October FREE for ALL Saturday
October 28, 2023 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Free, Fun, Festive and For ALL
Join us for a day of family-friendly activities inspired our special exhibitions. Hands-on art-making, artist demonstrations, drop in educator-led guided tours, live performances, scavenger hunts and more.
What’s happening, 11 am – 4 pm
I Am a Well Being Youth Exhibition Reception
Celebrate the hundreds of young people who created artworks depicting what makes them calm and centered. On view at the Museum School, organized in partnership with the Newport County Prevention Coalition.
Muñecas Quitapenas (Mayan-inspired Worry Dolls)
Join Museum Educators in designing your own tiny Worry Doll, which according to Mayan legend, will take your worries away when slipped under your pillow.
Green Screen Magic!
How do they make Superman fly? It’s a green screen! October Artist-in-Residence Fernanda D’Agostino will make your fictional dreams come true – your picture taken “doing” the impossible!
Educator-led Guided Looking
Explore the Bob Dilworth: Backyard exhibition in more detail through family friendly guided looking activities.
Spooky Scavenger Hunts
Explore every gallery as you scope out the creepy images in our spooky self guided image-based scavenger hunt.
Día de los muertos ofrenda decorations
Join Museum Educators and Conexión Latina Newport staff to create traditional decorations for the Museum’s ofrenda (altar).
Halloween Mask Making
Get into the spirit with Museum Educators and create the imaginative mask your Halloween costume is missing!
Mini Clay Ghosties
Find Museum Educators in the clay studio leading mini ghostie making!
JavaJai Coffee
Delicious refreshment will be on tap!
PERFORMANCES!
11:00 am RI Black Storytellers
Join master storytellers Valerie Tutson and Rachel Briggs for an unforgettable storytelling performance in connection with the exhibition Bob Dilworth: Backyard.
1:30 pm Sidy Maïga concert
Join us in the gallery for a tremendous performance with local legend, renowned Malian Djembe Master, Sidy Maïga.
2:45 pm Drumming Workshop with Sidy Maïga
Jump in and try your hand in our all ages drumming circle!
FREE for ALL Saturday is free for everyone, and all materials are provided.
RSVP appreciated
Photo Release:
By participating in this event, I hereby give my permission for the Newport Art Museum to take and use photograph(s) of myself and my children for Museum publicity, promotion, documentation, and publication, including the Museum’s website and social media. To be used for Museum purposes only.
With Generous Support from
Meet our Artists and Collaborators
Strategic Prevention Partnerships and Newport County Prevention Coalition promote community health and well-being through action, education, support and collaboration. To accomplish this mission, we work independently and with partners to promote positive behavioral health for people of all ages by providing resources to meet substance use prevention and mental health needs, identify behavioral health issues and needs within our community and develop an infrastructure to meet identified needs by adapting evidence-based policies, practices, and programs to serve our local community.
Fernanda D’Agostino, our October Artist in Residence, is a public art and new media installation artist based in Portland, OR. D’Agostino has exhibited nationally and internationally with video installation, large scale public art projects, and performance. Her work has been featured in numerous new media festivals, and exhibitions, and she strives to share what she has learned with others.
Founded in 1998, The RI Black Storytellers (RIBS) is a small non-profit based out of Providence, Rhode Island dedicated to promoting the awareness, appreciation, and application of Black storytelling. They define Black storytelling as an oral art from African and African descended people from around the world. They share their craft through performances, workshops, cultural, educational, and historical experiences. RIBS does not just tell Black stories; they also aim to help others do the same. They do it not just because they believe it is important for Black communities to know their own history and culture, but for everyone to experience Black culture presented by Black people.
Sidy Maiga is a Djembe Master from Mali. As a teenager, he apprenticed under some of Mali’s most renowned Master Drummers. Sidy has been an active member of the local music scene, playing not only traditional Malian music, but also a fusion of Malian music with Latin, Blues, and Brazilian. His love for sharing his music and culture with the community inspired him to begin Afrika Nyaga, a West Africa Dance and Drum Festival. This festival brings together both local and international musicians and dancers to perform across Rhode Island. Maiga has received the MacColl-Johnson Fellowship (2012), the RISCA Folk Arts Fellowship (2012and 2022). Sidy has performed on stages with many international artists. Sidy has released two albums, Maliden (2011) and Africa United (2014), which features musicians from across the world. He’s now recording his third album. Maiga has since pushed his craft further by completing his degree at Berklee College of Music (2020), where he studied music production, business, and composition. Sidy’s djembe that he had been playing for over 20 years is currently being displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. For more information visit sidymaiga.com.
Conexión Latina Newport (CLN) was established to support the needs of the Hispanic/Latino community by creating connections and partnerships with resources and advocacy, and creating pathways to increase access and representation throughout the city of Newport, Rhode Island. We hope that by creating access, and building upon the strengths of the community, we will build the confidence, independence and integration of all Hispanics/Latinos in Newport.