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Newport Art Museum and Art Association 76 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840

January-March 2017 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PA I D Newport, RI 02840 Permit #80

ON VIEW Kate Blacklock Looking Closely at What is Not There

use nineteenth century processes to explore contemporary issues. In this manner, their work reflects the Newport Art Museum, an institution in historical buildings that brings together works of art form the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

January 14 - May 7, 2017 Although she began her career in ceramics, Kate Blacklock has explored a variety of media throughout her career. From oil paintings to photographs or scans printed on aluminum to 3-Dprinted ceramics, this exhibition showcases several of Kate Blacklock’s ongoing series. Threading these series together is the artist’s keen and enduring interest in joining the present and past. Seamlessly integrating new technologies with older art historical traditions, such as Chinese landscape painting and nineteenth-century European porcelain, Blacklock creates something altogether new and contemporary. Whether it is examining aspects of nature or everyday objects, Blacklock carries the viewer to a place where realism, abstraction, and illusion all become one. She received her MFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence where she now teaches.

Jay Lacouture Looking Forward, Looking Back January 21 - May 14, 2017

Lindsey Beal & Ron Cowie New Light Through Old Windows

This exhibition of works by Jay Lacouture, Professor of Art at Salve Regina University, showcases two distinct bodies of work: one that is assembled from pieces made over the course of his career that explore the teapot idiom, and another that brings together works from the past several years that reflect the artist’s visits to China.

Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition February 4 - May 21 This exhibition highlights top talent from the region, bringing together an eclectic mix of art sourced from RI and beyond. Entries are open, calling established and emerging artists alike to submit their work for exposition and review. The resulting mix of art on display is always surprising and diverse, showcasing the varied interests and focus of our region’s passionate artists. This year marks the 30th Members’ Juried Exhibition. We are privileged to have Sarah Kennel, Byrne Family Curator of Photographs at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, as juror. Registration at newportartmuseum.org.

Front Ron Cowie, Where There is No Boat, I Will Put a Boat, 2008, from series “Leaving Babylon,” platinum print, 8 x 10 in., Courtesy of the Artist and Jessica Hagen Contemporary Art

January 21 - April 16, 2017 With the rise of digital photography, an increasing number of contemporary artists are turning to historical processes to create unique handmade photographic objects. Working independently, Rhode Island artists Lindsey Beal and Ron Cowie each

Far Left Kate Blacklock, Glass Brick Series: Landscape, 2014, Oils on Wooden Panel, 36 x 48 x 2 in. Left Jay Lacouture, Celadon Teapot, 2015, soda vapor glazed porcelain, Couresy of the Artist.

CALENDAR

January-March 2017

JANUARY

Saturday, January 21 Exhibition Opens

Sunday, January 1 Museum & Coleman Center closed

Jay Lacouture: Looking Forward, Looking Back On view through May 14

Happy New Year!

Saturday, January 7 Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm Darrell West: “What to Expect from the New President”

Sunday, January 8 Winter Classes begin* Registration available at newportartmuseum.org

Thursday, January 12 Art After Dark 5 - 9 pm Winter Try-It Night! Providence Art + Design Film Festival screening: YARN at 7pm. Q&A to follow with designer Joseph Aaron Segal. Tickets to Film: $10 Members: Free, non-members: $10 suggested donation

Saturday, January 14 Exhibition Opens Kate Blacklock: Looking Closely at What is Not There On view through May 7

Second Saturdays* 10 am - 12 pm Family programming in the galleries, Free with admission

Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm William Gudenrath: “A Look at Contemporary Glass from an Historical Perspective”

Monday, January 16 Museum & Coleman Center closed Thursday, January 19 Read/Eat/Chat Book Club 12 pm Read Stolen Masterpiece by Nora Agostini. Bring a lunch and discuss.

Friday, January 20 Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition Artwork Drop-Off* 2 - 6 pm Artist registration at newportartmuseum.org

Exhibition Opens Lindsey Beal & Ron Cowie: New Light Through Old Windows On view through April 16

Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition Artwork Drop-Off* 10 am - 4 pm Artist registration at newportartmuseum.org

Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm Tess Davis: “ISIS destroyed History: What do we do about it?”

Sunday, January 22 Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition Artwork Drop-Off* 12 - 4 pm Artist registration at newportartmuseum.org

Saturday, January 28 Winter Speaker Series*

Saturday, February 18 Mystery at the Museum* 7 pm

Saturday, February 25 Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm Bruce Corliss: “Challenges, Opportunities and Environmental Issues Facing the Global Ocean.”

Mystery at the Museum* 7 pm

MARCH Wednesday, March 1 Spring Class Registration Opens* Offerings available at newportartmuseum.org

Saturday, March 4 Mystery at the Museum* 7 pm

2 pm Pamela Parmel: “The Synergy Between Technology and Fashion”

Thursday, March 9 Art After Dark

Mystery at the Museum*

5 - 9 pm Artist Talk with Jay Lacouture at 6 pm. Members: Free, non-members: $10 suggested donation

7 pm

FEBRUARY Friday, February 3 Winter Exhibitions Opening Reception 5 - 7 pm Members: Free, non-members: $10 suggested donation. Cash bar.

Saturday, February 4 Exhibition Opens Newport Annual: Members’ Juried Exhibition On view through May 21

Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm Chris Waddell: “Kilimanjaro like never before.”


Thursday, February 9 Art After Dark 5 - 9 pm Artist Talk with Lindsey Beal & Ron Cowie at 6 pm, Art in the Twenty First Century screening: Mexico City at 7pm. Members: Free, non-members: $10 suggested donation.

Saturday, February 11 Second Saturdays* 10 am - 12 pm Family programming in the galleries, Free with admission

Winter Speaker Series* 2 pm Janice Hodson: “Albert Bierstadt - The Accidental Artist of Manifest Destiny”


Thursday, February 16 Read/Eat/Chat Book Club 12 pm Read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson. Bring a lunch and discuss.

Left Lindsey Beal, The Venus Series: Figure #1, 2014, ambrotype (wet plate collodion on black glass), 3 1/4 x 4 in.

Saturday, March 11 Second Saturdays* 10 am - 12 pm Family programming in the galleries. Free with admission.


Monday, March 13 School Vacation Camps begin* Weeklong sessions available through Friday, Mar. 24 Offerings available at newportartmuseum.org

Thursday, March 16 Read/Eat/Chat Book Club 12 pm Read The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott by Marjorie G. Jones. Bring a lunch and discuss.



*Registration or tickets are recommended or required to this event, and are available: ONLINE www.newportartmuseum.org BY PHONE (401) 848-8200 WINTER HOURS (January - March)

Wednesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm Sunday 12 - 4 pm We’d love to hear from you. [email protected]

Top Kate Blacklock, Landscape Panel #3, 2016, Dye Infused aluminum, 26 x 74 inches