DURING RHODE ISLAND'S STATEWIDE
401GIVES FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN,
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ALL ACA ARTS AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATIONS OPEN! |
The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County is now accepting applications for the Tinney Family Arts Scholarship, The ACA Artist Award, and the Leroy White Soul and Conscience Award
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TINNEY FAMILY ARTS SCHOLARSHIP |
This scholarship is to be awarded to a graduating High School Senior who has demonstrated artistic talent and the ambition to strive for excellence.
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LEROY WHITE SOUL AND CONSCIENCE AWARD |
In partnership with the White Family, the ACA pleased to offer an award in honor of LeRoy White, to be given annually to a musician, of any age or situation, whose life and/or art contributes to and connects the community.
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The ACA offers Artist Awards (up to $500) to support art projects that benefit our community. Projects can fall into any artistic genre category: fine arts, visual arts (illustration, graphic design, multimedia), performing arts, the literary arts (creative writing, poetry), music (performance, composing), theatre. Other artistic “sub-genres” may also be considered.
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ACA Board Member SUE McNALLY
at the Overlap Gallery
Order, Disorder through 4/13
OVERLAP
112 Van Zandt Ave
Newport, RI 02842
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The Choir School of Newport County
and St. George’s School Chapel Choir
EARTH DAY CONCERT
Saturday, April 22
7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
St. George’s School Chapel
372 Purgatory Rd.
Middletown, RI 02842
No admission charge or tickets. A free-will collection will be made.
Included are Missa Gaia (Earth Mass) by Paul Winter; Shenandoah; Somewhere Over the Rainbow; Still by Alanis Morissette; Sound Over All Waters by Paul Halley, As Torrents in Summer by Sir Edward Elgar, and Pilgrim’s Hymn by Stephen Paulus.
For more information visit www.choirschoolri.org or call 401 239 9713.
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Introducing SBG's Visiting Artist, Jessica Shaffer
Jessica describes herself as outdoor enthusiast who has spent
most of her years tethered to the ocean.
In her high school years, she immersed herself in painting the natural
seascape / landscape in watercolor. In the past three years she has developed a passion for painting in oil.
We invite you to stop in to see her current work in oil created En Plein Air.
The exhibit is on view March 1 to April 30th. You can read more about Jessica and her work on our website.
Opening this weekend "Celebrate Spring!" March 18 - April 30.
Please stay tuned for more information. This is a show you don't want to miss!
As always stop in to view the ongoing, ever-changing works of
Spring Bull Gallery's Artist Members
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Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra
Annual Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, April 2, 2023, 3PM,
St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church,
72 Central Street, Narragansett, RI.
The Chamber Music concert features Gloria from Gabrieli’s Sacrae Symphoniae, Serenade, Op. 7 by Richard Strauss, the Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K.183 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Chamber Music concert is conducted by NaBSCO’s music director, Kristo Kondakçi.
Admission: Donations are happily accepted.
Donations of non-perishable goods for the St. Peter’s Community Market are also appreciated.
For more information please visit: www.NABSCO.org or call: 401-274-4578
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AQUIDNECK SINGERS SONG FEST |
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featuring the Aquidneck Singers, QUORUS & the Newport County Youth Chorus Prep Chorus
Saturday, May 20
3:00 pm
Channing Memorial Church
135 Pelham Street, Newport
Aquidneck Singers will perform "Nature Songs," including works by female composers Andrea Ramsey, Gwyneth Walker, Sarah Quartel, and Donna Rhodenizer plus familiar tunes such as Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" and the Simon & Garfunkel fave "Bridge over troubled water."
CCNC is excited to present QUORUS, Newport's first LGBTQIA+ chorus, at their first public performance!
Plenty of seating - no advanced tickets required;
suggested donation to support CCNC programs
($20/person; $40/family) taken at the door.
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These mural paintings were all donated by the Gallery to Save the Bay Aquarium and Education Center on 1st Beach. They are all 3 moving down into the new Aquarium and will be installed there permanently. |
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HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH |
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Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters.
As a special offering this April, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón has selected twenty new poems by contemporary poets to be featured in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series as part of a collaboration with the Library of Congress.
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$25: Artist
$50: Individual
$75: Supporting Artist
$100: Non-Profits, Businesses & Galleries
$250: Partners in Arts & Culture
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About the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County:
Since 1994, the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, has promoted and advanced arts and culture in Newport County for the benefit of the community. A member-supported organization, the ACA offers events, networking opportunities, support for artist members, and hosts arts and cultural events for the greater community. ACA aims to help guide the interconnection between creative and cultural contributors, and the people of Newport County.
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