Gallery Drop-in! ⁠ Upc Join us this Saturday for a Gallery Drop-in! ⁠ Upcycled Spring Crafts for Kids and Adults ⁠ part of the 'Make-and-Take' Series⁠ Sat. March 14th | Drop in 10:00am-2:00pm⁠ Free!⁠ ⁠ Drop in to the Arts Center gallery this Saturday to see the current exhibit and to make fun some fun upcycled spring crafts for all ages with artist Pam LaFountain. Everyone is welcome to join the fun!
Last chance to register for this Saturday's fun fe Last chance to register for this Saturday's fun felting class! 🍀⁠ Needle Felted Leprechauns ⁠ with instructor Jennifer Boyd ⁠ Saturday, March 14, 9:00am-1:00pm⁠ ⁠ Open to all levels. $45 tuition (includes all materials) ⁠ ⁠ In preparation for Saint Patrick’s Day join us in the studio to create your own needle-felted Leprechaun! Learn all the basic felting skills with one-on-one attention for each student to individualize your creation through color and design choices that make your leprechaun truly one-of-a-kind. Leave this class, designed for beginner and intermediate students, with a finished project you are proud of, new needle felting skills, and a deepened sense of creative community. Pre-registration is required.⁠ ⁠ Register for this class online at: https://libraryartscenter.org/classes-for-adults/
SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLE SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLETT⁠ ⁠ Selections 2026: Selected Winners from the Juried Regional is on exhibit through MARCH 20th, and we are thrilled to highlight each of the Selections Winners!.⁠ ⁠ ARTIST STATEMENT⁠ ⁠ My work grows out of time spent immersed in the forests, rocky paths, waterways, and meadows of my native New Hampshire. Some works are painted from within the landscape, close to stone and water; others open outward toward hills, sky, and distance. Working in acrylic, I simplify natural forms into layered color and rhythmic shapes, balancing weight and flow. These paintings come from slowing down, paying attention, and returning to familiar places shaped by weather, water, light, and time.⁠ ⁠ This is our New Hampshire.⁠ ⁠ Stay tuned for more spotlights from each of our Selections artists.⁠ ⁠ Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically)⁠ PETER ANDERSON⁠ CHRISTINE ANDREWS⁠ JEAN CHASE FARNUM⁠ SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLETT⁠ ELIZABETH PIERONI SCHULTE⁠ CHERYL SHANAHAN⁠ ROBIN WILLIAMS⁠ ⁠ Show Jurors: SHARI BORAZ + MEG McLEAN⁠ Gallery Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11am-4pm | Sat. 10am-2pm⁠ Admission to Library Arts Center Exhibits is always free and open to the public.⁠ ⁠ This show is generously sponsored by Sugar River Bank
SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: JEAN CHASE FARNUM⁠ ⁠ SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: JEAN CHASE FARNUM⁠ ⁠ Selections 2026: Selected Winners from the Juried Regional is on exhibit through MARCH 20th, and we are thrilled to highlight each of the Selections Winners!.⁠ ⁠ ARTIST STATEMENT - Jean Chase Farnum⁠ ⁠ The Persistence of Place – A Barn Project⁠ ⁠ Barns and sheds have long captured my imagination. To me, they embody a quiet strength—structures that endure, adapt, and age with a grace uniquely their own. Each one seems to carry a story of personality and survival.⁠ Over the past decade, I have photographed barns throughout New England, guided by cherished memories of growing up along the rural border of New Hampshire and Vermont. I remember the winding back roads—mostly dirt—where barns stood as familiar residents of the landscape. Some remain lovingly maintained, while others have been allowed to settle into an elegant, weathered decay. In my work, isolating these structures against a white background brings their stories forward, highlighting the details that speak to their resilience as they withstand years of heat, rain, wind, and snow.⁠ ⁠ I have gathered a working portfolio of dignified barns throughout northern New England and beyond—structures that reflect a steadfast calm rooted in their rural settings. For those that have been abandoned, I hope to preserve the memory of a time gone by, inviting viewers to contemplate what once was and what remains.⁠ ⁠ Stay tuned for more spotlights from each of our Selections artists.⁠ ⁠ Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically)⁠ PETER ANDERSON⁠ CHRISTINE ANDREWS⁠ JEAN CHASE FARNUM⁠ SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLETT⁠ ELIZABETH PIERONI SCHULTE⁠ CHERYL SHANAHAN⁠ ROBIN WILLIAMS⁠ ⁠ Show Jurors: SHARI BORAZ + MEG McLEAN⁠ Gallery Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11am-4pm | Sat. 10am-2pm⁠ Admission to Library Arts Center Exhibits is always free and open to the public.⁠ ⁠ This show is generously sponsored by Sugar River Bank

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Newport, NH 03773

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